Pot Roast. Pot roast is a braised beef dish made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef before slow cooking the meat in a covered dish, sometimes with vegetables, in or over liquid. Pot roasts typically use the tougher cuts of beef—a chuck roast or shoulder roast—which have the most flavor. For pot roasts, and other slow cooked tough meats, fat is your friend!
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. Slow Cooked Balsamic Pot Roast is perfect for an easy weekday or weekend dinner! You can cook Pot Roast using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Pot Roast
- Prepare 3-4 pound of beef roast.
- You need 2 lbs of baby carrots.
- It's 6 of large potatoes.
- It's 2 tablespoons of worchestire sauce.
- Prepare of RUB - I tbsp each salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder.
- It's 1 packet of beef stew seasoning (any brand).
- It's 1 cup of water.
Fall apart-tender beef is slow cooked in a garlic balsamic sauce, along with potatoes and carrots to complete your meal! Dutch oven pot roast recipes are the ultimate comfort food. When juicy pot roast simmers in garlic, onions and veggies, everyone comes running to ask, "When can we eat?" Making a simple, old-fashioned pot roast is an accomplishment any cook can achieve. In fact, many cooks swear pot roast is even better the second day after all the flavors have time to mix and mingle.
Pot Roast step by step
- Mix ingredients for rub. Use 3/4 of it to coat all sides of roast..
- Heat skillet on high. Add worcestershire sauce. Sear each side of the roast in a very hot pan..
- Place roast in center of roasting pan. Cut potatoes into 4s. Place potatoes and carrots around roast. Sprinkle the reminder of the rub over meat, potatoes and carrots..
- Mix beef stew packet with 1/2 cup water. It will be thick! Drizzle it all over the meat, potatoes and carrots..
- Cover and bake at 250 for 2 1/2 hours. After the first hour add a 1/2 cup of water. Baste every half hour..
- After finished cooking let sit for 15 minutes. Slice meat..
- Serve with the potatoes and carrots. Broth will be thick and rich! Enjoy!.
- I've made this for large gatherings. Always a crowd pleaser!.
- Another look at a larger roast. Just add extra potatoes and carrots!.
Pot Roast - fall apart beef, tender flavour infused vegetables and potatoes smothered in a rich gravy. It's mouthwateringly good, yet simple to make, especially if you use a slow cooker. One of the best bang-for-buck meals of all time. Thanks to Turo for sponsoring this video! Classic Pot Roast is an easy comfort food that is an absolute favorite.
