Slow-Cooked Beef and Potatoes
Tender chuck roast slow-cooked with onions, potatoes, warm spices, honey, Dijon, and a festive pomegranate herb garnish.
4 hours
Serves 8
Medium
Instructions
- 1.Preheat the oven to 300F / 150C.
- 2.Put all the honey sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- 3.On medium heat, in a wide skillet pan, pour the olive oil and add the sliced onions.
- 4.Season with salt and pepper. Stir for 1 minute.
- 5.Add the garlic cloves. Stir and move the onions to the edges of the pan to make room for the beef.
- 6.Add the chuck roast in the middle and sear it from both sides for about 3 minutes, until it gets a nice golden brown color.
- 7.Add the potatoes around the beef. Pour the sauce on top of the beef and the potatoes.
- 8.Pour in the water to cover it all.
- 9.Cover with a lid and cook for 30 minutes on the stove on medium heat.
- 10.Transfer to the oven on 300F for 3 hours.
- 11.After every hour, check to see if the liquid covers the meat. If not, add water.
- 12.Garnish with chopped cilantro and pomegranate seeds.
Ingredients
- •3.5 pounds of chuck roast, liberally seasoned with sea salt and black pepper
- •4 tablespoons of olive oil
- •1 sweet onion, sliced
- •1 red onion, sliced
- •5 whole garlic cloves
- •10 small golden potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
- •6 cups of warm water, or enough to cover the beef
- Honey sauce ingredients
- •1/4 cup of olive oil
- •1.5 teaspoons of salt
- •1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
- •1 teaspoon of ras el hanout
- •1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika
- •1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin
- •1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- •1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
- •1 tablespoon of honey
- Garnish
- •Handful of chopped cilantro or parsley
- •1/4 cup of pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- 1.Preheat the oven to 300F / 150C.
- 2.Put all the honey sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- 3.On medium heat, in a wide skillet pan, pour the olive oil and add the sliced onions.
- 4.Season with salt and pepper. Stir for 1 minute.
- 5.Add the garlic cloves. Stir and move the onions to the edges of the pan to make room for the beef.
- 6.Add the chuck roast in the middle and sear it from both sides for about 3 minutes, until it gets a nice golden brown color.
- 7.Add the potatoes around the beef. Pour the sauce on top of the beef and the potatoes.
- 8.Pour in the water to cover it all.
- 9.Cover with a lid and cook for 30 minutes on the stove on medium heat.
- 10.Transfer to the oven on 300F for 3 hours.
- 11.After every hour, check to see if the liquid covers the meat. If not, add water.
- 12.Garnish with chopped cilantro and pomegranate seeds.
