Pot Roast Recipe

<< A Beef Pot Roast Recipe is a must for lovers of comfort food. It is one of those dishes that tastes great out of the oven and even better once it sits in the fridge for a day or two. This easy dinner recipe will fill your home with the aroma that begs the question: when do we eat?

Ingredients:

• 1 beef chuck roast, approximately 4 pounds
• Flour, to dredge roast
• 2 tbsp. oil
• salt and pepper, to season roast
• 1 tsp. garlic powder, 1/2 tsp. to season roast, 1/2 tsp. to add to pot
• 1/2 tsp. thyme or your favorite herb
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 celery stalks, sliced
• 4 carrots, peeled and sliced 1" pieces
• 2 onions, sliced
• 1 tbsp. sugar, if desired

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Place roast in a large bowl or plastic container. Dredge it in flour, a light coating will do. Heat oil in Dutch oven or roaster. Brown the roast on all sides - this should take only a couple of minutes. Remove from heat.

Season roast all over with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Add garlic powder. chicken broth, ketchup, herbs and sugar, if desired, to the pot. Place the vegetables* in the pot, around the meat. Cover and bake in the oven for 2 1/2 - 3 hours. For the first 1/2 hour, bake at 375 degrees. For the remaining cooking time, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Baste occasionally.

*Note: if you prefer the vegetables to be crisp and crunchy, add them to the pot after an hour of cooking time.

Beef Pot Roast serves 4-6.

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