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German Pot Roast

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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 9m
  • Cook: 5h
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 pounds chuck roast
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 cup onion, cut into chunks
  • 3 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 4 sprigs thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 can(6 ounces) tomato paste
  • 1 bottle(12 ounces)brown ale
  • 2 tablespoons german mustard
  • 4 cups beef stock
  • 4 cups red cabbage, cut into ribbons
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley,minced
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 275°F.

  • Step 2: Season chuck roast on all sides with salt and pepper heavily

  • Step 3: In a Dutch oven

  • Step 4: Heat oil over medium-high heat and sear roast, about 3 minutes per side.

  • Step 5: Remove roast from pan and set aside. Turn heat to medium and add onion, carrot, thyme and bay leaves.

  • Step 6: Sear 3 minutes, stir in tomato paste and cook 2 more minutes.

  • Step 7: Stir in beer, scraping pan bottom to “deglaze”.

  • Step 8: Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 2 minutes.

  • Step 9: Stir in mustard and beef stock, return roast to pan and cover with lid.

  • Step 10: Place in oven and braise 4 hours.

  • Step 11: Top roast with red cabbage and braise an additional 1 hour or until cabbage has softened and roast is fork tender.

  • Step 12: Sprinkle on parsley

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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