K Jons Italian Beef Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S PICADILLO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and break up into small pieces with a spoon or spatula as it browns. Cook until meat completely loses its pink color, 8 to 10 minutes. Add diced onion and salt. Cook until onions turn translucent, about 5 minutes. Add pepper, cumin, cinnamon, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper. Cook 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
• Stir in red wine vinegar, crushed tomatoes, and water. Cook a few minutes while deglazing pan. Add currants; bring back to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until meat is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Gently stir in sliced olives; cover and cook another 10 to 15 minutes.

ORIGINAL HOMEMADE ITALIAN BEEF

Steps:

• Place the roast into a slow cooker, and season with Italian dressing mix. Pour in the water. Cover, and cook on High for 6 to 7 hours. During the last hour, shred the meat with two forks - if it does not shred easily, cook longer. Add the peppers, and as much of the juice as you like for additional flavor. Serve on buns.

K-JON'S HEARTY BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• -Add all liquid ingerdients and beef boullion and
• bring to boil (I use microwave).
• - combine all dry ingredients in small bowl mix well.
• -Brown meat in oil.
• -sautee onion and garlic till soft.
• - add dry ingredients sautee 1 minute more.
• -add the rest of ingredients and simmer 1 1/2 hours or till vegetables are cooked.

GRANDMA MAUL'S ITALIAN BEEF

Steps:

• Rinse and pat dry the roast. Coat the roast evenly with the flour; season with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic to the hot oil; sear the beef in the oil until all sides are slightly browned. Transfer the roast to a slow cooker. Pour the water over the roast.
• Cook on Low for 5 hours. Add the anise seed and sesame seed to the slow cooker and cook another 4 hours. Add the green bell pepper and continue cooking until the meat is tender and easily pulled apart, about 1 hour more.

K JON'S BEEF STROGANOFF

Steps:

• 1. Melt 4-6 tablespoons of butter in a large pan (that has a lid). Then add the onions, mushrooms and garlic, and saute for a few minutes. Then cover pan, lower heat and simmer until tender (another 5-10 minutes).
• 2. Remove this mixture from the pan, including all juices, and set aside.
• 3. Melt the remaining butter in the same pan. Then add the beef strips, and saute until browned. This takes 5-10 minutes.
• 4. Add the stock,Worcestershire, paprika, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.
• 5. Once this boils, cover the pan again, lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• 6. Add mustard, nutmeg, and tarragon to mushroom mixture.
• 7. Remove lid and add onion-mushroom mixture -- simmer 10 minutes more.
• 7. Take 1 cup sour cream, add flour and mix well ( this is used to thicken sauce -- slowly add to mixture.
• 8. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and stir in remaining sour cream.
• 9. Heat until everything is warmed through, but do not boil.
• 10. Garnish with parsley. & serve with wide egg noodles!

K-JON'S BEEF BOURGUIGNON

Steps:

• Marinade beef with first ingredients 24 hours, discard marinade.
• Cook bacon until crispy and set aside. Brown Meat on all sides, remove with bacon.
• Add Butter if you need more Oil.
• Cook carrots, celery, onion 10 min in bacon fat.
• Add Garlic and cook 3 minute more. Salt & Pepper!
• Add Cognac & light to burn off liquor.
• Add tomato paste and thyme, parsley, bay leave & wine.
• Add meat (chuck & bacon) Cover meat with Beef stock and Worcestershire.
• Cook 10 minute & skim off brown foam (blood, yuck).
• Simmer 2 hours or more to liking. Salt & pepper.
• Add butter flour mixture (3 tbs butter room temp & 3 tbs. flour mixed well).
• Whisk into stew until blended well.
• Saute mushrooms in 2 Tbs. butter 10 minute add onions 2 minute more. Then add to stew.
• Cook 15 minute more and Eat with crusty bread!

K-JONS HOT DOG SAUCE

Steps:

• -add liquids in stock pot.
• -crumble beef and tomato paste with hands in liquid until no chunks are left.
• -add the rest of ingredients and bring to boil uncovered
• -reduce to desired consistency, about 2 hours.
• -season to taste.

K-JON'S ITALIAN BEEF

Steps:

• -Season meat and brown in fat or oil on med high heat ( 5 minutes per side).
• -Add onion and garlic, saute 8 -10 minutes.
• -now add the rest of ingredients and simmer until tender (3 hours).
• - Rest meat 15-20 minutes, and strain broth, reserve pepperoncini's.
• -slice meat against grain very thin and return to broth, simmer 15 minutes more.
• - chop reserved pepperoncini's (remove stem) and use to garnish sandwich with giardiniera ( check my giardiniera recipe Don't skip ingredient!).