Slow Cooked Crock Pot Beef Roast

Less tender cuts of beef can be tenderized and made moist through slow cooking in a crock pot. In this simple recipe, beef pot roast is slow cooked for long hours and flavored with paprika, butter, onions, tomato sauce, beef broth, carrots, and sugar, and seasoned with salt and pepper. The result is a scrumptious and heartwarming meal that although takes long to make is so easy to prepare. You practically throw all the ingredients in the pot and leave it to cook on its own. Designed for the busy lifestyle, crock pot roast beef is the perfect dish to delight the family. Just make sure to visit Gourmandia for more crock pot recipes.

One of the essential steps in creating a flavorful and beautiful pot beef roast is to brown the slices of meat first on high heat before adding in the other ingredients and cooking for hours on low heat. This seals in the moisture of the beef, making it tender, juicy and flavorful after stewing and gives it a lovely color. In this recipe, the beef is coated in flour and seasoned with paprika, salt and pepper and seared in butter. Once browned on all sides, onions are added to the skillet and glazed and only then are the beef and onions transferred to the crock pot for stewing. Be sure not to skip this crucial step, and to add the brown “fond” at the bottom of the skillet in the stew as this has tremendous flavor that makes all the difference in creating a stellar beef stew.

Difficulty Level

Average

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. pot roast

1/8 cup flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. coarse, ground black pepper

1/2 tsp. paprika

1 tbsp. butter

4 small white onions

4 oz. tomato sauce

1/4 cup beef broth

4 carrots

1 tbsp. brown sugar

Preparation Instructions

In a small bowl, measure and mix together flour, salt, pepper and paprika. Dust pot roast with flour mixture.

Heat butter in a large skillet. Brown meat on all sides. Add onions and cook until they start to glaze.

Transfer contents to slow cooker. Add tomato sauce and broth. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.

Cut carrots into chunks. Add them to the crock pot along with the brown sugar. Stir. Cover crock pot and cook an additional 1-2 hours, or until meat is tender.