The Chinese Pot Roast Recipe

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I found more recipes from my grandma's recipe binder. The pot roast recipe is easy to make. You can also cook it in a slow cooker. Here is a different recipe from the pot roast I've usually tried.

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Chinese Pot Roast

Ingredient - 1

• 4 lbs chuck roast
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1-1/2 tsp minced ginger root
• 1/4 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
• 1 tsp. salt

Ingredient -2

• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp sherry
• 1/4 cup soy sauce

Ingredients - 3

• 3 carrots, 3 potatoes, 1 onion, 1 stalk celery

Instruction

1. Combine ingredient - 1 and rub the roast with the ingredients.

2. Heat a large skillet, add 2 Tbsp oil, and brown the roast.

3. Combine ingredient - 2 and pour over the roast; let it stand for 30 minutes; turn it once.

4. Add 1-1/2 cup water in the skillet. Cover the skillet and let it simmer for 2 hours.

5. Cut the vegetables into serving pieces and add to the roast in the skillet. Let it simmer for 30 minutes or until the meat is tender.

Gravy:

1. To make the gravy, mix 2 - Tbsp cornstarch and 1/4 cup water and stir into the sauce left in the skillet.

Final Thoughts

I've made pot roast before, so I probably would use a pot or a slow cooker to cook the roast. You can cook pot roast by putting all the ingredients into a slow cooker and letting it cook slowly. Here is a recipe from my grandma's recipe binder.

Give it a try.