Slow Cooker Pot Roast With Tomato Based Gravy Recipes

SLOW COOKER EASY POT ROAST WITH RICH TOMATO GRAVY

Steps:

• Pat roast dry with paper towel.
• In a skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add roast and cook, turning, until brown on all sides, about 7 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer to slow cooker.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add onions, celery and carrots to pan and cook, stirring, until vegetables are softened.
• Add garlic, mustard, thyme, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle mixture with flour and stir.
• Add tomato soup and beef broth and cook, stirring, until thickened.
• Stir in Worcestershire sauce.
• Pour mixture over roast, cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours or on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours, until meat is very tender.
• Remove roast from slow cooker and place on serving platter.
• Stir in brown sugar and vinegar, if using, to pan juices.
• Pour sauce over roast or serve in a separate sauce boat.

SLOW COOKER POT ROAST

Steps:

• Sprinkle the roast all over with 2 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Coat in flour and shake off any excess. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the roast to the skillet and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes, turning as needed. Transfer the roast to the insert of a 6-quart slow cooker, along with the carrots, celery, onions and garlic.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet over medium heat. Add the tomato paste and stir until the oil begins to turn brick-red, about 1 minute. Add the flour and wine and whisk until thick (it's OK if there are some lumps). Add the beef broth, bay leaves, thyme, allspice, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and bring to a simmer, whisking, until the gravy is smooth and thickens slightly, about 4 minutes.
• Pour the gravy into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. The roast and vegetables should be tender.
• Remove the roast and let rest for a few minutes. Discard the thyme stems and strain the vegetables, reserving the gravy. Toss the vegetables with half the parsley and season with salt and pepper. Stir the remaining parsley into the gravy and season with salt and pepper. Slice the roast against the grain. Serve the meat and vegetables on a platter, moistening them with some of the gravy; serve the remaining gravy on the side.

POT ROAST SLOW-COOKER RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, water, soup mix and half the gravy.
• Place meat in slow cooker; top with bouillon cubes and tomato mixture. Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 8 to 9 hours (or on HIGH 6 to 7 hours), adding vegetables and remaining gravy for the last hour.
• Transfer meat to cutting board; cut across the grain into thin slices. Place on platter; surround with vegetables. Serve topped with gravy mixture.

SLOW-COOKER POT ROAST

Steps:

• In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, whisk water and beef base; add mushrooms, onion and garlic. Sprinkle roast with pepper; transfer to slow cooker. Drizzle with Worcestershire sauce. Cook roast, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until meat is tender., Remove roast to a serving platter; tent with foil. Strain cooking juices, reserving vegetables. Skim fat from cooking juices. In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour and salt until smooth; gradually whisk in cooking juices. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cooked vegetables. Serve with roast.

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.

V8 POT ROAST

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 6-quart saupot over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until it's well browned on both sides. Pour off any fat.
• Add 1 3/4 cups vegetable juice, garlic powder and black pepper to the saucepot and heat to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• Add the potatoes, carrots and onions. Cover and cook for 45 minutes or until the beef is fork-tender.
• Remove the beef and vegetables to a platter. Stir the flour and remaining vegetable juice in a small bowl until the mixture is smooth, Stir the flour mixture into the saucepot. Increase the heat to medium-high. Cook and stir until the mixture boils and thickens. Serve with the beef and vegetables.
• SERVING SUGGESTION: Serve with couscous tossed with pine nuts. For dessert serve with apple crisp.

SLOW COOKER POT ROAST WITH TOMATO-BASED GRAVY RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. ◾Place the flour in a shallow bowl and coat the beef, making sure that the flour adheres to the beef and any excess falls off. ◾Add the canola oil to the saute pan once hot and then add the beef. Brown on all sides, for 10-15 minutes total, flipping carefully after 7-8 minutes. Remove the roast from the pan, keeping the stove on. ◾Add the onion, carrots and celery. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper and saute until cooked through and tender, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Remove the pan from heat. ◾Heat your slow cooker to low (if you are cooking for 7-8 hours) or high (if you are cooking for 3-4 hours). Add the sautéed veggies to the slow cooker. Add the tomatoes, beef broth, red wine, thyme, rosemary, oregano, parsley and granulated sugar. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Add the beef to the slow cooker and cover. Cook for 7-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high. ◾When the beef has cooked, remove the beef from the slow cooker and cover with foil, leaving the slow cooker on. Increase the setting to high, if not set to it already. Add the cornstarch and water mixture to the slow cooker with the sauce and whisk to combine. Continue to whisk until the sauce has thickened substantially, about 2-3 minutes. If you find that the gravy isn't thick enough for you, feel free to add more cornstarch mixture until you reach the consistency you desire. ◾Serve the beef with the gravy and enjoy!

SLOW-COOKER BEEF ROAST WITH TOMATO GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook meat in large skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 5 min. on each side or until evenly browned on both sides.
• Combine all remaining ingredients except squash in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray; top with meat and squash. Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 10 to 12 hours (or on HIGH 5 to 6 hours).
• Use slotted spoon to transfer meat and vegetables to platter. Skim and discard fat from surface of pasta sauce mixture in slow cooker. Serve meat and vegetables topped with pasta sauce mixture.

SLOW COOKER SUNDAY DINNER POT ROAST AND GRAVY RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat. Pat beef with paper towels and season all sides generously with salt and pepper.
• Sear beef in the saute pan until a nice crust forms (about 3 minutes on each side). Place beef in crock pot. Don't drain the drippings.
• Add carrots, onions, potatoes and garlic to the pan and saute for about 3 minutes.
• Pour in the diced tomatoes (with juices) and stir to combine.
• Arrange vegetables over the beef in the crock pot and pour in the beef broth with the bouillon cube dissolved.
• Cook on low for 7-8 hours.
• Pour all the liquid out of the crock pot into a small or medium sauce pan. Let simmer over medium low heat for about 5 minutes.
• Mix butter and flour together in a small bowl and mash together with a fork until well combined (kind of like a buttery paste).
• Slowly whisk the butter mixture into the liquid from the crock pot until it starts to thicken and combine.
• If you like thick gravy, add the cornstarch as an added thickening agent. Just combine the cornstarch with cold water until dissolved and stir into the gravy, whisking until smooth.
• Season with freshly ground black pepper (I don't normally need anymore salt).

POT ROAST WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut roast in half; rub with 2 tablespoons vinegar. Combine the salt, garlic powder and pepper; rub over meat. In a large skillet, brown roast in oil on all sides. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. , Place the garlic, bay leaves and onion on roast. In a small bowl, dissolve bouillon in boiling water; stir in soup and remaining vinegar. Slowly pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. , Remove roast; keep warm. Discard bay leaves. Whisk cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until gravy is thickened. Slice roast; return to slow cooker and heat through.