French Onion Pot Roast

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I love a good pot roast and this recipe delivers a pot roast with a deep rich onion flavor. If you like French onion soup you will love this pot roast. I did not add in any root vegetables as is common with many pot roast recipes, but you can certainly add them if you like.

French Onion Pot Roast

I love a good pot roast and this recipe delivers a pot roast with a deep rich onion flavor. If you like French onion soup you will love this pot roast. I did not add in any root vegetables as is common with many pot roast recipes, but you can certainly add them if you like.

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Ingredients

3.5 hours
6-8 servings
  1. 3 lbchuck roast
  2. Salt and pepper to taste
  3. 3 Tbspoil
  4. 3 Tbspbutter
  5. 2 lbsthinly sliced sweet onions (I used a combination of yellow, white and Vidalia)
  6. 1/2 tspsugar
  7. 6whole garlic cloves
  8. 1 TbspWorcestershire sauce
  9. 1 Tbspbalsamic vinegar
  10. 2bay leaves
  11. 1/2 cupred wine
  12. 4 cupshomemade beef stock
  13. 10 sprigsfresh thyme
  14. 2 Tbspcorn starch dissolved in 2 Tbsp water or beef stock
  15. Garnish with chopped green onions

Cooking Instructions

3.5 hours
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325°F. Season heavily all 4 sides of the roast with salt and pepper. Add oil to a dutch oven and heat on high. Sear all 4 sides. Remove to a plate.

  2. 2

    Reduce heat to medium, add onions and sugar. Cook for 10 minutes while occasionally stirring. Add garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and balsamic vinegar and cook for another 10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Place bay leaves on top of onions and then place the roast on top of the bay leaves. Add wine, thyme, and the beef stock. Cover the dutch oven and place in the 325°F oven. Cook for three hours.

  4. 4

    After 3 hours check the meat for doneness. The meat should fall apart easily. Remove meat to a platter. Remove and discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs.

  5. 5

    Bring the dutch oven to a boil for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in 2 Tbsp of corn starch solution. If you want it thicker, add additional corn stock solution.

  6. 6

    I served the pot roast over mashed potatoes. Ladle the onion sauce over the pot roast and potatoes. Garnish with chopped green onions. Enjoy!

  7. 7

    Note: any leftover sauce makes for a great French onion soup.

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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