 sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA
1 edit | Italian Beef Recipe So who has a good at home recipe? I moved out of the area a few months ago and I cannot find a decent one to match up against Al's (the one on Taylor), Mr Beef, Johnnie's, hell even Portillo's.
I googled a few recipes but I want to hear from the real locals. What's your choice of meat? Rub? Beef bouillon or beef stock? Lets hear it!
I need this to get me through Sunday football otherwise it's just not the same. |
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| Thats one of the advantages of living in Chicago, so many good beef joints here. So why have a home recipe? |
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sleuthPremium
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West Des Moines, IA | reply to sleuth
Hah ain't that the truth. I never even considered making this at home until now. |
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I used to work at a beef joint and the owner knew what he was doing. He insisted that the key was in brewing up a dense stock from the drippings of numerous beef roasts, with seasonings, and cooking it down until it had an intense beef flavor. Then he used this as the basis of his gravy, which he would serve the beef from. It was very good, but also very impractical for home use. Here are some ideas, good luck:
»lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=···f+recipe
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 JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | reply to sleuth
You can order online from Portillos. They ship it overnight.
Where did you move too?
I had a boss who was from Ohio and couldn't believe it when he told me he had never even heard of Italian Beef until he moved here. WTF? |
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 DennisPremium,Mod
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Algonquin, IL
kudos:5 | reply to sleuth
my wife has one that I find insanely good. I'll see if I can have her dig it up to post.
Seriously...it even freezes well so you can make a batch and then enjoy it for the next couple of months. |
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 jsinaikoPremium
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Chicago, IL | reply to sleuth
Why isn't it called Chicago Beef? This is the only place it exists, including Italy!
Suchaknight - you are a great asset to this list. Great link - Thanks!
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| said by jsinaiko:Suchaknight - you are a great asset to this list.  Back at you!
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said by jsinaiko:Why isn't it called Chicago Beef? This is the only place it exists, including Italy! You could open an Italian Beef shop and probably make a killing. Of course, you'd have to move to some crappy city. |
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Chicago, IL | When I lived in Belfast N. Ireland I thought about it - they love fried stuff there - rows of lard on supermarket shelves.
Harold's with some ITB on the side!
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DennisPremium,Mod
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Algonquin, IL
kudos:5 | reply to sleuth
»allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooke···ail.aspx
Here we go. Make sure you use a good bread. |
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sleuthPremium
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West Des Moines, IA | reply to Jon
said by Jon:You can order online from Portillos. They ship it overnight.
Where did you move too?
I had a boss who was from Ohio and couldn't believe it when he told me he had never even heard of Italian Beef until he moved here. WTF?
Wonder how much shipping is because the wife loves and misses Portillo's herself.
Ahhh moved to Des Moines, IA. We're expecting our first in 2 days now haha and wanted to be close to family. I was raised in the northshore my whole life and my family relocated to Naperville. Given the option, we couldn't feasibly afford to live out there on my salary alone so I said I'd consider Des Moines where her family is. Long story short, found a house on our first trip out here and moved.
Man do I miss all the good food. I don't know what's worse, that or not having regularly televised Bears games. Thank god for Sunday ticket. |
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JonPremium
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Lisle, IL | IA huh?
So you traded all the good food for all the strip clubs.
Don't know about shipping. Go through the check out and see. |
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 StepRCode WarriorPremium
join:2000-11-06
Elgin, IL | reply to Dennis
We like the slow cooker or crock pot method too. We also like to dump a jar of Peperoncini with all the liquid to flavor the meat. Serve with giardiniera and good bread rolls. |
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 aight
join:2001-12-18
Lafox, IL | reply to sleuth
Dang! just reading this thread made me hungry. I'm going to visit
Al's roast beef later. |
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sleuthPremium
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West Des Moines, IA | reply to sleuth
The newest addition to the household! Natalie Grace arrived this past Wednesday at 9:00 am. Totally off topic but it's my thread! The reason we moved closer to the wife's family and I can no longer get easy beef sandwiches 
I'm going to test out a recipe this Saturday for the start of the Hawkeye season. Let's hope it goes well and tastes good! |
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| Hard to do but looks like you got something better than a good beef. |
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cubs4evaPremium
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Aurora, IL | reply to sleuth
Congrats on the new addition!
I was watching something on Food Network about pizza and they had a place in Des Moines that served Chinese Pizzas....looked interesting. |
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| said by cubs4eva:...a place in Des Moines that served Chinese Pizzas....looked interesting.
was that the thing about crab rangoon pizza?
Oh and congrats sleuth on the addition, if you have any baby questions feel free to post them here. I have three and all I can say is good luck ;D
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Aurora, IL | Yes it was. Sounded good and I've never tried crab rangoon. |
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