Saturday Afternoon Oven Pot Roast

Name: Saturday Afternoon Oven Pot Roast
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 8 servings.
Ingredients: 1 boneless beef chuck roast (2-1/2 pounds); 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon butter; 4 cups sliced sweet onion; 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 1/2 teaspoon celery seed; 1/2 cup dry red wine; 1 carton (32 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth; 6 medium carrots, cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces; 1/2 pound medium fresh mushrooms, quartered

This Saturday afternoon pot roast will be a welcome sight on your weekend dinner table and leave your house smelling heavenly. If you find that the cooking liquid is evaporating too quickly, you can add more broth to the Dutch oven. —Colleen Delawder, Herndon, Virginia

Ingredients

1 boneless beef chuck roast (2-1/2 pounds)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
4 cups sliced sweet onion
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 cup dry red wine
1 carton (32 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth
6 medium carrots, cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces
1/2 pound medium fresh mushrooms, quartered

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°. Sprinkle roast with salt and pepper.
In a Dutch oven, heat oil and butter over medium-high heat; brown roast on all sides. Remove from pan. Add onions to the same pan; cook and stir over medium heat until tender, 8-10 minutes. Add tomato paste, garlic, thyme and celery seed; cook and stir 1 minute longer.
Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan; stir in broth. Return roast to pan. Arrange carrots and mushrooms around roast; bring to a boil. Bake, covered, until meat is fork-tender, 2-1/2 to 3 hours. If desired, skim fat and thicken cooking juices for gravy.

Nutrition Facts

4 ounces cooked beef with 1/2 cup vegetables and 1/4 cup gravy: 339 calories, 17g fat (6g saturated fat), 98mg cholesterol, 621mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 2g fiber), 32g protein.

Originally published as Saturday Afternoon Oven Pot Roast in Simple & Delicious April/May 2019

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DuckyD

Mar 11, 2019

I prepared this dish exactly according to the recipe . . .except that I added 1 cup of cabernet sauvignon instead of 1/2 cup. I regret that I did that. I also regret that I added the tomato paste which this recipe called for. I believe that there are many other pot roast recipes that I would prefer instead of this one next time.