Braised Chuck Roast Food

BALSAMIC BRAISED POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Sprinkle roast with salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Brown roast on all sides. Remove from pot. , Add celery, carrots and onion to the pot; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until fragrant. Add turnips, sweet potato and garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pot. Stir in broth, vinegar and herbs. Return roast to pot; bring to a boil. Bake, covered, 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until meat is tender., Remove beef and vegetables; keep warm. Discard herbs from cooking juices; skim fat. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with pot roast and vegetables.

OVEN BRAISED BEEF ROAST

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325
• Place the flour, salt and pepper in a pie dish or pan.
• Coat beef on all sides with the flour and set aside.
• Heat a dutch oven or oven safe pot over medium high heat with a few drizzles of olive oil. Add the beef, browning on each side and remove to a plate.
• Wipe out any black flour if there is any, leaving any browned bits in the pan.
• Turn the heat to medium and add the olive oil and butter.
• Quickly add the onions, carrots, celery and garlic, stirring to combine.
• Cook for 5-6 minutes or until the veggies are tender.
• Add the remaining flour and stir for 30 seconds.
• Add the vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, and beef broth. Bring to a simmer.
• Add the herbs and bay leaves and place the beef back in the pot.
• Place the lid on the pot and cook for 3 1/2- 4 hours in the oven, or until the meat is falling apart and the liquid has reduced down.
• Remove the bay leaves and herbs, shred the meat, tossing it in the sauce and serve hot over mashed potatoes.

FRENCH BRAISED POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225˚F. Pat meat dry with paper towels. Season meat on all sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven or some other oven-safe pot with a cover. Once hot, add seasoned roast and sear each side well, until browned, about 4-5 minutes per side. Once the meat is fully browned, transfer it from the pan to a platter.
• Add chopped celery, onion, mushrooms, garlic, rosemary, and thyme to the pan. Place roast on top of the vegetables.
• Pour 1/2 cup red wine and tomatoes on top. Cover and roast in the oven for 1 hour.
• Flip roast over. Replace the lid and continue to roast for 1 hour.
• Raise oven temperature to 325˚F. Continue to roast, for 1 hour.
• If meat is tender and falling apart after three hours in the oven, it's done. The internal temperature should read 160˚F on a meat thermometer. Otherwise, you can reduce the oven temperature to 225˚F and give it another hour or so, checking with the thermometer for doneness every 20 minutes or so.

BEST BRAISED BALSAMIC POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in large, heavy pot over medium-high heat. Season roast with salt and black pepper. Place flour into a shallow bowl and press roast into the flour to coat completely. Cook the meat in the hot oil until browned completely, about 5 minutes per side.
• Spread onion slices over the roast; pour red wine vinegar into the pot around the roast. Drizzle half the balsamic vinegar over the roast and pour the remainder around it. Spread half the crushed tomatoes over the roast and distribute the remaining tomatoes around it. Sprinkle thyme leaves over roast; drizzle hot sauce atop thyme.
• Cover the pot and roast in the preheated oven until the meat is very tender, about 3 1/2 hours.

BRAISED CHUCK ROAST

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients for the rub in a small bowl and then rub the meat down with this mixture.
• Heat a large saucepan with 3 tbs. of olive oil.
• Add the meat, onions, carrots and celery and brown the onions and veggies with the meat. Occasionally, once or twice, turn the meat over to brown on all sides.
• Add the tomato paste, grated cheese and the crushed tomatoes to the pan and continue to simmer on a low heat.
• Add the seasonings and the parsley and basil and simmer on a gentle heat loosely covered for 2 ½ - 3 hours. hours or until the meat in tender when pierced.
• Prepare the pasta as directed.
• Place the pasta in a serving platter with the sauce, sliced meat, grating cheese and a drizzle of olive oil.

BRAISED POT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Season all sides of the beef with a fair amount of salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot that has a tight cover; heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over moderately high heat. Brown the meat on all sides, taking the time to get a nice crust on the outside. Pour in the tomatoes and the water. Scatter the vegetables and herbs around the pot roast, season with salt and pepper; and drizzle with the remaining tablespoon of oil. Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low. Braise for about 3 hours, basting every 30 minutes with the pan juices, until the beef is fork tender.
• Slice the pot roast and arrange on platter surrounded by the vegetables. Serve with the pot juices.

WINE-BRAISED CHUCK ROAST WITH ONIONS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F.
• Pat beef dry and rub all over with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in an ovenproof 5-quart wide heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown beef on all sides, about 15 minutes total. Transfer beef to a plate.
• Add onions to pot and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, until pale golden, about 10 minutes. Add garlic, tomato paste, thyme, rosemary, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add wine and water and bring to a boil. Return beef to pot, then cover tightly and braise in oven, turning once after 1 hour, until beef is very tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours total.
• Let beef stand, uncovered, in onion sauce about 30 minutes.
• If reserving some meat for beef salad , cut off one third of roast, and, when cool enough to handle, shred and toss with 3/4 cup onion sauce. Cool completely, uncovered, then chill in an airtight container.
• While shredded beef cools, preheat oven to 350°F and transfer remaining beef to a cutting board and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Season with salt and pepper and return beef to sauce. Reheat, covered, 20 minutes.

BRAISED TOMATO CHUCK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275F.
• In a large dutch over, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Season the chuck roast with salt and pepper and brown on all sides, about 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Add garlic, onion, baby carrots, and celery and allow to brown, about 6-8 minutes. Add wine and tomato paste. Use a wooden spoon to mix together and scrape any browned pieces stuck to the pan. Allow to boil down to half the amount, about 5 minutes. Add parsley, rosemary, thyme, and bay leaves. Place chuck roast back into pan and pour crushed tomatoes around it mixing ingredients together.
• Cover and place in the oven for 1.5 - 2 hours. Remove bay leaves and stems of herbs. Slice thin and serve warm with the sauce!

RICH BRAISED CHUCK POT ROAST

Steps:

• Massage the roast with the seasoning.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Heat a cast iron skillet with bacon grease and sear the roast on all sides until browned.
• In a Dutch oven add the roast and pour in the wine.
• Place in the oven, covered, for 5 hours.
• Check occasionally if additional wine is needed.
• Remove roast and add the vegetables and beef stock and return to the oven for an additional 1.5 hours, covered.
• Check for doneness, the meat should be extremely tender, and the vegetables roasted to an almost a caramelized state.
• Remove from the oven and let the meat rest 10 minutes before slicing.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and all the vegetables and jus on top.
• Enjoy!

BEER-BRAISED BEEF WITH ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees.Heat oil in a large dutch oven over high heat.Season meat generously with salt and pepper. Sear meat on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Remove meat from pan. Lower heat to medium.Throw in onions and garlic. Stir for 30 seconds. Pour in beer, and add thyme, rosemary, and salt to taste---about 1 teaspoon. (Do not undersalt!) Add meat to pot, put to submerge, and place lid on pot.Cook in oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until meat is fork tender and falling apart. Shred meat with two forks. Serve on dinner plates and spoon juice and onions over the top.Serve with very crust bread to sop up the juice.

BRAISED BEEF ROAST RECIPE

Steps:

• At least a few hours before cooking (preferably overnight) salt the beef with about a teaspoon per pound and put it in a large baggie in the fridge.
• Before searing the meat, sprinkle about a teaspoon of pepper all over the roast.
• Add about two tablespoons of olive oil to your dutch oven. My 2 3/4 quart Le Creuset was the perfect size for this roast. You really don't want it to be much bigger than the meat you're cooking.
• Add the roast to the pan and sear it all over. Once it is seared on all sides, remove it and set aside.
• Add the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic and saute until softened. Add the herbs and tomato puree. Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring up all the pieces that are sticking.
• Add the beef roast back to the pan. Pour the entire bottle of wine over the roast. ( Optional: Drink a half glass of the wine. You deserve that by now. I did and can promise it won't affect the flavor. Enjoy!)
• Bring to a boil and then set to simmer.
• Cover the pan and let it cook on low for 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. If the wine doesn't cover the roast, you may want to turn it over every now and then so no part dries out. I ladled the broth over it every so often as it was almost covered.
• Remove the roast after the 2 1/2 hours and set aside. Remove the bay leaf.
• Using a hand blender, blend all the vegetables until the sauce is thick and glossy. Be careful as this mixture will be hot, so use the lower setting on the hand blender.
• Let the sauce continue to simmer. I like a thicker sauce, so I added about two teaspoons of cornstarch to thicken it.
• Prepare the polenta with vegetable stock. The polenta only takes about 15 minutes to cook. Add butter as soon as it's soft and mix well.
• Serve the braised beef roast over the polenta.

RED WINE-BRAISED CHUCK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a skillet, heat the oil. Season the roast with salt and pepper and sear on all sides over moderately high heat; transfer to a roasting pan.
• Add the wine to the skillet and boil for about 3 minutes, scraping up the browned bits. Add the wine, broth and water to the roasting pan and bring to a boil. Add the onion, garlic, carrots, fennel, and bay leaf. Cover and braise in the oven until the fennel is tender, about 1 hour; transfer the fennel to a baking dish and cover.
• Return the roast to the oven; cook until the roast is tender and an instant read thermometer inserted in the thickest part registers 180 degrees, about 1 hour longer.
• Discard the onion and bay leaf. Transfer roast and carrots to the baking dish with the fennel. Cover and keep warm in the oven. Strain the cooking liquid into a saucepan, pressing to mash the garlic. Boil until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer the roast to a carving board and remove the strings. Cut into 4 thick slices and transfer to plates with the carrots and fennel. Pass the sauce at the table.

BRASATO AL BAROLO - BRAISED CHUCK ROAST IN RED WINE

Steps:

• Place chuck roast, onion, carrots, celery, peppercorns, cloves, garlic, cinnamon stick, rosemary, and bay leaves together in a stockpot. Pour wine over meat and vegetable mixture to cover entirely. Cover stockpot and marinate for 6 hours in the refrigerator. Turn meat in marinade to make sure it is completely covered; return to refrigerator to finish marinating, about 6 hours more.
• Transfer chuck roast from marinade to a plate to rest; pat dry thoroughly with paper towels. Pour marinade through a strainer and into a bowl to separate vegetable mixture from wine, reserving both vegetable mixture and wine.
• Heat olive oil in the stockpot over medium-high heat. Brown chuck roast on all sides, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Reduce heat to medium. Add strained vegetable mixture to stockpot; cook with the chuck roast until fragrant, adding more oil as necessary to prevent burning, about 8 minutes.
• Pour reserved wine back into stockpot; add salt. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer without removing cover for 2 hours. Remove cover, stir, and cook until meat easily shreds with a fork, 10 minutes to 1 hour longer. Transfer meat from cooking liquid to serving platter; tent with foil to keep warm.
• Return cooking liquid to a boil over medium-high heat; simmer until reduced to sauce consistency, 20 to 30 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick, rosemary, and bay leaves. Season with salt; puree mixture with a handheld immersion blender until smooth. Pour sauce over meat to serve.

SLOW BRAISED BEEF POT ROAST WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Trim the roast and remove any visible excess fat. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Rub the pot roast all over with the Cajun seasoning and then sprinkle lightly with pepper.
• Put the pot roast in a resealable food storage bag or bowl. Seal the bag or cover the bowl and refrigerate the roast for at least 1 hour.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat; add the onions and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until they are tender and golden brown. Stir the onions frequently to keep them from scorching.
• Add the whole or sliced mushrooms and chopped bell peppers to the onions and cook for about 3 minutes longer.
• Remove the vegetables to a plate and turn the heat up to medium-high.
• Add the seasoned pot roast and sear it on all sides. Add the cooked vegetables back to the pan along with the wine and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook, uncovered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the liquids have reduced by about one-quarter to one-third.
• Cover the pan and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for about 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours, or until the pot roast is very tender.
• Add the potatoes and carrots, if using, and continue cooking for about 30 to 45 minutes longer, or until the vegetables are tender.
• Serve the pot roast sliced or shredded.
• Enjoy!

BRAISED CHUCK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season chuck roast liberally with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. Heat duck fat in dutch oven and brown chuck thoroughly on all sides. Remove meat from pot and set aside.
• Add all vegetables and garlic to remaining hot fat in pot and saute until tender. Add herbs and red wine scraping bottom of pot to remove all browned flavor bits from bottom. Reduce 10 minutes. Add veal stock. Paint chuck roast with tomato paste and add roast to braising liquid so that liquid reaches about halfway up the side of meat. (Add more stock if needed)
• Cover and braise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until meat fork slides into meat easily.
• Remove meat from hot pot, cool, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. Strain braising liquid pushing it through strainer with back of spoon--reserving all possible liquid. Cool, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. (Keep it separate from meat)
• After 24 hours, remove meat and liquid from fridge. Remove fat from liquid and heat liquid in sauce pan until hot.
• In small sauce pan, make a roux with 1 1/2 tablespoons flour and 1 1/2 tablespoons butter. Cook over low heat from 5 minutes. Add roux to hot liquid, stir and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. This is your gravy.
• Slice meat 1/2-inch thick and arrange slices in oven-proof dish. Moisten with some of the gravy, cover and heat until meat is hot enough to eat.
• Serve with mashed potatoes or polenta and roasted seasonal root vegetables. Serve gravy on side.