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[walker]

This recipe was found in the Southern Living Fix It & Freeze It Heat It & Eat It Cookbook, page 42. I tried it for the first time last night. I don't always have good luck with pot roasts as I find the meat not very tender....usually....well, I must have gotten a good cut of meat because this recipe was VERY good! Recipe calls for a 4 to 4 1/2 lb. roast but as a note....I used a roast just under 3 lbs....worked fine....enough for two meals/two people.

French Onion Pot Roast

6 small red potatoes, cut in half

4 medium carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces

1 large onion, cut into 6 wedges

1 (4 to 4 1/2 lb.) chuck roast, trimmed and cut in half

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

1 can French Onion Soup

1 can Golden Mushroom Soup

1 bay leaf

Place first 3 ingredients in a 5 to 6 qt. slow cooker. Place roast on vegetables and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Whisk together French Onion Soup, Golden Mushroom Soup, and 1/2 cup water; pour mixture over beef. Add bay leaf. Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour. Reduce heat to LOW and cook 7 hours or until tender. Remove roast and vegetables from slow cooker; keep warm. Discard bay leaf. Skim fat from cooking juices. Serve cooking juices with roast and vegetables.

Leftover meat can be frozen for 3 months....as well as cooking juices.

[bigkat]

Thanks for sharing walker!! Love pot roast! Good weather for us to get those slow cookers working.

[Tootie15]

Oh my gosh .... walker, that is almost the exact recipe I use!! I don't use the bay leaf and use regular Mushroom soup .... I don't remember where I found the recipe (probably in one of my cookbooks) but now just make it from memory.

Thanks for posting...it sure is good!!

PS ~ I always say I am going to mark down (keep a log) of any recipes that I try and like, or make notes in the actual cookbook ...never happens though...would make things so much easier .....

[MrsLorraine]

Yummy!

[annemarie49]

I made this today. It's a great recipe. I will be making this again. I didn't add the salt and pepper and also added fresh celery leaves for flavor. I did use a smaller roast about two and a half pounds. It was tender and juicy. I also did not use the bay leaf.

[KellyMacNamara]

Hi walker this sounds delish- can you clarify the can of French onion soup- is it Campbell's condensed or something else? TIA

[walker]

Hi everyone and thank you for your responses. KellyMacNamara....I used Campbell's French Onion Soup condensed....hope you like it if you try it.....annemarie49...So glad you liked it....I sure did too in fact tonight I am having leftovers....can't wait!

[champagnepoodle]

Ewww Weeee this sounds good! I will definitely try this! Yummy! Thanks Ms Walker

[pattypeep]

On 1/8/2014 Tootie15 said:

Oh my gosh .... walker, that is almost the exact recipe I use!! I don't use the bay leaf and use regular Mushroom soup .... I don't remember where I found the recipe (probably in one of my cookbooks) but now just make it from memory.

Thanks for posting...it sure is good!!

PS ~ I always say I am going to mark down (keep a log) of any recipes that I try and like, or make notes in the actual cookbook ...never happens though...would make things so much easier .....

Me, too, but no bay leaf or mushroom soup. I also use a cooking bag in the crock pot. MMmm...good.... I also use Lipton dry onion soup mix, rather than canned.

[madcity411]

Thanks! This recipe sounds yummy! I don't do slow cooking, but might try my pressure cooker. Do you think it will work?