Chicago Italian Beef Sandwiches from the Stand Man Recipe

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Chicago Italian Beef Sandwiches from the Stand Man
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Ingredients
7
Count
Nutrition
2075
Calories
Total time
300
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. DAY 1.
  2. Roll whole beef round on all sides in Worcestershire sauce until it's brown. Roll in garlic powder until it's white. Roll in basil until it's green. Sprinkle lightly with red pepper flakes.
  3. Put in baking pan without rack and bake in oven at 250 dg. for 20 minutes per lb. (Roast will be extremely rare, but don't worry because it will be tender and juicy after recipe is completed) Do not remove roast from pan or drain off drippings. Wrap it all in foil and chill in refrigerator overnight to firm up for easy slicing and to meld seasonings.
  4. DAY 2.
  5. Remove from pan and save all drippings including any browned bits from baking pan. Refrigerate until needed.
  6. Slice chilled roast as close to paper thin as possible (I bring it to butcher where purchased and he slices it for me on his electric slicer.) Put beef slices (saving any juice that dripped off) in plastic bags and chill until ready to assemble.
  7. Add 1 1/2 cups of water per lb. of beef in saucepan, adding drippings that had been saved earlier. Stir over low heat to make an au jus. If more flavor is needed, add more of the above spices and beef bouillon cubes until flavor seems right. The last few years I've used au jus gravy envelope(s) to speed things up or to stretch out more sauce, adjusting seasonings above to keep the Italian flavor If wanted, at this point you can add a bit of garlic powder, oregano, or pepper to taste.
  8. Bring au jus mixture to a boil.
  9. TO SERVE:.
  10. Immediately pour boiling au jus to cover beef slices in a roaster, electric frypan, or large crockpot that will keep sandwiches warm but not hot. DO NOT heat up beef first! The boiling jus will warm up the beef and finish the cooking process. If beef is actually cooked in sauce it will get tough.
  11. Serve immediately by having guests prepare their own sandwiches on small french sandwich loaves or hoagie buns. If Gonella- brand rolls are available, that was the bread of choice for Sid the stand man.
  12. Serve with green pepper slices that have been sautéed to soften as well as with yellow pepperoncini peppers for those who want more of a kick!
  13. NOTE: Sid also made Stromboli Sandwiches, which are a French roll stuffed with Italian beef, a link of cooked hot Italian sausage.
  14. And mozzarella cheese. He wrapped the sandwiches in foil and heated in oven until the cheese was melted, then poured a drizzle of warm marinara sauce on filling and added a few sautéed green pepper slices (or pepperoncini peppers). I make these with frozen leftover Italian beef after the party by making broiled garlic bread rolls and assembling them as Sid did.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2074.76 Kcal (8687 kJ)
Calories from fat 816.3 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 90.7g 140%
Cholesterol 941.01mg 314%
Sodium 907mg 38%
Potassium 3900.1mg 83%
Protein 306.11g 612%
Iron 22.7mg 126%
Calcium 215.4mg 22%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 183 Kcal (766 kJ)
Calories from fat 72 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8g 140%
Cholesterol 83mg 314%
Sodium 80mg 38%
Potassium 344mg 83%
Protein 27g 612%
Iron 2mg 126%
Calcium 19mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 49.1
    Points
  • 51
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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