Pot Roast, Slow Cooker
#beef
#sunday dinner
#braise
#one-pot
#slow cooker
#crock pot
π₯ Ingredients
- beef chuck roast 4 lb
- kosher salt 1 Tbs
- black pepper 1 tsp
- vegetable oil 2 Tbs
- yellow onions 2 large
- garlic 4 cloves
- tomato paste 2 Tbs
- dry red wine Β½ cup
- beef stock 1 cup
- thyme 4 sprigs
- carrots 1 lb
- Yukon Gold potatoes 2 lb
- cornstarch 2 Tbs
π³ Cookware
- skillet
- slow cooker
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1Half the liquid the oven takes. Three cups going in is three cups plus what the vegetables give up coming out.
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2Rub beef chuck roast with kosher salt , black pepper .
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3Sear @&( timer in vegetable oil in a skillet for 12 min , turning it onto every face including the ends.
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4Soften yellow onions , garlic , tomato paste in the same skillet with @&( timer , then pour in dry red wine and scrape until nothing is stuck to the base, which is the only place that flavour exists.
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5Slow cook @&( timer with beef stock , thyme , carrots , Yukon Gold potatoes in a slow cooker on low for 8 hr , lid on and left alone β every lift costs about twenty minutes of recovery.
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6Thicken @&( timer on high with the lid off, stirring in cornstarch for 20 min , the roast lifted out and resting under foil.