Mom T's Pot Roast

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 -5 lbs chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons crisco
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package onion soup mix (optional)
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 onions, cut into 1/8 's
• 2 carrots, cut into 1-inch chunks
• 3 potatoes, cubed
• salt and pepper
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• flour, to thicken gravy

Recipe

• 1 heat large, heavy bottomed pan. melt crisco.
• 2 brown roast on all sides in hot crisco.
• 3 salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 sprinkle roast with onion soup mix if using.
• 5 cover roast with water and add bay leaf and onions; simmer 2 hours.
• 6 add carrots and potatoes to pot.
• 7 cook until veggies are tender, about 40 minutes.
• 8 remove roast and veggies from pot and set aside.
• 9 add bouillon cubes to liquid and simmer. skip the bouillon if you added onion soup mix.
• 10 thicken, with flour mixed with water to make a slurry, as desired by adding slurry a little at a time, stirring constantly to ensure it mixes in well.