THE BEST SLOW COOKER POT ROAST RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil in a large pan. Dust 1½ kg rolled beef brisket with 2 tbsp plain flour and season well with salt and pepper.
• Put 3 chopped carrots, 3 chopped celery sticks, 2 chopped parsnips, 1 chopped onion and 80g button mushrooms in the bottom of your slow cooker and turn it to Low.
• Sear the beef all over in the hot pan then place it on top of the vegetables in the slow cooker.
• Add the 2 bay leaves, 2 crushed garlic cloves and 2 tsp English mustard then pour over 500ml red wine and 250ml beef stock. Cover with the lid and cook for 7 hours.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Carefully take the beef out of the slow cooker and place it on a baking tray then roast it in the oven for 20 mins.
• While the beef is in the oven, carefully ladle the cooking liquid out of the slow cooker into a shallow pan. Boil rapidly on a high heat to reduce to a rich gravy.
• Serve the beef sliced with roast potatoes, the softened vegetables, gravy and wilted greens, if you like.

Steps:

• Chop onion and put in bottom of crock pot with water and turn pot on low.
• Mix flour, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a large ziploc freezer bag.
• Put roast in bag and toss until outside of roast is completely covered with a light layer of flour mixture.
• Heat oil in a pan large enough for roast (I usually use a wok).
• Brown roast on all sides in the pan.
• After browning, empty excess oil into crock and keep roast in pan.
• Chop garlic into slices.
• Make incisions in the roast and put garlic in the slices with fingers.
• Add roast to crock pot.
• Add mushrooms on sides and top of roast.
• After 4 or 5 hours, skin and chop potatoes and add to crock pot.
• Cook until potatoes are soft and roast is tender enough to pull apart with a fork (usually 1-2 more hours).
• Salt and pepper to taste.