Slow Cooker French Pot Roast

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serves/makes:

ready in:
over 5 hrs

3 reviews

ingredients

4 pounds boneless round or chuck roast
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons oil
1 can condensed onion soup
1 green pepper, seeded and sliced
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cold water

directions

Trim excess fat from roast; rub beef well with flour; brown in oil in a large skillet or an electric slow cooker.

Place meat in slow cooker; pour onion soup over; cover cooker. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 5 hours, or until meat is tender when pierced with a two-tined fork.

Place green pepper rings on roast to steam during last 10 minutes of cooking. Remove meat and pepper rings to heated serving platter; keep hot while making gravy from juices. Turn heat to high.

Combine additional flour and the cold water in a cup to make a smooth paste. Stir into slow cooker; cover; cook 15 minutes; taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.

added by

maryw

crock pot notes

Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.

nutrition data

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reviews & comments

SweetSage1 REVIEW:
October 13, 2013

I omitted the green pepper and added small red potatoes and carrots instead. The onion soup made an incredible gravy.
Guest Foodie REVIEW:
October 12, 2010

Simple but very good.
jamesgc REVIEW:
June 12, 2009

This was wonderful. I substituted carrots for the green pepper rings for the last hour of cooking. James Cummings

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