Slow Cooker Pot Roast With Tomato Based Gravy Food

SLOW COOKER POT ROAST

Steps:

• Sprinkle the roast all over with 2 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Coat in flour and shake off any excess. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the roast to the skillet and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes, turning as needed. Transfer the roast to the insert of a 6-quart slow cooker, along with the carrots, celery, onions and garlic.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet over medium heat. Add the tomato paste and stir until the oil begins to turn brick-red, about 1 minute. Add the flour and wine and whisk until thick (it's OK if there are some lumps). Add the beef broth, bay leaves, thyme, allspice, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and bring to a simmer, whisking, until the gravy is smooth and thickens slightly, about 4 minutes.
• Pour the gravy into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. The roast and vegetables should be tender.
• Remove the roast and let rest for a few minutes. Discard the thyme stems and strain the vegetables, reserving the gravy. Toss the vegetables with half the parsley and season with salt and pepper. Stir the remaining parsley into the gravy and season with salt and pepper. Slice the roast against the grain. Serve the meat and vegetables on a platter, moistening them with some of the gravy; serve the remaining gravy on the side.

MOTHER'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Season roast with salt and pepper. Place meat in pot with fat side up. Pour tomato sauce over roast. Place onion rings over all. Toss in bay leaves. Cover and cook 1 hour on high.
• After 1 hour, reduce heat to low and cook 6 to 8 more hours. Carefully lift meat out of pot and remove to a warm platter.
• Pour drippings through strainer into medium-sized saucepan and discard material in strainer. Whisk in flour to liquid. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper; serve alongside roast.

SLOW COOKER ROAST BEEF IN ITS OWN GRAVY

Steps:

• Arrange potatoes, carrots, and onion around the edges of a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Whisk celery soup and beef stew seasoning mix together in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
• Heat a saucepan over medium-high heat; cook roast until browned and seared, about 3 minutes per side. Sprinkle onion soup mix over entire roast and place roast in the center of the slow cooker, surrounding it with the vegetable mixture. Spread celery soup mixture over roast.
• Cook on Low, 8 to 10 hours.
• Remove roast from the slow cooker and place on cutting board; let rest for 10 minutes.
• Strain remaining liquid in the slow cooker into a bowl and whisk until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Slice roast and serve alongside vegetables and gravy.

SLOW COOKER EASY POT ROAST WITH RICH TOMATO GRAVY

Steps:

• Pat roast dry with paper towel.
• In a skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add roast and cook, turning, until brown on all sides, about 7 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer to slow cooker.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add onions, celery and carrots to pan and cook, stirring, until vegetables are softened.
• Add garlic, mustard, thyme, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle mixture with flour and stir.
• Add tomato soup and beef broth and cook, stirring, until thickened.
• Stir in Worcestershire sauce.
• Pour mixture over roast, cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours or on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours, until meat is very tender.
• Remove roast from slow cooker and place on serving platter.
• Stir in brown sugar and vinegar, if using, to pan juices.
• Pour sauce over roast or serve in a separate sauce boat.

SLOW COOKER POT ROAST WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Rub the roast all over with the steak seasoning blend or salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the roast on all sides, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.
• Transfer the roast to the crockery insert of the slow cooker.
• In the same skillet, sauté the onion and mushrooms over medium heat until the onions are lightly browned.
• Add the soup, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and diced tomatoes and their liquid, and bring to a boil. Pour over the roast in the slow cooker.
• Cook on HIGH for 1 hour.
• Turn to LOW and continue cooking for 7 to 8 hours, or until tender.
• Remove from the slow cooker and serve with boiled or mashed potatoes, using the pan juices as an unthickened sauce. If you desire, you can transfer the pan juices to a saucepan and stir in 1 tablespoon cornstarch that has been mixed with 2 tablespoons water until smooth. Whisk until the pan juices have thickened to make a thicker gravy.

SLOW-COOKER BEEF ROAST WITH TOMATO GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook meat in large skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 5 min. on each side or until evenly browned on both sides.
• Combine all remaining ingredients except squash in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray; top with meat and squash. Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 10 to 12 hours (or on HIGH 5 to 6 hours).
• Use slotted spoon to transfer meat and vegetables to platter. Skim and discard fat from surface of pasta sauce mixture in slow cooker. Serve meat and vegetables topped with pasta sauce mixture.