Pot Roast, Slow Cooker
also called yankee pot roast · hot beef commercial · hot beef sandwich · slow cooker pot roast · crockpot pot roast · crock pot roast
- The Slow Cooker
- serves 6
- recipe says 8 hr 40 min
- Stews & Braises
Also written for Instant Pot (3 to wash), the plain way (1 to wash).
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| Half the liquid the oven takes. Three cups going in is three cups plus what the vegetables give up coming out | |||||
| 4 lb(1.8 kg)beef chuck roast | rub, both faces | sear 12 min in a skillet, every face | soften, deglaze the skillet clean | braise on low, 8 hr | thicken on high, lid off |
| 1 Tbskosher salt | |||||
| 1 tspblack pepper | |||||
| 2 Tbsvegetable oil | |||||
| 2 large(sliced)yellow onions | |||||
| 4 clovesgarlic | |||||
| 2 Tbstomato paste | |||||
| 1/2 cup(120 mL)dry red wine | |||||
| 1 cup(240 mL)beef stock | |||||
| 4 sprigsthyme | |||||
| 1 lb(450 g; cut in 2-in lengths)carrots | |||||
| 2 lb(900 g; halved)Yukon Gold potatoes | |||||
| 2 Tbs(16 g; slaked in 2 Tbs cold water)cornstarch | |||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.16 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
2rub, both faces
3sear 12 min in a skillet, every face
goes in with what step 2 made
4soften, deglaze the skillet clean
goes in with what step 3 made
5braise on low, 8 hr
goes in with what step 4 made
6thicken on high, lid off
goes in with what step 5 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 8 hr 32 min2 of 5 steps give no time
- Needs you
- about 32 min
- If you get it wrong
- Forgiving — the potatoes give out first, and in a crock they were always going to be soft by the time the chuck is ready
- What you'll wash
- Four things — the slow cooker crock, the skillet, a cup to slake the cornstarch in, a plate to rest the roast on
- Does it keep
- 4 days — slice it cold and warm the slices in the gravy; the whole piece goes stringy warmed twice
rub, both faces
not timedfrom the start
sear 12 min in a skillet, every face
12 minneeds youfrom the start
soften, deglaze the skillet clean
not timed12 min in
braise on low, 8 hr
8 hrwalk away12 min in
thicken on high, lid off
20 minneeds you(we think)8 hr 12 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
- we think
You'll need skillet · slow cooker
See how it is written
>> title: Pot Roast, Slow Cooker
>> category: Stews & Braises
>> tags: beef, sunday dinner, braise, one-pot, slow cooker, crock pot
>> counters: The Slow Cooker
>> dish: pot-roast
>> kit: Slow Cooker
>> aka: yankee pot roast, hot beef commercial, hot beef sandwich, slow cooker pot roast, crockpot pot roast, crock pot roast
>> servings: 6
>> time: 8 hr 40 min
>> slack: forgiving — the potatoes give out first, and in a crock they were always going to be soft by the time the chuck is ready
>> washing-up: the slow cooker crock, the skillet, a cup to slake the cornstarch in, a plate to rest the roast on
>> keeps: 4 days — slice it cold and warm the slices in the gravy; the whole piece goes stringy warmed twice
Half the liquid the oven takes. Three cups going in is three cups plus what the vegetables give up coming out.
>> step: rub, both faces
Rub @beef chuck roast{4%lb}(1.8 kg) with @kosher salt{1%Tbs}, @black pepper{1%tsp}.
>> step: sear 12 min in a skillet, every face
Sear @&(~1)seasoned roast{} in @vegetable oil{2%Tbs} in a #skillet{} for ~sear{12%min}, turning it onto every face including the ends.
>> step: soften, deglaze the skillet clean
Soften @yellow onions{2%large}(sliced), @garlic{4%cloves}, @tomato paste{2%Tbs} in the same skillet with @&(~1)seared roast{}, then pour in @dry red wine{1/2%cup}(120 mL) and scrape until nothing is stuck to the base, which is the only place that flavour exists.
>> step: braise on low, 8 hr
Slow cook @&(~1)pot{} with @beef stock{1%cup}(240 mL), @thyme{4%sprigs}, @carrots{1%lb}(450 g; cut in 2-in lengths), @Yukon Gold potatoes{2%lb}(900 g; halved) in a #slow cooker{} on low for ~slow cook{8%hr}, lid on and left alone — every lift costs about twenty minutes of recovery.
>> step: thicken on high, lid off
Thicken @&(~1)pot roast{} on high with the lid off, stirring in @cornstarch{2%Tbs}(16 g; slaked in 2 Tbs cold water) for ~thicken{20%min}, the roast lifted out and resting under foil.