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Easy Italian Beef Sandwiches in Instant Pot

La Faguette
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian-American
Servings 6 people

Equipment

  • Instant Pot (my fave is linked below!)

Ingredients
  

FOR THE ITALIAN BEEF!

  • 3 pounds beef roast
  • 1 pint mild giardiniera
  • 1 cup water
  • 1½ tsp kitchen bouquet
  • garlic salt
  • black pepper

FOR THE SANDWICHES!

  • 6 - 6 inch French sandwich rolls (I recommend Turano Bread, baby! Keeping it in Chicago!)
  • unsalted butter
  • shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 pint hot or mild giardiniera, up to you

Instructions
 

FOR THE ITALIAN BEEF!

  • Roughly cube beef into like 3-inch, big-ass cubes.
  • Sprinkle top lightly with garlic salt and pepper. Flip beef over and season again.
  • In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, add kitchen bouquet to water. Stir to dissolve.
  • Place steam rack in Instant Pot.
  • Pile in your seasoned beef. It's ok if it's not 1 layer, they can stack.
  • Pour in kitchen bouquet water, splashing it all over your meat.
  • Drain oil from giardiniera jar and rinse peppers lightly. Shake off any excess water/oil.
  • Cover your raw beef in drained & rinsed giardiniera.
  • Pressure cook on high for 1 hour, then natural release for 10 minutes (natural release means just leave it alone for 10 minutes after the hour is up). Then, manually release pressure and uncover.
  • Remove beef from Instant Pot and shred with 2 forks, then return it to its juices in the Instant Pot.
  • Switch to sauté mode on low. Taste and season with garlic salt and pepper. Stir every so often so bottom doesn't burn.

FOR SANDWICHES!

  • Butter the inside of your sandwich rolls and sprinkle lightly with garlic salt. Broil until the tops are a light toasty brown.
  • Take them out and sprinkle generously with shredded cheese. Return them to broiler and cook just until the cheese has melted. Be extra careful not to burn!
  • Pile Italian beef onto cheesy garlic bread and top with reserved giardiniera.
  • Enjoy my version of da best sandwich da city of Chicago has to offer! FUGGETABOUTIT!

Notes

JUST THE TIPS!
1.) Set up your 'mise en place.' This means do what the recipe tells you to do to the individual ingredients, measure them out, and then place them in separate little bowls/dishes/what-have-you. When it's time to build the recipe, you have everything measured and ready to go. It makes the entire process so much easier and more enjoyable!
2.) Crock pot version: follow same instructions, but slow-cook on high for 6-8 hours. Beef is ready when it falls apart.
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