Pot Roast

How to Make Pot Roast

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A pot roast is easy to cook, needs little preparation and few ingredients, but results in a delicious, hearty, and relatively inexpensive meal. It can easily be expanded for unexpected company by adding more vegetables. It can be cooked in the oven, on top of the stove, or in a crockpot.

Steps

1. Place the chuck roast into the bottom of the crockpot.
   
2. Arrange sliced onions on top of the roast.
   
3. Add the carrots and potatoes.
   
4. Sprinkle the potatoes and carrots with paprika for color and taste.
   
5. Pour the tomatoes (including the liquid) over the top of the roast.
   
6. Cover the crockpot and cook on low for 8-9 hours.
   

Tips

• If you are serving a lot of people, buy more carrots and potatoes. Cut them into quarters because a crockpot takes about 8-9 hours of cooking time and you don't want them to over cook.
  
• Use a roasting pan for oven cooking. Baste it every few hours to make sure it does not dry out.
  
• Braise the meat in a very hot skillet prior to placing in crock pot.
  

Warnings

• Use the same method for oven cooking or stovetop cooking. The amount of cooking time will be almost the same, but you will have to stay in the house all day watching it. The crockpot enables you to be out of the house all day and come home to a house that smells great, and a meal that is ready to eat.
  

Things You'll Need

• 4-5 lb Chuck Roast (depending on how many you are feeding)
  
• 2 Large Sweet Onions sliced)
  
• 1-2 bags fresh large carrots
  
• 5-6 large Russet Potatoes
  
• 14 oz can of diced tomatoes
  
• 2-3 Bay Leaves (optional)
  
• Salt and pepper to taste
  
• Paprika
  
• Medium to Large crockpot
  

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Sources and Citations

• http://crockpot.cdkitchen.com/
  
• http://busycooks.about.com/library/lessons/blpotroast101.htm
  

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