Italian beef is a sandwich loved by nearly everyone I know from the Chicago area. Including my husband, who loves food and really misses his favorites from back home. Portillos is probably the top spot to score this regional favorite which is no where near where we live.
Then Jeff Mauro came into our lives via The Next Food Network Star. Luckily he won and got his own show because I learned how to make a sandwich that TASTED just like the Hubsters back-home favorite. It has a different mouth feel but the taste blew him away!
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| London Broil |
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| Stove top braising |
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| pure beefy love taking a rest! |
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| Roasted red peppers. These are super tasty on salads and on all types of sandwichy things! |
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| Shredding the meat |
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| Build it your way. I prefer equal amounts of beef and peppers. |
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| never mind the gnarly Tupperware bowl...this picture is all about the gravy! Deliciously seasoned juices from the beef |
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| many folks will saturate their sandwich with the gravy. I am not one of those people. In fact, this amount of moisture was overkill for me |
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| Mmmmmmm! |
You can find the recipe
HERE - it is slow cooker style so low fuss and very good!
Thank you Jeff, you have made a happy boy out of a guy who gets homesick for his favorite Chicago land favorites!
Thursday, April 5, 2012 
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