Moms Good Ole Pot Roast Recipes

MOTHER'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Season roast with salt and pepper. Place meat in pot with fat side up. Pour tomato sauce over roast. Place onion rings over all. Toss in bay leaves. Cover and cook 1 hour on high.
• After 1 hour, reduce heat to low and cook 6 to 8 more hours. Carefully lift meat out of pot and remove to a warm platter.
• Pour drippings through strainer into medium-sized saucepan and discard material in strainer. Whisk in flour to liquid. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper; serve alongside roast.

MOM'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season the meat with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat. Sear the meat all over, about 2 minutes per each side.
• Move the meat to the side (or remove it from the pot altogether if necessary), add the celery, carrot and onion and brown the vegetables, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for a minute or 2 longer. Add the wine to deglaze the pot, scraping up the browned bits on the bottom. Add the tomatoes, water and bay leaves (and the meat if you removed it). Bring the liquid to a simmer and taste for seasoning. Add more salt if necessary. Cover the pot and bake, basting the meat occasionally, until tender, about 3 hours.
• About 20 minutes before the meat is tender, bring a pot of water to a boil and salt liberally. Add the shells, give it a stir and cook until al dente according to the package instructions. Drain the pasta.
• To serve, you can pull the meat apart with a couple of forks right in the pot at the table. Serve with the pasta, plenty of sauce and vegetables, tossing them all together.

BETTER THAN MOM'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Season both sides of roast with salt and pepper.
• Combine broth, ketchup, vinegar, onions, garlic, and sugar in slow cooker.
• Add roast and top with carrots and celery.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, until meat is tender.

MOM'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown the pot roast in the oil.
• This will take about 15 minutes to get all surfaces browned.
• Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Lower the heat and simmer very slowly for 3 hours.
• Take the roast out and keep warm.
• Strain the gravy (serve the onions as a side dish).
• Mix the flour with water and thicken the gravy if desired.

MOM'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Season roast on all sides with paprika. Brown onion, garlic, and roast all together in a dutch oven over medium heat. While roast is browning, combine one package of beefy onion soup with one cup of water or broth. Stir until well blended. When roast is browned, mash onion and garlic with slotted spoon then add the beefy onion soup mix. Lower heat to medium. Add additional broth at this time so that the liquid comes halfway up roast. Cook for approximately one hour, then add carrots. Combine 2 tablespoons Wondra Flour with1/3 cup additional broth or water and add to roast. Continue cooking. Test tenderness of roast and when roast is almost fork tender add potatoes. Continue cooking until potatoes are cooked and easily pierced with a fork. Lower heat to warm. Remove beef from pan to a cutting board or platter and slice while keeping gravy warm. Season gravy with salt and pepper, if needed. Return sliced beef to pan just to warm through. Serve immediately.

OLD-FASHIONED POT ROAST

Steps:

• Sprinkle the roast with 1 tablespoon flour. In a Dutch oven, brown the roast on all sides in half of the butter. Add the water, bouillon, onion, celery, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour. , Add carrots; cover and simmer 45-60 minutes longer or until meat is tender. Remove meat and carrots to a serving platter and keep warm. Strain cooking juices; set aside. , In the same Dutch oven, melt remaining butter. Stir in remaining flour; cook and stir until bubbly. Add 2 cups of the cooking juices and blend until smooth. Cook and stir until thickened; add additional cooking juices until gravy has desired consistency.

MOM'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Combine 1 tablespoon flour and seasonings; rub over roast. In a Dutch oven, brown roast on all sides in oil over medium-high heat. Add the water, bouillon, Worcestershire sauce, onion, celery, garlic and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours, turning the roast after 1 hour. , Turn roast again. Add potatoes and carrots. Cover and simmer 1 hour longer or until meat and vegetables are tender. , Discard bay leaves. Remove meat and vegetables to a serving platter and keep warm. Pour 2 cups cooking juices and loosened browned bits into a 2-cup measuring cup; skim fat. (Save remaining cooking juices for another use.) , For gravy, in a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in remaining flour until smooth; gradually stir in cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with roast and vegetables.

MOM'S GOOD OL' MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix ground beef and/or venison mixture with next 8 ingredients and 1/4 cup ketchup. Mix thoroughly but not excessively.
• Place meatloaf mixture into a greased baking pan. I like to use the speckled metal roasting pans.
• Top with remaining ketchup and green pepper slices.
• Cover and bake for approximately 1 1/2 hours or till meat is done. May need to drain some grease after an hour of baking.

MOM'S OL FASHIONED POT ROAST

Steps:

• In large heavy kettle, heat up grease or oil.
• Salt and pepper roast to taste.
• Sprinkle roast with onion powder on both sides, garlic powder on one side.
• Dredge in flour.
• Place roast in kettle that has been heated with grease or oil. Brown well on both sides.
• Ater browning, remove roast from kettle.
• Add the additional 1/2 Celsius flour to kettle. Brown and stir well.
• After browning, add roast back into kettle. Sprinkle with parsley flakes.
• Add enough hot water to cover roast and simmer slow until done. Turn occassionally.
• NOTE: Crock pot/slow cooker can be used instead of large kettle.