I prefer most of my low-carb vegetables steamed separately,
rather than cooking in a pot roast.
I use a recipe adapted from Sharon Billi's "Heavenly Beef" (which
originally called for more expensive eye round -- which IMO, is kind
of a waste of money for a pot roast or slow cooker).
The recipe can be either used as plain pot roast, or shred the cooked
meat by pulling apart with forks, and fry it in a skillet with some
butter and the BBQ sauce (the original recipe). Or if you cook it
until not-quite-tender so it's not falling apart, you can put the
meat on the grill or under the broiler with the BBQ sauce.
For the wine, I use either Blush Chablis-in-a-box or
White Zinfandel-in-a-box as my generic cooking wine.
I tried the recipe once with a burgundy that one would expect
to work with beef, but it came out much too sour.
for the pot roast:
2 1/2 to 4 pounds pot roast meat (shoulder roast, thick
chuck steak, rump roast cut into slabs, etc.)
one and a half cups white or blush wine
one and a half cups water
1/2 cup Worcestershire Sauce
1 small onion, coarsley chopped
Seasoned salt, to taste (I use about a teaspoon)
crushed garlic or garlic powder to taste
Pepper to taste
(if needed, additional water to cover)
Put everything into a large pot, bring to a boil, turn down to
low and simmer covered about 2 1/2 to 3 hours until fork-tender (or
however long one usually uses a crock pot).
Optional BBQ sauce
3/4 cup of liquid that roast was cooked in
6 oz can tomato paste, no added sugar
1 Tbsp Liquid Smoke flavoring
1 Tbsp dried onion flakes
1/4 cup Splenda granular (or 6 packets any sweetener)
1/2 stick butter (4 Tbsp)
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Mix everything in a small saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring
occasionally about 10 minutes.
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