What's not to love about this Mediterranean Slow Roasted Pot Roast! Super simple. Fabulous flavor. Hide the leftovers for yourself!
Oven Pot Roast Recipe
An oven pot roast take time to cook. Here's why.
Since the chuck roast cut is from the cow's shoulder, it's a heavily exercised muscle.
Yes, this gives great flavor. But, on the flip side, it makes the meat tough.
You can cube this cut of meat for stews and soups, but, again, it takes some time for the smaller pieces to tenderize.
How to Cook a Roast in the Oven
Cooking a roast in the oven is the best way in my humble opinion.
It's the old-fashioned way of cooking way before there were multi-cookers, crock pots, InstaPots and other gizmos and gadgets.
This is also a great chance for you to invest in a Dutch oven! Here are some of my favorites. And, believe me, I use mine all the time!!
Yes, the Le Creuset is the deluxe "Mercedes" of the Dutch ovens, I think, and that's what I have. You keep these pots for a lifetime and even hand them down to other generations, kind of like cast iron skillets. There are other options! So check out each and see what you think.
Easy Oven Pot Roast
You can use this recipe in a slow cooker or multi-cooker. You might want to try the pressure cooker setting for meat. Check out this recipe!
Tavern Style Taco Pot RoastHow to Slow Cook a Roast in the Oven
Some of my basic tips for how to slow cook a roast in the oven:
- Cover the meat tightly.
- Make sure it's covered completely and there's ample liquid for evening cooking.
- Long, slow cooking with with liquid (braising) tenderizes the meat fibers.
- Use a heavy deep Dutch oven pot with a lid. I also put doubled foil on the pot, then the lid on top.
- Check occasionally to see if you might need to add liquid, water or beef stock/broth.
- Cut your larger roast into four to five smaller pieces. It cooks faster.
- Test your meat's tenderness with a large fork. The roast pieces should easily shred.
Juicy Pot Roast in Oven
Here are some more of my pot roast recipes. Yes, you can see, I love them!
Bourbon and Brown Sugar Pot Roast Blue Plate Special Easy Pot RoastDutch Oven Pot Roast with Gravy
There are a couple of ingredients in this recipe that might not readily be available in your pantry. These 'secret' ingredients sure to elevate the flavors of this pot roast with the thick tomato gravy!
If you want to spice the pot roast, then use spicy V8 juice. It'll do the trick!
Roast and Potatoes
Nothing's more American and homestyle than roast and potatoes.
And, you can surely add potatoes this this chuck roast if you'd like. Just make sure you have enough liquid. No need to put the potatoes in until there's about 45 minutes remaining in the cooking process.
I'd recommend a Yukon potato and cut them in about 2-3″ chunks. They'll absorb the great flavors of the gravy.
Oven Pot Roast with Vegetables
It's easy to add vegetables to this pot roast. Of course, it depends upon the size of your Dutch oven. Mine is 5.5 quarts, and there's actually not enough room to add fresh hand cut veggies. You could add frozen veggies, but again, make sure you have the space. And, frozen veggies won't take long at all to cook.
I'd think that you'd need at least a 7+ quart Dutch oven for larger hand-cut fresh vegetables.
A perfect alternative is to roast the veggies on a sheet pan while the pot roast is cooling. Then serve it alongside the roast.
Need a recipe for roasting the perfect veggies?
oven roasted garlic and herb veggies
How Long to Cook Pot Roast
For me, a chuck or pot roast should be cooked until it's about fork tender. That means you can basically you can use large forks and shred the meat.
There's just so much about this 'pot roast' that's not a 'pot roast'. What I mean by that is that while this is a cheap, relatively speaking, cut of meat. I mean it is a lowly chuck roast.
Pot Roast
The way it's cooked, the herbs, the wine and the infusion of all the flavors over time makes it seem like a more expensive type of beef, or whatever's better than that, cut of meat!
That's what this Mediterannean Slow Roasted Pot Roast is all about. Taking something peasant and cheap and making it elegant.
Chuck Roast Recipes
Once the meat has slow cooked the whole clove of garlic is so tender that it falls apart and each and every piece is a creamy delight of buttery goodness.
You've got to give this roast a spin. From the V8 juice to the rustic peasant farm veggies, it's something that is not only exquisite to the eye but amazingly delicious on the tastebuds!
