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Chuckwagon Crockpot Roast

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Course: Entrée
Bean type: Pinto Bean
Collection: Crockpot Cooking
Servings: 8
Calories: 406kcal
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Ingredients

  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 2 pound boneless chuck roast
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 pound (2 cups) dry pinto beans
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 large chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder or dry or fresh minced garlic
  • 1 10.5-ounce can beef broth
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup catsup or chili sauce or barbecue sauce
  • 1 pound baby carrots

Instructions

Crockpot Method: The Night Before

  • Combine salt, pepper and paprika in a cup. Sprinkle, then rub half on each side of the roast. Cover in a refrigerator container or seal in a gallon plastic bag. Refrigerate.
  • In a large pot, heat 6 cups water to boiling. Sort and rinse dry beans. Add beans and simmer for 10 minutes on the stove top.
  • Pour beans and hot liquid into crockpot. Cook on low overnight, 7-10 hours.

Crockpot Method: The Next Morning

  • Heat a large, heavy pot or frying pan, add oil and brown the roast to a deep brown. Remove roast from pot onto a plate.
  • Sauté onion and garlic 3 to 5 minutes in same pan. Add beef broth, water and catsup. Heat and stir 2 to 3 minutes, scraping browned bits from bottom of pan.
  • Add onion-broth mixture and carrots to the crockpot. Stir to combine with beans.
  • Gently place the roast into the mixture, spooning sauce over the roast.
  • Cook on low 4-9 hours, warm 2-4 hours.
  • Serve roast on a platter surrounded by beans and carrots.

Alternate Method

  • Complete steps 1-5 the night before. Refrigerate meat and onion-broth mixture.
  • Complete steps 6-8 the next morning.

Nutrition

Calories: 406kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 12g | Sodium: 675mg | Potassium: 1024mg | Fiber: 12g | Calcium: 95mg