This is one meal prep recipe you will want to make again and again: Beef Pot Roast! This recipe has so much flavor due to slow cooking seared beef with onions, potatoes, carrots, and spices. It's fall-apart tender! You can make this in either the slow cooker or a Dutch oven or roasting pan.
NOTES: We suggest using top round, bottom round, chuck blade/shoulder, or sirloin tip roast for a leaner cut.
Meal Prep Beef Pot Roast
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds lean beef roast
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. (6 cloves) garlic cloves, minced
1 cup red wine vinegar
2 cups beef broth
2 cups onion, chopped
1 1/2 lb. red potatoes, quartered
1 lb. whole carrots, chopped
2 sprigs fresh thyme
Roasting directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Season beef roast with salt and pepper and leave on counter for an hour to bring to room temperature.
Sear beef in a hot pan over medium-high heat (4 minutes per side) until browned all over. Set aside on a plate.
Add garlic to the hot pan, then red wine vinegar to deglaze the pan (scrape up browned bits with a spatula).
Add beef broth, roast, onion, potatoes, and carrots (in that order of layers).
Top with 2 sprigs of rosemary and roast at 350 for 3-3 1/2 hours.
Divide between meal prep containers and keep in fridge up to a week, or freezer up to a month.
Slow cooker directions:
Season beef roast with salt and pepper and leave on counter for an hour to bring to room temperature.
Sear beef in a hot pan over medium-high heat (4 minutes per side) until browned all over. Set aside on a plate.
Layer the bottom of your slow cooker with onions, then lay beef on top.
Add garlic, red wine, and beef broth (reduce to 1 cup) over top.
Add potatoes, carrots, and rosemary on top.
Cover tightly and cook on LOW for 8 hours (preferred) or HIGH for 4 hours.
Divide between meal prep containers and keep in fridge up to a week, or freezer up to a month.
Calories (per serving): 440kcal, Fat: 16.5g, Sat fat: 5.6g, Carbs: 30g, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 8g, Protein: 41g, Sodium: 638mg
