When Matt and I were first married, I tried over and over to make the perfect pot roast. They always seemed to turn out tough no matter what I tried. One of our friends in dental school taught m a few tricks that changed my roast game forever! Follow these steps to get the most tender, melt in your mouth roast every time. Coat your roast in flour and seer every side in butter. This locks in the moisture and helps keep your roast tender. Place your roast into the crockpot fat side up. This allows the fat juices to flavor the meat and helps tenderize it. Cook your roast on low for 3/4 of the amount of cooking time, then kick up the heat to high for the last 1/4 of time. Slow cooking the helps keep the meat soft. Find the recipe below.
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Randi's Pot Roast Recipe
Ingredients
- Round Roast (1/4 lb per person)
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup salted butter
- Salt, pepper & garlic salt to taste
- Beef Broth (4 cups)
- 1 small pkg baby carrots
- 1 bag small potatoes
Instructions
- Place 1 cup of flour on a plate.
- Coat the roast in the flour on all sides.
- Melt the 1/4 cup salted butter in a frying pan.
- Brown the butter slightly.
- Add the floured roast to the butter in the pan.
- Seer each side of the roast for 2-3 min on each side.
- Season with salt, pepper and garlic salt.
- Add roast and excess butter to your crockpot.
- Pour 4 cups of beef broth into the crockpot.
- Set the crockpot to low and cook for 4-6 hours (depending on the size of the roast).
- After 4-6 hours, add the bag of carrots and potatoes.
- Turn the crockpot up to high and cook another 2-3 hours until the roast and veggies are tender.
- Remove roast and veggies.
- Use the juices from the roast to create a gravy.
- Take about a cup of the juice and add about 1/4 cup of flour to make a roux.
- In a frying pan or sauté pan, add the remains beef juice and the roux.
- Whisk fervently until there are no lumps remaining.
- Season with salt and pepper..
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