Cowboy Pot Roast Food

PERFECT POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Generously salt and pepper the chuck roast.
• Heat the olive oil in large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the halved onions to the pot, browning them on both sides. Remove the onions to a plate.
• Throw the carrots into the same very hot pot and toss them around a bit until slightly browned, about a minute or so. Reserve the carrots with the onions.
• If needed, add a bit more olive oil to the very hot pot. Place the meat in the pot and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to a plate.
• With the burner still on high, use either red wine or beef broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pot, scraping the bottom with a whisk. Place the roast back into the pot and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway.
• Add in the onions and the carrots, along with the fresh herbs.
• Put the lid on, then roast for 3 hours for a 3-pound roast. For a 4 to 5-pound roast, plan on 4 hours. The roast is ready when it's fall-apart tender.

COWBOY POT ROAST - DEE DEE'S

Steps:

• 1. Combine 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, and the next 4 ingredients in a medium bowl; set aside.
• 2. Sprinkle steak evenly with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Brown steak on all sides in hot oil in a large Dutch Oven over a medium high heat.
• 3. Pour tomato mixture over roast. Bring to a slow boil and reduce heat to a meduim low. Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours or until meat is tender. (NOTE: make sure that this mixture is at a slow simmer, you could burn the tomato mixture if heat is to hot).
• 4. Remove steak from Dutch Oven, and cut into larger than bit size chunks; skim any fat from the Dutch Oven.
• 5. Mash 1 1/2 cans of the pinto beans and add to the Dutch Oven; add steak chucks and stir until combined.
• 6. Smimmer on med-low for an additional 10 minutes.
• 7. NOTE: This is a very thick hearty dish. The heat in this dish is entirely up to you. I used a can of HOT Diced Tomatoes with Habaneros. This was pretty spicy! We served this over rice and had a slice of cornbread with it. YUMMY! Also, you could add cummin and garlic and come up with a really nice Chili.

COWBOY POT ROAST

Steps:

• 1. Combine 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, and next 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Sprinkle roast with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Brown roast on all sides in hot oil in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat. Transfer roast to a 5 quart slow cooker. Pour tomato mixture over roast. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours or until very tender.
• 2. Remove roast from slow cooker, and cut into large chunks; keep warm.
• 3. Skim fat from juices in slow cooker. Mash 1.5 cans of pinto beans; add to slow cooker, and stir until combined. Stir in black beans and remaining 1/2 can pinto beans. Add roast pieces back to slow cooker; cover and cook on HIGH 20 minutes more. Top each serving with jalapeno pepper slices, if desired.

COWBOY CHUCK ROAST WITH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Trim fat from beef. Season beef on all sides with salt and pepper.
• In a 5-quart Dutch oven brown beef on all sides in hot oil.
• Remove beef from Dutch oven and set aside.
• In same Dutch oven cook onions over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes or just until edges begin to brown.
• Stir in garlic; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until fragrant.
• Place beef on onion mixture.
• Add coffee, tomatoes, and mole sauce.
• Bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beef is tender.

ULTIMATE POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Pat roast dry with a paper towel; tie at 2-in. intervals with kitchen string. Sprinkle roast with pepper and 1-1/2 teaspoons salt. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown roast on all sides. Remove from pan., Add onions, celery and 1/2 teaspoon salt to the same pan; cook and stir over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until onions are browned. Add garlic, tomato paste, thyme and bay leaves; cook and stir 1 minute longer., Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan; stir in broth. Return roast to pan. Arrange potatoes, parsnips and carrots around roast; bring to a boil. Bake, covered, until meat is fork-tender, 2-2-1/2 hours., Remove roast and vegetables from pan; keep warm. Discard bay leaves; skim fat from cooking juices. On stovetop, bring juices to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half (about 1-1/2 cups), 10-12 minutes. Stir in vinegar and parsley; season with salt and pepper to taste., Remove string from roast. Serve with vegetables and sauce.

SAM ARNOLD'S COWBOY POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut the pot roast into small cubes (about 1-inch in size).
• Put a Dutch oven over medium-high heat on the stove top with the margarine or oil and the chopped onions to brown and caramelize.
• When the onions are transparent and browned, add the meat to quickly brown.
• Add the beef stock, apricots, lemon peel and sugar, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Carefully clean leeks; cut off the stemmy bottoms and the dark green leaves, so you end up with with white and light green parts only (dirt can get in between the leaves, so wash them out well). Blanch the leeks with boiling water and then slice them.
• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. and add the drained blanched leeks to the pot and adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake in the oven for 2 hours or until beef is tender.
• The Fort serves its Colorado Territory Beef entree with: Fort Breads - A selection of pumpkin walnut muffins and sourdough rolls. Fort Dinner Salad - Seven crisp greens, pickled ginger, diced jicama, and toasted pepitas and a peppadew pepper. Chef's Choice of Seasonal Vegetable. Potatoes, Fort Style or Garlic Cheddar Mashed (unless otherwise noted). Dressing Choices: Chunky Maytag blue cheese, *Herbal Daminana house Vinaigrette, Jalapeno-Buttermilk Ranch, Chipotle Honey, Balsamic Vinegar & Fine Extra Virgin Olive Oil (*reputed aphrodisiac herb). The Fort's special toppings to complement your Angus steak: Rich Buffalo Jus, Dixon Red Chile, Hatch Green Chili (hot or mild). Be creative, serve your roast with approximations with some of the above! :)