Happy Tuesday! I wanted to share with everyone an amazing roast beef that I cooked the other day. Talk about tender! When I got home and walked in the kitchen I was smiling from ear to ear – can you really beat the slow cooker for beef? I braised this piece of meat for 10 hours on low in the slow cooker while at the office. I prepped the meat around 7:00am just after breakfast and set the dial to low and let it go…
To go alongside the beef, I cooked some jasmine rice with roasted tomatoes and mushrooms.
Overall the meal was quite tasty and very tender. So tender in fact that it was almost falling apart.
Ingredients
- 1 beef roast (about 4lbs)
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 12 button mushrooms
- 6 large cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup low sodium chicken broth
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Dried thyme
Method
It does not really get any easier than this.
- In a large pan set to medium high brown meat with olive oil and sear on all sides until carmelized
- Place meat in slow cooker (trim or remove any extra fat off the meat).
- Add mushrooms, garlic and tomatoes.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Add wine and chicken stock.
- Toss in the dried thyme.
- Cover and set on to LOW.
- Cook for at least 8 hours.
- Remove meat and vegetables and transfer sauce to pan.
- Bring sauce to a boil and reduce.
- Add 1 tbsp. cornstarch to 2 tbsp. Cold Water and mix in a bowl.
- Add mixture to sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil and let thicken.
- Carve meat , drizzle with sauce.
- ENJOY!
Zesty Tip: When cooking with a slow cooker, it is really important not too add too much liquid as the covered lid will generate enough steam. After the food is cooked, transfer the sauce to a pan and create a delicious gravy.
Question of the day: What is your favorite protein? I am so flexible that I will eat almost anything but I do have to say… I am definitely a red meat lover. I would love to hear your favorite.
Have a great Tuesday.
Take care
zesty
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I think that would just melt in my mouth. Wow, and I don’t even like red meat that much but this looks amazing.
Fav protein? Chicken, for sure.
MMM that looks sooo good…
My fav protein is duck & sea bass :] MMMM… next up would be shrimp
Yum. This looks amazing.
My favorite protein is duck.(Wild caught)Paired with a fruit chutney or hoison glaze and I am in a state of bliss.
That looks FANTASTIC!!! I’m a huge fan of slow-cooked beef, and I really think it might be my favorite protein!
Wow, did you brown the beef first or did it get that beautiful color in the crock? I don’t think my crock pot does that! Looks tasty!
I have a roast for the crockpot for Thursday and I think I’m going to try your recipe! Looks delish!
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Unfortunately I don’t eat much red meat, but this looks amazing. The tomatoes look so yummy!
I haven’t made pot roast in my Crock Pot in ages, but you’ve convinced me I must do so very, very soon. This looks so yummy. But I want mine with garlic mashed potatoes.
I have the same question as Ginger, though. Did you brown the roast first?
My favorite protein would have to be fish of any kind.
@Ginger and Laurie – Normally I always sear the meat first but this day I didn’t because it was in the morning and I was really lazy. The color and texture of the outside still became nice and brown due to the time in the slow cooker and the fact that the liquid did not cover the meat.
We love the slow cooker up in here! Our favorite is bison meatballs cooked for 10 hours – amazing!!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe Zesty – I bet your house did smell so good! My favorite protein – fresh wild salmon.
That is a gorgeous roast! Reminds me of one my grandma used to make with V-8 and green olives. I miss her (and her cooking).
My favorite protein is probably egg whites (I know, boring), but they are so versatile and can be sweet or savory!
You totally can’t go wrong with slow-cooked meat and veggies.
Oh wow that looks good. I love a good pot roast. I’d have to say my favorite is red meat too, may my heart forgive me. Heh.
Can you tell me what cut of meat you used?? Thanks!
A slow cooker is probably the only way I ever cook beef for myself. You totally have me wanting to make a proper roast dinner now! Yum!
My fave protein is anything seafood – I grew up/live on the west coast, it’s always fresh!
that looks tender!
This looks awesome. I am so amazed at the beautiful brownness to the meat…from the slowcooker! YUM. It looks as if you braised it first. I am going to try this.
Looks awesome! I have to make a roast like this soon!
The line ‘melt in your mouth’ caught my eye! Looks really delicious!
wow, that sounds incredible! i’m not a huge red meat fan, but my fav protein… probably eggs
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Favourite protein? That would be chickpeas, I reckon… I just adore them (though they might have to fight it out with natural yoghurt for my top protein spot!)
That looks wonderful. Cherry tomatoes make everything cheery so I’m glad to see them in this meal. I love slow cooker recipes when I’m working outside the home because they make life so much easier and also in the summer so it doesn’t heat up the kitchen (heck, you can even plug that sucker in outside if you want), and even in the winter because it’s great for bringing stuff to holiday gatherings. So yeah, I love slow cooker recipes. I also just love food but I won’t get into that on you here.
Sounds delicious, I really need to get me a slow cooker!
Wow, nothing better than to come home and be able to smell your already cooked meal when you walk in the door. For those wondering about the color. My guess is, the meat was browned before adding to the crock pot or Zesty used a crock pot that the crock part can actually be used on the stove first to brown meat, and then put into the cooking unit for slow cooking. My favorite protein…seafood! I have lived on the Gulf Coast (hurricane alley) most of my life. I could eat seafood 7 days a week. But, my husband is a different story…he will love Zesty’s crock pot roast.
That beef looks awesome! I love doing it in the crockpot! Now I want some!
Hey it looks great i want to try it.I was wondering tho instead of adding mushroom’s and tomatoes would it work with potatoes and carrots? If so how much carrots and potatoes would i have to use? let me know thanks
That is gorgeous! It looks like it was cooked in the oven, but slow cooker roasts always come out so tender. Beautiful job!
I have tried this often. Although any beef roast works, I have not had much success with leaner cuts, like eye of the round. A big chuck roast would do nicely.
Favorite protein? Beef, as you might notice, followed by lamb. Moose too, when I can get it!
this AMAZING picture just makes me want to rush out to buy a slow-cooker myself! I suppose I could never achieve this dish perfectly with just an oven or on the stove? any tips?
my fav protein source is EGGS! scrambled,poached, baked, shirred, soft-boiled, fried, anything!
@Lisa@CuttingEdge – The cut of meat this particular roast was a rump roast about 4 lbs
@Linda – Normally I would sear the roast first but in this case I didn’t. The exposed meat without the liquid caused it to brown like it did inside the crock pot
@Erica – Yes by all means it would work with carrots and potatoes. The only trick I have found with hard root vegetables is too put them on the bottom of the crock pot and the meat on top of them
@Sophia – You can achieve the same success with the beef in a roaster in the oven. I would recommend searing the meat first on the stove top to ensure you get a nice crust to lock in the flavors and then you can transfer to the oven at a very low temperature of 225 degrees covered. Let it cook for a long time depending on the size of your roast. Hope this helps.
Was it thawed before you put it in? Looks like a great recipe. Sometimes I start w/ a frozen roast and go about 11-12 hours… 10 with a thawed seems like it would just fall apart… which would be fine too…
Nice post! Gonna try it tomorrow I think.
@DML – Yeah the roast was thawed before I put it in. It was pretty hard to cut as it was falling apart.
That looks great. Well it looks a lot better than my mom’s
“can of coke and can of spaghetti sauce” slow cooked roast beef.
Looks great, i recently bought a slow cooker just for that purpose i love a pot roast, my favorite is with carrots potato’s and onions. I have never tried it with wine but i have been wanting to try it , can you be more specific on the wine or is any red wine ok ?
Wow!!! I’ve been meaning to get my own slow cooker. This seems another reason to get one soon.
oh man, that looks so delicious!
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I’ve been looking for a good crock pot roast recipe — mine always turns out dry.
This looks fantastic, though! I’ll have to try it out this weekend! Thank you so much for posting it :3
Nom nom nom!!!
Hey!
I tried this as our valentines dinner and it really turned out well. Next time I’ll definitely add more mushrooms and tomatoes because there is plenty of juice and my slow cooker is pretty big. This really calls for more veggies because there wasn’t a lot left to them after 8 hours, ha ha.
Next time I think I’ll put it on top of roasted potatoes (maybe sweet potatoes or regular ones, I’m not sure yet).
Great recipe, I added it to my cook book for future use. Thank you so much
Wow. I feel comforted just looking at that. Great job.
Wow, that really does look like it would melt in your mouth, can’t wait to try it!
I just went from hungry to starving after seeing those pictures. I’m getting a slow cooker for xmas ( i hope) and cannot wait to try this!
There was a “crucial” missing step in this process… Did you brown the meat prior to putting it in the slow cooker? Anyone who would follow this recipe verbatim would be disappointed.
@Tessie – Good point. I modified the steps and added that as I did brown the meat prior. Thanks for pointing it out.
Looks great, I hope mine is going to be the same! I have just put all the ingredients in and seared the meat too, just have to wait now, but I know it’ll be worth it!
Let me know how it turned out!
Two tips
1) Soak the meat in the wine/stock/thyme overnight before searing and re-adding to slow cooker.
2) slice a medium/large sized potato at the bottom of the crock and rest the joint on that, this way the potato will have disentegrated by completion meaning that broth/sauce requires minimal thickening (it at all)
PS: How did so many people miss searing the meat first since it was step 1??!!
Wow, this was lovely it was a big hit in my house, with the left over beef and Gravy I made a pie on the Monday – this was great also, If you have enough left I would really recommend the pie
Wow I’m hungry and salivating now looking at the pictures of this roast. I’m definitely a red meat person. I’m going to make this recipe for sure probably more than once thanks for sharing!
Thanks Catherine! Let me know what you think.
Mmmm! Looks delish! Just put it in MY slow cooker – can’t wait to eat it tonight! Thanks for the recipe!
I’d love to share it on my blog – is that okay? Thanks!
Hi Megan, Yes by all means that is OK. I hope it turned out great. Let me know.
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