Best Crockpot Pot Roast with Gravy | Fall-Apart 3lb Chuck Roast

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon cubes

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be made easily at home.

beef chuck roast

🥗Healthier: sirloin roast

💰Cheaper: chuck eye roast

Sirloin is leaner while chuck eye is often less expensive.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: coconut aminos

💰Cheaper: tamari

Coconut aminos are lower in sodium, while tamari is a gluten-free option.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Start by preparing the vegetables, cutting celery into about 1-inch pieces.

Use baby carrots as they are, just clean them and throw them in the pot.

Take yellow potatoes and cut larger ones into smaller pieces, leaving smaller ones whole.

Chop two onions, dicing the first onion finely to build flavor and cutting the second into larger chunks.

Season the 3.25 lb chuck roast with garlic powder, onion powder, and steak seasoning on both sides.

Let the seasoned roast sit while heating a cast iron skillet until it's smoking.

Add enough oil to coat the bottom of the skillet and sear the roast until browned, then remove it from the skillet.

In a separate pan, melt butter and add the diced onion, letting it sweat until translucent.

Add minced garlic to the onions and let it become fragrant before adding tomato paste.

Stir in half a K cup of medium roast coffee and let it cook for about a minute.

Add beef broth to the mixture, then season with more steak seasoning and about a tablespoon of Italian seasoning.

In the crock pot, layer the potatoes, celery, and carrots, then place the seared chuck roast on top.

Pour in the beef broth and the mixture from the stove, adding a little more beef broth to ensure there's enough liquid.

Add 1/3 cup of red wine vinegar to the crock pot and cover it with a lid.

Cook on low for about 8 hours, checking for fork tenderness.

To make the gravy, use 1/4 cup of flour instead of cornstarch, cooking it until the raw flour taste is gone, about a couple of minutes.

Whisk in 4 cups of liquid and let it simmer until thickened, adjusting seasoning as desired.

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