15 June, 2018

Easy Pot Roast

Ingredients

1 chuck roast (1½ - 2  pounds)
1 TBSP olive oil
2 tsp butter
1 onion, quartered, or use pearl onions
3 large carrots, or a modest handful baby carrots
A couple of red or Yukon gold potatoes
1½ tsp sea salt
1 tsp  pepper
1 tsp parsley for garnish (optional)

Instructions

• Take your meat out of the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before cooking and generously salt and pepper it.

• Heat a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Then add olive oil.

• Rough chop carrots into 2-3inch pieces. (after cutting off the top this meant I was cutting the carrots in half on the diagonal.)

• Cut onion in quarters and add them to the hot pot, browning them on one side and then the other. Remove the onions to a plate.

• Cut potatoes in quarters or eighths. Brown. Remove.

• Add carrots to same pot and brown slightly (about 1 minute). Remove.

• Add butter to the pot and allow to melt. Place the meat in the pan and sear it for about a minute on both sides until it is nice and brown all over.

• Add onions and carrots back to pan with meat. Cover and roast at 275 for about 3 hours. I started checking mine at 2 hours. You want the meat to be cooked through and to tear easily with a fork.

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