Best Beef Chuck Roast Recipe (2024)

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My Beef Chuck Roast Recipe is the perfect Sunday Supper dish. It’s easy to prep, cooks all in one pot with carrots and potatoes, and braises low and slow in the oven until it’s fall-apart tender. Set up this delicious Sunday Roast in minutes at the start of the day, and enjoy a beautiful pot roast for dinner!

Beef Chuck Roast

There is nothing like smelling this delicious beef chuck recipe cooking all day long, then sitting down to enjoy it with the family.

Let me tell you, this is the best Sunday pot roast recipe I have ever made. It is so flavorful, moist, and fall-apart tender. Every bite literally melts in your mouth!

This dish is perfect for enjoying with your family or even for feeding a crowd. It’s a beautiful dinner during the week, as Sunday dinner ideas, and on busy days and special occasions.

I love this recipe and guarantee you will, too. It’s one of our most popular dishes for a reason! My other favorite comfort food dishes are my slow cooker short ribs and my quesabirria tacos.

We made this recipe and it was awesome! I am not usually a fan of roasts but it was fall apart tender and so moist. Will make again!

Jessica on Pinterest

Chuck Roast Ingredients

• boneless beef chuck roast
• unsalted butter
• vegetable oil
• large yellow onion peeled and cut into large wedges
• garlic cloves peeled
• whole carrots
• celery stalks cut into large pieces
• potatoes cut into large pieces
• fresh rosemary dried rosemary
• bay leaves
• tomato paste
• red wine
• beef stock
• salt and pepper to taste

Chuck roast is one of the most inexpensive cuts of beef, but braise it low and slow, and it melts in your mouth and is so tender.

This is what makes Angus chuck roast the best meat for pot roast. They’re budget-friendly and perfectly sized for feeding larger families with leftovers to spare.

Chuck Roast Recipe Seasoning

Pot roast seasoning is best kept simple. All you need is salt and pepper! Pat the beef dry and give it a generous seasoning on all sides. If you want to add more flavor, try my roast beef seasoning or rosemary salt seasoning.

How to Cook Beef Chuck Roast

1. Preheat oven to 350˚F. Season the beef on all sides with salt and pepper. You want to give it a good coating of seasoning for the best flavor.
   
2. In a large Dutch oven, place the butter and vegetable oil over medium high heat. Once hot and the butter is melted, add the seasoned beef and sear until golden brown on all sides. Remove to a plate and set aside.
   
3. Toss together the onion, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, rosemary in the pan. Allow to cook, stirring occasionally, until browned. Stir in the tomato paste and continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes.
   
4. Deglaze the pan with the red wine, scraping up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan, and continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes.
   
5. Place the seared beef back in the pan and top with the beef stock and add bay leaves.
   
6. Cover and transfer to the preheated oven. Cook until the beef is tender and shreds easily, about 4 hours. Note that all oven times vary, so yours may cook more quickly. Check at the 3 hour mark using an instant read meat thermometer.
   
7. Season with more salt and pepper if needed. Remove the bay leaves before serving. Serve hot with desired sides.

Beef Chuck Roast Recipe Tips

• Leave the beef to reach room temperature before cooking. I always recommend you allow your beef to come to room temperature before cooking it so it can cook evenly and beautifully. It will take about 2 hours to come to room temperature.
• Even if you think it’s too much, generously season the beef!Trust us, for that beautiful browned exterior, you want plenty of salt and pepper.
• Scrape up the brown bits from the bottom of the pot.When you deglaze the pot with red wine, make sure to scrape up those brown bits at the bottom. That’s flavor!
• Use whole carrots so they don’t get mushy. If you use carrot slices, they will cook too long and get mushy. No one likes mushy carrots!
• Use Yukon Gold or russet potatoes for this recipe. They’re hearty enough to cook along with the beef without getting mushy.
• This dish is perfect over mashed potatoes. The delicious beef gravy seeping into creamy mashed potatoes is a beautiful thing. My family won’t have it served any other way!

Made it for a nice family dinner with my in laws and my MIL asked for the recipe because it was so good! If that’s not a sign of a good recipe, I don’t know what is

@mwinner6

Chuck Roast Recipes FAQs

Cooking Time for Recipe for Chuck Roast

All oven times vary. Because of this, I recommend using a meat thermometer to check the temperature of your roast periodically throughout the cooking process. Your roast may cook more quickly than mine! Check the temp and tenderness at the 3-hour mark. You may find it’s cooked through and shredded easily early.

Beef Chuck Roast Internal Temperature

Your pot roast should reach an internal temperature of at least 195°. I recommend cooking the beef until it is fall-apart tender.

How long to cook chuck roast in the oven at 350˚F: Cook a 4 lb. cut of beef low and slow for over 4 hours. This gives it plenty of time to soak in all the wonderful flavors and become completely moist and fork-tender.

Check out our Chart to cook this Sunday Roast to perfection.

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Sunday Pot Roast Vegetables

You can add a whole variety of different veggies to this recipe! I like to add:

• Potatoes
• Onions (white or yellow work best)
• Carrots
• Celery

Not only do the vegetables taste amazing, but it’s a great way to make your side dishes at the same time as the main course. One-pot meals are so convenient.

If you want to elevate your dining experience, this beef tenderloin recipe is amazing!

Best Chuck Roast Recipes

Try more of our Best Beef Chuck Roast Recipes!

• Slow Cooker Beef Roast: Feed a crowd deliciously with the perfect comfort food. Set and forget this delicious chuck tender roast recipe on low heat for eight hours, then enjoy an incredible fall-apart meal and tender vegetables in an abundance of flavorful gravy.
• Instant Pot Pot Roast: The BEST hearty Winter comfort food – easy to prepare and makes a great holiday meal!
• Sirloin Tip Roast: If you have yet to try this dish, you’re going to want to run to get the ingredients for it. It’s delicious, juicy, fork-tender, and so flavorful.
• Mississippi Pot Roast: You need five ingredients and a slow cooker, and you are all set to make this delicious dish. The ranch dressing, pepperoncini peppers, and au jus gravy add so much flavor.

If you are looking for the best pork chop recipe, my smothered pork chops are super easy to make and amazing!

What to do with Leftover Chuck Roast

• Steak Nachos: I love using leftovers to make this delicious recipe
• Roast Beef Sandwiches
• Creamy Penne Pasta with Beef

What to serve with Pot Roast

Please take a look at our recommendations for the best side dishes for beef! We have everything you need for a perfect dinner. My family’s favorites are:

• Creamy Mashed Potatoes
• Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
• Green Bean Almondine
• Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto
• Roast Beef Rub Recipe
• Try serving toasted sprouted bread, dinner rolls, or garlic bread. Kids especially enjoy it with buttered egg noodles and apple sauce.

Try my Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Potatoes and Carrots next!

Reader Reviews

The easiest, best tasting pot roast ever in my 40 years of trying….. 👍♥

Diane on Pinterest

Made this for dinner last night it was so good. I think it was the best chuck roast I have ever made, so tender.

Brenda

This recipe was AMAZING! It was a huge hit!

Meredith

Absolutely incredible. One of the best pot roasts I’ve had.

Linda

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