Makes 4-6 servings.
Approximate cooking time: 5-7 hours
Ingredients
- 3 lb beef chuck roast
- 1 Tbs sea salt (optional)
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 onions, quartered
- 4 carrots, quartered
- 1 celery stalk, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 cups water
- 1 small cabbage, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Sprinkle meat with sea salt (optional) and black pepper.
- Place onions, carrots, and celery into crockpot.
- Top with meat.
- Add bay leaf and water.
- Cover pot and cook on low 5-7 hours, or until meat is tender.
- Add cabbage wedges at any point during cooking (earlier if softer texture is desired, or add near the end if you prefer them to be less cooked).
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10 Comments
Kelly
Very yummy. My Mom liked this recipe, and even told my Dad about the dinner I made. The only thing I would do differently next time is add more carrots, and only use 1 onion. I also forgot to add the cabbage :( I’m sure it would have been even more awesome with the cabbage. This is a great crock pot recipe that you can just let sit, and slowly cook all day until dinner time.
Kim
I made this as my first paleo recipe, since hubby is a big meat eater and wanted it to go over well with him. Boy did it! He LOVES it! I’ve made it 5x so far and he still loves this one the best I think.Thanks for sharing it. I too forgot the cabbage one time but it tastes just as good with or without.
RaquelVA
I am not sure what I did wrong? After 7 hours the meet was still raw… left it for about 5 more hours and though the meet was cooked, it was flavorless and just not good at all. After reading the reviews I was excited to prepare this dinner for the hubby… but I ended up having to make that day, my Flex day!
Neely
@RaquelVA – This is going to sound like a really dumb question, but are you sure you turned the crock pot on? I’ve honestly left my house for the day without turning mine on, only to come home to a room temperature roast. If not, you may want to make sure your crock pot works or get a different one. I don’t know how after 7 hours it wouldn’t have cooked.
RaquelVA
@Neely: Yes, I turned it on… Put it on low for 3:pm, at 10pm when i came home (busy day) the meat was still raw, not a room temprarature per se – a little dark on the outside, but still very raw in the inside. I left it all through the night and at about 3:30 am I woke up to the smell… I went down to try it… not good at all. @_@ and the cabbage was brown from the meat >_<… the next day i had to throw away the cabbage and vegetables… shread the meat, cut some cilantro, make some hot sauce and use it for making tacos… SO FAR, all the recipies i have gotten here have been good, not sure what went wrong with this one… do the crack pots not all give the same temperature when you put it in low??
Neely
@RaquelVA – That is SO weird! I’d think that the temps would be sort of standardized on those things. I really don’t know what to tell you. It seems like other people are having luck with it. Was it only a 2 lb roast that you got or was it bigger than that? Maybe try a different crock pot recipe and see if the same thing happens. If it does, you can probably assume it’s your crock pot.
jll3j
How much is in one serving in this recipe? Also what temp do I set the crock pot on all day?
nwolff
Even if it’s an old post, here’s another dumb question for RaquelVA. Did the roast start frozen or thawed? I assume it’s supposed to start thawed, and I’m glad I check these recipes the day before!
greatguin
After 7 hours the crock was full of liquid from the meat. The meat was gray and so dry it was inedible. Very disappointing. We couldn’t eat it. Not sure what I did wrong I followed the recipe. I guess I’ll make tacos from the leftovers like the previous poster.
r5bales
Crock Pots are very different, but the rule of thumb I have seen is that high is about 350, the low is about 300. If you keep the water/steam sealed in, it braises well on low. A good process is to brown the outside, then seal the lid with aluminum foil, or set towels on the crock pot lid to keep the moisture in. Think low, slow and moist. The gray and dry is because it was overcooked.