Italian Pot Roast
Italian Pot Roast is a succulent and amazing slow cooker recipe. This easy 7-ingredient recipe is slow cooked for maximum tenderness. This comfort food meal is terrific for company or week night dinners. It only takes five minutes to toss everything in the crockpot and five minutes to make the gravy. This incredibly easy recipe is sumptuous and irresistible. For a change in your usual pot roast dinners, give this scrumptious recipe a try.
Equipment
- 1 crock pot
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 wooden spoon
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- 1 electric knife preferred, or sharp knife to slice down meat
- 1 large sauce pan
- 1 small bowl
- 1 whisk
Ingredients
- 3 lb. boneless beef chuck roast
- 1 envelope brown gravy mix
- 1 envelope Good Seasons Italian salad dressing mix
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 medium red bell pepper chopped
- 1 medium green bell pepper chopped
- 2/3 cup onion chopped
- 2 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
Instructions
- Place roast in a 5 or 6-quart slow cooker.
- In a mixing bowl, combine gravy mix, Italian salad dressing mix and ½ cup water.
- Pour mixture over top of roast.
- Top with bell peppers and onions.
- Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until meat is tender.
- Remove roast from slow cooker and slice down; keep warm.
- Pour juices from slow cooker into a large sauce pan.
- Combine cornstarch and ¼ cup water.
- Whisk until mixture is smooth.
- Add cornstarch mixture to juices in pan.
- Bring mixture to a boil; cook and stir continuously for about 2-3 minutes or until mixture has thickened sufficiently.
- Serve gravy with roast.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
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[nutrition-label]Nutrition
Calories: 266kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 26gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 134mgPotassium: 513mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 435IUVitamin C: 26mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 3mg
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