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Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches with Homemade Hot Giardiniera

Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches with Homemade Hot Giardiniera, a Chicago favorite, with thinly sliced, slow-cooked, juicy beef, melted cheese, and some homemade spicy giardiniera to really pack in the flavor for the ultimate Italian Beef Sandwich.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2.5 lb. beef roast see "notes" about best type of roast
  • 2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp. dried oregano
  • black pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • pinch dried rosemary
  • 4 cups beef stock
  • Splash of Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 6 Hoagie rolls
  • 6 lices Provolone cheese
  • Chicago-Style Hot Giardiniera recipe link in post

Instructions

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  1. Add roast to slow cooker and sprinkle garlic powder, oregano, black pepper, and salt over meat. Take a pinch of dried rosemary and rub it between your hands over the roast and let it crumble in the slow cooker. Add beef stock, Worcestershire, and bay leaves, cook on "low" for 8-9 hours.
  2. Remove meat from slow cooker and set on carving board. Discard bay leaves. Taste the juices in the slow cooker and add salt if necessary.
  3. Slice meat thinly and add it back to the juices in slow cooker. Slice hoagie rolls in half and put them under the broiler until toasted. Add meat to the bottom half of toasted roll, add sliced cheese, and broil for another minute or two until the cheese is melted. Spoon Chicago-Style Hot Giardiniera to your sandwich and enjoy!