Best Italian Chuck Roast Recipes

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN CHUCK ROAST WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Season roast liberally with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper on all sides.
• Heat a pan over medium-high heat until scorching hot. Add olive oil. Sear beef until brown on all sides, holding up roast to get all edges, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer roast to the slow cooker. Deglaze the pan by pouring in broth and scraping up browned bits. Add Worcestershire sauce. Pour mixture over the roast in the slow cooker.
• Add tomatoes, pepperoncini peppers and their juice, garlic, and Italian seasoning to the slow cooker. Turn roast over a few times to coat. Cover slow cooker and cook on High power for 4 hours.
• Add green bell peppers and onion to the slow cooker, tossing to incorporate. Continue cooking on High power 1 more hour.
• Shred beef and season with salt and pepper to taste. Let beef and sauce sit in the slow cooker on Warm until ready to serve.
• Meanwhile, toast hoagie rolls, if desired. Top rolls with shredded beef and add provolone cheese to each.

VERSATILE CROCK POT CHUCK ROAST PART 5 / ITALIAN-STYLE PULLED BEEF CAPRESE PITA PIZZA!

Steps:

• Pat one side with half of the seasonings.
• In crock pot, add beef consommé and grate in garlic. Stir.
• Place roast in seasoned side-down.
• Season other side with rest of seasonings.
• Place on lid and turn crock pot on to High for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to Low, and continue cooking until fall-apart tender, about 6 hours.
• Remove meat to a baking sheet, pour juices from crock into a large glass measuring cup, and refrigerate juices.
• Shred meat with 2 forks, or leave in bite-sized chunks if preferred. Cover to keep moist.
• When fat has solidified on top of juices, remove, then pour most of the juice over the meat to keep it from drying out.
• Use what you need, and freeze the rest for later uses.
• For 1 Italian-Style Pita Pizza:
• Preheat oven to 375º F.
• Warm beef a little to melt any fat left, drain, and set aside. Place pita bread round onto a small baking sheet. Spread with basil pesto almost to the edge. Pile with beef. Top with slices of fresh mozzarella, then tomato, then one last small piece of mozzarella.
• Pop into oven and bake for 20 - 25 minutes until cheese has fully melted and just starting to brown in small patches.
• Remove from oven and transfer pizza to a cutting board. Sprinkle with black pepper. Drizzle with EVOO and balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with fresh basil chiffonade.
• Cut into fourths, serve hot, and enjoy!

ITALIAN CHUCK ROAST

Steps:

• Cut roast in half. Transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Combine the salad dressing mix, au jus mix and gravy mix with 1/4 cup water; rub over roast. Pour remaining water around the roast., Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Serve with gravy.

GRILLED ITALIAN CHUCK ROAST WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Pierce beef several times and put into ziplock bag; dump in the Italian dressing and first sliced onion into bag.
• Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
• Prepare the grill for medium heat.
• Drain marinade from beef and put roast onto grill rack; discard marinade and first onion.
• Grill roast at MEDIUM on grate, hood down, until beef is well seared, about 20 minutes, turning over at least once.
• Meanwhile prepare a large aluminum roasting pan lined with foil large enough that later you can cover the meat).
• Place the seared meat into that foil container, sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
• Pierce the potatoes.
• Arrange potatoes, second onion, and carrots around meat.
• In a small bowl, mix beef broth, garlic, pepper, and rosemary); pour this over the meat and vegetables.
• Cover all with foil.
• Grill covered at MEDIUM heat until roast is tender, possibly up to 1 1/2 hours. Recently, made a 2 1/4 pound roast and it only took 1 hour and 15 minutes after the initial searing. Use your meat thermometer to gauge doneness level I would start checking after 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Allow resting time of 10 minutes.