recipe for chuck roast in crock pot?

Barbara

Sun, Mar 09 2008, 11:27 pm

anonmommy wrote:

does anyone have a quick and easy recipe for chuck roast in the crock pot? I need one urgently!!!

Rinse your roast and season with salt, pepper and garlic. Brown on all sides. Place it in the crock pot. Add beef broth to about 1/2 way up the roast. Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours, depending on the size, or on low for 8 hours or so. I suppose you could add veggies, but its not necessary.

When the roast is done, place the liquid in a pan and bring to a boil. Add something to thicken the liquid (flour, corn starch, whatever) and reduce to make gravy.

Nothing fancy or exotic, but the roast will tenderize itself and come out delicious. I often make this for Shabbat; my family actually prefers it to more expensive cuts of beef.

ArthurDent

Fri, Apr 25 2008, 12:11 am

My favorite during the year is to put a packet of Italian dressing mix, a packet of Ranch dressing mix, and a packet of brown gravy mix with the roast and a bottle of beer. I dont' always find parve ranch dressing mix and have used onion soup mix instead. It can be salty, so use these amounts only if you've got a large roast; otherwise, cut back on the mixes. I also don't bother with browning it--it still comes out delicious.

The key is not to overcook it. You know a roast is done when you poke it with a fork and the fork goes in easily and comes out easily (no resistance). I usually get this after 4-6 hours (half on low, half on high cause I always panic that it's not done enough before shabbos).

For pesach, I left out the beer (obviously), left out the italian seasoning mix (couldn't find any) and used a cup of water and added a little dry red wine. I made it early and put it in the fridge for 2nd day yom tov. It was even better than normal (but I've heard pot roast usually gets better a day or two later). It was also easier to slice, since I cut it when it was cold. I skimmed the fat off the liquid and served the roast with its own gravy -- no need to thicken.

I think you could probably do the same roast in a dutch oven or covered roasting pan in your oven. Don't know about the stovetop.

You can always also throw in carrots, onions, and potatoes into the pot w/ the roast for side vegetables that are tender and yummy.

↑ rachel19977

Fri, Apr 25 2008, 4:33 am

Sounds like a good recipe but a packet of Italian dressing mix, a packet of Ranch dressing mix, and a packet of brown gravy mix are not found in Israel Sad

Especially for Pesach! I need to improvise with "homemade" packets, know what I mean? Surprised

Tamiri

Fri, Apr 25 2008, 9:07 am

rachel19977 wrote:

Sounds like a good recipe but a packet of Italian dressing mix, a packet of Ranch dressing mix, and a packet of brown gravy mix are not found in Israel Sad

Especially for Pesach! I need to improvise with "homemade" packets, know what I mean? Surprised

You can use a little onion soup mix, if you use that stuff. Otherwise some wine, s & p, bayleaf, ketchup... you really can't ruin it.