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The Simplest Beef Pot Roast is served with mashed potato, Au Jus, and carrot.

The Simplest Beef Pot Roast

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Perhaps the simplest beef pot roast recipe you can make in dutch oven. All you need is roasting beef, onion, carrot, salt & pepper to season.
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Western
Diet Gluten Free, Low Lactose
Keyword beef, beef roast, chuck roast, dutch oven, enameled cast iron pot, gravy, roast beef
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 50 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Holly Ford

Ingredients

  • 2.5 lb beef chuck
  • 1 1/2 large onion sliced
  • 5-6 small carrots
  • kosher salt to season
  • freshly ground pepper to season
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 300˚F.
  • Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a dutch oven over medium heat.
  • Season the beef with salt and pepper generously and place on a hot dutch oven. Sear all sides of the beef until brown. Remove from the pot.
  • Add the remaining oil in a pot. Add the onion and pinch salt; saute until just soft, scrapping all the brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Add the carrot and stir.
  • Return the beef and arrange the carrot to surround the beef. Close with a lid and put it in the oven. Roast for 2-2.5 hrs until folk tender.
  • Take the roast out of the pot and let it rest for 10 minutes. Shred the roast into the large bite size chunks and place in a serving platter. Add the carrots.
  • Using a hand blender, puree the onion and the meat dripping in the pot until smooth. Taste and season with salt & pepper if needed. Serve the gravy with roast and carrots.

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