# Pot Roast

A pot roast recipe perfect for meal prepping, similar to short ribs but more affordable.

- Total time: 120 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 carrots
- 4 stalks celery
- 1 onion
- cloves garlic
- 3 pounds chuck roast
- garlic mixture (dried garlic, onions, chives, shallots)
- salt
- pepper
- 1 spoonful tomato paste
- 0.5 bottle red wine
- beef stock
- thyme
- rosemary
- mashed potatoes
- broccoli

## Instructions

1. Chop 2-3 carrots.
2. Add the chopped carrots to a bowl.
3. Chop about 4 stalks of celery, trying to make the pieces equal in size to the carrots.
4. Dice one onion.
5. Add the diced onion to the bowl with carrots and celery.
6. Mince a couple of cloves of garlic.
7. Store the minced garlic in a container.
8. Cut up about 3 pounds of chuck roast into smaller pieces as the pot isn't big enough for the whole piece.
9. Season the meat with a garlic mixture (dried garlic, onions, chives, shallots) and salt and pepper on all sides.
10. Sear each side of the seasoned chuck roast in a pot with oil until browned.
11. Remove the seared meat from the pot and place it on a plate.
12. Add a spoonful of tomato paste to the pot and roast it, stirring with a spatula.
13. Add the chopped vegetables (carrots, celery, onion) to the pot and cook until the onions are translucent.
14. Add the minced garlic to the pot just before the onions become translucent.
15. Pour half a bottle of red wine into the pot and let it reduce by about 50-60%.
16. Add the seared meat back into the pot.
17. Add enough beef stock to cover the beef in the pot.
18. Add a bundle of thyme and rosemary to the pot.
19. Cover the pot and let it simmer for about two hours.
20. Scoop mashed potatoes into meal prep containers.
21. Remove the herb bundle from the pot roast.
22. Add the cooked pot roast and sauce to the meal prep containers with the mashed potatoes.
23. Add broccoli to the meal prep containers.
24. Close the meal prep containers.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- large bowl
- small bowl
- tongs
- pot
- spatula
- measuring cup
- lid
- meal prep containers

## Tips

- Make sure to chop the carrots and celery to be similar in size.
- Season each side of the chuck roast.
- Roast the tomato paste in the pot.
- Look for the onions to be translucent before adding garlic.
- Reduce the red wine by about 50-60%.
- The meat is done when it falls apart easily.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B6ppPm/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b3df9d1c-ab9d-4703-a3a1-8c865d61547e
- Extracted: 2025-08-19

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