Ingredients

  • 4 lbs chuck roast
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 12 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 (3 ounce) packet Lipton Onion Soup Mix (just use one packet)
  • 4 celery ribs, chunked, with leaves
  • 3 cups carrots, peeled and chunked
  • 4 cups new potatoes, very small ones, halved
  • 2 medium onions, quartered
  • 34 cup parsnip, pared and sliced into coin-sized pieces
  • 1 cup rutabaga
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 1 tablespoon McCormick's Montreal Brand steak seasoning
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tablespoon Hungarian paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried herbs
  • 1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, with juice

Method

  • Let the meat sit on a rack in the fridge unwrapped over night.
  • Dust the meat with flour, and salt and brown in a screaming hot cast iron skillet just until it colors up on both sides, about 3 minutes on each side.
  • Remove and add to crock pot.
  • Deglaze the pan with 1 cup of water and add it to the crock pot.
  • Sprinkle Onion Soup Mix over the roast and turn crock pot on High.
  • Add remaining ingredients and anything else you like.
  • The longer you cook this the better it tastes.
  • 6 - 8 hours on low if you cook for 1 hour or so on high at first.
  • Best if cooked on high for an hour and then 8 - 10 hours on low.
  • Remove meat and veggies to a platter and tent with foil.
  • Turn the crock to high if you want to thicken the gravy.