Wet hot Italian beef
Wet hot Italian beef
Over the holidays we drove from Saskatchewan to Columbus, Ohio for a wedding. We spent Christmas in Chicago and got to enjoy wet hot Italian beef sandwiches. Wow, they were great! A big thanks to my wife who found the place, Al's #1Beef.
the kind of sandwich that takes you from very hungry to nap time
Did you watch The Bear? I think we made beef sandwiches three weeks in a row while we were watching it.
My mind went to a different type of porn with the title
A true great of the sandwich world. Just make sure you sit down to eat it.
oh man so many good memories. Where are the peppers?
Okay I've never heard of this before and I need to ask: what makes it "wet"?
Matt Damon, mostly.
But also, the sandwich is dipped in the au jus the meat is cooked in.
if you treat her nicely and you're good with your hands, you may discover
Sometimes you just make her fart.
Au jus.
just look at it
The meat is basically slow cooked in a vat of fat, meat drippings, and broth. A wet Italian Beef is when you dip the bread of the sandwich fully into that vat, then pile the meat on top.
Thank you! I've never come across one but it sounds delicious.
I think the closest I've had is getting a beef sandwich with a pot of gravy to dip it in myself.
I will make this this weekend. Damn, that looks good.
Don't forget the giardinera!
Al's Beef is a national treasure.
Chicagoing intensifies
I make roast beef all the time with carrots, onions, potatoes and mushrooms. Never once had the thought of adding it to a roll. Chicago's food is something else.
Looks soggy as fuck, they dunk the whole sandwich before giving it to you??
You can order it dipped, wet, or dry. Wet is the traditional so it usually just has one or two ladles of juice poured over it. Dipped is when they dunk the whole thing. But the bread is high quality so it can usually take it. I prefer wet myself (hehe).
Yeah they drench it, and it's amazing. There is a whole stance you take to eat it too keep clean.