Perfect Pot Roast.
To make Perfect Pot Roast you need 9 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
- It's of Salt and pepper.
- It's of - 5 pound chuck roast.
- Prepare of - 3 tablespoons olive oil.
- Prepare of whole onions, peeled and halved.
- It's of - 8 whole carrots, peeled, cut into 2 inch pieces.
- You need of red wine, optional.
- It's of beef broth.
- You need of - 3 sprigs fresh rosemary.
- You need of - 3 sprigs fresh thyme.
Perfect Pot Roast method
- Preheat oven 275°..
- Generously salt and pepper the chuck roast..
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven over medium high heat. Add the halved onions to the pot, browning them on both sides. Remove the onions to a plate..
- Throw carrots into the same hot pot and toss them around a bit until slightly browned, about a minute or so. Reserve the carrots with the onions..
- If needed add bit more oil to the hot pot. Place the meat in the pot and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to a plate..
- With burner still on high, use either red wine or broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pot, scraping the bottom with a whisk. Place the roast back into the pot and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway..
- Add in the onions and carrots, along with the fresh herbs..
- Put the lid on, then roast for 3 hours for 3-pound roast. For a 4-5 pound roast, plan on 4 hours. The roast is ready when it's fall-apart tender..