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What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

ECBG — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:09:01 GMT

I love a roast. When I was in my early 30's I went to visit a friend for the weekend, and as it turned , being 10 years older than me, she was a wonderful cook. I fell in love with the roast she made and have made it many times for company and our family.

Yummy Rump Roast

Heat oven to 325 degrees

1 rump or sirloin tip roast, (I do 5 lbs)

1 C sliced fresh mushrooms.

1 onion sliced in rings.

2 cans mushroom soup

2 tsp. thyme

2 Tbsp parsley

2 Tbsp steak sauce

2 Tbsp. worcheschire sauce

Cut fat off of roast and place in deep baker.

Mix all ingredients and pour over roast.

May add fresh mushrooms and fresh onion.

Cover very tightly.

Bake at 325. THREE hrs.

May need to thicken gravy.

This dish needs mashed potatoes, rice, or noodles.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

jannabelle1 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:23:29 GMT

My mother's roast was always so tender and delicious...it was a frequent Sunday favorite.

3 - 4 lb. chuck roast

3 medium potatoes peeled, quartered

3 or 4 carrots cut in thirds

2 or 3 parsnips cut in half

1 onion quartered

1 cup water or beef broth

Salt, pepper, garlic powder, bay leaf

Cover and bake at 350 for 3 to 4 hours until fork tender

Thicken gravy with flour or corn starch mixed with a little water.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

lovesrecess — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:04:34 GMT

This is the classic, no-effort method for pot roast:

I 4 lb chuck roast, trimmed of fat and seasoned with s/p
4 whole, peeled carrots
4 large white potatoes, (quartered or halved to fit inside pot)

1 large yellow onion, sliced

1 envelope dry onion soup mix

1/2 to 1 cup water, depending on size of slow cooker

place carrots on bottom of crockpot

put roast on top of carrots, using the carrots as a rack.

Put potatoes and onions on top of and around roast, sprinkle dry soup mix over roast and potatoes/ onions. Add water, being careful not to wash soup mix off of roast.

I usually cook mine about 6 hrs on high

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

Spacrazy — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:23:35 GMT

Gave up eating meat many years ago but have fond memories of Momma’s Sunday roast which she was well known for in our family. The main reason it was so popular is “stuffing” it with garlic cloves. She made small, deep slits in the meat and crammed peeled garlic inside and salt and pepper generously in the holes.

She would say the best part was browning and searing the meat well prior to whatever way you wish to cook it - oven or stove top and any choice of your preferred additions.

For best results she would sometimes use beef and pork roasts together. Oh, the memories...

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

coffee drinker — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:43:08 GMT

@ECBG How long do you cook this roast?

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

Happy2BHere — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:48:32 GMT

Mom's Roast Beef from Taste of Home magazine!

Highly rated and it's yummy! The special ingredient is coffee (of all things!) & I don't even like coffee

Mom's Roast Beef

"This well-seasoned roast is Mom’s specialty. Everyone loves slices of the fork-tender roast beef and its savory gravy, and people always ask what her secret ingredients are. Now you have the delicious recipe for our favorite dish"!

Recipe from Linda Gaido, New Brighton, Pennsylvania

Ingredients

1 tablespoon canola oil
1 beef eye round roast (about 2-1/2 pounds)
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 medium onion, chopped
1 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
1 cup brewed coffee
3/4 cup water
GRAVY:
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cold water

Directions

1. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat; brown roast on all sides. Remove from pan. Mix garlic and seasonings; sprinkle over roast.
2. Add onion to same pan; cook and stir over medium heat until tender; stir in bouillon, coffee and 3/4 cup water. Add roast; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until meat is tender, about 2-1/2 hours.
3. Remove roast from pan, reserving cooking juices. Tent with foil; let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
4. Mix flour and cold water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Serve with roast.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

Boomerdotty — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:59:07 GMT

This is from the Rootitoot site. It's for the pressure cooker but can easily be converted:

Pot Roast

Ingredients:

2-4 lb cross rib, chuck or blade beef roast
1 - 2 Tbsp olive or canola oil
1 1/2 cup onion in 1” dice
1 1/2 cups sliced or chopped mushrooms (optional)
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 cup beef/chicken broth (or water)
(1-2 tsp Beef Better than Bouillon- optional)
2 - 4 Tbsp tomato paste (optional)
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 Tbsp regular or balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp basil
1/4 tsp thyme
2 bay leaves
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
3 cups potatoes chunks (about 1 ½” pieces)
4 -6 carrots, in 3” pieces
3 Tbsp flour
1/2 cup water

Directions:

Pat the roast dry with paper towel and generously season with salt and pepper. Press Saute on the Instant Pot and when the display says Hot, add the oil. Put the roast in and brown it well without moving it for 3 or 4 minutes. Then flip it and do the same on the other side. If you want, you can brown the sides, too. Browning it will produce a rich, beefy flavour. Then transfer it to a plate.

Add the onions and mushrooms and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the garlic and press Cancel. Stir in the garlic as the pot cools down. Add the celery and the broth (or water) and stir to deglaze the pan, scraping all the brown bits off the bottom. Be sure to get ALL the bits up or you could end up with the “Burn” warning and your IP will shut off.

Add the tomato paste, if using, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, basil, thyme, bay leaves, brown sugar and salt and pepper.

Put the roast and any juices back in the pot. Close the lid and make sure the valve on the top is set to Sealing. Press Pressure Cook (or Manual) and use the +/- buttons to get to 50 minutes. Then, just walk away.

When it beeps that it's done, leave it for 15-20 min natural release. Then flip the valve from Sealing to Venting and when the pin drops, open the pot and take a whiff. Delicious, right?

Remove the roast and cover it with foil. Throw away the bay leaves. Put the potato chunks and carrots in the pot and give them a stir. Close the lid and set the valve to Sealing. Press Pressure Cook (or Manual) and adjust the time to 5 minutes. While it's cooking, mix the flour and water until completely smooth or shake it in a jar.

When it beeps that it's done, press Cancel and flip the valve to Venting for a quick release. When the pin drops, remove the lid.

Scoop out the vegetables into a bowl and hit the Saute button again. When it comes to a boil, add about half the flour/water slurry and stir to thicken. If you like it thicker, add more but keep in mind it will thicken a little as it cools.

Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper and You. Are. Done.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

ECBG — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:07:55 GMT

@coffee drinker OH my! Sorry! Three hrs. Enjoy!

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

AuntG — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:19:03 GMT

So many good variations. My grocery store is having a rump roast sale so I'll pick up a 4 lb roast and try the OP's recipe. The one with coffee caught my interest too.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

phoenixbrd — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:58:03 GMT

@Spacrazy Respect. So glad you made that decision. I don't have any fond memories as I haven't eaten an animal in decades and, out of respect for this thread, I won't share what I think when I see/smell a slab of animal. Good for you for your decision! Kindness to all sentient beings.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

Infinite Mom 47 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:12:49 GMT

Soda Can Roast:

1 3lbs, chuck roast

1 12oz. Bottle chili sauce

1 onion, chopped

1 tbs Worcester sauce

1 12oz. Can cola

Score meat in several places. S&P to taste.

In skillet, sear meat on all sides.

Place in sprayed slow cooker.

Combine chili sauce,chopped onion, cola, and Worcester sauce,mix well and pour over roast.

Cover and cook on Low 8 hrs.

You can add veggies to this too.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

shoptilyadropagain — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:27:02 GMT

Growing up, my mom didn't have an actual recipe but just threw the following in the crock pot or a covered dish and it was baked. It's pretty much how I do it now too except I may add some parsley, bay leaves or whatever moves me at the time.

Roast

Potatoes, Carrots & Onions (as many as you want)

Beef Broth (2 cups....more or less)

S&P

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

faeriemoon — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:23:33 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
I love a roast. When I was in my early 30's I went to visit a friend for the weekend, and as it turned , being 10 years older than me, she was a wonderful cook. I fell in love with the roast she made and have made it many times for company and our family.

Yummy Rump Roast

Heat oven to 325 degrees

1 rump or sirloin tip roast, (I do 5 lbs)
1 C sliced fresh mushrooms.
1 onion sliced in rings.

2 cans mushroom soup
2 tsp. thyme
2 Tbsp parsley
2 Tbsp steak sauce
2 Tbsp. worcheschire sauce

Cut fat off of roast and place in deep baker.
Mix all ingredients and pour over roast.
May add fresh mushrooms and fresh onion.
Cover very tightly.
Bake at 325. THREE hrs.
May need to thicken gravy.

This dish needs mashed potatoes, rice, or noodles.

My mother made a variation of this. If you subtract the steak sauce and the worcheschire sauce, and add a packet of onion soup mix, you have the one my mother made.

I make it every once in a while with mashed potatoes. Definitely a snowy winter night, comfort food kind of dish.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

WORKING GAL — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:51:03 GMT

My son-in-law made this recipe for a pork loin roast and it was delicious made-in his slow cooker. I've used it for pork and beef roasts and it comes out great.

One bottle (12 oz) Mexican Coke

One envelope onion soup mix.

Add whatever veggies you want. Cook either on high for 4/1 hrs. or low for 8 hrs. I add a couple squirts of ketchup, a few shakes of worcestershire sauce, minced garlic,1 tsp. each of dried thyme and rosemary.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

peachesncream — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:58:08 GMT

Here's the recipe we've been using since it was printed in CL magazine.

Classic Beef Pot Roast
Cooking Light

• 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 and cut into 2-inch pieces
• Fresh thyme leaves (optional)

Preheat oven to 350º.

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; sauté 8 minutes or until tender.

Return 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 350° for 1 1/2 hours or until the roast is almost tender.

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.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

Nightowlz — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 21:17:06 GMT

Pot Roast

4 lb chuck roast

Avocado or Olive Oil

salt/pepper

1-2 onions, diced

5-6 whole carrots, peeled cut into chunks

5-6 red potatoes, peeled, quartered

5 c broth

wine (optional)

1/4 c flour

1/4 c butter

Wash off roast, pat dry, sprinkle with salt & pepper

Brown roast in dutch oven with oil about 3-4 mins per side

Remove roast from pan to brown onions in oil to deglaze

Put roast on top of onions, arrange carrots, potatoes around roast, cover with broth

Oven Temp 275°

Cook 4 hrs or until tender

Remove roast, carrots & potatoes.

Heat remaining liquid in dutch oven on med-high heat for 5-10 mins.

Gravy

Melt butter over medium heat, whisk in flour well. Cook 1-2 mins.

Whisk mixture into heated liquid in dutch oven to simmer about 10 mins or until thickened a bit. Yum!!!

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

GenXmuse — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:48:31 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
I love a roast. When I was in my early 30's I went to visit a friend for the weekend, and as it turned , being 10 years older than me, she was a wonderful cook. I fell in love with the roast she made and have made it many times for company and our family.

Yummy Rump Roast

Heat oven to 325 degrees

1 rump or sirloin tip roast, (I do 5 lbs)
1 C sliced fresh mushrooms.
1 onion sliced in rings.

2 cans mushroom soup
2 tsp. thyme
2 Tbsp parsley
2 Tbsp steak sauce
2 Tbsp. worcheschire sauce

Cut fat off of roast and place in deep baker.
Mix all ingredients and pour over roast.
May add fresh mushrooms and fresh onion.
Cover very tightly.
Bake at 325. THREE hrs.
May need to thicken gravy.

This dish needs mashed potatoes, rice, or noodles.

I just put all the ingredients on my grocery list try this week! Thank you for the recipe

This is the super easy recipe I use but with Natural Organics mixes to reduce sodium.

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix
1 (1 ounce) package ranch dressing mix

1 (.75 ounce) packet dry brown gravy mix
1 (3 pound) boneless beef chuck roast

Directions

Whisk together the water, Italian dressing mix, ranch dressing mix, and brown gravy mix together in a bowl until smooth. Place the beef roast into a slow cooker, and pour the sauce over top.
Cook on Low until the roast is easily pierced by a fork, 6 to 8 hours.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

RedTop — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:09:18 GMT

My go-to with beef or pork roast is 2 large onions quartered, several chipotle peppers and a spoonful of adobo sauce, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 3 cans Dr Pepper, bake at 300 for 6 hours.

If using a chuck roast, I do brown the roast first, and cooking time is reduced to about 4 hours. Sometimes I just use beef broth instead of Dr Pepper.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

LilLadyNJ — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 19:37:23 GMT

I made Mississippi Roast a few weeks ago and it was wonderful. I would make it again. I don't make pot roast often because I cook for one and it just lasts and lasts but this was a good sunday recipe.

Re: What Is Your Favorite Roast Recipe?

CatsyCline — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 00:49:20 GMT

Yankee Pot Roast

in my early 20s i knew nothing about cooking. My neighbor presented me with a recipe box and some of her favorite recipes. She was from Connecticut and i assume this pot roast was a CT staple.

The raisins in this pot roast seem odd at first glance but along with the carrots and beef juices they make for a savory sweet braising liquid. i never thicken at the end although the recipe calls for it.

3-4 lb shoulder or chuck roast
2T oil
2 garlic cloves smashed
1 bayleaf
1/2 cup raisins
2-3 small onions peeled, whole OR 6-8 boiling onions
3 carrots, 1/2 " pieces
3-4 medium potatoes cut-up 1/2" pieces
Salt/pepper
Flour

Tie roast if needed
Dust roast with flour/salt/pepper
In heavy pot sear each side of roast in hot oil (i use grapeseed)
Add water to see up halfway of meat.
Add raisins and garlic, bayleaves and onions
Braise on low stove top or 300/32* oven about 2 - 3 hours
Add vegetables 2nd hour
Optional - for thickened gravy : Remove bay leaf roast and vegetables and strain liquid. Return liquid to pot and boil add 2 T flour in 1/2 cup cold water, add 1 cube beef bouillion. Stir until thickened.

as i have found with beef stew the flavor is better the 2nd day. you can leave the raisins in with the liquid or discard. i leave them.