Pot Roast Recipe Perfect on the Stove Top

Here’s a perfect pot roast recipe you can cook on the stove top that is super simple and tastes fantastic. My mama likes a boneless chuck roast and prefers a beef bouillon paste for seasoning the roast, but any seasoning rub will work. Throw your chuck roast in a pot on the stove and it practically cooks itself. If you’ve ever wondered how to cook the perfect pot roast, then look no farther than this recipe.

What you need for this Pot Roast Recipe

…not a lot, keep it simple!
BONELESS CHUCK ROAST
SEASONING RUB

How to Cook a Perfect Pot Roast on the Stove Top

Buy a roast with some fat in it. Marbling in the meat adds flavor and juiciness; the thinner and richer the marbling, the better. For a stove top roast preparation, use a pot with a tight fitting lid and a heavy bottom.

• Season the roast generously with salt, pepper, and whatever seasonings you like. A beef bouillon paste like my mama uses in the video is delicious. Check current prices for BEEF BOUILLION PASTE on Amazon.
• Place the cooking pot on the stove with just a few spoonfuls of water in the bottom and add the roast.
• Lightly brown the roast on high heat for a few minutes.
• Reduce the heat down to low, and cover the pot with a lid.
• Check the roast periodically. About an hour into cooking, turn the roast.
• The beef will release it’s flavors and cook in it’s own juices.
  Once the roast cooks out it’s juices, it will begin to reduce.
• Continue cooking until the roast cooks down to it’s grease and drippings. [ For this meat thickness, at our altitude and on this stove, it took about 2 hours for the liquid to reduce to the grease and drippings. ]
• Remove the lid, raise the heat to medium, and brown the meat a final time in it’s grease.
• Remove meat from the pot.  Let it rest 10-15 minutes before slicing.
• Cut it across the grain, at an angle.

Want to Make Gravy?

To make beef gravy from the drippings, add a bit of flour and mix well over medium heat.
Stir for about 1 minute until the flour and fat are well incorporated and the flour gets a bit of color. This is called “making a roux”.
Raise the temperature and stir in broth or water and continue stirring until the mixture begins to boil and thicken, then add extra salt and seasoning as desired and pour into a gravy bowl.

For another meaty meal, check out this Beef Tenderloin Recipe.

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