First of all I want to thank a few folks who inspired me to want to cook Italian Beef in the first place: Deb, Squirtthecat, and Chili Head (all from other forums). All your cooks got my taste buds yearning to try Italian Beef. Nepas gave me a package of Louie’s Italian Beef au jus seasoning at his Smoke Out last June. I guess he should get credit, too.
Here is the vaunted au jus seasoning package.
I bought an Angus eye round, coated it with Annie’s Roasted Garlic EVOO, and then put Big Poppa’s Double Secret Rub on it. Into the MAK set 200 using Perfect Mix pellets. When the IT reached about 125, I pulled and let rest. It looked and smelled so good that I hand sliced enough for our dinner. The remaining meat was wrapped and put into the refrigerator overnight.
The next day I used my slicer to make a pile of goodness, ready for the crock pot.
Into the crock pot went the au jus seasoning, water, a jar of pepperocini, and, of course, the meat.
A closer look at “heaven”.
Next on the agenda was dinner. I took two Philly rolls, put some provolone cheese on them, and put them under the broiler to melt the cheese. Next, load them up with the meat and pepperocini, and add some potato chips. Dinner is served!
My wife was somewhat skeptical about the seasoning on the meat (it had to do with the whole jar of pepperocini being added to the pot). She loved it! The heat kind of mellows out the bite of the pepperocini. The only thing she suggested was to cook up some sliced onions in the pot the next time. Since I have plenty for more sandwiches, I went ahead and sliced the onion and added it to the pot while it was still hot. I also bought some Giardiniera to add to future sandwiches. This is a keeper.
Thanks again to those who inspired me to follow in their tracks.
Art
