Home-Cooked Italian Beef

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Home-Cooked Italian Beef

With this recipe for Home-Cooked Italian Beef, you can get those Chicago-style savory sandwiches at home! Italian beef recipes like this one are great for feeding a crowd. Serve with peppers if you like it hot!

Ingredients

  • 1 rump roast, rolled
  • flour
  • shortening
  • 6 cups water, divided
  • 4 beef bouillon cubes
  • 1 tablespoon oregano
  • 2 teaspoons garlic salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 2/3 cup reserved broth
  • 6 tiny hot peppers
  • 2 bay leaves
  • pepper, to taste
  • bay leaves, to taste
  • french bread, sliced

Instructions

  1. Coat the roast with flour and brown in a Dutch oven or similiar pan in a little shortening on top of the stove.
     
  2. After browned on all sides, drain off the grease and add 3 cups of water. Cover and simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until done.
     
  3. Remove from liquid and cool meat completely, reserving liquid. After meat is completely cooled, slice thinly with an electric knife.
     
  4. Bring remaining ingredients (except bread) to a boil and add sliced beef. Simmer for 1 hour. Remove peppers and bay leaves.
     
  5. Serve on sliced french bread. Add a little broth to the bread as well. (In Chicago, they serve it really soaked.) Serve with pepperoncini peppers.

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