An easy and delicious slow cooker pot roast for a busy day! You need a large slow cooker for this recipe. If you have a smaller slow cooker, cut this recipe in half.
1 cup beef broth (may need a bit more to make gravy)
3 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
1 cup red wine
2 pounds russet potatoes (about 8 small), peeled
2 pounds yellow onion (about 4 medium), peeled and quartered
1 pound baby carrots
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup flour
Pinch of salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Add beef chuck roast to a large slow cooker.
Sprinkle with dried minced garlic and dried sliced onions.
Pour barbecue sauce over top of roast.
Pour 1 cup beef broth, Worchestershire sauce and red wine around roast in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.
After 4 hours has elapsed, add potatoes, onion and carrots to slow cooker.
Cover and cook on high for 3 more hours.
To Make Gravy:
Using large spoon, remove vegetables and beef roast from slow cooker to a serving platter and arrange in a pleasing manner.
If using a bone-in chuck roast, discard bones.
Strain leftover slow cooker juices into a large glass measuring cup, using a fine mesh sieve; need 2 cups to make gravy.
If not enough pan juices in measuring cup, add more beef broth to equal 2 cups.
In a large frying pan, melt butter over medium heat.
Add flour and stir to combine to make a paste; continue cooking for a few minutes to get rid of flour taste.
Add measured pan juices/beef broth mixture to flour paste, all at once, and stir constantly until mixture thickens to a gravy consistency and coats the back of a spoon.
Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Transfer to a gravy boat or bowl and serve with beef roast.