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montana slow cooker roast

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MissMontana avatar
Helena, MT
Updated on Mar 6, 2014

I've made a lot of roasts as we Montanan's are meat and potato eaters. After adding a little if this and a little of that, this one is perfect and even better the second day.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 6 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds roast -chuck or pot roast
  • 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons veg oil
  • 1 tablespoon corn starch
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 cup chicken or beef broth
  • 1 1/2 cups veg broth (i use imagine brand from organic store)
  • 8 slices fresh mushrooms
  • 2 stalks celery cut in chunks
  • 1 medium onion cut into chunks
  • 3 medium carrots cut up into chunks
  • 2 large russet potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 - bay leaf

How To Make montana slow cooker roast

  • Step 1
    Add 2 Tbs oil to a pan. Sprinkle roast with 2 Tbs flour, one on each side, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, pepper, and then pat on 1 clove fresh garlic on roast as well, then sear. Set roast in slow cooker.
  • Step 2
    Add 1 Tbs of oil and 1 tbs of butter to same pan. Then add sliced mushrooms, onion and other clove of garlic to pan. Sauté for 5 min. On med. high heat. Then add tomato paste and 1 Tbs flour. Using a flat spatula, pat down paste and mix up, then add broth, continue mixing until blended. Set aside.
  • Step 3
    Add potatoes, carrots and celery around roast in slow cooker. Then pour broth and mushroom mixture over roast. Add Bay leaf. Sprinkle 1 tsp of pepper and dash of salt on top. Cover and cook for 6 hours on low or longer if you like it falling apart.
  • Step 4
    When roast is done, take a soup spoon and put liquids from roast in a pan on the stove (you don't need all liquids just the most you can get easily by moving roast and veggies aside. Then in a small bowl, mix 1 Tbs of cornstarch with a few Tbs of the juices until starch is blended. Add to juices and cook on med low until thickened about 10 minutes., stirring frequently. Serve with gravy on top of meat.
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