How To Cook Beef Pot Roast with Onion Soup Mix | Ray Mack's Kitchen and Grill

beef chuck roast

🥗Healthier: pork shoulder

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Pork shoulder is often less expensive and can be used for a similar slow-cooked effect.

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: beef broth

Grape juice can provide sweetness without alcohol, while beef broth is a cost-effective substitute.

Slice the two large onions.

Prepare a rub seasoning with Norris beef bouillon, kosher salt, black pepper, garlic and herb seasoning, sweet basil, parsley flakes, and oregano basil and tomato seasoning.

Rub vegetable oil on the beef chuck roasts and apply the rub seasoning on both sides.

Heat vegetable oil in a stock pot over high heat and sear the beef roasts to lock in flavors.

Add 1 cup of water to the pot to deglaze and incorporate flavors from the bottom.

Add the seared beef roasts back into the pot.

Add the sliced onions to the pot and cover the beef with water.

Add Lipton onion soup mix to the pot and stir to combine.

Cover the pot and cook for about 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Prepare a flour slurry with 1/2 cup flour and 1 cup water, then stir it into the gravy to thicken it.

Season the gravy as desired with additional rub seasoning, salt, and pepper.

Quarter the potatoes and add them to the pot to cook until tender.

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