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My husband loves pot roast. I tolerate it. I always seem to dry it out no matter how I cook it. So I keep trying hoping to finally find a recipe that both of us like. I think I may have found it.

Source: adapted from The Pioneer Women Cooks

Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 10-12hrs

• 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1 whole (3 To 5 Pounds) Chuck Roast
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 3-8 whole Carrots
• 3-6 whole potatoes
• 1 cup Red Wine (optional, You Can Use Beef Broth Instead)
• 2 cans 14.5oz beef broth
• Thyme to Taste
• Rosemary to Taste

Cut up the carrots and potatoes. Put half the carrots and potatoes in the bottom of a 5 qt slow cooker. Generously salt and pepper your chuck roast. Heat a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Then add 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil (or you can do a butter/olive oil split). Place the meat in the pan and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to the slow cooker. With the burner still on high, use either red wine or beef broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pan, scraping the bottom with a whisk to get all of that wonderful flavor up. When the bottom of the pan is sufficiently deglazed, poor the mixture over the roast in the slow cooker. Poor the two cans of beef broth over the roast. Sprinkle the thyme and rosemary over the roast. I just sprinkled a light coating but you can add more or less for your own taste. Put the rest of the carrots and potatoes on top of the roast. Cook in the slow cooker for 10-12hrs.

Yield: 4-6 servings

I used a English chuck roast and it really turned out well. My Husband is not a big fan of onions so I did not add any but if you like them cut up one or two small onions and mix in with the carrots and potatoes. If time was not short when I made this I would have made some gravy from the left over dripping. All you need to do is transfer the liquid from the slow cooker to the stove and add some flour or corn starch and thicken on high. I was very happy with this recipe. You could also not do the potatoes and then just make mashed just depends how you like your potatoes.