Roast-crockpot-Help!

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FERRANTE

Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think of anything that sounds good.
Potatoes? Veggies?

Veggies but not another starch. I'd prefer an interesting tossed salad, in fact I'd make extra, then
the next day I'd add the cold roast beef and noodles to the remaining salad. I'd much rather add the
rare roast beef cold to the salad than risk turning it to shoe leather by reheating... dress with
ranch, with some prepared horseradish.

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I'm not a crockpot expert but you might try:

- brown the meat in a conventional pan first; it will improve the taste a great deal
- I don't think the quantity of water is critical. Try red wine instead of water for some additional
flavor. Or water with a bouillion cube or two.
- When the roast is cooked, you could probably just take the residual liquid from the pot and reduce
it and thicken it in a pan; season with s & p, thicken with flour or cornstarch dissolved in
water. No need for a jar of gravy.
- You could cook the roast with lots of root vegetables, like onions, carrots, parsnips, turnips,
celery root, etc. Cook the noodles in a regular pot and you'll have a complete meal with meat,
veggies, and pasta. Also good the next day.
- For a Chinese flavor, toss some sliced ginger root, several star anise, and some soy sauce into
the crock pot with the meat for a "red cooked" style dish. Serve with rice.
- Try this with lamb shanks or stew meat, or, better, goat.

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Quoted message said:

I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in it. The question is: how
much water should I add to it? A lady told two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

What I want to do is have beef and noodles. My plan is to cook the roast, but a couple jars of
Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done.
Is that the way it should be done? If not, how then?

Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think of anything that sounds
good. Potatoes? Veggies? Please help!

And thanks for doing so! Mark Anthony Ferrante Bachelor Cook

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Quoted message said:

I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in it. The question is: how
much water should I add to it? A lady told two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

I never add fluid - unless the roast is very, very lean, in which case I add a little olive oil. My
roasts always come out very moist, and very tender - when I was younger, and added water, it took a
very long time to cook, and was tough.

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FERRANTE said:

My plan is to cook the roast, but a couple jars of Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other brands
better??) and then mix it with the roast when done. Is that the way it should be done? If not,
how then?

Instead of adding any water to the roast, pour the beef gravy over the roas- NO water. As the roast
cooks, the juices will create a much better tasting gravy than "out of the jar". I like mushrooms of
any kind with beef roast. Proceed as planned. (G)

Connie
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Quoted message said:

I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in it. The question is: how
much water should I add to it? A lady told two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

No water is necessary or desirable. If you add 2 cups of water you will end up with more than 3 cups
of weak liquid and tough meat. I don't add anything except garlic salt and pepper (generously).
Liquids don't reduce in crockpots as they do in other cooking methods.

Charlie

One package French's Onion Soup and one glass of red wine, a bay leaf, a clove of garlic, a dash of
worcestershire sauce...perfection!

Biff

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Quoted message said:

I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in it. The question is: how
much water should I add to it? A lady told two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

I never add fluid - unless the roast is very, very lean, in which case I add a little olive oil.
My roasts always come out very moist, and very tender - when I was younger, and added water, it
took a very long time to cook, and was tough.

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Quoted message said:

I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in it. The question is: how
much water should I add to it? A lady told two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

What I want to do is have beef and noodles. My plan is to cook the roast, but a couple jars of
Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done.
Is that the way it should be done? If not, how then?

Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think of anything that sounds
good. Potatoes? Veggies? Please help!

And thanks for doing so! Mark Anthony Ferrante Bachelor Cook

Two cups water AND 2 jars of gravy will make you soup. Little water is needed in a crock pot. One
word of advise: Don't open the crock pot until its finished. When you open it, steam escapes and the
pot will need additional time to finish its cooking.

FERRANTE said:

I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in it. The question is: how much
water should I add to it? A lady told two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

What I want to do is have beef and noodles. My plan is to cook the roast, but a couple jars of
Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done.
Is that the way it should be done? If not, how then?

Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think of anything that sounds good.
Potatoes? Veggies? Please help!

And thanks for doing so! Mark Anthony Ferrante Bachelor Cook

Pot roast: Put roast in pot. Drizzle a bit of oil over it. Pour over it 1 pkg of dry onion soup.
Then pour 1 can of cream of mushroom soup 4-5 hours in pot with tight lid. Add some flour/water to
make a sauce after removing the roast Nummy, nummy

We precook potatoes in the microwave for 8 min and add them to the pot for the last half hour to
simulate roast potatos.

Julienne carrots cooked in microwave on high till the edges look shrivelled.

Dennis