Italian Beef

I'm not sure what a recipe with no photos is good for, but after many attempts, I believe I have hit a very close to Portillo's Italian Beef taste from home.

Disclaimers:

Portillo's uses a Steamboat roast so that they can slice it and I used a chuck, which I pulled apart.

In the 1970's I was corporate Quality Director for Grown division of Dover Industries. We made commercial and industrial cooking equipment, including the CapCold (TM) units that many people, (including Portillo's - I know because we sold them the units) used to cook in cryovac bags. I definitely did not cryovac my roast.



Anyhow, if you have a roast to blow and an instapot to use, here is a good recipe for Italian Beef. I'd like to hear how close you guys think I came to the great Portillo's Italian beef taste.


Italian Beef (Insta Pot)

Ingredients:

2 pound chuck roast
1/2 small onion, sliced thin
1/2 red bell pepper, sliced
2 heaping teaspoons Italian Seasoning
1 heaping teaspoon ground oregano
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon powdered bay leaf
3 heaping teaspoons Lawry’s garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 beef bouillon cube, dissolved in 1 cup water, or 1 can beef broth

Directions:

Cut roast into 2 inch pieces; place in the instapot cooker. Add onion, red bell pepper, reconstituted beef bouillon and spices. Cook for 15 minutes.

Using simmer function, reduce cooking liquid by half in a sauce pan and skim fat.

Serve on a poboy bun, with the broth for dipping and peppers, simmered in broth until tender (as desired)


If you are interested, The Groen product line was pulled into the Unified Brands division of Dover a while back. The famous name "Groen" is now a part of Dover's Unified Brands division, With other commercial brands acquired by Dover and added to the product line of the division.

Capcold

The link goes to the Capcold information on this commercial size sous vide cook/chill equipment.