Hard French Dinner

Awesome Red Wine Pot Roast

Name: Awesome Red Wine Pot Roast
Prep time: 24 min
Cook time: 137 min
Total time: 161 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons canola oil; 0.5 cups water; 0.5 cups red wine; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon salt; 0.5 teaspoons dried marjoram; 0.5 teaspoons dried thyme; 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper; 1 onion , sliced; 8 pearls onions , peeled and halved; 6 reds potatoes , washed and halved; 6 carrots , peeled and cut into 2-inch lengths

Total Time

2h 41m

24m prep · 137m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Hard

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I call this awesome red wine pot roast recipe my "famous Seamus" pot roast because my tiny Siamese cat, Seamus, sat in the kitchen the entire time this was cooking. I've been making this recipe for 40+ years, and I just throw the ingredients together; it's very forgiving. My son-in-law also says it's the best thing he ever ate. When boys hang around the kitchen, it can't be bad.

Ingredients

3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons canola oil
0.5 cups water
0.5 cups red wine
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoons dried marjoram
0.5 teaspoons dried thyme
0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 onion , sliced
8 pearls onions , peeled and halved
6 reds potatoes , washed and halved
6 carrots , peeled and cut into 2-inch lengths

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2

Evenly sprinkle roast with flour; set aside. Heat canola oil in an oven-proof Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add roast; brown on all sides, about 10 minutes total. Off heat, pour in water and wine; season with basil, salt, marjoram, thyme, and black pepper. Arrange onion slices on top roast.
3

Bake in the preheated oven, covered, for 3 hours. Add pearl onions, potatoes, and carrots. Add additional water if roast looks dry. Continue baking, covered, until roast easily pulls apart with a fork, about 1 hour more.