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Pot Roast Recipe

Pot roast done simple — Slow Cooker Pot Roast, Mississippi Pot Roast, French Onion Pot Roast, Pot Roast With Gravy — for Sunday dinner or a busy weeknight.

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Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Picture this, after a long strenuous day, you can come home 8 hours later to the most delicious pot roast ever. Your family will think you cooked all day and you hardly lifted a finger. That's a meal well done. I'll take a bowl to go, thanks!

8 hr780 cal57 g proteinServes 6558 saves
Samantha RobertsonSamantha Robertson

Ingredients

  • 4-5 pound Chuck Roast
  • 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (peeled and cut into large chunks)I used a small bag of baby yukons
  • 1 Small bag of baby carrots
  • 2 tbsp Canola Oil
  • 2 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Dried Thyme
  • 2 cloves Garlic (minced)
  • garnish (optional) Fresh Parsley
  • 1 tbsp Onion Powder
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tbsp Adobo
  • 1 tbsp Italian and Herb bouillon
  • 2 cup Beef broth
  • 2 tbsp Cold water
  • 2 tbsp Corn starch

Instructions

  1. 1Season the chuck roast with kosher salt, black pepper, and thyme. (If you are sensitive to sodium, adjust to your taste or you can even leave the Kosher salt out altogether since you're adding broth)
  2. 2Heat your pan (or if you can brown in your slow cooker, so it in that insert to medium high)
  3. 3Add canola oil and when it ripples and is hot add in the roast and brown, deeply for 4-5 minutes on each side.
  4. 4In your slow cooker, add the carrots, potatoes and garlic. And add seasonings.
  5. 5Lay the beef on top, then add the beef broth and cover, cooking on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 5-6 hours.
  6. 6In the last hour, mix your cornstarch and water and add it to the slow cooker to thicken the sauce.

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A Roast That Takes Care Of Itself

A chuck roast asks almost nothing of you. Salt it, brown it if you have the time, give it liquid and a few hours, and it turns into something your whole table shows up for.

Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on slow Sundays, on cold nights, and on mornings when they want dinner handled before lunch. It is also where they land when one roast needs to stretch into lunches all week.

Every recipe here is a real pot roast somebody made and saved: Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Yukon Golds and baby carrots, Mississippi Pot Roast with ranch and au jus, French Onion Pot Roast, Pot Roast With Gravy, Pot Roast Meal Prep, and a Chicken "Pot Roast" for nights you skip the beef.

Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Brown the roast first

    Sear all sides in a hot pan with a tablespoon of oil, about 3 to 4 minutes per side, before it goes in the pot.

  2. 2

    Salt it ahead

    Season the roast with salt and pepper at least 30 minutes before cooking so it works past the surface.

  3. 3

    Keep the liquid low

    One to two cups is plenty; the roast gives off its own juices and too much water thins the gravy.

  4. 4

    Add potatoes later

    Drop in potatoes and carrots during the last 2 hours on low so they hold their shape instead of falling apart.

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