Root Beer Pot Roast

By ccavaletti

Ingredients

• 1 (4-pound) eye of round roast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 1 teaspoon pepper, divided
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 1 (12-ounce) bottle root beer (not diet)
• 1 (12-ounce) bottle chili sauce
• 1 garlic clove, minced

Preparation

Step 1

Sprinkle roast evenly with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Brown roast on all sides in hot oil in a large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion. Remove Dutch oven from heat.

Stir together remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper, root beer, chili sauce, and garlic until blended. Pour root beer mixture over roast mixture in Dutch oven.

Bake, covered, at 300° for 3 hours or until tender.

Patsy Griffin, Shreveport, Louisiana, Southern Living
OCTOBER 2004