Awesome Italian Beef Recipe

Let me start out by noting that I don't cook often. Like, hardly ever. Yesterday morning I woke up craving an Italian beef sandwich and decided that making it would be the best approach. I simply searched for 'Italian beef sandwich recipe' and found a great one!

After the 5 lb roast, giardiniera peppers, hoagie rolls, provolone swiss cheese and spices, it's not cheap (grocery bill was over $60). But it's DEFINITELY worth it! I should note that we had 75% of the ingredients at home and you probably do too.

I opted to slow cook the beef for 11 hrs. I cooked on low for 9 hours, turned up to high for an hour and then shredded the beef. I put the beef back into the crock pot with the juice and let it cook for another hour.

I recommend running the hoagie or Italian rolls under the broiler, placing the meat/peppers/cheese on the bread and then placing the sandwich back in the oven for 2 minutes to get the cheese melted. I also suggest adding another packet of Italian-style salad dressing mix. The recipe is below or you can CLICK HERE to view it on allrecipes.com

• 3 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon onion salt

• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix
• 1 (5 pound) rump roast