Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

854 mins
Serves 4
Serves

Directions

  1. 1.

    Add a three-pound chuck roast to a Dutch oven.

  2. 2.

    Pat the roast dry with a paper towel.

  3. 3.

    Salt and pepper both sides of the roast.

  4. 4.

    Sear both sides of the roast in the Dutch oven.

  5. 5.

    Place the seared roast in your crockpot.

  6. 6.

    Add one thick sliced onion to the Dutch oven and sauté for a couple of minutes.

  7. 7.

    Add five minced garlic cloves to the Dutch oven and sauté for a minute.

  8. 8.

    Pour the onion and garlic mixture over the roast in the crockpot.

  9. 9.

    Add five sliced carrots and two handfuls of whole Yukon gold potatoes to the crockpot.

  10. 10.

    Add about one and a half cups of beef broth, two teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce, one tablespoon of fresh minced thyme and one tablespoon of fresh minced rosemary to the Dutch oven.

  11. 11.

    Stir the mixture in the Dutch oven for a minute to scrape up the bits from the bottom.

  12. 12.

    Pour the mixture from the Dutch oven over the other ingredients in the crockpot.

  13. 13.

    Salt and pepper everything in the crockpot.

  14. 14.

    Cover the crockpot and set the temperature to low for eight to nine hours.

  15. 15.

    Remove the vegetables from the crockpot.

  16. 16.

    Remove the meat and shred it using two forks.

  17. 17.

    Cut the potatoes into halves.

  18. 18.

    Place the shredded meat and vegetables in a serving dish.

  19. 19.

    Strain the juices from the crockpot through a fine mesh strainer into a saucepan.

  20. 20.

    Add a cornstarch slurry to the strained juices and heat on medium until thickened.

  21. 21.

    Pour the gravy over the meat and vegetables.

  22. 22.

    Add a pocketful of parsley to the top.

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Ingredients

  • 3 pounds chuck roast
  • 1 salt
  • 1 pepper
  • 1 oil
  • 1 onion
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 5 carrots
  • 2 handfuls Yukon gold potatoes
  • 1.5 cups beef broth
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
  • 1 cornstarch slurry
  • 1 pocketful parsley

Equipment

Dutch oven paper towel crockpot wooden spoon tongs mesh strainer bowl knife two forks

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