Recipe: Beer-Braised Beef Roast Dinner

This tasty one-pot recipe has lots of healthy veggies and hearty, rich flavors! This is a great one for preparing the ingredients ahead of time to save time when cooking. Just dice the meat and chop all the veggies and store in the refrigerator until ready to cook. It will make this delicious one-pot meal a snap to prepare - and it's also easy to adapt to the crockpot.

Beer-Braised Beef Roast Dinner In A Pot
(Serves 6-8.)

Ingredients:

Beef roast w/veggies. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

3 lb organic or grass-fed beef roast (chuck, blade, shoulder)
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 Tbsp cooking oil, divided
2 medium size onions, cut into thin wedges
2 medium red or yellow potatoes, cut into thin wedges
2 medium carrots, cut into long chunks
2 cups fresh green beans, stems removed
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup flour
1 cup beer
1 cup tomato juice
1 tsp dried crushed thyme

Directions:

• Season beef all over with salt and pepper.
• Get out a big heavy pot, add 1 tablespoon of the oil in, put pot over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, put the beef roast in and let brown completely on first side, then flip and let the second side brown completely. Don't flip it over and over again. Remove beef roast from pot to a plate and set aside.
• Put the other 1 tablespoon of oil in the pot and let it heat, then add in the onion, potatoes, carrots, and beans; cook, stirring, until veggies start to soften, then add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Sprinkle the flour in the pot and stir until the flour turns light yellow in color.
• Add the beer, tomato juice, and thyme, stir to combine and let come to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
• Set roast back into pot on top of veggies, cover, and simmer slowly on low heat for 2 to 3 hours or until beef roast falls apart when pierced with a fork. (You could also do this step in a crock pot - just put all ingredients in crockpot and cook on Low for about 6 hours.)
• Serve beef with all the veggies alongside. 

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Recipe: Slow Cooked Campfire Pot Roast In A Bag

Relax under the stars and let the delicious smells of this easy meal roasting on the coals stoke your appetite. Like a traditional pot roast, but more fun, the beef and vegetables will form their own rich gravy inside the foil pouch, and you'll dine like a gourmet no matter where you are! And if you just want to bring the campfire to your backyard, this one works great on a regular grill as well.

Slow Cooked Campfire Pot Roast In A Bag

Hot campfire (Photo credit: Murky1)

Ingredients:

1 pkg onion soup mix
1 cup water, heated
2 tsp flour
1 beef roast (3 lbs)
1 small onion, peeled in cut into quarters
3 carrots, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks
4 medium red potatoes, washed and each cut into quarters
2 stalks celery, cut into 2 inch chunks
salt and pepper to taste
Large heavy duty foil cooking bag

Directions:

1. Put the onion soup mix in a bowl and pour in the hot water, stirring until the soup mix dissolves; set aside.
2. Sprinkle the flour into the foil bag and shake around. Put the roast in the bag and shake it around to coat well.
3. Add all the veggies to the bag and shake again.
4. Pour the onion soup from the bowl into the foil bag. Add salt and pepper to the bag if you wish, but remember the soup mix has salt in it already.
5. Seal the bag tightly by folding it over several times.
6. Put the bag, open side facing up, on a grate over a campfire over medium coals or on a grill over medium heat.
7. Cook turning once or twice (keeping open side up) for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on the heat of the coals.
8. If you want you can use instead an 8" x 8" heavy duty aluminum foil cooking pan and just seal the pan with aluminum foil.

Video - Tips for a Tasty Holiday Beef Roast

If you're preparing a roast for the holiday festivities this year, this video will give you some quick tips for making a tasty, juicy, and tender roast. It will also show you some different options for choosing a cut of meat, a simple herb rub, and how to carve the roast when done. We always recommend organic beef - don't serve antibiotics and hormones to your family this holiday season! Look for the organic symbol, and purchase locally if you can - support your local farmers and the environment at the same time.

Beef roast for holiday cooking
How to prepare a wonderful beef roast for the holidays

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