BUNYAN'S DIABETIC YANKEE POT ROAST

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This was one of my favorite meals as a boy. Mom didn't have a crock pot so she used a cast iron dutch oven, and cooked it in a 250 degree oven all day! She would take out the meat and bay leaf, leaving all the veggies in the stock and thicken it up with a flour & water slurry. She served it with mashed potatoes, and steamed green...

Provided by Paul Bushay

Categories     Roasts

Time 8h30m

Number Of Ingredients 19

FOR THE POT ROAST
5 lb chuck roast
1 large onion, diced
5 carrots, diced
5 ribs celery, diced
1 can(s) diced low sodium tomatoes (15 oz)
8, 4 oz red potatoes
1 Tbsp good fat free low sodium beef base
2 c hot water
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp dry thyme
1 large bay leaf
2 clove minced garlic
3/8 tsp fresh cracked black pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
FOR THE GRAVY
1/2 c whole wheat flour
1 c cold water

Steps:

  • 1. Brown the roast on all sides in the olive oil, in a dutch oven, remove to crock pot.
  • 2. Add garlic to the same pan, brown lightly (don't burn the garlic!) when done add to the crock pot
  • 3. Add carrots, onions, celery to same pan, cook til translucent, add to the crock pot
  • 4. Dissolve the beef base in the hot water, add to crock pot.
  • 5. Add potatoes, tomatoes, allspice, thyme, bay leaf, pepper & vinegar to crock pot
  • 6. Set the crock pot to low, cover and let it go all day
  • 7. Remove the meat and potatoes and set it on a serving platter. Remove the bay leaf and 86 it.
  • 8. Transfer the stock with the veggies into a large sauce pan,
  • 9. Whisk the flour into the cold water to make a slurry
  • 10. Bring the stock and veggies to a full rolling boil
  • 11. Turn off the heat and immediatly whisk in the slurry

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