Crockpot Pot Roast w/Carrots and baked Potatoes

[Smokin Don]

Jan 14 2016

With the cold we have had the past week my Crockpot is getting a lot of use. Wednesday I had a pound of butter garlic marinated chicken from my butcher in the pot and added a can of cream of mushroom and a can of cream of celery. At supper time I cooked some Mrs. Reem’s noodles and that made an easy meal.

I had a nice 3 pound chuck roast from my butcher. It was too big for the pot to have room for carrots so I trimmed a piece of and froze for later. The last chuck roast I did I added an envelope of Lipton’s beefy onion soup mix and an envelope of Pioneer brown gravy mix. We all like the gravy that makes so I wanted to do this one the same. I thought I had brown gravy mix but all I had was country gravy; a little Kitchen Bouquet took care of that.

I sprayed the Crockpot with olive oil and added a layer of sliced onions for the beef to set on. I browned the roast well and added it to the pot and deglazed the skillet with some water. I poured the onion soup mix over the roast and then added the liquid from the skillet. Next I mixed the gravy mix in 2 cups of water and added some Kitchen Bouquet and pour4ed that over the roast. I had six carrots I cut up and added them around the roast. I had some celery so I added it to the top for some flavor. I set the pot on high for about an hour then turned to low; it would be on for a total of six hours.

At 4:30 I removed the beef from the pot and trimmed any fat off. It was fall apart tender and I added large chunks back to the pot. I usually liked mashed potatoes with a pot roast but for something different I have not made these in a while. I baked six med russet potatoes in the microwave. When I could handle them I smashed and remove the skins in a casserole dish. I used a ford to bread them up evenly and added salt. I sprinkled on some Penzey’s dried garlic flakes then melted a stick of butter and pored over. These went into a 350 deg. oven for 45 minutes and got some browning.

I had some beer bread left that was getting a little old but a light toasting made it good for bread and butter. We ate at 6:00 and what’s not to like about this meal!

Sorry Hub I know you would have smothered the potatoes with the gravy too. I had planned to have some good gravy bread to top it all off but after I ate my plate I was full. I have leftover potatoes and noodles so I will have plenty of the gravy over them for supper tonight!



























Smokin Don

[sliding_billy]

My kind of plate!

[TMB]

My kind of plate!

Mine as well, great job.

[Pappymn]

Good looking eats! You missed a few spots on your bread.

[Smokin Don]

Good looking eats! You missed a few spots on your bread.

It was covered Pappy most of it had melted on the warm toast! Don

[hikerman]

Good looking eats! You missed a few spots on your bread.

It was covered Pappy most of it had melted on the warm toast! Don

Phew! I was thinking you were on one of those Hollywood diets Don!

Very nice plate! Great for the weather we are having!

[drholly]

Perfect weather for an excellent pot roast like this. I would only add some horseradish when serving... dang!

[N. Ontario Smoker]

Nice cook. Now I now what I'm having for Sunday dinner.

[africanmeat]

My kind of plate!

Mine too

[muebe]

That is some great looking comfort food Don!

[RAD]

so good I copied it. Got mine going in the CP now. Thanks Don

[tomcrete1]

Wow!  My mouth is watering! Looks great!