Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 2.5 – 3lbs beef chuck roast 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil or blended olive/ canola oil 2 medium onions, chopped/large dice 1/2 cup red cooking wine 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika 4 garlic cloves, minced 6 medium carrots, peeled 6 celery stalks 4 cups low sodium beef broth 4 small red potatoes, quartered 1 bunch flat leaf parsley
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Directions: |
Directions:1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 2. In a large Dutch oven or pressure cooker, heat oil over medium high heat, add beef and cook; browning beef on all sides approximately 3-5 minutes on each side. Once beef is browned remove and set aside. 3. Add one chopped onion to pot, cook over medium heat until onion begins to soften and brown. 4. Add wine to pot, deglaze by scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of pan. Reduce the wine by half. 5. Stir in the smoked paprika and minced garlic, cook 1 minute. 6. Chop two carrots and two celery stalks into large chunks and add to pot. 7. Add the seared beef and the beef broth. 8. *Dutch Oven Method: Bring pot to boil, transfer to oven for approximately 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until beef is tender and shreds apart using two forks. 9. *Pressure Cooker Method: Attach lid, cook at 15 PSI for one hour with natural release. Check for tenderness, if needed, cook for another 20 minutes at 15 PSI. 10. Once tender remove beef from pot into a large bowl. 11. Remove cooked vegetables and discard. Spoon off fat from top of sauce or use fat separator to remove excess fat. 12. Bring sauce to a boil, reduce to a hard simmer. 13. Quarter remaining carrots and celery by cutting in half, and then in half again lengthwise. 14. Add quartered carrots and celery, quartered potatoes and remaining chopped onion to sauce. Simmer until soft, approximately 15-20 minutes. Remove vegetables and cover to keep warm. 15. While the vegetables cook, shred beef with two forks removing fat and gristle. 16. Add beef to sauce to reheat. 17. Serve beef with potatoes, carrots and celery. Garnish with chopped parsley. NOTE: Choice of cooking vessel. |