Slow-Cooker Chicago-Style Italian Beef and Sausage Combos

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• 6 hot Italian sausage links
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 pounds thinly sliced, Italian beef deli meat (such as Vienna or Scala's), or regular deli roast beef
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• 2 red peppers, seeded and sliced
• 6 cloves of garlic, very thinly sliced or minced
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon red chili flakes
• 1 1/2 cups of beef broth
• 11/2 cups red wine
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Loaf of French bread, cut into six pieces
• Jar of hot giardiniera

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat until shimmering. Place sausage in pan and brown on all sides. Transfer meat to the bowl of a slow-cooker. Add Italian beef, onions, red peppers, garlic, cayenne, paprika, oregano, chili flakes, bay leaves, beef broth, red wine, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to combine, cover and cook on low for 4 hours.

2
To serve, tuck an Italian sausage link, mound of Italian beef and generous drizzle of jus into bread and top with giardiniera. (Or, if you want to be authentic, quickly dunk the bread in jus before filling it up.)