#chicago italian beef

[fieriframes]

[Chicago Italian beef. You start with a crispy bun, the giardiniera's got some spice to it, you've got the beef and all of the wonderful peppers, and if you don't do it wet, you're doing it wrong.]

[fierifiction]

Chicago Italian beef. You start with a crispy bun, the giardiniera's got some spice to it, you've got the beef and all of the wonderful peppers, and if you don't do it wet, you're doing it wrong. This is not really a French beef, though. And in most cases, French beef will be smoked. But sometimes, the pork will have a flavor of mustard on it — even though it has some beef on the side, it has little pepper. How to Get It Put all the vegetables, the onions, the garlic and the sweet potatoes in a large bowl.

[copperbadge]

So I learned two things this weekend:

One, when you use an industrial slicer to thin-slice beef that cooked in a Malort-based broth, the demon Meaty Wormwood returns to torment you. Literally the beef was fine until I started slicing it and then The Odor arrived.

Two, when you add enough hawaj to a beef jus to counterbalance the Malort in it, the turmeric in the hawaj turns the fat in the jus neon green. It's hard to see in the image but basically you get a deep gold-brown jus with bright green edges. It should make for interesting-looking sandwiches...

I will say, every time I look at the deli slicer I bought I think "Was this really necessary? It doesn't slice as thin as a good ceramic knife and it still takes significant physical effort" and then I slice the beef with it and it takes 10 minutes instead of several hours, and I go "Oh yeah, worth the $70."

[ID: Two images; on the left, a large tupperware container full of thinly-sliced beef, looking delicious with marbled fat and browned edges. On the right, a small dish of liquid, the jus from the beef, shows a layer of deep brown richer gravy, edged in a thin layer of yellow-green oil.]

[theyetee]

Rise and shine, cousin, it's time to wake up and smell the beef— after making awesome designs every day for over ten years, we here at the Yetee have decided its time to hang up the t-shirts and put on an apron. We're getting back to our Chicago roots and reopening that old Italian beef stand left to us by our long estranged uncle that we were always destined to run...

Introducing The Chefee! Get in line early andand get in line fast, because these sandwiches are already flying off the shelves! While you wait, why not grab some merch to commemorate your visit to the famous Wet Beef of the Windy City? We've got replicas of the exact same aprons our world-famous chefs use in the kitchen, pins that let everyone know the correct way to eat a hot dog, commemorative jars of Sweet Roy's Bucket o' Giardiniera (BYOG, of course) and one more surprise— the debut of The Yetee's Deep Dish Drink, the energizing beverage brewed right in Chicago's scenic Rat Hole and full of more juice than the L train at rush hour.

We're still staying true to our Yetee origins and these items are only going to be available for 24 hours before we debut our next set of thinly sliced artist-made meats and sauces. Head on over to The Chefee now and get ready to say YES CHEF to a hearty beef sandwich!

Oh and a little inside tip for the professionals, when you're ordering your lunch, remember to ask for it Animal Style to add a little extra crunch to your order. Trust us, cousin. ;)

Come check us out at The Chefee!

[smackdownhotel]

Tonight’s special

Chicago-style Italian turkey 🦃 sandwich 🥪

[brian4rmthe6]

[lizisodd]

Congratulations you pale-eyed bastard, you've compelled me to watch a show about a kitchen full of difficult assholes, two things I hate. (But this weekend, because I got work deadlines this week.)

Now what are your usual orders? I don't love Italian beef, but I prefer it dry (no added jus-style gravy) with giardiniera (a hot pepper mix/relish). I love a Chicago dog (preferably a char dog) always with sport peppers. Fuck mushy fries.

[leefi]

just walked past the fucking the bear restaurant on our way back to my friends apartment. i didntknow it was literally There. ive been in this neighborhood ten billion times. my favorite cafe is two blocks away. one of the last prohibition era speakeasies in chicago is literally down the street

[johnnytommys]

[eleri-writes]

Finally finished The Bear and it is so unbelievably stressful and good and at the end of every episode I feel emotionally shattered and heartrendingly nostalgic for Chicago and like I might die if I don't get some Portillo's

[copperbadge]

Because I do it all the time, today I went into the kitchen and made myself an italian beef sandwich for lunch on autopilot. I did not remember until after I had bitten into it that I was using the Portillö beef and jus.

Having seasoned the jus with hawaj and let the whole thing mellow for several days, the flavor of Malort is not immediately evident, but rather hits the back of your mouth just after you finish chewing. It's a bit like eating a really nice hot roast beef sandwich with a glass of grapefruit juice, or possibly having a late night italian beef sandwich after having done Malort shots. It creates instant aftertaste. Still, it is edible, although I may end up replacing the jus with plain beef jus, to make it a bit more pleasant.

And I have a pint of mixed beef-and-jus stashed in the freezer, simply labeled Portillö, to torment friends and loved ones with.

[ianmacallen]

At Red Sauce America, I wrote a history of Chicago's iconic Italian beef

[itphobia]

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[smackdownhotel]

Tonight’s Special

Chicago style hot dog 🌭 and Italian beef sandwich 🥪, both inspired by my recent trip to the Windy City!

[brian4rmthe6]