No fault Pot Roast Recipe

Want to impress your mother in law? or how about a old fashioned gramma??? Betcha never thought a pot roast recipe could be easy? Roasts are hard for some people for one major reason ::: They under cook it!


A roast needs hrs to cook, and I mean HOURS! It is a tough piece of meat that needs low heat for a long period so that the meat and "pieces" that hold it together can break down .. thus making it tender and melt in your mouth!




So I came up with this one 100% on my own.. trial and error... lots of trial and error :))


But I have perfected it and you can prepare it in less the 15 minutes! Best of all you can throw all of this together the night before and just put it on the crock pot in the morning and have the best smelling house on the block by the time you get home from work :)))


Ingredients

A good size roast - I tend to look for one with average fat content.. not too much but the fat holds the flavor so you do need some! 
a bag of carrots (I use the small already peeled ones... saves you TONS of time and financially it isnt that much more)
1 can of beef broth
1 can of green beans... drained and rinsed... or frozen peas or lima beans (trick your family.. yes they will see them but I am telling you they will like them in a whole new way! SO SO SO SO good)
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 packet of lipton recipe secret mushroom and onion mix (blue box in pic.. makes it SO much betteR)
1 onion
little bit of butter
salt and pepper
(You can add potatoes to this if you would like... I serve it with mashed potatoes or rice..)


First off... get out your handy cast iron skillet!!!! Get that sucker HOTTTTT

Throw a small (tbsp) of butter in the skillet and grease it up! If it is already good and seasoned then you won't really need the butter.. I use it because this one is fairly new!

Salt and pepper your meat really really well on one side.. 

put it in the skillet (seasoned side down) and do the other side before you flip it!!! You want to hear that sizzle. You are really browning (carmelizing) the meat really well on each side! It really makes a difference!

While the meat is browning.. cut your onion into fourths. 

Take meat out and set it on a plate and it it rest!


Go ahead and put your onion and carrots in to get some color on them as well! (you are NOT looking to "cook" them thoroughly.. just add some color to them)

Put the meat in the bottom of the crock pot


pour the veggies over them (the ones from the skillet and the green beans)

Now the good part! Remove the skillet from the heat source, deglaze the pan by pouring the beef broth in the hot pan and stir up the bits off the bottom with a wisk!

Pour in the packet of Lipton seasoning and stir until incorporated

Pour this mixture over the veggies and meat (DO NOT STIR .. I promise it will all cook in the yummy goodness)

Salt and pepper a little (you will have alot of "salt" from the soup and lipton mix so be a little gentle.. you can always add salt after it is done cooking you can't take it away!)

Cook on low in the crockpot for at least 8 hours!


I like to serve it with mashed potatoes (if I don't add potatoes in the pot) or with rice.. I prefer mashed potatoes!

What? I like GRAVY

Oh and don't forget the bread... you will want that for the gravy :)))


Enjoy!!!