How To Make A Crave-Worthy Cheesesteak Using 3 Aldi Ingredients

Cheesesteaks are pretty simple to make if you have the right ingredients. Luckily for those who shop at Aldi, the store has great products that can create a truly delicious cheesesteak in no time and for a very low price. There are three basic elements to every cheesesteak — a good bun, some shredded meat, and a cheese of your choosing — and all three are readily available at Aldi. For starters, you can get some hoagie-style buns with the L'oven Fresh Deli Rolls, which are priced at $2.75, and which will give you the foundation for six cheesesteaks in total. From there, you'll want to grab the Old Neighborhood USDA Beef Shaved Steak, a product tailor-made for great fajitas, stir-fries, and cheesesteaks. The 14-ounce package costs $6.45, cooks very quickly, and can be made incredibly flavorful with the right seasonings. 

Lastly, unless you want to make an old-school beefsteak (the original version of what would become the Philly cheesesteak), adding some cheese is absolutely crucial. Seeing asprovolone is considered by many to be the best cheese for the sandwich, it's likely your best bet to pick up some Happy Farms Deli Sliced Provolone Cheese from Aldi for $1.65 to complete your recipe. In the end, these three items will run you a total of $10.85 — an incredible value for a delicious meal.

In addition to those three core items, there are also a few more you may want to grab from Aldi to make your homemade cheesesteaks even better. For starters, cheesesteaks often feature browned onions as a topping, so picking up a bag of yellow onions (which caramelize better than white onions do) for $2.65 is a great choice. Similarly, while green bell peppers aren't considered an authentic addition to Philly cheesesteaks, those who want to dice them up and add them to their sandwich can pick some up for less than $1 each at Aldi.

If you want to make a different style of cheesesteak than the Philadelphia version, you can also rely on Aldi to help you do so — at least, for the most part. Anthony Bourdain famously highlighted Donkey's Place in Camden, New Jersey as having the best cheesesteak, and even argued that New Jersey cheesesteaks are better than the Philly variety. Seeing as the most substantial difference between the two sandwiches is the bun, opting for the L'oven Fresh Classic Kaiser Buns — which are priced at $3.29 at Aldi — could help you build your own version of the Jersey cheesesteak.

With that being said, certain iconic aspects of both Philly cheesesteaks and New Jersey cheesesteaks cannot be replicated at Aldi. Neither Cheez Whiz nor white American cheese — both popular options for cheesesteaks — is available at Aldi. However, as long as you're okay with using provolone rather than one of those signature cheeses, you'll be ready to craft a world-class cheesesteak.