Grammamaz's Pot Roast

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 lbs chuck roast (boneless or bone-in with as much fat removed as possible)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 can rotel tomatoes, w/chilies mild
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 carrots, pared & cut into slices
• 1 rutabaga, pared and cut into bite-size cubes
• 3 parsnips, pared and cut into slices

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 350 deg.
• 2 flour the chuck roast; do not discard remaining flour.
• 3 brown in olive oil in hot frying pan.
• 4 transfer meat to good sized baking dish with a cover.
• 5 brown onions, garlic and celery in same pan in which you browned meat.
• 6 stir in remaining flour then transfer to all baking dish.
• 7 add tomatoes to frying pan to get all the browned bits, then put into baking dish.
• 8 add bay leaf.
• 9 cover and cook for 2 hours.
• 10 remove from oven and add vegetables.
• 11 cook for â½ hour.
• 12 taste for flavor.
• 13 add salt, if necessary.
• 14 cook for another â½ hour.
• 15 remove from oven.
• 16 put meat on platter surrounded by vegetables.
• 17 serve gravy separately.