Yankee Pot Roast
Yankee Pot Roast
Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2007
Meh. It’s pot roast. I liked the addition of parsnips to this, but I didn’t do any of the other interesting root veggies. Just onions, potatoes, carrots, and the parsnips. They are REALLY sweet when cooked, if you haven’t tried them before. If you roast them, they’re like candy.
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Yield: 8
Yankee Pot Roast
Root vegetables add a touch of sweetness to this savory stew. Yankee cooks traditionally add the vegetables partway through the cooking process, which helps keep them from breaking down.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 2 pounds boneless chuck roast, trimmed
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 4 cups fat-free, less-sodium beef broth
- 1 tablespoon whole-grain Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 ½ cups (1-inch) cubed peeled rutabaga (about 1 pound)
- 2 ½ cups (1-inch) cubed peeled parsnip (about 1 pound)
- 1 ½ cups (1-inch-thick) slices carrot (about 8 ounces)
- 2 cups (1-inch) cubed peeled baking potato (about 1 pound)
- Fresh thyme sprigs (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°.
- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add beef to pan, browning on all sides (about 8 minutes). Remove from pan. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until beginning to brown. Stir in broth, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Reduce heat; add mustard and next 5 ingredients (through bay leaves). Return roast to pan; bring to a simmer.
- Cover and bake at 300° for 1 1/2 hours. Stir in rutabaga, parsnip, and carrot. Bake, covered, 1 hour. Stir in potato; cover and bake 30 minutes or until roast and vegetables are very tender. Discard bay leaves. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.
Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 379Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 94mgSodium 868mgCarbohydrates 22gFiber 4gSugar 6gProtein 32g
