You want to use rolled chuck roast for this recipe, otherwise the beef ends up all warped. It’s an economical cut of beef that’s marbled with fat that needs to be slow cooked to breakdown the tough connective tissues so it becomes ultra tender to eat.Ĭhuck roast can be purchased in large pieces that are or aren’t rolled. The best beef for pot roast is Beef Chuck Roast. It adds a ton of flavour into the cooking broth!īest cut of beef for pot roast is chuck roast * Means simmering liquid and scraping bottom of pan to release the flavour stuck on the bottom of the pan from searing. Sprinkle with dried rosemary and thyme then slow cook 8 hrs low, 55 min pressure cook on high, or oven 4 hours at 300☏/150☌ Īdd the potatoes partway through cooking and by the time the potatoes are cooked, the beef will be meltingly tender! Tip everything into a slow cooker, instant pot / pressure cooker or casserole pot for oven along with beef broth, carrots and celery Sauté onion and garlic, then deglaze* the skillet or pot with red wine (or water or broth) Sear beef aggressively – this is KEY for flavour in the broth and the beef! If you love meltingly tender, slow cooked roast beef and deeply flavoured gravy, this pot roast recipe is for you! Now THAT’s a pot roast worthy of company, in my humble opinion!!! So I decided to change it and thicken the sauce using a touch of flour. Plenty of flavour in it, but when you pour it over the beef and vegetables, it doesn’t cling to it at all because it’s watery. I just didn’t get it – the beef and vegetables were fine, but typically they are braised in just liquids that aren’t thickened in any way so the end result is like a watery broth. However, this beef pot roast recipe can be made in an instant pot, oven OR crockpot – pick which method works best for you!Ĭonfession: I wasn’t a fan of pot roast for most of my life.

It’s mouthwateringly good, yet simple to make, especially if you use a slow cooker.

Pot Roast – fall apart beef, tender flavour infused vegetables and potatoes smothered in a rich gravy.

Chuck just add magic