Light Pot Roast

5.00 (3)
⏱ 140 mins 🍽 4 serving(s) 🏷 Roast Beef

This lighter pot roast offers a comforting family meal. The beef is browned and simmered with a savoury broth until tender, then cooked with potatoes, carrots, celery, and onion. A simple gravy made from the pan juices completes the dish. The recipe suggests using half the meat for dinner and chilling the remainder for sandwiches. Total cooking time is approximately 140 minutes to serve four people.

Light Pot Roast

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs beef round rump roast or 2 lbs chuck arm pot roast
  • nonstick cooking spray
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 4 small carrots, cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 1 stalk celery, cut into diagonal 1 inch chunks
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 2 tablespoons flour

Method

  1. Remove any fat from the roast.
  2. Coat a dutch oven with nonstick spray and warm it.
  3. Sear the roast on every side.
  4. Pour off the rendered fat.
  5. Combine the 1/2 cup water, Worcestershire sauce, bouillon granules, and basil in a bowl.
  6. Add this mixture to the meat and bring it to a boil.
  7. Lower the heat, cover the pot, and let it simmer for 1 hour.
  8. Place the potatoes, carrots, celery, and onion into the dutch oven.
  9. Cover again and simmer for another 45 to 60 minutes until the meat and vegetables are soft.
  10. Introduce more water if the mixture appears dry.
  11. Transfer the meat and vegetables to a serving platter and keep them warm.
  12. Pour the cooking juices into a metal bowl and set it in ice water so the fat solidifies.
  13. Remove the solidified fat from the top.
  14. Ensure you have 1 cup of pan juices, topping up with water if required.
  15. Mix the 1/4 cup water and flour together until smooth.
  16. Blend in the pan juices and pour everything back into the dutch oven.
  17. Cook while stirring continuously until the mixture thickens and bubbles.
  18. Continue cooking for another minute, then serve the gravy alongside the meat and vegetables.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium85000 mg

Recipe details

CategoryRoast Beef
AuthorChipotleChick