Slow Cooker Super-Duper Pot Roast Recipe

By dmscott52

First tried on 3-3-2011- Excellent

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 - 3 pound beef chuck pot roast
• 1 Tbsp. cooking oil
• 1 1/2 cups V-8 juice
• 1 cup Burgundy wine
• 1/2 can beef broth (7 ounces)
• sprinkling of coarse salt
• 1 tsp. each of basil, thyme & parsley
• 1/2 tsp. each of salt & pepper
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 3 carrots, chopped into 1/2" pieces
• 1 large onion, minced
• Wondra flour

Preparation

Step 1

In a skillet brown roast on all sides in hot oil.

Place carrots into the crock pot, put the browned roast on top of the carrots and sprinkle coarse salt on the roast.

In a bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and pour over the roast.

Cover and cook on low for 10 - 12 hours;( started on high for 1 1/2 hours then turned to low) turn up to high for 1/2 hour while thickening the gravy with Wondra flour.(thickened with cornstarch and water mixture)

Serve with mashed potatoes