Recipe: Perfect Pot Roast Family Recipe

Pot Roast Family Recipe. Pot roast was a standard growing up, and still continues to be in my parents' household. It requires slow cooking over low heat to ensure tender, flavorful meat. This is my mother's tried and true recipe for pot roast and she only adds a half cup of liquid to the pot!

Place the roast back into the pot and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway. Add in the onions and the carrots, along with the fresh. This pot roast recipe and technique could not be easier. You can cook Pot Roast Family Recipe using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pot Roast Family Recipe

1. Prepare 3 1/2 lb of chuck roast.
2. You need 1 small of bag of baby carrots.
3. You need 8 small of red potatoes.
4. You need 3 clove of garlic.
5. Prepare 3 of bouillon cubes.
6. Prepare 2 1/2 can of brown gravy.
7. You need 5 tbsp of olive oil.
8. It's 6 of bay leaf.
9. It's 1 of onion powder.
10. Prepare 1 of italian seasoning.
11. Prepare 1 of black pepper.
12. You need 1 of ground rosemary.
13. You need 1 of water.

The vegetables break down, combining with the meat's juices to create a sauce! For this Instant Pot® recipe, I adapted our recipe for classic Yankee pot roast, using baby carrots and frozen pearl onions to cut down on prep time. This classic pot roast is made on the stove top with a beef roast and a variety of vegetables. While this pot roast is a one-dish meal, you can serve it with steamed green beans or broccoli for a family feast.

Pot Roast Family Recipe step by step

1. Make 5-6 slits in random spots on both sides of the roast.
2. Peal garlic and cut each clove into 2-3 pieces, and stuff one piece into each slit on the roast.
3. Season each side of roast with Italian season, rosemary, black pepper, onion powder (I use a little less than 1/2 teaspoon on each on both sides, but season accordingly to your taste).
4. Heat oil in pot big enough to hold roast and enough water to cover the roast.
5. Once oil is hot, brown roast on both sides but do not cook through.
6. When the roast is brown, add water to cover roast, the bouillon cubes, and bay leaves.
7. Boil.
8. Once water is boiling turn heat to medium, cover and cook for 2 1/2 hours.
9. Keep an eye on it so that it doesn't boil over, and add water when needed to be sure there is about 1-2 centimeters of water covering roast.
10. After 2 1/2 hours, add potatoes and carrots (and any other veggie you may want) to the pot and cover and cook for an additional 30 minutes.
11. Add gravy to the pot and heat until gravy is slightly boiling (should only take a minute or 2).
12. Serve and enjoy :).

Fluffy rolls or crusty bread wouldn't be a bad accompaniment for a Sunday supper. This Instant Pot method of cooking a Pot Roast is as tender as a traditional recipe but cooks in less than half the time! Pot Roast has always been a favorite Sunday dinner in our family. Sometimes we make it with mashed potatoes, sometimes with carrots and potatoes cooked with the roast. Join Ernie today as he shares his mom's delicious pot roast recipe!