Choose a well-marbled chuck roast for slow cooking.
Create the savory, roasted taste you crave without turning on the oven. Use a slow cooker to make meat that tastes oven-roasted and produce a tender result with less fuss. Crock-Pot cooking uses moist heat and a longer cooking time to deliver a delicious roast. Preparing a chuck roast in a slow cooker allows you to do the prep work, leave the house for a few hours and return to find dinner ready and waiting.
Instructions
1. Trim the excess fat around the outside of the chuck roast with a sharp knife.
2. Mix the salt, pepper and other spices in a bowl. Rub the spice mixture on to the surface of the meat.
3. Pour the flour into the shallow pan. Dredge the roast in flour, coating both sides.
4. Heat 2 tbsp. vegetable oil in a heavy skillet. Sear the floured roast on all sides in the hot oil until a crusty brown outer coating is achieved. Remove the roast from the skillet and turn off the stove.
5. Wash the potatoes and carrots with water in the sink. Peel only the carrots and cut into 2-inch chunks. Cut the potatoes in half. Peel and slice the onion.
6. Place the halved potatoes and carrot chunks in the bottom of the Crock-Pot. Set the browned roast on top of the vegetables. Spread the rings of the sliced onion over the top of the roast.
7. Add hot water to the roast and vegetables in the Crock-Pot; just enough to cover about half the height of the meat.
8. Cover the Crock-Pot and set it on "Low." Leave the slow cooker covered and do not open the lid for the duration of the cooking time. Cook the roast for 8 to 10 hours.
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