 How To Slow Cook a 15 Pound
Pot Roast
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- Introduction:
- There are many ways to slow cook a roast.
 · A metal pot in the oven.
- · A pressure cooker on the stove.
- · A Slow Cooker / Crock Pot.
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- In my years of cooking with all these methods, the easiest
and best is the Crock pot. It creates less mess, it's easier
to check on throughout the cooking process. And requires a lot
less clean up.
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- If all you want to do is cook the roast, place it in the
crock pot, fill it with enough water to keep a steam going (about
1 cup) and turn it on high for about 6 to 8 hours. Checking on
the pot to maintain the water level. Turn the roast about every
3 hours to keep a consistency through out the roast.
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- If you want to make a complete Pot Roast Meal, here's how
to do it.
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- Gather Together:
- · Slow Cooker
- · Pot Roast
- · Carrots
- · Potatoes
- · Salt
- · Pepper
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- Step 1:
- Fill your crock pot with about 3 cups of water to start with.
Add salt, pepper, parsley and bay leaves. Stir to combine the
mixture. Place your roast in the center.
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- Step 2:
- Prepare potatoes, onions and carrots. You can dice them,
cube them, slice the carrots or leave them whole. Sprinkle them
around the roast, mixing them up as you go.
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- Step 3:
- With all ingredients in the pot, add enough water to cover
the roast. Be careful not to fill the pot too full. As the roast
cooks, some of it's juice will cook out of the meat and add to
the water level. You don't want the juice running over and out
of your crock pot.
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- Step 4:
- Set the temperature on high and cook for 6 to 8 hours.
- If your roast is frozen, you may need to cook it over night.
- If your roast is thawed, slightly cut into the meat and check
for a red center. If it's still red, you may want to cook it
for an additional 2 hours.
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- Check on your pot about ever 3 hours. Use a large mixing
spoon to rotate the vegetables around the roast from bottom to
top to ensure they're all cooking evenly.
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- Use this opportunity to check the water level as well.
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- Step 5:
- When your roast is ready, use a large serving fork to remove
the roast from the cooker and place on serving platter.
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- The safest way to remove the vegetables is to use a large
spoon that will strain the water as you scoop up the vegetables.
Place the vegetables around the roast for a decorative presentation.
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- Use a sauce spoon to coat the roast and vegetables with some
of the water from the pot. This will help keep your items moist
for serving.
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- Step 6:
- If your serving dish isn't big enough to place all the vegetables
on, remove the remaining items into a large serving bowl and
pour some of the water over them.
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- Serve warm.
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- For More Information:
- · Vickie's Roast
Beast
- · GrandMa Sandy's
Roast Beef
- · Butterhorn
Dinner Rolls
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- Additional Tips:
- · Consider adding your favorite beans to the vegetable
mix. We add a bag of frozen green beans.
- · For serving, consider placing a bottle of your favorite
BBQ sauce on the table.
- · Serve with your favorite dinner rolls
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- Be Careful:
- · It's important to keep an eye on your pot through
out the day.
- · Make sure you maintain a good level of water in
the pot. Not too much and not to little.
- · Check the roast after 5 hours to ensure you're not
over cooking it.
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