Slow Cooker Beef Pot Roast

Ingredients

• Beef chuck under blade pot roast or steak

  boneless, raw, select, trimmed to 0" fat, lean and fat

  40 oz or 1.13kg

• Salt

  table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Black pepper

  ground

  1 dash or 0.1g

• All-purpose flour

  white, unenriched

  1 tbsp or 8g

• Canola oil

  high stability, non-trans, high oleic (70%)

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Maitake mushrooms

  raw

  8 oz or 227g

• Onion

  raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Garlic

  raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Butter

  unsalted

  1 tbsp or 14g

• All-purpose flour

  white, unenriched

  1 ½ tbsp or 12g

• Tomato paste

  canned, unsalted

  1 tbsp or 16g

• Chicken broth

  canned, ready-to-serve

  2 ½ cup or 600g

• Carrots

  raw

  3 medium or 183g

• Celery

  raw

  2 stalks, large (11 inches long) or 128g

• Rosemary

  dried

  1 tbsp or 3g

• Thyme

  2 tsp or 2g

Directions

1. Generously season both sides of roast with salt and pepper. Sprinkle flour over the top until well coated, and pat it into the meat. Shake off any excess.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Sear the roast on both sides for 5-6 minutes each, until well browned. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
3. Reduce the heat to medium and stir in mushrooms and butter; cook for 3-4 minutes.
4. Stir in onion; cook for 5 minutes, until onions are translucent and begin to brown. Add garlic, stir for about a minute.
5. Stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons flour; cook and stir for about 1 minute. Add tomato paste, and cook for another minute.
6. Slowly add chicken stock, stir to combine, and return to a simmer. Remove skillet from the heat.
7. Place carrots and celery in the slow cooker. Place roast over the vegetables and pour in any accumulated juices. Add rosemary and thyme.
8. Pour onion and mushroom mixture over the top of the roast. Cover slow cooker, turn to high and cook the roast for 5-6 hours, until the meat is fork tender.
9. Skim off any fat from the surface and remove the bones. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
10. Recipe by: Chef John (source: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/220125/slow-cooker-beef-pot-roast/)