What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Fab Foodstuff: Perfect Pot Roast! Today all chefs get the day off from cooking. Seriously. This one-pot meal will turn out perfectly, as long as you ignore it. Use a slow-cooker or a Dutch Baker in a low temperature oven. I actually begin with a frozen chuck roast and forget about it, that is until the savory aromas lightly waft throughout the house. The liquid turns into a pleasant au jus or can be thickened into gravy. Personally, I ladle the juice into a food storage container to use as a sauce for beef carnitas, but thatโs another story. Leftovers promise delicious options.
PERFECT POT ROAST
Ingredients:
3-4 pound chuck roast, frozen
3/4 cup vinegar
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup kosher salt (or less)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon oregano
1 pound baby carrots
3-4 white potatoes, skin on, quartered
2-3 sprigs thyme
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 275ยฐ. Place frozen roast in Dutch Baker. Combine vinegar, orange juice, and melted butter. Pour over roast. Sprinkle roast with kosher salt, garlic powder, and oregano. Lay thyme sprigs across the top of the meat. Put the lid on the Dutch Baker and bake for 4 hours. Then add carrots and cut-up potatoes to the pot. Reduce oven temperature to 185ยฐ. Bake 4 hours longer. The roast is fall-apart tender and ready to serve.
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As my kids used to say, โMom, do we have to have that 1950โs dinner tonight?โ ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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๐๐๐ Chateauneuf du Pape 1950
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And next day? Sammies!
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Always. With extra gravy for dipping. ๐๐ฟ
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Double yum!
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Looks perfect and reminds me of Sunday dinner ๐โบ๏ธ๐ฟ
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You can repeat it again.
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I agree. Comfort food! ๐ค๐ฟ๐
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Thatโs my story, too. More shrimp. ๐ค๐ค๐ค
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Those were the daysโฆ.๐ถ
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Yes! ๐ต๐
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Waiting to be served.
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Thereโs plenty to share. ๐ฆ
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Why
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Gail, this is a perfect slow cooked roast! Simple but sooooo yummy! Seconds? Oh, my! ๐๐๐
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Weโve got to stretch the budget as much as possible. ๐
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Pot roast is always a favourite.
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True. It is what it is. ๐๐ฟ
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Let me go to the store….looks like something I need to cook.
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I pray you donโt find โsticker shockโ. Fortunately, I already had a roast in the freezer. ๐๐ป๐
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Well…it is what it is. I’m afraid we wi just get used to the higher prices and they will never come down. I don’t have “slow cooker” hope a crock pot works the same.
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Us โold fogeysโ still call it a crockpot. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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I like this! I’m sure it can be made in the slow cooker instead of having the oven on for 8 hours. Slow cooking always results in tender meat ๐
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Oh yes. My crockpot/slow cooker is a kitchen staple. ๐
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Your posts always make me hungry!
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Awww. Bless you. You just made my day! ๐โจ๐ซ
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My mom would have cooked this on a Sunday for lunch. Mostly in Winter.
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Ahhhh, yes. Our mothers knew how to share comfort through food. ๐
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Defintely!
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NOW, we’re back to cookin’ in Gail’s kitchen! ๐
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Boom! ๐ฅ
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A family favorite, thatโs for sure. ๐๐ฟ
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