Slow Cooker Pot Roast

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Slow Cooker Pot Roast

     Pot Roast is a classic, and my favorite carrots and potatoes are cooked all day in the juices of a pot roast.  This recipe makes its own gravy that has a deep rich flavor you are going to love. And the next day you can laugh at all the people going out to grab a boring expensive burger for lunch while you munch on an amazing roast beef sandwich.


Ingredients

3 pound chuck roast
1 table spoon flour
1 tablespoon each salt and pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3/4 cup of water
3 carrots chopped 
3 potatoes chopped
1 package onion soup mix
1 can cream of mushroom soup


     Lets start out by putting a generous amount of salt and pepper on the chuck roast.  Next sprinkle the flour over the roast, when the roast is seasoned and floured pat the salt pepper and flour into the meat.

     Some people will tell you that you can skip searing the roast before it goes in the slow cooker, they are wrong.  Caramelizing the outside of the roast will add a deep rich flavor that will infuse into the entire dish during the cooking process.  So, now  heat the oil in a frying pan large enough to fit the roast.  Cook on high heat until the flour coating turns golden brown.

While the roast is searing add the onion soup mix and the cream of mushroom soup to the slow cooker.  When the roast is golden brown set it aside and add the water to the hot pan while stirring to release all the good stuff stuck to the pan.  Pour the water and the pan drippings to the soups and mix.  Now add the carrots and the potatoes and put the roast over the top of it all.

Set the slow cooker to low for 4 - 6 hours or high for 8 - 10 hours.  The roast should be pull apart tender, serve with the potatoes and carrots and enjoy.


Running Total 
     The total cost for this meal was $18.82.  but that served 5 large servings with the casrrots and potatoes and 6 thick roast beef sandwiches as left overs.  Counting 2 of the sandwiches as a meal gives us 8 servings total for a cost per serving of $2.36.  Still well under our $5 target

This Meal $2.64 savings

Running Total $58.65

     

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