It's easy to make Italian beef at home if you're a little bit of a chef.
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 Brian Lagerstrom | 2021-05-27 16:00:10 |  1,365,426 Views |
CHICAGO STYLE ITALIAN BEEF SANDWICH (made by a man from Chicago)
When I moved to Chicago I wasted no time before devouring all of its iconic dishes. I mean isn’t that what civic pride is all about? My wife and I would scarf down deep dish pizza at Uno’s wait in line for a Chicago-style hot dog at Hot Doug’s and walk up to the counter for our very first Italian beef at Al’s #1 Italian Beef. It didn’t take long for me to realize that these dishes had one distinctly similar quality. Besides embodying a how shall I say generous Chicago spirit they were all spectacularly messy. Herbs crumbled in our laps cheese spread out at our feet and shirts inevitably got stained.
Serious Binge Eating / Nick Kindelsperger
While none of these iconic dishes are remotely polite there’s no question which one required the highest stack of napkins. That honor goes to the Italian Beef one of the most awkward sandwiches ever made. At first glance it looks like a cousin to the French Dip but instead of a nice little squirt of gravy to moisten the ends of the sandwich this bad boy is saturated from the start. Ask for it “dipped” and the entire sandwich is doused in meat juices that soak the bread to the core. I know that sounds insane and if you’re talking about the mess you’re absolutely right. There is no decent way to eat one of these. The only thing you can hope to do is contain the chaos.
