Oven pot roast recipe

I usually make pot roast in the crock pot.
It always cooks too fast and comes out a little tough, even cooking it on low.
Even if I brown the roast before putting in the crock pot, it just comes out OK.

Today I was googling pot roast recipes and found this one.
I have a Le Creuset Dutch oven tucked away in the cabinet that I rarely use.
Dug it out today and made this:

Perfect Pot Roast Recipe | Ree Drummond | Food Network

I used 1/2 olive oil and 1/2 butter to sauté.
Threw in baby carrots, small potatoes, sautéing both as instructed.
I used a mixture of red wine and beef broth to deglaze the pot.
Added in a little salt and pepper, a few extra spices, you know the usual stuff, and about 5 Pepperoncinis with a splash of juice.
This roast was a bit on the smaller size, it's just the wife and I.

Baked at 275 for about 2 hours, let it rest on the unheated stove about 10 minutes, and severed it with a warm garlic butter parmesan sourdough baguette.
It fell apart with a fork.

I think the light sauté of the veggies really helped the dish.

Wife stated it was the best pot roast I ever made, in 15 years of cooking for us.
No more crock pot pot roast.

Just wanted to share it.

 

Been using Ree’s pot roast recipe for years and totally agree the crock pot just can’t compete. I like to add some baby Bella shrooms to the mix towards the end and serve with mashed potatoes.Damn good!

 

Sounds like a good recipe to try on the pressure cooker, now that softens up anything.

I can see 20-30 mins of "pre-smoking" then using your method or a pressure cooker, mmmm. Thanks for sharing!