Every home cook needs an awesome pot roast recipe in their repertoire, and this is the perfect one to have! It’s a great dish for the winter holidays because it’s cozy and comforting.
What is pot roast?
Pot roast is generally a tough cut of beef that is cooked low and slow. As it cooks it softens, and develops a melt-in-your-mouth texture and buttery soft flavor.
What is the best way to cook a pot roast?
Pot roast is best cooked slowly at a low temperature. This way it becomes soft and develops a ton of flavor.
You can get the same delicious results whether you cook the roast in the oven, or on the stove. As long as whichever one it is, you give it a lot of time.
Awesome pot Roast ingredients:
- Olive Oil
- Chuck Roast
- Onions
- Carrots
- Gold Potatoes
- Tomato Paste
- Beef Broth
- Water
- Red Wine
- Garlic
How to make our awesome pot roast:
Sauté the vegetables.
Add the wine, broth, and water.
Use a pair of kitchen gloves to place the roast over the vegetables.
Raise the flame until the liquid is boiling. Mix everything well.
Lower the flame and simmer for around five hours.
Variations for this awesome pot roast:
We chose to cook this roast with carrots and potatoes, but there are so many different ingredients you can add.
Vegetables that would work with this recipe are celery, sweet potatoes, mushrooms and parsnips. You can also add any herbs you’d like to get a particular flavor.
It’s a pretty versatile dish and should be made your favorite way!
the pot we used:
We like to use a Dutch oven when making this recipe because of its quality. Additionally, a Dutch oven can be transferred from the stove to the oven if you choose, which is helpful when making a roast recipe.
Dutch ovens can be very expensive but there are great ones at lower prices as well.
If you’re thinking about getting a Dutch oven feel free to check this one out.
If you’d like to add gravy:
Pouring gravy over your roast brings the recipe together beautifully.
All you need to make some gravy is a tablespoon or two of cornstarch. You’ll mix that with the strained liquid from the pot and you’ll have gravy!
To strain the liquid from the pot simply remove the roast, carrots, and potatoes, and then pour the liquid through a mesh strainer into a bowl.
Add the strained liquid back to the pot along with the cornstarch. Bring to a boil and then simmer for five minutes. Pour the gravy over the roast and serve.
freezing pot roast:
If you have leftover pot roast you can freeze it for around two months. Simply wrap it in parchment paper, and then place it in a zip lock bag or airtight container.
Defrost it the night before you want to serve it, and warm it up in a 250-degree oven for around two hours.
The carrots and potatoes shouldn’t be frozen because they’ll lose their texture.
what to serve this roast with:
Awesome Pot Roast
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 pounds chuck roast
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 big gold potatoes, cubed
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup red wine
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch (for the gravy)
Instructions
- Season the roast with salt & pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
- Add the onions, carrots and potatoes to the pot and mix well.
- Sauté for five minutes.
- Add the garlic and tomato paste and mix well.
- Pour in the wine, broth, and water and bring to a boil.
- Cook for five minutes and then use a pair of kitchen gloves to add the roast to the pot.
- Lower the flame to a simmer and cook for around five hours or until the meat is fork-tender.
To make the gravy:
- Remove the roast and vegetables from the pot and place them on a serving dish.
- Pour the liquid from the pot through a mesh strainer and discard the contents in the strainer.
- Add the strained liquid back to the pot along with the cornstarch, and bring to a boil.
- Cook for around five minutes and mix a few times while it's cooking.
- Pour the gravy over the meat and serve.