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This Philly Cheesesteak is a meaty, cheesy HEAVEN. Tender beef pairs perfectly with peppers, onions and lots of cheese. You will love how easy they are to make!
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These Philly cheesesteak sandwiches are the perfect dinner to make when you don’t have a lot of time but are craving something hearty, filling, and flavorful. The tender roast beef soaks up flavorful juices and tastes delicious with thinly sliced peppers and onions. Add lots of buttery cheese, pop the whole thing on soft hoagie bread, warm it under the broiler and you have a satisfying, fulfilling sandwich that is warm and tasty.
Whip these sandwiches up and serve them with some veggies and dip, French fries, or potato chips, and you’ve got yourself a meal the whole family will love. Some of my kids don’t like the peppers and onions, so I just pile the extras up on my sandwich. It is the best sandwich for our family! They are also great for parties or game day!
Classic Philly Cheesesteak Recipe Ingredients
Take your favorite Philly cheesesteak recipe to your kitchen with this authentic recipe that never fails. It is so simple to make and using the right ingredients only makes it even better. Get ready to wow your taste buds with these ingredients layered together.
- Beef broth – Tenderizes the beef and gives it an extra juicy beef experience.
- Onion soup mix – Adds that extra flavor of onion and seasonings to the meat and vegetables.
- Black Angus roast beef – I like to get thinly sliced roast beef from the deli counter at my grocery store, but you could use pre-sliced deli meat or even leftover roast beef from Sunday dinner. Just make sure the beef is nice and thin; the flavor of the juice soaks in better that way when you simmer it.
- Green bell pepper – Cut the peppers up really thin so they cook evenly. You want them tender but not mushy.
- Onion – A white onion is perfect for taste and smell. These will be sliced into thin slices.
- Cream cheese – Add a nice, thick layer of cream cheese to the bread. It adds a whole new dimension that I just can’t live without anymore. The cream cheese softens with the hot meat and veggies and melts perfectly.
- Provolone cheese – This is one of the best cheeses to choose for this cheesesteak recipe.
- Hoagie rolls – You can find the hoagie rolls at pretty much any grocery store or use our Homemade Subway Bread recipe if you like homemade bread better!
- Optional Additions: mushrooms, hot peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles
How to Make Easy Philly Cheesesteak Recipe
This is one of the greatest sandwich recipes of all time! It has the perfect cut of beef that is tender and juicy. White American cheese melts flawlessly and adds all the flavor overtop the roast beef giving it the best flavor combination.
- Boil – Bring beef broth and onion soup mix to a boil. Add roast beef, reduce heat, and simmer for about 5-10 minutes. In the meantime, in a large skillet saute onion and green pepper over medium heat.
- Simmering – When beef is done simmering, drain juices. Add roast beef to the skillet along with about 4 ounces of cream cheese.
- Layer – Spread the remaining cream cheese on each hoagie roll. When the cream cheese in the skillet is all melted, generously portion the beef mixture onto each hoagie roll.
- Cheese – Top with provolone cheese and place sandwiches, open-faced on a large baking sheet.
- Broil – Broil on high for about a minute or until the cheese becomes bubbly and the bread becomes slightly toasty. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
“This is a family favorite! We make it all of the time and it’s super easy to put together!”
-Suzy
Frequently Asked Questions
An authentic Philly cheesesteak consists of thinly sliced ribeye steak, melted American cheese, provolone, or cheez whiz all served on thick crusted bread like a toasted hoagie roll. Top it with sauteed onions and green bell peppers. Use a sharp knife and cut it in half to serve on butcher paper.
The secret to a good Philly cheesesteak sandwich has to be made in Philadelphia at a local cheesesteak shop. A homemade Philly cheesesteak needs to have thin sliced ribeye steak and cheese. Serve on an amoroso roll and topped with caramelized onions.
The best cheese would have to be American cheese, deli provolone, or cheese whiz is known to be on the best cheesesteak. These cheeses are all really melty. You need a good cheese melt!
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Easy Philly Cheesesteak Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 package onion soup mix
- 1 pound Black Angus rare roast beef regular roast beef works great too, just make sure it’s from the deli and thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper sliced
- 1 large white or yellow onion sliced
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 8 slices provolone cheese 2 slices per sandwich
- 4 hoagie rolls
Instructions
- Bring beef broth and onion soup mix to a boil. Add roast beef, reduce heat, and simmer for about 5-10 minutes.
- In the meantime, in a large skillet saute onion and green pepper.
- When beef is done simmering, drain juices (you can keep the juice if you want to make an “au jus” dip). Add roast beef to skillet along with about 4 oz. of cream cheese.
- Spread remaining cream cheese on each hoagie roll. When the cream cheese in the skillet is all melted, generously portion beef mixture onto each hoagie roll. Top with provolone cheese and place sandwiches, open-faced on a large baking sheet.
- Broil on high for about a minute or until cheese becomes bubbly and bread becomes slightly toasty.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately.
Notes
- Optional Additions: mushrooms, hot peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles
- To make a family sized sandwich, use a loaf of French bread.
- Add some cheese whiz for an authentic Philly Cheesesteak.
My family loved these! My husband isn’t typically a huge cheesesteak fan but he thought they were so good! He said best cheesesteak he’s ever had!! Thanks for the recipe.
Didn’t like the cream cheese but only did a sample with it, otherwise it was good.
Cream cheese isn’t for everyone – haha. I’m glad you tested it for your taste!
We all love cheesesteaks here. I haven’t tried adding cream cheese and would like to give that a try next time I make them.
My Hubby loved it! Thanks so much for the recipe!
This is a family favorite! We make it all of the time and it’s super easy to put together!
This was so easy and DELISH! Will be making again!
love how simple this is for a weeknight dinner but still full of veggies and protein!
ABSOLUTELY delicious! Forgot to get onion soup mixture, but improvised an it turned out great. Thank you for your AWESOME recipes.
What kind of roast&cheese do I buy for the philly cheesesteaks.
I bought medium-rare roast from the deli and I used Havarti cheese last time and it was WONDERFUL. People typically use provolone though. Hope this helps!
Also, my boyfriends from where it was created. He thinks that bell peppers are a side, not included. He is passionate about it. Most of those places have it on a condiment/sides bar or you ask to have it added.
These hoagies are amazing! I’m making them for the second time in two weeks right now! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! This is a keeper for sure! ????????????
So glad that you like them! They are definitely a “regular” at our house, too!
These are the best! I put some of the soup mixture into the meat after cooking (used Schwan’s Philly Beef Steak) and simmered until liquid dissolved, then added the cream cheese. We used the rest of the soup mixture for the “au jus”. I used provolone, husband used baby swiss. Seasoned peppers, onions & mushrooms with salt & pepper. Absolute heaven! Thank you so much for this recipe. I will use it forever!
Thank you for the comment! So glad you liked it! Love the idea of adding mushrooms. YUM!
I made this tonight for dinner. I absolutely loved it!! So simple and quick! I’ll be making it again soon 🙂
So glad you liked it!
This is spectacular!! Best Philly cheese steak sandwich! I also added mushrooms and used white american cheese instead of provalone. Much better taste that way 🙂 thanks for the recipie!
Yum! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Delish! I made this with a few extras and mushrooms. ( GREAT!!!) I also simmered the meat for about 20 minutes to give it more flavor. While the onion,bell pepper were almost done I through in the mushrooms and a little broth to brown it with flavor. It was so good. Thanks so much
“These are DELICIOUS!!!!” to quote my 10 yo son! He asked what we were having and when I said “philly cheese steak” he replied with the typical ‘Oh, yeah…Do I have to have that?” So when I made his plate I only gave him a small piece and told him I wanted him to at least try it, which typically returns a “ok, I tried it, now can I have a PBJ?” He took one bite and asked for the rest of his sandwhich! Thanks for posting. Not only is the flavor delicious but was a very quick to prepare meal!
Just made this for dinner, and used a whole loaf of French bread instead of indivual hoggie rolls, the family loved it!
Thank you so much for sharing made this tonight everyone LOVED it!!!! I sauted mushrooms and jalapeños for my husband and he said he will be requesting this on a regular!!!
Probably the best sandwich I’ve ever had! The cream cheese really makes it extra delicious!
I just made this and BOY OH BOY,IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!! I added mushrooms and then mayo and lettuce and tomato. but It didn’t need it. Great just the way it is! My family ate up every last bit! Thank you so much for this recipe. It will be a regular one for sure.
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I made this tonight for dinner, it was so yummy and easy to make. I would highly recommend this
One of the best dinners Ive ever made! what a great recipe! thank you!
This was seriously so good. We LOVED every single bite. Thanks for such a good and easy recipe! LOVING your site and excited to try more things!
Made this for dinner tonight and the boy friend loved it! I also used mushrooms, it made the sandwich.
My husband looooves philly's I'm going to try this version!
We tried it with sautéed mushrooms….yum!
This looks wonderful!! I will be adding it to my menu for next week for sure—with the cheese!! :0)
Yum! This is going on this week's menu plan, I'll be posting my menu plan later today and I'll link to this wonderful recipe 🙂
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Do you know if you cook the meet before adding it with the broth mix
That looks so yummy! I'm going to try this recipe this week!