Ingredients
- Beef chuck roast- Approximately 4-pounds
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup wheat flour, plus more for coating (can use any flour of your liking)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 medium carrots, chopped or small bag of baby carrots
- 4 stalks of celery, chopped or 1 tsp celery salt
- 1 medium onion, sliced or 1Tbs onion powder
- Sm jar of Minced Garlic 7-8oz or roasted garlic
- 3 tablespoons RoTel or fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 cup Worcestershire or Red Wine
- 3 cups beef broth
- 3 bay leaves
- 2tsp Thyme
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 3+lbs Red/Gold Potatoes
Instructions
- Sear the Roast: Salt and pepper the roast. Then coat it with flour and shake off any extra. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a big nonstick skillet over medium-high heat (I like cast iron). Add the roast to the skillet and sear until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes, turning as needed. Move the roast into a large crock pot, along with all the cut up veggies and garlic. Here’s the deal and this can be our secret: If you like the people you’re cooking for then leave out the celery and use celery salt. If you want to passive aggressively demonstrate your dislike for your kids or whomever you’re preparing this for, then load that crock pot up with chopped celery!
- Make Gravy: Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet over medium heat. Add the RoTel or tomatoes and stir until the oil begins to turn darken, about 1 minute. Add the flour and Worcestershire (wine) and whisk until thick (it’s OK if there are some lumps). Add the beef broth, bay leaves, thyme, allspice, celery salt and a few grinds of pepper and bring to a simmer, whisking, until the gravy is smooth and thickens slightly.
- Get Happy: Pour the gravy into the crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 10 hours. The roast and vegetables should be tender. Fill crock with potatoes. (Note: larger potatoes could could be quartered rather than halved so that they get cooked all the way).
- Shred or Slice: Discard the bay leaves. Shred the roast or slice it against the grain. If it’s cooked well it should just fall apart.
- Enjoy! Stir up the meat and veggies and let people serve from the crock pot. Pair with a yummy dinner roll to soak up that gravy!
I tweaked this recipe off of this one I found from the Food Network.