I need a good easy recipe for Pot Roast

[Minnie824]

DH & I are so sick of take out all the time, but neither of us have time or feel like cooking. So, we thought of making a pot roast, but need a good easy recipe for it. Anyone have one they could share? Thanks!

 

[FroggyinArk]

mines good,, but niether quick nor easy,

i use a large iron pot, sear onions and garlic in butter seasoned with tonys cajun seasoning lemon pepper, seasalt and ground black peppers , add a chuck, sirloin or english cut roast, sear both sides to lock in juices, turn fire down and simmer for 15 min on each side, add 2 lb potatoes and 1 lb carrots add a chopped onion and water to cover bring to boil for 15 to 20 min then back down to simmer for about 3 hours, add one can sweet peas at end and bring back to a boil for a few min prior to serving , ussually with homemade biscuits.

 

[golfgal]

Mine is simple and oh so good and tender.

--Season beef (a package of Lipton Onion soup works--I use a season-all type thing),

--put in pan, covered at 250-275 for 4-6 hours.

It is fall apart tender. I usually use a chuck roast, that seems to work the best. Arm roasts don't slow cook as well. You can add any veges to the meat if you want. I don't usually do that because I make gravy from the drippings and I don't like the vege taste in the gravy.

 

[WIcruizer]

Our "recipe" is similar to golf's, only we use a slow cooker. The Liptons pack is an easy way to add flavoring and "make gravy." We also add cut up carrots and potatoes, these are also very, very tender. Hmmmm...now I'm hungry..we just may have this tomorrow!

 

[Christine]

I don't have my cookbook here at work, but I use one out of the classic Betty Crocker cookbook. It's called New England Pot Roast (in case you want to search it). But, it calls for one jar of prepared horseradish to go on top of the meat right after you brown it in the pan. I swear, of all the recipes I've used, this the best. That horseradish just gives it a great flavor and makes a nice gravy.

 

[RadioNate]

All I do is put cut potatoes, carrots and an onion in the crock pot. I put the defrosted roast on top. I add about a 1/2 cup of beef broth, maybe a packket of Onion soup mix and cook on low for 8 hours or so. At the 8 hour mark I shread up the meat and if it needs more 'juice,' I add some prepaired beef gravy.

Super easy and good too!

 

[cepmom]

DH likes his Mom's recipe best:
put 1 package Lipton's onion soup mix, 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and beef in crock pot. cook on low until done. Very easy and tasty!

 

[SillyMe]

Beef bouillion cubes, onions, carrots, potatoes. I usually make mine in the crockpot. Mmmm, now I'm hungry for roast.

 

[pumba]

we do have a cooking board too and they had some great recipes a few months ago...
I do the lipton onion soup mix with cream of mushroom soup in a can and equal parts of water......I mix this all together in a bowl and then either have a roast in a tent like foil or in an oven bag........I pour this on the roast and OMG it is to die for and the gravy I put on our potatoes after......YUMMY.......I use this on some very tough pieces of moose and deer roasts........and I can cut this with a fork.....

 

[imsorry]

I do a recipe that is great if you like french onion soup.

You brown a seamed eye round on all sides, season with pepper and garlic powder. Smother with onions, add one can of beef broth. Cover and cook on low flame for about 4 hours, adding more onions every hour. We serve this over linguine with grated cheese - it's delicious!

 

[kimwim8]

My mom shared this GREAT and EASY recipe with me.

I put a FROZEN rump roast (I think usually around 2 -3 pounds) into the crock pot. In a seperate bowl, mix one can of french onion soup & one can of cream of mushroom soup together. Pour the combined soups over the roast & cook on low heat 8 - 10 hours.

The beef is soooo tender, it falls apart as you take it out of the crock pot.

ENJOY!!!

 

[Shelby5514]

DH uses a pressure cooker. Saute onions in the bottom of the cooker, then add 2 beef bouillion cubes (disolved), garlic..lots and lots of garlic, a bag of baby carrots, 2 cans of potatoes, a pkg. of mushrooms and your meat (frozen or thawed) cut into chunks. Cover with water and put the lid on. When the top starts to shimmy wait 30 mins and voila! Dinner! He removes all the goodies, strains the juice and makes gravy. Yummy!

 

[N.Bailey]

I cook mine the same as some others, but instead of using the Lipton mix, I buy beef soup base (chicken soup base for chicken too) and use that. I also cut a pretty big onion up (in the food processor because I don't like onion lol) and just toss it all in a pan for 3 hours or so on low and covered.

If I'm making mashed potatoes (rare around here) I add nothing else to my pot. If I don't want gravy though, I toss lots of carrots and potatoes in the pot about an hour before it's finished. The carrots will make your broth very strong, so if you want gravy, I wouldn't put them in. The carrots and potatoes are awesome when cooked in that broth though. If you want just a little gravy for the meat (hubby likes it, but kids and I can pass, you could take some of the broth out before adding the veggies.

My BIL had a fight with his live in GF a few weeks ago and stayed with us for a couple of nights and he cooked a roast while he was here. He did it in roughly an hour inside his pressure cooker. I'm being 100% honest here. It was the most tender roast I'd ever had and I've made some super tender roasts in my day. I didn't think it had quite the flavor that my roasts do though, but I'm wondering if we'd have added more soup base to it if it would have had a better flavor. I'm not sure if he put onion in that either, but I bet that woulda helped too.

Needless to say, hubby wants a pressure cooker now. I have one of those HUGE, what, 6 or 8 quart pressure canners and hubby thinks I should be able to use that.

Edit: I just wanted to add that it's the one and only time I think those nasty type carrots are better than the bagged baby type. I don't know why, but they just turn out so much better tasting in a roast.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Our "recipe" is similar to golf's, only we use a slow cooker. The Liptons pack is an easy way to add flavoring and "make gravy." We also add cut up carrots and potatoes, these are also very, very tender. Hmmmm...now I'm hungry..we just may have this tomorrow!

Same here. I use "Beefy Onion", add 1/2 cup of water, green beans and potatoes. Let it cook all day on low. So tender and good.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

I do it pretty much the same as the other crock pot recipes; but I add about 3-4 pepperonicini's it gives it a tiny bit of spice..

 

[WDWHound]

This is gonna sound strange, but it is really good.

In a crockpot, pour in 1 can of Coca-Cola (yes, the soft drink) and a package of onion soup mix. Stir until they are mixed. Stick in you roast, put the lid on the pot and allow to cook for at least 8 hours. The result is delicious.

 

[OceanAnnie]

This is gonna sound strange, but it is really good.

In a crockpot, pour in 1 can of Coca-Cola (yes, the soft drink) and a package of onion soup mix. Stir until they are mixed. Stick in you roast, put the lid on the pot and allow to cook for at least 8 hours. The result is decicious.

That does sound strange, but I've seen Coca-Cola used in recipes before. Never tried it. But I'm game.

 

[mum4jenn]

Here is a simple one.....Baby carrots,small potatoes in bottom of crockpot. Add stew meat on top of that. Salt, Pepper maybe a little garlic powder if you like that. Add a little browning sauce like Kitchen Bouquet and let it cok for 6-8 hours on high. After cooking add a thickener(corn starch and water or flour and water to make a gravy ) let this cook for about 30-60 min. more to let the gravy thicken.