Dry-aged Italian Beef Sandwich with Homemade Giardiniera, Sweet Peppers, Suet-Fried Chips and Broccoli Rabe

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The sandwich was alright. All the various accoutrements made this quite the meal. My biggest issue was that the cooking juices had way too much heat. The recipe called for two mush crushed red pepper for sure. I like my heat but all that I got out of the gravy was the heat and it really made the juices inedible. I was very disappointed that I needed throw away the juices. The giardiniera was good but I don't think it was really worth the work versus using storebought. It would have been helpful that the size of toast was listed in the recipe. The recipe turned out to be setup for a much larger roast than I had bought. Needs some tweaks.

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Wonderful intricate recipe.
Most commoners would not know what Broccoli Rabѐ (Rapini is, a link to Wikipedia should be provided.
Keep 'em coming!

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Wow, am I glad I tried this! I've made my share of Chicago Italian Beef recipes, some good, some not. The juice, IMO, is what really makes a good CIB sandwich. I was hesitant about wine being in the juice, since I really didn't imagine it being used by the beef stands, but, I have to admit, the juice was, hands down, the best!!! It was deep, rich and rivals anything you can find at the beef joints. I used a Sirloin Tip roast because I've been able to find them on sale lately, and I actually do prefer it to a Rump roast.

This is my new favorite Chicago Italian Beef recipe.

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Excellent recipe, great flavor!

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Gosh, where to start? I have made this recipe, and variations of it, probably five times in the last week and a half (we really like it!. I am not very good at properly cooking a roast to medium, so what I have decided I prefer is to pot roast it for five or so hours until it is falling apart, and this makes it much easier to make the sandwiches, and it warms up pretty quickly the next day. I also use a bottom round to avoid having too much fat threaded in, but that's my personal preference.

Anyway, this is a fabulous recipe, and it's very easy to put together after the initial prep so you can eat it for a few days without a lot of effort. Excellent for a busy few days where you don't have time to put together a new dinner every night.

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it was amazing!!

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Like the show and the sandwich/giardiniera is very tasty. To those who are giving low ratings because it's time consuming I suggest stop whinning and base scoring on the recipe taste. It clearly states this is time consuming recipe.

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OMG!! This recipe ROCKS! I made it last night, and it was better than any Chicago Italian Beef sandwich I ever had. I can't wait to have leftovers tonight.

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Yummy!

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great. The one thing I'd do differently next time is make more.

btw Eating this dish made me feel that Jeff was really sharing Chicago and his childhood with us because it was just as juicy as he said. Have napkins handy!