Crockpottiness-Pot Roast

In an attempt to be domesticated I made my first ever pot roast. Janelle let me use her “baby” aka the crock pot.

Last Friday Night… (now I’m singing Katy Perry in my head) I had a drink with the coworkers and had an epiphany mid sip my Allagash White.  I spotted the Whole Foods right next to Circa in Foggy Bottom and  remembered I had my living social deal $10 for $20. JACKPOT… I needed ingredients for my promised pot roast.

You need:

well a crock pot…

3-4 lb chuck roast

4 smallish potatoes- unpeeled and cut in chunks (despite being Irish I am not the hugest potato person)

3-4 carrots- cut up

1 large yellow onion cut in half

1 cup of beef broth

salt and peppaaaa

How to you say?

Season the roast with salt and pepper (or any other spice you like I used a bit of basil). Then add a bit of olive oil to a pan on your stove up to brown the roast on both sides. Remove the roast once it browns on both sides. Add the beef broth to pan to heat. Place your diced veggies in the crock pot…

Veggies.. Yumm

Place the roast on top of the veggies, and pour the broth on top of the roast.

Chucky chuck roast 😉

Cook on low for about 8 hours or until tender!  I paired it with string beans. Caroline and Alyssa gave it good reviews and it tasted quite delicious! Then we a drank hugemous beer….and my rationality skills were at its best…just one large beer. Okay I lied I had 2 (I suck)…and then drank lots of water and was perfectly sober and jolly for my race the next day. H St Biergarten Haus is great for a small group of good friends who enjoy pricy beer 🙂 Cheers

Biergarten Haus-- being germanish