Yes, Jeff. The Bear Cookbook: Season 1, Unofficial: The Bear Cookbooks, #1
()
About this ebook
#1 FAMILY BESTSELLER OF ALL TIME • KID SISTER BOOKCLUB SELECTION 2023
Love The Bear? We do too. Hank wrote this cookbook to give as a ridiculous gift for his brother and sister, who also dig the show.
Is this associated with the FX and Hulu hit? Nope! It's totally unofficial and only exists because the real deal does not. Are the recipes real? Yes!
This cookbook has recipes for (almost) all of the food featured in Season One of the FX and Hulu tv program, along with tips about Chicago. Chicago Italian Beef? Of course! Risotto? You know it. Marcus' Chocolate Cake? We'd be nothing without it. Need a Chicago movie marathon? We have you covered.
Is this a fun gift for fans of the show? Yes, Chef.
If anyone other than me purchases this, proceeds will be donated to serve people dealing with alcoholism and addiction.
(This has been updated with a few more recipes and fun things like restaurant list, soundtrack etc.)
Related to Yes, Jeff. The Bear Cookbook
Titles in the series (3)
Yes, Jeff. The Bear Cookbook: Season 1, Unofficial: The Bear Cookbooks, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYes, Chef. The Bear Cookbook: Season 2, Unofficial: The Bear Cookbooks, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYes, Chef. The Bear Cookbook: Seasons 1 & 2, Unofficial: The Bear Cookbooks, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
Better Homes and Gardens Eat Healthy Lose Weight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlackstone® Griddling: The Ultimate Guide to Show-Stopping Recipes on Your Outdoor Gas Griddle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrevention RD's Everyday Healthy Cooking: Quick and Easy Meals for Increased Energy, Weight Loss, and Well-Being Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreakfast Sandwich Maker: Quick and Easy Breakfast Sandwich Recipes You Can Make At Home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne: Simple One-Pan Wonders: [American Measurements] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 50 Best Sugar-Free Recipes: Tasty, fresh, and easy to make! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFat Bombs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMediterranean Diet Appetizers Cookbook: Easy and Mouthwatering Appetizers Recipes, Your Decisive Choice for Eating and Living Well Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Favorite Recipes from BreadIn5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Everything Fondue Cookbook: 300 Creative Ideas for Any Occasion Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Bread Baking for Beginners: 100+ Recipes Guide with Images Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPinch of Nom Enjoy: Great-tasting Food For Every Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ninja Creami Recipes: Easy, Delicious and Creamy Recipes to Enjoy from Smoothies, Sorbets, Ice Creams to Milkshakes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlatters and Boards: Beautiful, Casual Spreads for Every Occasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bread Machine Magic: 138 Exciting Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Low Carb Asian Cookbook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Skinny Air Fryer Cookbook: The Best Recipes for Cutting the Fat and Keeping the Flavor in Your Favorite Fried Foods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTraeger Grill & Smoker Cookbook 2022 : Delicious Recipe for Your Wood Pellet Grill (Beginners & Advanced User) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings5-ingredient Mediterranean diet cookbook for beginners. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGood Housekeeping: Air Fryer Cookbook: 70 Delicious Recipes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Packed Lunches for Gourmets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSheet Pan 5-Ingredient Cookbook: Simple, Nutritious, and Delicious Meals Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly Revised & Updated: 600 Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes For Your Slow Cooker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReal Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Cooking, Food & Wine For You
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The How Not to Diet Cookbook: 100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Back to Eden Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prairie Homestead Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Heritage Cooking in Any Kitchen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Quick Start Guide to Carnivory + 21 Day Carnivore Diet Meal Plan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Small Apartment Hacks: 101 Ingenious DIY Solutions for Living, Organizing and Entertaining Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Snoop Presents Goon with the Spoon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Medicinal Herbal: A Practical Guide to the Healing Properties of Herbs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Carnivore Code Cookbook: Reclaim Your Health, Strength, and Vitality with 100+ Delicious Recipes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMediterranean Diet: 70 Easy, Healthy Recipes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Everything Macro Diet Cookbook: 300 Satisfying Recipes for Shedding Pounds and Gaining Lean Muscle Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joy of Cooking: Fully Revised and Updated Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Betty Crocker Lost Recipes: Beloved Vintage Recipes for Today's Kitchen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Eating Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The James Beard Cookbook Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook: Savor 111 Must-have Recipes Made Easy in the Instant Pot Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cooking at Home: More Than 1,000 Classic and Modern Recipes for Every Meal of the Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Salad of the Day: 365 Recipes for Every Day of the Year Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Yes, Jeff. The Bear Cookbook
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Yes, Jeff. The Bear Cookbook - Hank Finnegan
CHAPTER 1
SYSTEM: SEASON 1, EPISODE 1
BEEF 101
When it comes to Chicago-style Italian beef sandwiches, there's a whole raft of terms that can leave the uninitiated flummoxed. Don’t worry, Magellan of sandwiches, we’ve got maps.
Here’s some lingo you might encounter when placing your order:
Chicago Style: This refers to the overall style of the sandwich, which includes:
Italian beef (thinly sliced roast beef)
Italian roll (kind of like a hoagie bun; a hearty roll, soft enough to soak up the juices but sturdy enough to hold up under the weight of the meat and toppings)
Au jus (the flavorful broth the beef is cooked in)
Optional toppings: Giardiniera (pickled vegetable relish), sweet peppers, mozz
Wet/Dry/Dipped: This refers to how much gravy the sandwich is dipped in:
Dry: The beef is served without being dipped, with minimal drippings.
Wet: The sandwich is dipped in the au jus before being served.
Dipped: The entire sandwich, bread and all, is submerged in the gravy for a gloriously messy, juice-dripping experience. You’ll have to pull off the Chicago Lean
to eat this one.
Giardiniera: A spicy pickled vegetable relish, often including sport peppers, celery, cauliflower, carrots, and jalapeños.
Hot: This doesn't refer to temperature, but to the addition of giardiniera.
Sweet: Without giardiniera, but with sliced, roasted bell peppers.
Sweet & Hot: With giardiniera and bell peppers.
Cheese: This isn’t a Philly Cheesesteak - Chicago-style Italian beef doesn't typically include cheese. However, some places will add mozzarella or provolone, just ask for cheese or mozz.
The Good Stuff:
Gravy/Jus/Juice: These terms all refer to the savory broth the meat is cooked in.
Putting it all together:
Italian Beef, hot, dipped
: The classic order, a messy, spicy, beefy masterpiece.
Beef, sweet, wet
: A milder, but equally delicious alternative.
So there you have it, a crash course in Chicago's most iconic sandwich. Now you can confidently stroll up to the counter and order a hot, wet, dipped beef with sweet peppers and mozz
like a native. Just don't forget the napkins.
THE CHICAGO LEAN
Sorry to disappoint you so early, but this not about purple drank or sizzurp.*
Whether you know it or not, you’ve been in intense training for the Chicago Lean your whole life. It may seem like a simple technique for eating a messy sammich at a counter, but it employs core elements of the following athletic feats:
a. The Awkward Middle School Slow Dance
b. The Hugging Your Boss
c. Blowing Out Birthday Candles
d. Drinking a Juice Box with a Broken Straw
e. Pretending to be Interested in a Meeting
g. The Biathlon
The key here is the lean. It’s the elbows firmly planted, it’s the hips out, it’s the vital distance between you and the sandwich.
Here's how you do it:
Stand away from the counter, maybe 6 inches or 12cm. You want to give adequate space for the sandwich and avoiding splash back.
Plant your feet a foot or two apart - you basically want to have solid footing. This is your anchor, your port in the storm of beefy goodness.
Lean forward at a 45-degree angle. Imagine you're making a triangle with yourself, the counter, and the sandwich. (Who knew we’d use so much geometry as adults? Got me feeling like Euclid out here.)
Pick up the sandwich, resting your elbows on the counter for stability.
Hold the sandwich at an angle with its top end towards your mouth and its bottom end pointed away. This is critical for maintaining your shirt’s integrity.
Dig in, bud. You've earned it.
Real Gs move in silence like lasagna.
LIL WAYNE
CHICAGO ITALIAN BEEF SANDWICHES
Serves 8; 24 to 48 hours of cook/ prep time
Giardiniera: 30 minutes prep time, +24 hours pickling time
Beef: 45 minutes prep time, 3-5 hours cook time, optional 24 hours post-cook chilling time
This is the sort of sandwich you bite into and it makes you realize that meditation may work because you feel totally present in the moment, and you discover that being present feels good. It’s the sort of sandwich you dream of when you’re in the Peace Corps and it’s 2:37am and all you can hear is the mosquitoes and the auditory hallucinations from the janky anti-malarial medicine they gave you, but all you can think of is the hot, sour greatness of an Al’s #1 Italian Beef.
To create a (semi) authentic Chicago Italian Beef Sandwich, you'll need to invest time and care into preparing the beef, jus, and giardiniera. Start by making the giardiniera at least 24 hours before you want to enjoy the sandwich.
Ingredients
For the beef:
Ideally, use a cheaper cut of steak. Top round roast is great. Flank steak, hanger steak, tri-tip steak, top sirloin steak, flat-iron steak, and flap steak are all good alternatives. Avoid premium cuts like sirloin, tenderloin, or filet as they are too tender and lack the necessary texture after slow-cooking.
3 lbs (1.4 kg) top round roast
2 tbsp Italian seasoning blend