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Classic Beef Pot Roast.

You can have Classic Beef Pot Roast using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Classic Beef Pot Roast

1. Prepare 1 tsp of kosher salt.
2. You need 2 of yukon gold potatoes peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces.
3. You need 4 of sprigs thyme.
4. Prepare 14 oz of can fat free, less sodium beef broth.
5. You need 2 cup of coarsely chopped onion.
6. It's 3 pounds of boneless chuck roast trimmed.
7. It's 1 of fresh thyme leaves ( optionl ).
8. It's 1 of bay leaf.
9. You need 1 cup of dry red wine.
10. It's 2 tablespoon of tomatoe paste.
11. You need 4 of large carrots, peeled and cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces.
12. It's 1 tsp of olive oil.
13. Prepare 2 tablespoon of dijon mustard.
14. It's 3 of garlic cloves chopped.
15. It's 1/4 tsp of freshly ground black pepper.

Classic Beef Pot Roast step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
2. Heat olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium to high heat. Sprinkle chuck roast with salt and pepper. Add roast to pan and cook 5 minutes turning to brown on all sides. Remove roast from pan. Add the onions to the pan and saute 8 minutes or until tender..
3. Return browned roast to pan, add the red wine, thyme sprigs, chopped garlic, beef broth and bay leaf to pan. Bring to a simmer. Cover pan and bake at 350F for 1 1/2 hours or until the roast is almost tender..
4. Add carots and potatoes to pan, cover and bake for an additional 1 hour or until Vegitables are tender. Remove thyme sprigs and bay leaf from pan discard.. Shred meat with 2 forks. Serve roast with vegitable mixture and cooking liquid. Garnish with thyme leaves, if desired..