Nothing beats pot roast on a cold day! Its a wonderful dinner that you can throw together and let cook for a few hours. It is so tender and delicious. I love to eat it on those busy days, or a early Sunday dinner night.
Ingredients:
3 pound chuck roast
3 carrots (Peeled and cut in half)
1 onion (cut in half)
salt and pepper
1 table spoon oil
1 sprig of fresh rosemary
2 sprigs of fresh thyme
32 oz conatiner of beef broth
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Salt and pepper the beef very well. Heat up the oil in a Dutch oven. Start to get a really good sear on the beef. Make sure you get all the sides of it.
- Take out the beef and set aside. Then add carrots and onion. Cook until it has some color on it, you aren’t trying to make them super soft. Take out.
- Add in some broth and scrap the bottom of the Dutch oven to get all the bits off the bottom of the pan, that’s where the flavor is at.
- Add the meat, carrots, onion, fresh herbs back to pan. Cover with the rest of the broth just until covered. If you don’t have enough broth add some water.
- Cover and then put into the oven and let cook 4-5 hours. Do not peak!!!! it should be good at four hours but i like to let mine go a little longer if your crunched on time four should be good.
***Gravy***
Take out 1 1/2 cups of the broth, strain it. mix 2 tablespoons of flour and 2 tablespoons of water together in a cup. slowly add it to the broth over medium heat. It will start to thicken, add salt and pepper if needed.