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Easy pot roast that makes its own gravy!

Posted by SweetViolet • 7/14/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: beef, cooking, food, pot roast, recipe, roast, yankee pot roast.

Ever wanted a meal you could just pop into the oven, go away for 2-3 hours and, when you came back, it was fully cooked, right down to the gravy?

svcooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/yankee-pot-roast.html

This is one of those lovely dishes you can prepare ahead of time and put in the fridge, then just pop into the oven when it's convenient. Be sure to add some extra time, however, if you put the dish into the oven directly from the fridge, and make sure you are using pan that can go from fridge to oven without breaking!

We seldom have leftovers of this one, but when we do, they make an excellent lunch for work the next day!

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7/14/09

gtally

I don't eat beef so I'd have to make it with bison meat.

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1. 7/15/09
  
  Stillthinking
  
  Have you thought about eating organic, grass fed beef? No corn, no feedlots, and no antibiotics! Mad Cow free.
2. 7/15/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  Bison meat would work. Any game meat would work because this recipe works well with very lean and tougher meats. But you'd have to use the red wine (instead of stock) as the acids in it will help tenderize the meat.
  
  Alternatively, you could marinate the meat in a wine vinegar, onion, garlic, peppercorn and herb mixture for a couple of days to tenderize it as well. You end up with sauerbraten, which is delicious!
7/14/09

skippermas

bloody hungry now!!
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7/14/09

amybyrd21

1 pkg ranch powder
1 pkg brown gravy mix
1 pkg itilain dressing mix
2 c water and a roast;

Called to die for pot roast

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7/15/09

thought

can i go to your place for tasting?

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7/15/09

legbamel

Mine involves a slow cooker, onion soup mix, potatoes, celery, carrots, a roast, some water, and eight to ten hours. Dang, that sounds good, now. I may have to swing by the store on the way home and pick up a roast.

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1. 7/15/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  I used to use the soup mix, but it just has too much stuff in it...gave me a headache (probably MSG). So I use the Worcestershire sauce, seasonings and fresh onion.
2. 7/15/09
  
  legbamel
  
  I often add Worcestershire sauce and crushed garlic, as well. You can find healthier versions of the mix and you can also use canned French onion soup, of which there are many (comparatively) healthy version available.
7/15/09

RecycleCindy

I just checked out your Yankee Pot Roast recipe. I like the idea about not using all of those processed soup or other mixes. It's as you say, they contain so much "stuff" that really isn't all that good for us. I don't know what Knorr Brown Roux granules are though. I will have to google that one.

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1. 7/15/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  You should be able to find a powdered roux mix in the market. I believe Zatarain's makes it (it will probably be near their Cajun and Creole mixes).
  
  Alternatively, cook the roast without the roux granules. When it is done, pour the juices into a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Spoon 3 tablespoons of cornstarch into a measuring cup and stir in half a cup of cold water. Stir to dissolve the cornstarch and pour slowly into the boiling liquid. Stir the liquid as it boils and cook until the desired thickness is achieved. This will make a quick and tasty gravy.
2. 7/15/09
  
  RecycleCindy
  
  Thanks for the addl info. I just goggled Knorr Brown Roux granules and guess what? You are 4th in the results.
7/15/09

NatetheGrate

Soylent Green is people!

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1. 7/16/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  And your point is?
7/15/09

IntoTheAzureSea

That sounds irresistible.

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1. 7/16/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  It is. And easy to make. And cheap, too.