Portillo’s Style Crockpot Italian Beef
Earl said he could eat the sauce from this one as a soup it was so good. I kind of wanted to try a few new things and it turned out so freaking good!
Portillos Inspired Crockpot Italian Beef
Serves: 6
Ingredients
1 bottom roast
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon onion salt
3 cups water
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon MSG
1 1/2 teaspoon bouillon sauce ( Better than Bouillon)
1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet Browning and Seasoning Sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 yellow or orange bell pepper
1 medium yellow onion
1 small garlic clove
1 tablespoon of butter
Turano style French rolls
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 450
2. Slice top of garlic clove, wrap with aluminum foil and add butter
3. Bake garlic for 15 minutes, remove from foil and press with spoon until completely smashed
4. Remove smashed garlic from its outer skin and add to crock pot. Turn off oven.
5. Slice fat from bottom roast and chop into small pieces (as small as possible)
6. Thinly slice the rest of the roast and place into crock pot
7. In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine the water, salt, ground pepper, oregano, onion salt, garlic powder, browning sauce, msg, bay leaf, beef fat and bouillon
8. Stir well and bring to a boil
9. Pour mixture over the sliced roast
10. Cover and cook on low setting for 10 to 12 hours OR high setting for 4 to 6 hours
11. Remove bay leaf and stir crock pot
12. Dice pepper and onion
13. In a separate skillet, heat onions and peppers with olive oil until slightly golden and soft then remove from heat
14. Butter rolls and place into frying pan or skillet on medium heat until toasted brown
15. Plate your toasted rolls with the roast beef slices and the delicious sauce! Top it off with the peppers and onions! A perfect Portillos knockoff at home!
