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When you think of comfort food, what comes to mind? I always think of one of my favorite recipes my mom made us growing up--Pot Roast!

The Crunchy Mommy's Pot Roast

When you think of comfort food, what comes to mind? I always think of one of my favorite recipes my mom made us growing up--Pot Roast!

Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours 20 minutes
Total Time 5 hours 40 minutes
Servings 5 people
Author Aaronica

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Beef
  • 2 Carrots
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 can Red Gold Diced Tomatoes 1 Sweet Potato diced
  • 2 tblsp garlic
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Smokey Paprika

Instructions

  1. Create a dry rub with the seasoning. Use salt, pepper and paprika to taste and based on health.
  2. Rub seasonings onto meat.
  3. Peel carrots. Put in food processor and process until it’s pulpy. Put into a bowl.
  4. Chop onion and put into food processor until pulpy. Put into bowl with carrots.
  5. Mix up the carrot and onion mixture. Coat the meat with it.
  6. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  7. Preheat oven to 200.
  8. In a cast iron skillet or dutch oven, heat olive oil with garlic.
  9. Brown the meat evenly for 5 minutes. **Note: The carrot and onion mixture may fall off and that’s ok.
  10. 10. Cover the entire cast iron skillet with aluminum foil. Put into oven.
  11. 11. Bake for 5 hours.
  12. 12. Peel and dice the sweet potato.
  13. 13. Put the sweet potato inside the skillet and tomatoes on top. Recover.
  14. 14. Bake for an additional hour.
  15. 15. Pull out of the oven and the roast will now be able to be pulled apart with 2 forks to shred.