The Perfect Beef Pot Roast

This recipe for the Perfect Beef Pot Roast will fill your home with the flavors of Fall. The technique is simple – take a big hunk of meat and place it in a pot with a bunch of veggies, fill halfway with stock and cook it slowly until it is fall-apart tender and perfectly fragrant and perfectly Fall.

  • Cook Time: 2.5-3 hours

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 (3-pound) boneless chuck roast, trimmed
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cups coarsely chopped onion
  • 1 cup dry red wine
  • 4 thyme sprigs
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium beef broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 large carrots, peeled and cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled & cut into 2-inch pieces
  • Fresh thyme leaves (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.

  2. Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chuck roast with salt and pepper. Add roast to pan; cook 5 minutes, turning to brown on all sides. Remove roast from pan. Add onion to pan; saute 8 minutes or until tender.

  3. Returned browned roast to pan. Add the red wine, thyme sprigs, chopped garlic, beef broth, and bay leaf to pan; bring to a simmer. Cover pan and bake at 350F for 1 1/2 hours or until the roast is almost tender.

  4. Add carrots and potatoes to pan. Cover and bake an additional 1 hour or until vegetables are tender. Remove thyme sprigs and bay leaf from pan; discard. Shred meat with 2 forks. Serve roast with vegetable mixture and cooking liquid. Garnish with thyme leaves, if desired.

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