Crock-pot Pot Roast

Even though this is a Crock-pot Pot Roast I still like to sear the beef in a cast iron skillet before I put it in the crock-pot.

Then I deglaze the skillet with the liquid called for in the recipe to get all the goodies (fond) off the bottom. This adds a depth of beef flavor that you’ll miss if you skip the step.

Crock-pot Pot Roast Recipe

5 to 6 lb. beef Roast (I like Chuck*)
6 large potatoes
3 medium onions
8 large carrots
10 large fresh mushrooms
3 pkg. Beef gravy mix
Salt and pepper
Seasoning salt to taste

Directions for crock-pot pot roast.

Sear the beef roast in a cast iron skillet for about 4 or 5 minutes on each side. Use some of the water to deglazed the skillet.

Peel the potatoes and cut them into fourths. Peel the carrots and cut them in half. Wash the mushrooms and half them also. Peel the onions and cut them in fourths.

Add the seared beef roast, 8 cups water, potatoes, halved carrots, washed mushrooms, and peeled onions.

Put 2 cups of hot water in bowl along with the gravy mix, dissolve and put into pot with everything. Let it all cook on low for 8 hours.

* I prefer a bone-in beef chuck roast for crock-pot pot roast. It has between 15 to 20 percent fat content and fat means flavor.

When you’re shopping for a bone-in beef chuck roast get one with the longest bone you can find. The bone is actually the shoulder blade and the longer it is means the closer it was to the beef rib primal.

Which means it’s tenderer cut of beef and will make a better crock-pot pot roast.

This Crock-pot Pot Roast recipe should serve 6 people with enough leftovers to make a Shepard's Pie later in the week.

Buy Beef Online

Now why would anyone want to buy beef online? Beef is readily available at the supermarket. There’s only one answer: Quality! In order to compete with the supermarkets mail order beef has to be the best.

(Don’t buy beef online for Crock-Pot Pot Roast. Or for that matter any old fashioned pot roast dinner. Supermarket beef is fine.)

In fact there are some types of gourmet beef that you can’t get except online. Kobe beef, grass fed beef, dry aged beef? I’ll bet you’ve never seen those in the supermarket. The only way to get them is to buy beef online.

Kobe Beef

Kobe beef is from the Japanese Waygu cattle. The marbling, flavor and tenderness of Kobe beef puts it grades above USDA prime beef. But you can only get Kobe beef when you buy beef online.

Grass Fed Beef

Grass is the natural food of the beef animal. And some people feel the flavor of grass fed beef is far superior to feed lot beef. This is gourmet beef at it’s best. And once again you can only get grass fed beef when you buy beef online.

Dry Aged Beef

Dry aged beef is how beef was done in the good old days. The beef is hung in a controlled temperature and humidity environment and allowed to age for almost a month.

Why can’t you get dry aged beef at the super market? Expense! Dry aged beef loses approximately 1/3 of it weight during the drying process. Today’s wet aged beef brings more profit to the processor.

Guess what? You can only get dry aged beef when you buy beef online! Dry aged beef is truly gourmet beef.

Old Fashioned Pot Roast

Certainly you wouldn’t want to buy beef online for old fashioned pot roast. Mail order beef is for special occasions. Your Sunday pot roast dinner is fine with a chuck roast from the supermarket.

Crock-Pot Pot Roast is fine with supermarket beef also. As any old fashioned pot roast dinner would be.

On that special occasion, such as boss for dinner night, is when this beef will make an impression. My thoughts would be running along the line of a Prime rib dinner with sure enough USDA prime beef. You can only get USDA prime beef when you buy beef online. USDA choice is the best you can get at the supermarket.

Enjoy Crock-Pot Pot Roast with your family with beef from the grocery. But when you really want to impress buy beef online.

Enjoy the Crock-Pot Pot roast Recipe!