This easy beef and mushroom gravy pot roast recipe is tender hearty comfort food. Serve pot roast and gravy over rice, egg noodles, or with Mashed Potatoes .
Dairy Free Creamy Pot Roast and Mushroom Gravy
This pot roast with gravy is gluten and dairy free but you would never believe it with the amazing creamy mushroom sauce.
As a professional chef, I have cooked pot roast and gravy over rice for many clients. They are astonished that there's no cream or butter.
Blend half of the sauce before serving for a creamier mushroom gravy sauce. If you want a chunkier texture than don't blend any of the sauce.
Use Chuck Roast For Beef Pot Roast
Chuck roast is a perfect cut for braised beef dishes like pot roast with mushroom gravy.
Chuck roast is a tough cut, but is extremely tender when cooked for a long time at a low heat.
Cooking Pot Roast with Mushroom Gravy
This mushroom gravy pot roast recipe is easy to make on the stovetop and/or oven. Having said that, it can be made even easier by throwing it all in a crockpot or instant pot and walking away.
Any of these methods create a moist and tasty pot roast, but I prefer the stovetop/oven method when there is more time.
What's the difference? Crockpots take longer but have less initial work. They also don't reduce the liquid and don't concentrate the flavors as well as the stovetop or oven method.
Searing the chuck roast for this beef roast recipe is optional for the crockpot or instantpot. I would just skip this step for additional convenience.
What Is Braising?
Braising is intimidating at first but becomes an easy routine once you know how to do it.
Braising is basically: sear meat, bring all ingredients to a boil on the stovetop, cover and simmer for ~ 2 - 3 hours or cover and put in an oven ~300F for ~ 2 - 3 hours or until meat is tender.
This beef roast with mushroom sauce recipe is extremely tender due to cooking it at a low heat for a long period of time.
Things In My Kitchen:
- Ninja Blender - I have a Vitamix but have used this as my clients homes and think it's a great value for the price.
- Vitamix Blender - the ultimate but also very spendy.
- Food Processor - If you don't want another kitchen gadget, just stick with your food processor.
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Beef Pot Roast with Mushroom Gravy
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This easy & savory beef pot roast with mushroom gravy recipe is hearty comfort food. Serve it over rice or with Mashed Potatoes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
- Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Yield: 5
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Crockpot / Instapot / Braised
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 2 ½ lb beef chuck roast
- 1 ½ tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1 lb cremini or button mushrooms, sliced
- 8 sprigs thyme
- 4 cups beef broth
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- Let roast sit at room temperature 30 minutes before cooking. Pat dry with paper towels and generously salt and pepper.
- Bring a large oven proof stock pot or dutch oven to medium high heat and add enough vegetable oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pot. Sear beef on both sides ~4- 6 minutes per side or until deep brown. Transfer the meat to a plate.
- If there is a lot of fat left in the pan, remove some. You need just enough to cook the onions in. Conversely, if there is no fat, then you will need to add a little oil.
- Reduce the pot to medium heat and add the onions.
- Cook covered, stirring occasionally ~ 3-5 minutes or until onions are beginning to get soft.
- Add mushrooms and cook ~ 7-9 minutes or until tender and liquid has evaporated.
- Nestle the roast and any juices from the plate in between the mushrooms and onions and add remaining ingredients. The roast does not need to be covered by liquid but nearly so.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and transfer to the oven.
- Cook 1 ½ hours. Remove and flip the meat (wear an apron!). Cook an additional 1 - 1 ½ hours or until meat is fork tender.
- Remove the meat to a cutting board and tent. Remove thyme stems. Skim fat off the top of the liquid with a ladle if needed.
- Transfer 2 cups ( ~ half ) of the sauce to a blender
or food processor
and puree. Add puree back to the stockpot and stir.
- Slice meat and place on a platter and drizzle the gravy over the top and / or set some gravy aside to pass around the table.
- Add salt to taste.
or 
and puree. Add puree back to the stockpot and stir. Notes
- If using a crockpot
- throw all ingredients in a 6 qt crockpot, mix, turn on low for 8 hours.
- If your oven runs cooler than most (i.e. - the pot should have be simmering at 300F), then increase the oven temperature to 325.
- throw all ingredients in a 6 qt crockpot, mix, turn on low for 8 hours.Serving Suggestion
Serve this Pot Roast with Mushroom Gravy with these complementary side dishes to round out your meal:
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