Karlas Beef Chuck Roast Dinner In A Crockpot Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Place a thawed beef chuck roast into a 4qt. slow cooker and season both sides of the roast with garlic powder and salt & pepper.; Mix the water with the pkg. of dry onion soup mix and pour over top of the roast.
• 2. Place peeled potatoes , whole peeled onions and carrots on top and around the roast. Season the vegetables with salt & pepper if desired.
• 3. Cover the crock-pot with the lid and cook on low temp. for 8 hrs. Note : After the dinner is done before serving you can make a gravy with the juice if desired.
• 4. For perfectly smooth gravy add flour to a jar w/lid containing at least one to 1-1/2 cups of water. How much flour? About two tablespoons per cup of gravy desired. Shake up the jar until the flour becomes part of the liquid. Pour the flour/liquid mixture into the hot pan of juices ( I like to pour mine through a fine mesh sieve ) and cook as usual on stove top, stirring constantly. Season ( I like to add 1 tsp. of kitchen bouquet for coloring and flavor)and stir to keep the gravy moving. Bring to a slow boil and cook at least three minutes until gravy is thickened. Deliciously smooth gravy!
• 5. You can also make the gravy with corn starch. Mix a couple tablespoons with 1/4 cup of water, and then add it to the boiling juice. You will need more or less depending on how much liquid you are thickening -- make a little more than you think you need, and add it to your sauce, stirring constantly. Keep adding the cornstarch mixture until it's "almost but not quite" as thick as you want. It will thicken a little more while it cools.

Steps:

• Season the roast with salt and pepper to taste. Brown on all sides in a large skillet over high heat, about 4 minutes per side.
• Place the roast in the slow cooker and add the soup mix, water, carrots, onion, potatoes, and celery.
• Cover and cook on Low setting for 8 to 10 hours.

Steps:

• Cut a number of slits in the beef roast and place garlic slivers in them.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Brown the beef roast on all sides in Olive Oil, and place in a large crock pot.
• Deglaze the browning pan with the marsala wine, and scrape any brown bits from the pan; pour into crock pot.
• Add carrots, beef broth and mushroom soup to the crock pot and cook on low 8-10 hours.
• During the last hour of cooking add the sprig of rosemary.
• During the last 1/2 hour of cooking melt the butter in a large saute pan and cook the mushrooms.
• Remove the beef from the pan; trim the fat and pull the beef apart.
• Strain the solids from the liquids in the crock pot; reserving both.
• When the mushrooms are nearly finished cooking, add the flour and cook stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
• Slowly add the strained liquids and bring to a boil. Continue cooking until desired thickness.
• Return pulled beef, rosemary sprig, and carrots reserved with solids to the crock pot; throw out undesired solids.
• Top with thickened gravy and place on warm.
• Serve with garlic mashed potatoes or polenta.

Steps:

• Season beef chuck roast with sea salt and black pepper; put into the crock of a slow cooker with onion quarters and garlic cloves. Pour beef broth and vegetable broth over the roast. Lay bay leaves and thyme atop the roast.
• Cook on Low for 7 to 8 hours.