One Easy Pot Roast With Vegetables With The Perfect Gravy Tips Recipes

Steps:

• Season the roast with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• In a large skillet (not non-stick) heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add the roast and cook, turning often, until browned, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer the roast to a plate.
• Add more oil to the skillet if necessary and heat over medium-high heat.
• Add the onions, carrots and potatoes and cook, stirring often, until the they are slightly browned, about 5 minutes. Do not overcook.
• Transfer the vegetables to a slow-cooker, add the bay leaf and then place th roast on top of the vegetables.
• Add the water or other liquid to the skillet and bring to a boil, scraping up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Pour into the slow cooker.
• Cover and slow-cook until the roast is tender, perhaps 8 hours on low (200 degree) setting.
• Transfer the roast and vegetables to a platter using a slotted spoon and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Skim the fat from the surface of the cooking liquid.
• Remove the bay leaf.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter over very low heat.
• Add the flour and let bubble, stirring constantly, until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
• Whisk in the cooking liquid and bring to a simmer.
• Cook, whisking often, until thickened and reduced to about 1 cup.
• Using a sharp knife, slice the roast crosswise across the grain. Serve with the vegetables and gravy.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*F.
• Rub beef chuck roast with Worcestershire sauce on both sides.
• Combine onion powder, garlic powder, kosher salt, and dried oregano. Sprinkle spice mixture evenly on both sides of roast. Add fresh ground black pepper to taste. Place seasoned chuck roast in the center of a large foil-lined roasting pan.
• Arrange new potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and garlic around roast. Separate sweet onion slices and arrange on top of beef and vegetables. Spray top of vegetables with vegetable oil. Sprinkle dry onion soup mix evenly on top of vegetables and meat.
• In a separate small bowl, combine red wine, beef broth, and tomato paste until smooth. Pour mixture down the side of the pan, tilting to distribute evenly over the bottom. Cover pan with foil, crimping around the edges to seal tight.
• Bake for 2-1/2 to 3 hours, until meat is tender. Slice pot roast and serve with roasted vegetables and pan gravy.
• • My Notes: Tomato paste is sold in tubes (like toothpaste) for those times when you just need a tablespoon or two. Refrigerate after opening, and it will last a couple of months. If you need to open a can of tomato paste for this recipe, the excess can be easily frozen. Measure by the tablespoon into ice cube trays, freeze until solid, pop them out, then seal in a zip-top bag and store in the freezer.
• • Perfect Gravy Tips and Hints:.
• With a few tricks, you can turn out the best gravy ever. Below you will find tips and hints for making gravy and fixing it when or if things go wrong.
• 1• Lumpy gravy: Pour into blender and give it a whir for no more than thirty to sixty seconds. Do not overblend. Pour back into pot and reheat.
• 2• Instant mashed potato flakes will work as a thickener for gravy and produces no lumps. You may need extra salt.
• 3• Too salty: Try adding a pinch or brown sugar or a 1/4 teaspoon vinegar.
• 4• Use flours that are low in protein and high in starch, such as cake flour, pastry flour or all-purpose flour. This will help prevent any "skin" from forming on gravy as it sits.
• 5• When deglazing the pan, be sure to scrape up those bits clinging to the bottom of the pan. They increase the flavor of the gravy.
• 6• Constarch has twice the thickening power of flour.
• 7• Arrowroot has slightly more than twice the thickening power of flour.
• 8• Avoid making gravy in an aluminum (anodized is okay) pan as it can turn the gravy gray.
• 9• Liquid gravy browner can be added to gravy to improve color.
• 10• When adding liquid to the roux, add it slowly and whisk constantly to avoid lumping.
• 11• Whisking in a tablespoon of butter of heavy cream just before serving will give gravy a rich, satiny texture.
• 12• Adding a teaspoon of instant coffee granules or cocoa per two cups gravy enriches the flavor as well as adds color.
• 13• Cooked meat stores and freezes better in its gravy. The gravy keeps the meat from drying out.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Heat vegetable oil in a large, heavy pot or cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Brown chuck roast in the hot oil completely, 5 to 8 minutes per side; season with salt and black pepper and transfer to a platter. Reserve oil in pot.
• Cook and stir onion and garlic in the oil until onions are golden, about 15 minutes. Stir beef stock, tomatoes, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, and bay leaves into onions and garlic; bring to a boil and place chuck roast into the mixture. Cover pot.
• Cook in the preheated oven until meat is very tender, 4 to 4 1/2 hours. Scatter carrot slices around the beef and bring to a boil over medium heat; return to oven for 30 more minutes. Distribute potatoes around the beef and vegetables, bring to a boil again over medium heat, and bake until potatoes are tender, about 30 more minutes.
• Transfer beef to a serving platter, cover loosely with a tent of aluminum foil, and set aside to rest for 10 minutes.
• Stir mushrooms into pan drippings; bring to a simmer over low heat. Whisk cornstarch into cold water in a small bowl and stir into the drippings. Season with celery salt, basil, and thyme. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaves. Slice beef; serve on a platter surrounded by vegetables. Pour gravy over beef.

Steps:

• Cut roast in half; rub with 2 tablespoons vinegar. Combine the salt, garlic powder and pepper; rub over meat. In a large skillet, brown roast in oil on all sides. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. , Place the garlic, bay leaves and onion on roast. In a small bowl, dissolve bouillon in boiling water; stir in soup and remaining vinegar. Slowly pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. , Remove roast; keep warm. Discard bay leaves. Whisk cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until gravy is thickened. Slice roast; return to slow cooker and heat through.