Delicious Pot Roast Recipes

ERICA'S DELICIOUS SLOW COOKER BEEF ROAST

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium high heat, saute the roast in the oil for 15 minutes, or until all sides are well browned. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
• Place the onion, carrots, garlic and parsley in the bottom of a slow cooker. Place the roast on top of the vegetables and pour the soup over the roast and the vegetables.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook on low setting for 8 to 10 hours, stirring once.
• Transfer roast to a serving platter and place the vegetables around it. Pour the roast gravy from the slow cooker into a gravy boat.

PERFECT POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Generously salt and pepper the chuck roast.
• Heat the olive oil in large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the halved onions to the pot, browning them on both sides. Remove the onions to a plate.
• Throw the carrots into the same very hot pot and toss them around a bit until slightly browned, about a minute or so. Reserve the carrots with the onions.
• If needed, add a bit more olive oil to the very hot pot. Place the meat in the pot and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to a plate.
• With the burner still on high, use either red wine or beef broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pot, scraping the bottom with a whisk. Place the roast back into the pot and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway.
• Add in the onions and the carrots, along with the fresh herbs.
• Put the lid on, then roast for 3 hours for a 3-pound roast. For a 4 to 5-pound roast, plan on 4 hours. The roast is ready when it's fall-apart tender.

SLOW COOKER POT ROAST

Steps:

• Season beef with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper. Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add beef and cook until evenly browned, about 3-4 minutes per side. In a medium bowl, whisk together beef broth, wine, flour, tomato paste and Worcestershire; set aside. Place potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, thyme and bay leaf into a 6-qt slow cooker. Stir in beef broth mixture; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Top with beef. Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours, or until meat is fork-tender. Remove beef, potatoes, carrots, celery and onion from the slow cooker; shred beef, using two forks. Cover with aluminum foil. Strain cooking juices through a fine-mesh sieve into a small saucepan over medium heat; discard solids. Skim any remaining fat from surface and discard. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, whisking constantly, until desired thickness, about 5-10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve beef, potatoes, carrots, celery and onion with juices immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.

PERFECT POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325ºF.
• Combine the salt, pepper, and ground fennel in a small bowl. Generously season the roast with the spice mixture.
• Add enough oil to a large Dutch oven to coat the bottom. Heat it over medium-high heat, add the roast, and sear 8 to 10 minutes total, turning to brown all sides. Transfer the roast to a bowl.
• Add the carrots, onions, and garlic and season lightly with salt and pepper. Sauté the vegetables until browned, 5 to 8 minutes, being careful not to burn the garlic. Remove the vegetables and place in a clean bowl.
• Deglaze the pot with 1 cup of the cider. Using a wooden spoon, scrape up any brown bits that have stuck to the bottom of the pot. Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat. Add 2 cups of the broth and bring it to a boil again.
• Add 4 sprigs of the thyme, the rosemary, bay leaf, and roast to the pot (reserving the vegetables in the bowl). Bring the liquid to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer.
• Cover the pot, place it in the oven, and roast for 2 hours. Add the reserved vegetables and roast for 1 more hour, until the roast is fork-tender but not mushy.
• Remove the roast and vegetables to a large bowl or platter and cover to keep warm. Let the braising liquid cool slightly, then strain the liquid into a bowl (discard the solids).
• Skim off any fat that has risen to the top.
• Purée the braising liquid in a blender.
• To make the sauce, heat 2 tablespoons oil in the Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the flour and stir to combine with the oil. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup cider and the tomato paste and mix well.
• Return the braising liquid to the pot along with the remaining 1 1/2 cups beef broth and the remaining 2 thyme sprigs. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, until the sauce is thickened.
• Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste. Remove the thyme sprigs.
• To serve, slice the pot roast, arrange the vegetables around it, and pour the sauce over the top.
• Variations: Tipsy Pot Roast
• In many pot roast recipes, there is an element of alcohol. In mine, I use hard cider, but you can also try red wine, a heavy beer, or-for your Irish friends-Guinness. The booze gives the meat an extra dimension but won't get the family hammered.

SIMPLE & DELICIOUS POT ROAST

Steps:

• Thaw roast if frozen. Trim excess fat (alittle is ok!). Rub all over with cajun seasoning, sprinkle with salt to taste.
• Spray crock pot with cooking spray. Put roast in bottom.
• Mix together both soups, and pour over.
• Cook on low heat until tender and falling apart. Slice and keep in gravy.
• Serve with salad and mashed potatoes.

SERIOUSLY DELICIOUS POT ROAST...SERIOUSLY!!!!!

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet on medium high.
• Combine flour and grill seasoning in a large bowl.
• Coat Chuck Roast with flour mixture, shake off any excess.
• Place Chuck Roast in skillet and sear/brown all 4 sides, 3 minutes each side.
• While meat is searing: Mix Lipton Onion soup mix, mushrooms, onion and chicken broth (or water) in the crockpot. This will become the gravy of the dish. It does not look like much now, but the water from the mushrooms and cooking process WILL make a nice gravy!
• When Chuck Roast is seared/browned on all sides add to crockpot and coat with the mushroom mixture.
• Set crockpot to low for 6 hours. I would not recommend doing this on high for half the time. It does not come out as tender.

EASY POT ROAST

Steps:

• Take your meat out of the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before cooking and generously salt and pepper it. I put 1 tablespoon of salt in the ingredients, but you should use as much or as little as you are comfortable with.
• Heat a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Then add olive oil.
• Rough chop carrots into 2-3 inch pieces. (after cutting off the top this meant I was cutting the carrots in half on the diagonal.)
• Cut two onions in half and add them to the hot pot, browning them on one side and then the other. Remove the onions to a plate.
• Add carrots to the same pot and brown them slightly. (about 1 minute) Remove and set them on a plate with the onions.
• Add butter to the pot and allow to melt. Place the meat in the pan and sear it for about a minute on both sides until it is nice and brown all over.
• Add onions and carrots back to pan with meat. Cover and roast at 275°F for about 3 hours. I started checking mine at 2 hours. You want the meat to be cooked through and to tear easily with a fork.

DELICIOUS POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Rub roast with black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a heavy flameproof casserole or Dutch oven and sear roast for several minutes on each side, browning well.
• Pour in stock and wine and add parsley, 1-teaspoon salt, 1-teaspoon black pepper and the whole cloves.
• Stir in onions, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes and celery.
• Liquid in casserole should just cover vegetables. Add additional beef stock if necessary.
• Bring to a simmer on top of the stove, cover and bake in center of oven for 2 ½ hours.
• Uncover and cook longer, until meat is tender, about 1-½ hours, basting frequently.
• Transfer roast to a deep serving platter and arrange vegetables around it.
• Spoon a bit of sauce over all and garnish the platter with parsley.
• Pass additional sauce in a gravy boat.

YUMMY POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Pierce roast heavily on both sides with fork and sprinkle lightly with meat tenderizer.
• Allow to sit 5 minutes.
• Place roast in a metal roasting pan that has a cover (roast can also be covered and sealed with heavy aluminum foil).
• Mix water, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce, and catsup in bowl then pour over roast.
• Circle roast with potatoes, onions, carrots, bay leaves, and bouillon cubes.
• Sprinkle all with pepper and garlic powder.
• Cover tightly and cook approximately 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours until meat is tender. Discard bay leaves.
• Note: One reviewer noted that her roast was almost overdone. I contend that all ovens are different and the safest way to cook any meat is using a meat thermometer. If you cook the roast to an internal temperature of 165 deg. F. and let it rest for about 5 minutes, it will be done perfectly and still plenty juicy. Thanks to the reviewer that pointed that out. Dried out meat can ruin the rest of the meal.

SIMPLE & DELICIOUS POT ROAST (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place potatoes and carrots in crock pot.
• Cut roast in half.
• In a bowl, combine the mustard, rosemary, garlic salt, thyme and pepper and rub over roast.
• Place in crock pot and top with onion and broth.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender.

POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Combine salt, pepper, and flour. Spread flour in a dish or on a piece of parchment paper and dip roast into the flour mixture to coat it on all sides.
• Heat oil over medium heat in a large Dutch oven or stockpot. Brown roast on all sides (about 5 minutes).
• Remove meat from the pot and set it aside.
• Add additional oil if needed. Add onion and carrots to the pot and saute for 3-5 minutes, or just until onions begin to soften and caramelize around the edges. Remove from heat.
• Add the potatoes to the pot over the vegetables. Add the meat back into the pot over the other ingredients.
• Pour beef broth and a sprig of rosemary over the meat. Cover with a lid.
• Cook for about 3 hours or until meat falls apart easily when pulled with a fork.
• Serve.