Pot Roast with Roasted Vegetables

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
  • Total: 3 hr
  • Prep: 30 min
  • Cook: 2 hr 30 min
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Ingredients

Pot Roast:

1 (4-pound) beef chuck roast

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 large onion, sliced

2 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced

2 ribs celery, thinly sliced

5 cloves garlic, smashed

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 cup red wine

1 (15-ounce) can chopped tomatoes, in juice

2 cups beef broth, homemade, or low-sodium, low-fat

3 sprigs fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried

2 bay leaves

1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, optional

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Roasted Vegetables:

5 carrots, peeled, cut into thirds

3 medium turnips, peeled and cut into 6 wedges

2 medium red onions, peeled, cut into 6 wedges

2 medium parsnips, peeled, cut into thirds

About 5 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves

2 teaspoons kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Heat a large Dutch oven, with a lid, over medium-high heat. Season the meat generously with salt and pepper. Add the oil to the pot, lay the meat in the pan and sear on both sides until brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer the meat to a plate. Pour all but about 2 tablespoons of the oil from the pan.
  3. Add the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to the pan, and cook until vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes. Add the flour and with a wooden spoon scrape up any browned bits that cling to the bottom of the pot Add wine and tomatoes and cook until liquid has thickened, about 5 minutes more. Add broth, thyme, and bay leaves, bring to a boil. Return the roast to the pot, nestle it in the liquid, cover, place in the oven and cook until the roast is just tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove the lid and continue to cook, uncovered until tender about 1 hour more.
  4. Meanwhile, put the carrots, turnips, onions, and parsnips on a baking sheet and toss with the olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper. Roast on a shelf under the pot roast for the last hour, stirring occasionally, until tender throughout.
  5. Transfer the roast to a plate and cover loosely with foil. Skim the fat off the surface of the liquid and discard. Bring the sauce to a boil over medium-high heat, and cook until thickened. Stir in the parsley and vinegar, salt and pepper, to taste. Keep the roast warm in the sauce until ready to slice.
  6. Slice the pot roast across the grain and lay on a platter, surround with the vegetables. Pour some of the sauce on top and serve the remaining in a sauceboat on the side.

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SinisterSerenade

This pot roast is amazing! To start, I was pleased with myself by FINALLY getting a nice, crisp sear to lock in the juices! The one "major" change I made was to omit the tomatoes as others have stated. I added an extra cup of beef broth in their place to maintain a good amount of liquid. I didn't have any red wine vinegar on hand so I simply omitted that as well. <br />I added potatoes and baby carrots to the pot for the last hour, but still made the roasted veggies. My husband and cousin didn't care much for the turnips&amp;parsnips, but loved the carrots. I was leery at first as I generally do not like parsnips&amp;turnips, but I loved them this way! Roasting cut right through the bitterness and made them so soft and sweet!<br />When the roast was done I pulled it out to sit and removed the potatoes and carrots with a slotted spoon. I strained the sauce through a mesh sieve to remove the mushy bits of veggies, then returned the sauce to the pot and simmered to reduce. We will make again and again!

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