Pot Roast.....Bonnie's recipe Recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients
3 * 3 teaspoons olive oil
4 * 4 pounds boneless chuck roast
1 * 1 onion, chopped in wedges
10 * 10 cloves garlic, smashed
10 * 10 cloves, for sticking in the roast
2 * 2 bay leaves
2 * 2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
10 * 10 peppercorns
2 * 2 T Worcestershire sauce
1 * 1 C. chicken or beef broth
1 * 1 box of sliced mushrooms
5 * 5 stalks celery and leaves
20 * 20 very small red potatoes

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Heat a heavy Dutch oven on top of the stove over medium high heat. Add oil, and sear meat for 4 minutes, making sure each side is seared well. Turn meat over with tongs; sear all sides for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Remove meat from pan. Arrange onion, garlic, and 1 bay leaf in the bottom of the pan, and sprinkle with salt and pepper and saute until onions are rather translucent.

Return meat to pan putting it on top of the vegies, place remaining bay leaf on top of meat. Add potatoes, parsley, thyme, mushrooms, peppercorns, chicken broth and worcestershire and cover.

Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce to simmer. Cook for about 2-3 hours or until fork tender.