Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Serves: 4

Prep time: 30 minutes to assemble, plus 6 hours in the slow cooker

Ingredients

  • One three to four-pound chuck roast
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil plus one tablespoon to sauté vegetables
  • 1 leek, washed and cut into small pieces
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped into small pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 5 carrots – four cut into large chunks and one cut into small cubes
  • 1 pound golden nugget or fingerling potatoes, unpeeled
  • 10 pearl onions
  • 2 parsnips, peeled and cut into large chunks
  • 1 cup peas
  • 1 cup mushrooms, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • Bouquet garni, made of three sprigs each of rosemary and thyme and 5 sprigs of  parsley (tie herbs into a piece of cheesecloth)
  • Sprigs of fresh herbs for garnish

For the seasoning:

  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground peppercorn

Directions

  1. All-American Pot Roast
    Mix together all seasoning ingredients. Sprinkle half of the seasoning mix on to the meat.
  2. Sear both sides of meat in a heavy skillet with two tablespoons of oil, until golden brown.
  3. Transfer meat to slow cooker. In the same skillet, sauté garlic, cubed carrots, leeks and celery until vegetables are slightly browned.  Add vegetables to meat in cooker.
    All-American Pot Roast
    All-American Pot Roast
    All-American Pot Roast
  4. Add beef broth and bouquet garni to cooker and turn on high.
  5. In same heavy skillet, add tablespoon of oil and sauté larger chunks of carrots, potatoes and parsnips for 5 minutes.  Add the rest of the seasoning mix to the vegetables.
  6. After meat has been cooking for an hour, transfer larger vegetables to the top of the roast.  Cover with lid and cook for 6-7 hours until roast is very tender.
    All-American Pot Roast
  7. Add peas and mushrooms a few minutes before serving, stirring them into the mixture until they are heated through.  Remove bouquet garni and discard.
  8. To serve, transfer roast and vegetables to a platter.  If you like a thick gravy, add cornstarch to the juices in the bottom of the cooker and stir until all lumps are gone.  Pour gravy over meat, garnish with fresh herbs, and serve.
    All-American Pot Roast

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