Preparing Sunday pot roast by a non-cook

[GON]

Want to share a Sunday pot roast by a non-cook. I am sure I am not doing things right. But this is a very simple dish to make, just a few minutes of shopping at discount grocer LIDL, getting everything ready for the pot was just so easy.

No idea how it will turn out...

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Heat attack food ! All the grease into the gravy.

Grew up on this stuff. Scottish pot roast. Mom use to ladle Bisquik dough on the top near the end to make dumplings!
As long as you got chopped onions, and carrots an potatoes in there with some salt and pepper and you brown up all side of the meat
and not too much water, you are good!

 

[Lubener]

When you want me over?

 

[GON]

Heat attack food ! All the grease into the gravy.

Grew up on this stuff. Scottish pot roast. Mom use to ladle Bisquik dough on the top near the end to make dumplings!
As long as you got chopped onions, and carrots an potatoes in there with some salt and pepper and you brown up all side of the meat
and not too much water, you are good!

Might of added to much liquid. A quart of beef stock and a half a of bottle of red wine...... The meat is hopefully not soaking in the liquid as I have it sitting on top of three whole onions.

 

[GON]

When you want me over?

I'll leave the light on for you.

 

[gman2304]

^^^What ARCOgraphite said. My wife fixed a pot roast last weekend with onions, potatoes, and carrots. Unfortunately, you trimmed away a lot of flavor along with the fat. With all that liquid you’re most likely oven boiling it…sorry.

 

[RhondaHonda]

Looks delicious but agree that’s probably too much liquid. Leave the fat on next time too. I’m hungry.

 

[Hall]

Leave the fat on. All of it. It adds flavor.... When it's cooked, it will fall off or can be easily removed.

 

[GON]

^^^What ARCOgraphite said. My wife fixed a pot roast last weekend with onions, potatoes, and carrots. Unfortunately, you trimmed away a lot of flavor along with the fat. With all that liquid you’re most likely oven boiling it…sorry.

I may go in there and turkey baste out the liquid, thanks.

 

[gregk24]

Looks good! After church we will have either smash burgers from EveryPlate or box mac and cheese. It's been busy here lately!

 

[Hall]

I may go in their and turkey baste out the liquid, thanks.

You can definitely still do that, no harm, no foul. You cooking it for 4, 6, 8 hours ? The longer, the better (at a suitable temperature, of course).

 

[GON]

Looks good! After church we will have either smash burgers from EveryPlate or box mac and cheese. It's been busy here lately!

I am under the weather, so skipped church and preparing this while my Wife is at church. Definitely understand about being busy... always looking for great tasting homade food that can be easily prepared and put in the oven and "forget" until dinner time.

 

[#18FAN]

We just use roasting pan and brown the roast in it keeps all the flavor bits in it when you roast it off.

 

[GON]

Took the replies on this thread- especially I may be "boiling" the roast.

Took the roast out and half the pan is filled in liquid. Turkey baster to the rescue. If I couldn't find the turkey baster, would of went to the garage and found the brake bleeder . Also scraped off the onion soup mix sitting on the top of the roast, did not look like it was helping. maybe hurting.

 

[GON]

Looks delicious but agree that’s probably too much liquid. Leave the fat on next time too. I’m hungry.

Love the fat, just didn't think it was a match for pot roast. Lesson learned.

 

[gregk24]

I am under the weather, so skipped church and preparing this while my Wife is at church. Definitely understand about being busy... always looking for great tasting homade food that can be easily prepared and put in the oven and "forget" until dinner time.

I just bought an InstaPot (Insignia brand - Best Buy house brand) a few weeks back in hopes that it would help free up some time. I got it on sale for $39, normally $120. We need to look for some good InstaPot recipes.

 

[GON]

We just use roasting pan and brown the roast in it keeps all the flavor bits in it when you roast it off.

Our cooktop is an induction type. The roasting pan will not heat on the cooktop.

Induction cooktop- maybe worse invention ever. Very limited on what will heat on it, typically limited to stainless steel and cast iron. This stove came with the house.... sure it is a great thing if one has little kids.....

 

[Leo99]

Love the fat, just didn't think it was a match for pot roast. Lesson learned.

I think the fat and browning on all sides add a small improvement and separates good from great. It's the roasting that creates the proper texture and makes it good. And it's very important how you cut the roast when it's done. Always against the grain. Alton Brown had an excellent show about this a few years back. It looks really good!

 

[#18FAN]

Our cooktop is an induction type. The roasting pan will not heat on the cooktop.

Induction cooktop- maybe worse invention ever. Very limited on what will heat on it, typically limited to stainless steel and cast iron. This stove came with the house.... sure it is a great thing if one has little kids.....

Ohhh the worst i couldn’t do it gas or it’s out lol. Could deglaze the pot and toss liquid in roaster I guess

 

[bmod305]

I just bought an InstaPot (Insignia brand - Best Buy house brand) a few weeks back in hopes that it would help free up some time. I got it on sale for $39, normally $120. We need to look for some good InstaPot recipes.

Lots of great instaPot recipes. His pot roast is great:

https://pressureluckcooking.com/