Comfort food

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Name: Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Total time: 8 h 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 lb boneless chuck roast, trimmed; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1 1/2 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into chunks; 4 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 yellow onion, cut into wedges; 3 cloves garlic, smashed; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 cup low-sodium beef broth; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves; 2 bay leaves

Fall-apart beef, carrots and potatoes in rich gravy.

8 h 20 min total25 min activeMakes 6 plates

Method in ProFreezes well

Pot roast is the meal that makes the house smell like Sunday. A well-seared chuck roast and a slow cooker do almost all of the work while you're out. Tomato paste and Worcestershire make the juices taste savoury and deep.

Ingredients

For 6 plates.

3 lb boneless chuck roast, trimmed
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 1/2 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into chunks
4 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 yellow onion, cut into wedges
3 cloves garlic, smashed
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup low-sodium beef broth
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
2 bay leaves

Method

Season the roast with the salt and brown it in the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, 3 minutes per side.
Put the potatoes, carrots, onion and garlic in the slow cooker and set the roast on top. Whisk the tomato paste, broth and Worcestershire in the hot skillet and pour over. Add the thyme and bay.

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Tips

Brown the roast hard on every side before it goes in; it makes the gravy.
Cut the vegetables in big chunks so they hold up through the long cook.

Food photo is AI-generated to show the finished dish. Recipe written with AI and checked by our QA process; nutrition computed from USDA data.

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