Italian Beef from scratch

Ingredients for 1

• 3 - 4lb Beef Roast (eg Sirloin Tip, eye of round, etc.)

• 1/4 cup onion powder

• 1/4 cup garlic powder

• 1 tbs red pepper flakes or 1 tsp cayanne or both (to taste)

• Johnny's season salt, enough to sprinkle on all surfaces of roast I use the one that has MSG, i

• 1 tbs coarse ground black pepper

• 1/4 cup Tones Italian seasoning mix

• Tones Beef soup base for 1 qt broth (to taste)

• Italian ciabotta baguette(s) or italian sub rolls

• Hot or mild giardiniera, Mezzetta California Hot Mix is a good sub but you have to dice

• Shaved italian salad blend cheese, I prefer BelGioioso (romano, asiago, parmesan)

Directions

• Step 1

  Set your Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker to 132ºF / 55.6ºC

• Step 2

  Sprinkle all surfaces of the beef with the Johnny's season salt

• Step 3

  Make a dry rub by combining onion powder, garlic powder, pepper flakes, black pepper, and italian seasoning.

• Step 4

  Coat entire surface with dry rub and vacuum seal in bag with any remaining dry rub.

• Step 5

  Place in preheated water bath.

• Finishing/slicing

• Step 0

  Remove bag, cut corner off and drain juice into a glass container, cover, cool, and refrigerate. Vacuum seal bag corner, cool and place in refrigerator for 24 hours.

• Step 1

  Remove roast from bag and save any remaining juice in your glass container.

• Step 2

  Slice cold beef at a minimum 2mm thick on electric slicer (best to use a slicer with a contiguous blade, not serrated.

• Step 3

  Make Italian au jus by combining 1qt of water to the captured broth in saucepan and add beef soup base to taste, bring to boil, then down to simmer

• Assembly

• Step 0

  Cut and slice ciabatta to portion size and heat in oven until desired crisp,

• Step 1

  Place portion amount of sliced beef in au jus and heat 30 seconds or so, may have to turn up the heat on stove, but keep below boiling

• Step 2

  Add the hot sliced beef in bun and add giardiniera and cheese if you like it wet, add au jus to top it off

• Step 3

  Pour some au jus in dipping container and enjoy

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