Description
A warm and easy dinner featuring tender beef chuck roast and flavorful garlic butter sauce, cooked slowly to perfection.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2.5 lbs beef chuck roast, cut into large chunks
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil (for searing, optional)
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped (plus more for garnish)
- 2 lbs baby Yukon Gold potatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup low-sodium beef broth
- 1 medium onion, sliced (optional)
- 1 cup carrots, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Pat the beef dry and season with salt and black pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet if you choose to sear the meat.
- Sear beef chunks 2 to 3 minutes per side until browned, in batches.
- Place halved potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add seared beef on top of the potatoes.
- Scatter sliced onion and chopped carrots over the beef if using.
- Melt butter in a small bowl and stir in minced garlic, Italian herbs, red pepper flakes, and chopped parsley.
- Pour beef broth evenly over the beef and potatoes.
- Drizzle the garlic butter sauce over everything and toss gently to coat.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 420 to 480 minutes or on HIGH for 240 to 300 minutes.
- Check that the beef is fork tender and the potatoes are soft but not mushy.
- Taste and adjust salt and pepper as needed.
- If the sauce is thin, let the slow cooker sit uncovered for 15 minutes or mash a couple of potatoes into the liquid to thicken.
- Transfer the beef and potatoes to a platter and spoon extra sauce over them.
- Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve warm.
Notes
This dish is excellent warmed up with crusty bread or a simple green salad.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 420 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 40g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
Keywords: slow cooker, beef, potatoes, garlic butter, comfort food, family dinner