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Perfect Pot Roast Recipe

  • Author: Christine Pittman
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Entrée
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American

DESCRIPTION

This recipe uses a chuck roast braised in beef stock with a touch of balsamic vinegar for amazing flavor.


Ingredients

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  • 1 (2.5 lb.) chuck roast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 8 large carrots
  • 3 lbs. red potatoes
  • 2 cups low or no sodium beef stock*
  • 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar, plus more for serving**
 

Instructions

  1. Season the roast all over with salt and pepper. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the vegetable oil. Let the oil get really hot. Add the roast to the hot oil. Cook on one side until very-browned, 4-5 minutes. Flip it over and get the other side brown and crusty as well, another 4-5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, peel the carrots and chop them into large chunks. Halve any smaller potatoes and quarter larger ones.
  3. Preheat oven to 300°F. Transfer the roast to a roomy roasting pan.
  4. Pour beef stock into the skillet that you used to sear the roast. Heat over medium-high heat to a simmer. Add 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar. Stir. Pour over the roast in the roasting pan. Surround roast with potatoes. Top the roast and potatoes with the carrots.
  5. Put a lid on the roasting pan, or cover it tightly in heavy-duty foil. Put it into the oven until the potatoes and carrots are soft and the meat is tender enough that you could pull it apart with your fingers, about 2 hours.
  6. Remove the meat and potatoes from the liquid. Optionally drizzle the meat with some balsamic vinegar (1 teaspoon or so) or serve it on the side as a dip. If you’d like to serve the braising liquid with the meal, skim off the fat before doing so. I like to use a fat separator like this.
  7. Slice the meat and serve with the potatoes, carrots, balsamic vinegar, and braising liquid (optional).

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Notes

*You might need more or less stock depending on the size of your roast and the size of your roasting pan. What you ideally want is to have enough stock so that the roast is covered half way up.

**For serving, you can use more balsamic vinegar as listed in the recipe, but a drizzle of balsamic glaze is even better. I didn’t list it in the ingredients so that you wouldn’t have to buy an extra thing. But if you already have some, do try it!