Easy Pot Roast Recipe

pot roast on platter with carrots and potatoes.

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Easy Pot Roast Recipe

There's nothing like this tender, juicy, and easy pot roast recipe to soothe and comfort you. As it cooks, there's a wonderful cycle of flavors; the juices mingle, the liquid bastes the meat, and the parts are transformed into a greater whole. Though it takes a few hours to make from start to finish, there’s little work involved, and it can be made a day or two ahead and reheated.

Prep Time15

Cook Time3 30

Course: dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 299kcal

Author: Kathy Kingsley

Ingredients

2 ½ to 3 lb beef chuck roast
2 Tbs. vegetable oil
Kosher salt and fresh black pepper to taste
1 cup dry red wine
2 ½ cups beef broth
3 to 4 garlic cloves, peeled, whole
2 bay leaves
4 to 5 medium carrots
1 ½ lb Yukon Gold potatoes (4 medium)

Instructions

Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 325°F. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Pat the roast dry with paper towels. When the oil is hot, sear the roast in Dutch oven until browned on two sides, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
Remove the roast from pot, season generously with salt and pepper. Add the wine to pan to deglaze by cooking and scraping any bits from the bottom of the pan until reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the roast back to pot, then add the broth, bay leaves, and whole garlic cloves. Cover and roast in the oven for 2 ½ hours.
Peel and cut carrots into 1 ½ inch pieces. Remove the pot from oven, add the carrots and ¼ teaspoon of salt. Cover, return to oven, and bake for another 30 minutes.
Peel the potatoes, and depending on size, halve or quarter them lengthwise. Add the potatoes to pot, cover and bake for another 30 minutes.
Remove the pot from oven, discard the bay leaves. Serve from pot or transfer the potatoes, carrots and roast to a platter. Drizzle with juices to keep moist.

Notes

Leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator in an air-tight container for up to 5 days. Reserve some of the cooking liquid to use while reheating leftovers to prevent the roast from drying out.

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