The Great Cheesy Beef

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 of a small onion
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms
• 1 (17 ounce) package refrigerated cooked beef roast au jus sauce
• 1 teaspoon dried italian seasoning, crushed
• 5 hoagie rolls or 5 hamburger buns, split
• 5 slices provolone cheese or 5 slices mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 on a cutting board use a sharp knife to cut the onion into very small pieces. open the jar of mushrooms. place a colander or strainer into the sink. empty mushrooms into colander and let the liquid drain into the sink. save onion and mushrooms until step 3.
• 2 use scissors to cut open the meat package. carefully pour the meat and juices into a large bowl. use 2 forks to break the meat up into small pieces.
• 3 pour the meat and juices into a saucepan. add the onion, mushrooms, and italian seasoning to the meat mixture. put saucepan on a burner. turn burner to medium-high heat. cook for 10 minutes or until mixture is hot, stirring now and then with a wooden spoon. turn off burner. remove saucepan from burner.
• 4 turn on a broiler. place both halves of the buns , cut sides up, on a baking sheet or broiler pan; broil 3 to 4 inches from the heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until toasted. use hot pads to remove pan from oven. set buns tops aside. use a stotted spoon to spoon the meat mixture onto the bun bottoms. top each with a chees slice. use hot pads to place baking sheet under broiler again. broil about 1 minute or until cheese melts. remove pan from oven and add bun tops.