Authentic Chicago Italian Beef Sandwich Recipe

Mix the rub together in a bowl, then coat the meat lightly with water to help the rub stick, sprinkle it generously on the meat, and massage it in. There will be some left over. Do not discard it, it can be added to the juice later in the recipe.

Preheat oven to 110°C

Pour the Provenir bone broth and hot water into a large baking pan and place it between two racks in oven. We are going to add the beef straight on to the rack above the baking pan. So rack that sits above the pan needs to be a close as possible to pan. Place the roast on top of the rack above the baking tray with the bone broth mixture . Roast at 110°C. until interior temperature is about 55 – 60°C for medium rare, about 3 hours. This may seem long, but you are cooking over water and that slows things down.

While the beef is roasting cut the capsicum in half and remove the stems and seeds. Rinse, and cut into 1/4″ strips. Cook the capsicum in a frying pan over a medium high heat with enough olive oil to coat the bottom, about 2 tablespoons. When they are getting limp and the skins begin to brown, about 15 minutes, they are done. Set aside at room temp.

Remove the roast and the bone broth mixture pan from the oven. Take the meat and the rack off the pan, drain the bone broth mixture from the pan into a pot. Add the meat on the pan and place it in the refrigerator. Let it cool for a few hours, long enough for the meat to firm up. This will make slicing easier.

Slice all the meat against the grain as thin as humanly possible.

Reheat the bone broth mixture from the pan in a pot on the stove hot to a gently simmer.

Slice the rolls lengthwise but leave them hinged on one side

To assemble the sandwich/roll, start by spooning some juice directly onto the bread.

Soak the beef slices in the bone broth mixture on the stovetop for about 1 minute at a low simmer.

Then lay on the beef generously. Spoon on more juice.

Top it with bell peppers and hot spicy giardiniera.

Pour some extra juices on top, then serve.