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Southern Pot Roast

Name: Southern Pot Roast
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 3 ½ lb boneless beef chuck roast; 2 tsp kosher salt; 1 ½ tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 large onion, cut into wedges; 4 cloves garlic, smashed; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 3 cups low-sodium beef broth; 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 3 sprigs fresh thyme; 2 bay leaves; 1 ½ lb small Yukon Gold potatoes, halved; 4 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces; 2 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp cold water

Put this in the oven after church and the whole house smells like Sunday. Chuck roast needs time and gentle heat — a few hours braising and it falls apart under a fork.

Prep: 25 min
Cook: 3 hr 30 min
Total: 3 hr 55 min
Makes: 6 servings

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Southern Pot Roast

Prep 25 min · Cook 3 hr 30 min · Total 3 hr 55 min · Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

6 servings

3 ½ lbboneless beef chuck roast
2 tspkosher salt
1 ½ tspblack pepper
2 tbspvegetable oil
1large onion, cut into wedges
4 clovesgarlic, smashed
2 tbsptomato paste
3 cupslow-sodium beef broth
1 tbspWorcestershire sauce
3 sprigsfresh thyme
2bay leaves
1 ½ lbsmall Yukon Gold potatoes, halved
4carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
2 tbspcornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp cold water

Instructions

1
Heat oven to 325°F. Pat roast dry and season all over with salt and pepper.
2
Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high. Sear roast 4–5 minutes per side until deeply browned. Remove to a plate.
3
Lower heat to medium. Add onion and cook 4 minutes. Stir in garlic and tomato paste for 1 minute.
4
Add broth and Worcestershire, scraping the bottom. Return roast, add thyme and bay leaves. Liquid should come about halfway up the roast.
5
Cover and braise in the oven 2 ½ hours.
6
Nestle potatoes and carrots around the roast, cover and cook 45–60 minutes more, until beef is fork-tender and vegetables are soft.
7
Move beef and vegetables to a platter. Skim fat from the liquid, bring it to a simmer on the stove, and stir in the cornstarch slurry until thickened.