EASY
BEEF CHUCK POT ROAST
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 2 Hours
Ready In: 2 hours and
20 Minutes
Makes 8 servings
Ingredients:
4 pounds beef chuck shoulder
pot roast
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1 chopped onion
2 minced cloves of garlic
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325
degrees F.
2. Heat a heavy Dutch oven on
top of the stove over medium high heat. Add oil, and sear pot
roast in the center of the Dutch Oven for 4 minutes. Turn pot
roast over using tongs; sear all sides for 3 to 4 minutes on
each side. Remove pot roast from Dutch Oven.
3. Arrange onion, garlic, and
1 bay leaf in the bottom of the Dutch Oven, and sprinkle with
salt and pepper.
4. Return pot roast to Dutch
Oven, place remaining bay leaf on top of the pot roast, and cover.
5. Cook in the Dutch Oven for
30 minutes at 325 degrees F.
6. Reduce the heat to 300 degrees
F. and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
7. Remove pot roast to a platter
to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
8. Slice, and top with onions
and gravy. |