Pot Roast

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 lbs boneless beef chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 red onion
• 14 ounces whole canned tomatoes
• 24 ounces chicken broth
• 2 lbs sweet potatoes
• kosher salt
• ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 heat dutch oven on medium high heat. add olive oil. salt and pepper roast. brown roast on all sides. about 12 minutes (2 minutes per side -- don't forget the ends).
• 3 slice onion into half rounds and brown in dutch oven. add tomatoes and chicken broth. bring to boil.
• 4 replace pot roast and juices. nestle roast into the center and bottom of pan. add potatoes around edges of roast. bring to simmer.
• 5 cut parchment paper round to fit dutch oven and cover roast. cover with lid and put in oven. reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• 6 cook until fork tender. approximately 4 hours.