Mother's Best Ever Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 -3 lbs chuck or 2 -3 lbs rump roast
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 -1 1/2 cup mushroom, sliced
• 3 russet potatoes
• 1 cup flour
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon pepper
• 1 onion
• 3 tablespoons oil (i prefer grapeseed)
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 chop onion and put in bottom of crock pot with water and turn pot on low.
• 2 mix flour, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a large ziploc freezer bag.
• 3 put roast in bag and toss until outside of roast is completely covered with a light layer of flour mixture.
• 4 heat oil in a pan large enough for roast (i usually use a wok).
• 5 brown roast on all sides in the pan.
• 6 after browning, empty excess oil into crock and keep roast in pan.
• 7 chop garlic into slices.
• 8 make incisions in the roast and put garlic in the slices with fingers.
• 9 add roast to crock pot.
• 10 add mushrooms on sides and top of roast.
• 11 after 4 or 5 hours, skin and chop potatoes and add to crock pot.
• 12 cook until potatoes are soft and roast is tender enough to pull apart with a fork (usually 1-2 more hours).
• 13 salt and pepper to taste.