# Perfect Pot Roast

This recipe guides you through making a perfect pot roast with vegetables and a side of cornbread.

- Total time: 386 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- thyme
- Lawry's Seasoned Salt
- Badia Adobo Seasoning
- McCormick Ground Black Pepper
- pot roast
- flour
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 medium-sized potatoes
- baby carrots
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 medium onion
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons flour
- salt
- pepper
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 0.25 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 0.5 cup flour
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 0.75 cup milk

## Instructions

1. Generously season the pot roast.
2. Coat the seasoned pot roast with flour.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a pan.
4. Add the floured pot roast to the hot pan.
5. Brown the pot roast on all sides.
6. Cut four medium-sized potatoes into chunks and place them in water.
7. Add baby carrots to the potatoes in water.
8. Cut and add three celery stalks to the vegetables.
9. Chop one medium onion.
10. Add the chopped onion to the vegetables.
11. Remove the browned pot roast from the pan and place it in a crock pot.
12. Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the pan where the roast was browned.
13. Add 2 tablespoons of flour to the oil in the pan and whisk.
14. Season the flour mixture with salt and pepper and let it brown.
15. Drain the water from the vegetables.
16. Place the drained vegetables under and around the pot roast in the crock pot.
17. Add one cup of beef broth to the browned flour mixture in the pan and whisk, scraping everything off the bottom.
18. Add 1 tablespoon of garlic powder and another cup of beef broth to the gravy mixture.
19. Let the gravy cook for about 1 minute.
20. Pour the gravy over the vegetables and pot roast in the crock pot.
21. Add another cup of beef broth to the crock pot.
22. Cover the crock pot and turn it on high, setting the timer for 1 hour.
23. Once the timer goes off, turn the crock pot to low and set it for 5 hours.
24. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius).
25. Put 1/4 cup of vegetable oil and 2 tablespoons of butter in a baking dish.
26. Place the baking dish in the oven to melt the butter.
27. In a bowl, combine 1 cup of cornmeal, 1/2 cup of flour, 1 egg, and 3 tablespoons of sugar.
28. Once the butter is melted, add the melted vegetable oil and butter from the baking dish to the cornmeal mixture.
29. Add 3/4 cup of milk to the cornmeal mixture.
30. Mix the cornbread batter and pour it into the baking dish.
31. Place the baking dish with the cornbread batter into the preheated oven.
32. Set the oven timer to 25 minutes for the cornbread.
33. When the timer goes off, remove the cornbread from the oven.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- oven
- baking dish
- bowl
- whisk

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-09-11

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