Community Pick
Pot Roast by Diner
"This is such an easy recipe, but such comfort food. This is my mom's way to make this dish. A complete meal in one pan, except that I add corn as a side dish. The gravy makes this meal complete."
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add oil to a dutch oven or large covered dish that can go from stovetop to oven and heat to medium high heat. Season roast with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Brown roast on both sides in oil. Then add water or beef broth, onions and carrots. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat and put cover on and place in oven.
- Let roast cook for 2 1/2 hours. Check at this point and make sure there still is enough liquid, if not add more water. This type of meat needs to cook for a long time but needs the liquid to make it tender. Now add the the potatoes. Cook for another hour(remove cover last 20 mins.) or until potatoes are tender and cooked through. Remove meat and vegetable to a serving plate/bowl and keep warm.
- Add water or beef broth to pan and stir to get all the browned pieces. Mix flour with one cup water, add salt and pepper to taste, and shake until very well blended. Add this mixture to pan until thickened and to your taste.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
A first for me making a roast like this, I usually use the crock pot. I used baby red potatoes and carrots. We have a wonderful leftover gravy and roast to make another dinner tonight. Made for PRMR. -
This was scrumpious! No packets, no soups, just plain old good pot roast. The roast was tender and the veggies were cooked perfectly. My chuck roast was still quite frozen when I started and I cooked it for a little less time than stated in the recipe, about 2 1/2 hours in my cast iron dutch oven. I added celery and minced garlic to the veggies and did not peel my potatoes. Adding the potatoes for the last hour of cooking was perfect to keep them from falling apart. I added a dash of Kitchen Bouquet to the gravy and it was the best I have ever had! Thanks, diner, for posting such a wonderful recipe! -
Lovely meal in one pot. I used a sirloin tip as that is what I had in the freezer. I agree with Bleu that a marbled cut would provide a more moist roast but mime certainly didn't turn out at all. It was still somewhat frozen when I started it and I gave it the full time @300. It was very tender and while it could have a bit more moist the great gravy provided the moisture in spades. The veggies were all well cooked but not falling apart. I've been given "permission" to make this again. -
I'm not giving this any stars because I think the meat needed to be fattier. The chuck roast we used did not have a lot of fat running through it. It came out very tender, but very dry. Also, normally when we braise meat, we use a lower temperature (about 250F.) but wanted to try this as directed as I have seen other braising recipes that use a higher temperature. We made this as directed but omitted the potatoes as we had an abundance at lunchtime. The gravy is delicious and worth mentioning. UPDATE: The next day I cubed the meat and heated everything together (as a stew) and served it open faced over white bread. It was still a bit dry, but better. Thanks for sharing the recipe and we definitely recommend giving it a try. Sixteen 5-star reviews prior to ours can't be wrong. :) -
I'm so glad I tagged this for the Potluck Tag game!! A huge hit with our family. I love it because it is so moist when finished and I don't have to rely on a crockpot now for a pot roast recipe. The flavors were just fabulous. The only slight change was to use a clove of fresh garlic in place of the garlic salt! Thanks diner for yet another winner!!
see 22 more reviews
Tweaks
-
Oh so GOOD! We just loved this roast and it was so nice to quickly put together a one-pot meal on a busy day. Actually, I didn't use one pot because I don't have any pots that can go from stove to oven. I browned my roast in a dutch oven, brought the beef broth to a boil with the onion and carrots and then put it all into a large casserole dish. I cooked the roast for 1 1/2 hours, added the potatoes and cooked everything for about 45 more minutes. I poured the jus back into the dutch oven and made the gravy. What a great gravy! Instead of a chuck or blade roast, I used a rib roast which was great except that a good portion of it was above the liquid - my bad! It didn't hurt a thing because we all thoroughly enjoyed it - from the incredible smell in the house to the wonderful meal. Made for PRMR. Thanks diner524! :) -
I'm so glad I tagged this for the Potluck Tag game!! A huge hit with our family. I love it because it is so moist when finished and I don't have to rely on a crockpot now for a pot roast recipe. The flavors were just fabulous. The only slight change was to use a clove of fresh garlic in place of the garlic salt! Thanks diner for yet another winner!!
-
This is excellent pot roast! I haven't made a pot roast in the oven in forever. I don't think I will be making a Crockpot roast for awhile. I used cornstarch to thicken the gravy instead of flour. I also added a container of whole button mushrooms. I am adding this to our Sunday dinner rotation! Made and Reviewed for Please Review My Recipe Tag - Thanks! :) -
Simple and delicious. I made this in my Crockpot, pretty similar to the way a previous reviewer had done. I put extra carrots in there and used chopped fresh garlic and salt instead of garlic salt. I went about my busy day and a tasty dinner was waiting for me to serve when we all got home. Thanx for a great roast recipe! -
This turned out very well. I did make the following changes: Used 3 cloves fresh garlic, mashed, instead of garlic salt. Increased onions to 3 and carrots to 1# as my sisters do love their veggies! Used 2 2/3 tablespoon arrowroot instead of flour. Directions for crock pot: Add oil to a dutch oven and heat to medium high heat. Season roast with salt and pepper. Brown roast on both sides in oil. Following are the cooking directions for crock pot: Place onions and carrots in pot. Place roast on top of vegetables. Add remaining onions, carrots and all of garlic.. Add water or beef broth to crockpot. Cook on High for 1 hour. Check at this point and make sure there still is enough liquid, if not add more water. This type of meat needs to cook for a long time but needs the liquid to make it tender. Now add the the potatoes. Continue cooking on Low for 6 hours. Remove meat and vegetable to a serving plate/bowl and keep warm. Add more beef broth to pot if needed, depends on how much gravy you want, and stir to get all the browned pieces. Mix arrowroot with one cup water and shake until very well blended. Add this mixture to pot. Mixture should be heated only until mixture thickens and removed immediately to prevent mixture from thinning. Overheating tends to break down arrowroot's thickening property. Salt & pepper to taste. I prefer using arrowroot for thickening as it is gluten-free and makes gravies clear so natural color shines through. It is also cultivated in South Africa. And this recipe has been converted to crock pot cooking for the African challenge in ZWT4. Thnx so much, Diner, for posting your moms recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
diner524
Trinity, 48
<p>I am a stay at home mom of two children, although, both now are in college. I am a retired Occupational Therapist. I received my degree from the Ohio State University and am a huge fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes. <br /><br /><a href=http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/?action=view?t=BRITTANY08XMAS.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/BRITTANY08XMAS.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /><br /><a href=http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/?action=view?t=DEREK08XMAS.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/DEREK08XMAS.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />I have so many cook books that it is hard to pick one as my favorite, but would say I have used the Betty Crocker Cookbook the most since getting married for basic recipes. <br />I love to cook and try new recipes, but prefer simple and quick recipes. I don't like to cook things that require going to specialized grocery stores. I subscribe to several cooking magazines, that usually, require everyday on-hand ingredients. <br /><br />I am not very fond of most seafood, but do enjoy lobster, grilled shrimp and chilean sea bass. I won't cook anything with rosemary or curry, as I really don't like either herbs' flavor. And now from trying recipes, I found that I don't like dijon mustard, but love vinegar and mustard, not sure why I don't like the taste of dijon mustard.</p>
<p><br /><br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg border=0 alt=Photo /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/smPACp.jpg border=0 alt=Photo /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/200_PACpic.jpg border=0 alt=Photo /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/pacbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photo /> <br /><br /><a href=http://photobucket.com target=_blank><img src=http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/ZWT3-Participation.gif border=0 alt=Photo /></a> <br /><br /><img src=http://www.satsleuth.com/cooking/RecipeSwap2.JPG alt=/ /> <br /><img src=http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/1535/CLC1.gif alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Derfcookathon.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/Saturn6666/Other/tagforpage1.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/marienixon_715/kittencaljpg.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><br /><a href=http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/Missymop/?action=view?t=gumnuts.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/Missymop/gumnuts.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /><br /><img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/RSC%20Banners/RSC11-Diner.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><img src=http://www.satsleuth.com/cooking/Swap14.JPG alt=/ /> <br /><br /><br />Adopted banner: <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PAC08Main.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Ingredients/TasteofYellowSTICKER.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/tgifford/ZWT4/gastronomic%20gauchos/GGneon-logo.gif alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/Zaar%20World%20Tour%204/ZWTAB-tg.gif alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Ingredients/BBQlSTKR.jpg alt=/ /> <img src=http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/tgifford/Game%20Room%20Banners/AM%20Banners/ZaarStar-AMBanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><img src=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Ingredients/CROCKPOTSTKR.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><br /><img src=http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/bayhill/footballpool-1.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><img src=http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t237/akplongmeadow/AdoptATag2-2-1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><img src=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Ingredients/Other/BreakfastanytimeSTCK.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><img src=http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj81/HokiesLady65/totmtaggame-1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PACfall08partic.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><br /><a href=http://easyhitcounters.com/stats.php?site=diner524 target=_top><img src=http://beta.easyhitcounters.com/counter/index.php?u=diner524&s=blgrv border=0 alt=Website hspace=4 vspace=2 align=middle /></a> <br /><a href=http://easyhitcounters.com/ target=_top>Free Counter</a> <br /><a href=http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/?action=view?t=lazymecookathon.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/lazymecookathon.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /><img src=http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/AMPageBanner.jpg alt=/ /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/captain.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /><br /><a href=http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/?action=view¤t=Samsbutton.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/diner_photos/Samsbutton.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a></p>
