Perfect Pot Roast

Perfect Pot Roast
Twice this week friends have called and asked me how to cook a roast!  I guess it’s that time of the year too.  We all want to walk into a warm home that smells of Perfect Pot Roast…soooo good!

Perfect Pot Roast

Hands down, after years of trying different recipes and methods, this Perfect Pot Roast is the best. It goes together easily and is just plain delicious…near the top of my guy’s request list.

Just so you know I prepare Perfect Pot Roast often.  I do use a good “choice” quality chuck roast from Costco, 1 cup of red wine, (yes, the alcohol cooks out) and 2 to 3 cups total of beef broth.  2 or 3 halved potatoes and bake as directed for 5 hours at my higher altitude. It turns out perfect every time. Low-carb lifestylers, ignore those potatoes, please! I know you will enjoy it…oh, I almost forgot, you can brown it all and do everything but bake it, then pop it in the fridge overnight. Bring it to room temp and then bake as directed, easy Saturday prep for Sunday dinner…and don’t forget to serve with love!
Perfect Pot Roast
 
Perfect Pot Roast
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
  • 1 whole (4 To 5 Pounds) Chuck Roast
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 2 whole Onions
  • 8 whole Carrots
  • 2-3 potatoes, cut in half
  • Salt To Taste
  • Pepper To Taste
  • 1 cup Red Wine (optional, You Can Use Beef Broth Instead)
  • 2-3 cups Beef Stock
  • 3 sprigs Fresh Thyme, or more to taste
  • 3 sprigs Fresh Rosemary, or more to taste
Instructions
  1. First and foremost, choose a nicely marbled piece of meat. This will enhance the flavor of your pot roast like nothing else. Generously salt and pepper your chuck roast.
  2. Heat a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Then add 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil (or you can do a butter/olive oil split).
  3. Cut two onions in half and cut 6 to 8 carrots into 2-inch slices (you can peel them, but you don’t have to). When the oil in the pot is very hot (but not smoking), add in the halved onions, browning them on one side and then the other. Remove the onions to a plate.
  4. Throw the carrots into the same very hot pan and toss them around a bit until slightly browned, about a minute or so.
  5. If needed, add a bit more olive oil to the very hot pan. Place the meat in the pan and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to a plate.
  6. With the burner still on high, use either red wine or beef broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pan, scraping the bottom with a whisk to get all of that wonderful flavor up.
  7. When the bottom of the pan is sufficiently deglazed, place the roast back into the pan and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway (about 2 to 3 cups). Add in the onion and the carrots, as well as 3 or 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary and about 3 sprigs of fresh thyme.
  8. Put the lid on, then roast in a 275F oven for 3 hours (for a 3-pound roast). For a 4 to 5-pound roast, plan on 4 hours.
Happy Roasting, you’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven!

About The Author

Renée

Renée is passionate about making and sharing ALL things delicious! Her happy place really is her kitchen where she loves whipping up memories with her family and friends. Raised in sunny Southern California she's spent her adulthood in Idaho, both sides of her great state. She's married to an amazing man, and together they have 5 children, who gave them five more, and now they have 28 grandchildren. So there’s always a reason to cook and celebrate around their place!

25 Comments

  1. Tracy's Trinkets and Treasures

    Sometime very soon I plan on going through your blog and making some of your recipes. I love seeing your creations as features on other blogs. YOu take the best photos. Your blog makes me smile and hungry!

    Reply
  2. Carol at Serendipity

    I just put a pot roast in the crock pot as we are off for the day. I use an almost identical recipe but add the potatoes for the guys. i serve the pot roast with horseradish.

    It’s a beautiful day in Maine today so we are off to take pictures!

    Carol

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  3. SavoringTime in the Kitchen

    I love this time of year when we can enjoy these kinds of meals! Just simple, good food that warms the tummy and soul. Your first photo with the browned onions is so appealing!

    Reply
  4. Pondside

    Sounds yummy, and just the thing for the next damp and drizzly Sunday afternoon here on the coast. Pot roast is something that I haven’t had a lot of success with, so I’ll give this a try sometime.

    Reply
  5. Debbie

    To me, a roast is the perfect fall family dinner. I don’t know why I love it more in the fall than other times, but I do.

    I should try this the next time I have enough folks home to enjoy it. I’m so lame that I usually do a roast in a bag. Yes, I know… I should be ashamed to admit that here.

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  6. ButterYum

    This is a very good recipe – I’ve made my own variation of it many times and it’s always a crowd pleaser. I’m so glad the seasons are changing so I can make it again soon.

    🙂
    ButterYum
    PS – thanks for visiting and answering my blueberry question. Take care!!

    Reply
  7. Gypsy Heart

    This reminds me of my favorite aunt’s pot roast. My mother made an excellent one too but my aunt’s was just better for some reason. Thanks for the memory!

    Pat

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  8. Chas

    Yum, very Full-filling!

    Reply
  9. Merut

    I love roasts but mine always turn out dry. I’ll have to try yours, because it is that season where a slow-cooked roast just hits the spot.

    Reply
  10. Julie

    Costco has the best roasts! Do you know I don’t think I’ve ever made a roast in the oven? Crock pot roasts for me!! They’re so tender and flavorful. Also, nothing better than coming home from work and smelling the roast cooking. This recipe looks delicious!!

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  11. Marla @ Always Nesting

    That pot roast looks delicious. It’s funny because I rarely eat roast but upon occasion I CRAVE meat and I have to eat it. I must get low in iron or something. I don’t think I could ever be a vegetarian.

    Your comment about the wheelchair had me in stitches. It is laugh out loud hilarious.

    Reply
  12. Julie Harward

    Nothing like a good pot roast to fill one up..we love them too. I love to stick all of this in the oven on Sunday, come home to a house that smells like Heaven..because, as I tell my kids..they angels cooked our dinner while we went to church! LOL I have missed you! 😀

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  13. Holly

    This roast looks sooo divine!!! Yum-I can’t believe I haven’t tried it yet!!

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  14. Kirstin

    Thank you for sharing! I don’t often make roasts, and when I do they never seem to fall apart like everyone elses. I’m going to try your recipe next time.

    Reply
  15. Abby

    Mmm! I love a good roast and I seem to love PW. I just made a roast last week but I will have to try this recipe next time!

    Reply
  16. David & Kelsie's Country Home

    I *heart* my crockpot and will be trying this method next pot roast for sure…Will be adding your blog to my list to follow also…Thnx for sharing.

    Kelsie

    Reply
  17. High Street Cottage

    I will have to try this recipe. I make a roast in the crock pot about twice a month. But in the Fall and Winter I like to make it in the oven. This would be a nice change from my usual. thanks for sharing, tami from the high street cottage

    Reply
  18. Lori@Paisley Passions

    Looks like a wonderful meal! Pot roast is one of my kids all time favorites. Thanks for sharing another yummy recipe on Thrilling Thursday @ Paisley Passions 🙂

    Reply
  19. Its So Very Cheri

    Oh you are making me crave Roast and I am not even hungry.

    Cheri

    Reply
  20. Ashlee @ I'm Topsy Turvy

    I love a good roast. I haven’t tried this version yet, I’ll have to do that. Thanks for Linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday’s!

    Reply
  21. Suzie

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for this yummy recipe. My mom made a killer pot roast which I was too much of a know-it-all to take the time to learn. She has passed away and I’ve been in need of knowing how to do this for the longest time. This will be next Sunday’s dinner. Love ya for taking the time to share.
    Suzie @
    staycalmandsewsomething.blogspot.com

    Reply

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