re: Want to share easy/cheap/delicious pot roast crock pot recipe (apparently well known)

I'm a bit worried about the salt as well.

I'm going to do a trial run this weekend just for the wife and I where I tweak it a bit. We're going to set this up in 2 crock pots for our addition to a big family, all day grazing buffet at her parents house on Christmas Eve.

Some things I read on the internet to do:

1. Before putting in the crock pot, sear the chuck roast for 20-30 seconds on a super hot skillet (800+) on one side (after lightly salting and thoroughly drying). It adds a little "burnt" flavor to the ends.

2. Use unsalted butter to prevent over salting.

3. Add a cup of beef broth, chopped green onions, and sliced mushrooms. Creates a great gravy.


I'm going to do these things and see how it turns out. Don't want to use onion soup as I love the au jus flavor and that's a big change from the original I loved so much.

Also thought about straining out the juice and making a gravy/roux with some flour or corn starch, but the point of this dish is how easy it is and I don't feel like doing that

If time/being home isn’t a factor, I much prefer chuck in an enameled Dutch oven. Made something similar recently and turned out pretty well, but searing it first and developing a crust does it for me

I did an Italian beef version but added hot banana peppers with Oregano, garlic and onion. I think the acidicty from the brine is needed to cut the fatty meat

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Before putting in the crock pot, sear the chuck roast for 20-30 seconds on a super hot skillet (800+) on one side (after lightly salting and thoroughly drying). It adds a little "burnt" flavor to the ends.

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Going to try this today

We do the same thing with deer roast but use Lipton Onion soup mix instead. It's always delicious.

Would demolish. That looks great.