Great Pot Roast

I was making a pot roast recently for a friend who was coming home from the hospital and I thought this would be a good recipe to share. This is a recipe I usually take to friends and family who are coming home from the hospital, to someone who has had a baby or if I am taking food to a family who has lost a loved one. This is a good comforting recipe, nothing fancy and very easy. You should have most of the ingredients on hand except for the pot roast seasoning. The meat and vegetables are all in one pot. All you need to add to it is a salad and some rolls and you are on your way.

2-3 pound chuck roast
5-6 potatoes, peeled and cut into fourths
2 onions, peeled and cut into sixths
6-7 carrots, peeled and cut in half then into halves again
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 envelope of McCormicks Rot Roast Seasoning

Wash your roast off with water and pat dry. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste on both sides of meat. Take about 1/3 cup of flour and cover one side of the meat with the flour. Take a large skillet and heat 1/4 cup of vegetable oil. When the oil is hot lay the floured side of the meat down into the oil. Now flour the other side of the meat while this side is getting brown. Just sear and brown each side of the meat.
Have a Dutch oven ready and waiting for your meat. In the Dutch oven put about 5-6 cups of water. Whisk in the mushroom soup and the envelope of pot roast seasoning. When the roast is brown and seared lay the roast into this mixture. You want the water to come to the top of the meat. It doesn't have to cover the meat but if it does it won't hurt it. Cover with heavy duty foil. Cook at 275 for 3-4 hours. Check meat after about 3 hours and see if tender if not let cook another hour. Before the meat is done. Prepare your vegetables. When the meat is tender add the vegetables around the meat in the Dutch oven. Put the foil back on the pan and let cook about 45 more minutes. Fresh mushrooms are also good in this pot roast. I add them with the vegetables. Not everyone likes mushrooms. So unless I know for sure that someone like mushrooms I don't add them. After the vegetables are tender your good to go. Meat, veggies and gravy in one pot. Believe me, they'll love it!

Just double this recipe for a large family. Two 2 or 3 pound chuck roasts will fit into the bottom of my Dutch oven. Then I use 2 cans of mushroom soup and 2 envelopes of seasoning and double the veggies.