Simple Cook Delicious Classic Pot Roast

Classic Pot Roast.

To make Classic Pot Roast you need 18 ingredients and just 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

1. Prepare of chuck roast (about 2" thick).
2. Prepare of salt.
3. It's of black pepper.
4. Prepare of olive oil, divided.
5. It's of thinly sliced yellow or white onions.
6. It's of diced carrots.
7. It's of diced celery or celery root.
8. You need of parsnip, peeled and diced.
9. You need of garlic cloves, chopped.
10. Prepare of shiitake or portabello mushrooms, sliced.
11. You need of chili powder.
12. You need of reduced-sodium, low-fat beef broth.
13. Prepare of tomato sauce.
14. Prepare of red wine.
15. It's of dried thyme leaves.
16. You need of bay leaves.
17. Prepare of cornstarch.
18. You need of cold water.

Classic Pot Roast instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F F. Trim beefof all visible fat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper..
2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large Dutch oven. Add beef and brown on all sides. Remove from pan..
3. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, onions, carrots, celery and parsnip to pan. Saute' until lightly browned, about 8 minutes..
4. Add garlic, mushrooms, chili powder and cook 3 minutes..
5. Return meat to pan, and add broth, tomato sauce, red wine, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Place in oven and cook 3 to 3 1/2 hours, until beef is fork tender. (There will be lots of liquid.).
6. Dissolve cornstarch in cold water. Pour cornstarch mixture into pan, stirring constantly. Return to oven and cook 15 minutes or until sauce has thickened..
7. Per serving: 440 calories, 19g fat, 18mg chol, 42g prot,18g carbs, 3g fiber,510mg sodium.