Pot Roast with onions, carrots, potatoes and gravy
- Begin with a 3-5 lb arm roast (can be bigger or smaller). Season the roast with seasoned flour and dried onions until well coated.
- Sear in ¼ inch hot oil in a covered pan (electric skillet is the best) until you have a crust on both sides.
- Turn down heat to a simmer and sprinkle a package of onion soup on top of the roast.
- Add onions, carrots, and potatoes (for the number of people you want to serve), and ½ cup or so of water.
- Let simmer for 4 hours or more.
- Remove potatoes and mash (leave 3-4 un-mashed for stew) with ¼ cup of butter and milk/cream to the desired consistency.
- Make gravy from the drippings with 2-4 T. of flour and water to the desired consistency.
- Serve onions and carrots in a dish together, the mashed potatoes and gravy in separate dishes. Slice the roast as thin as possible. And Walla! You have a great American traditional dish!!
With the leftovers, if you saved a few potatoes, you can cut them, the onions, carrots, meat, and add the gravy altogether and 1-2 cups of beef bouillon for the best stew, too.
Make sure you have some bread for dunking.