Friday, July 20, 2012

Milner's Magical Pot Roast

Pot Roast isn't one of those romantical fancy pants dishes.  It just isn't.  It's a down home, meaty bowl of fill-your-belly.  I had never elected to make Pot Roast, until the fateful girls' night when Milner pulled out all the stops and served us her Magical Pot Roast.


It is unbelievably easy.  I dug out a bunch of old stuff that had been lurking in my pantry and fridge for a little too long, and mixed it together for a marinade...


...added some fresh squeezed orange juice and gave it a stir.


I made enough to cover both pieces of roast, since Costco sells it packaged in twos.  You can see that I froze one in the marinade, and put the other in a bowl to soak covered overnight.


When the time comes to make the real magic happen, we simply mix a packet of Ranch, French Onion dip, and Italian seasonings in a cup or so of water.  I didn't have the Italian on hand so I used actual salad dressing.


Plop it on top of a bed of veggies and turn it to low for 8 hours.


I only used carrots, but I highly recommend adding onion.  It may also be beneficial to add a little more water and cook some potatoes as well.


Test the carrots a few hours in; remove and set aside in the fridge when cooked.  I would have also done the same for the potatoes, and then mashed them.  They would have soaked in a lot of flavor while cooking alongside the roast.  Fifteen minutes before you are ready to devour, add the carrots back in and they will heat up nicely.


I used instant mashers (which my husband detests...we grew up on those things) and then ladled the meat and lots of juice right on top.  I cannot understand why I was ever intimidated to make a pot roast, it was one of the easiest start to finish meals I have done in a long time.


4 comments:

  1. i cannot believe you use garlic from a jar!!

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    1. you'd better believe it!! always have it on hand sister.

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  2. YUMMMM!!! Although you can cook the carrots the whole time and they will still be fine, or just add them when there is only a few hours left of cook time. And yes, I would add more water depending on your crockpot. Your crockpot doesn't look as shallow as mine. Yours looks so tasty!!

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    1. that is so much smarter. put the carrots in at the end. duh!!

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