Apple-Flavored Pot Roast

This tender roast with apple, garlic, potatoes, and carrots is a comforting one-pot meal that's perfect for the colder months.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 792 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 dash soy sauce
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
• 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 (3 pound) boneless beef chuck roast
• 3 baking potatoes, peeled and diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

Place beef in a roasting pan or large casserole dish. Fill the dish with about 1/2 inch of water, then stir in apple juice concentrate. Sprinkle soy sauce over the top of beef. Make several small slits in the roast and stuff pieces of garlic into them; season with onion soup mix. Cover with aluminum foil or a lid.

Step 3

Bake for 2 hours in the preheated oven, then remove from the oven and add carrots and potatoes. Cover again, and continue to cook for an additional 2 hours, or until roast is fork tender.