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German Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe – Mutti's Rinderschmorbraten
This slow cooker pot roast recipe is easy to put together first thing in the morning - you can even get it ready the night before. Tastes like a traditional German roast with gravy! Wunderbar!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 9 hr
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 to 3½ pounds (1.4 to 1.6 kg) beef roast
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) salt or seasoning salt
- ¼ teaspoon (1 g) pepper
- 1 onion, cut into chunks (150 g)
- 3 - 4 carrots, peeled, cut into chunks (300 - 400 g)
- 4 - 6 potatoes, cut into chunks (optional) (400 - 600 g)
- 1 celery stalk, cut into chunks (75 g)
- 1 cup (240 ml) beef broth
- 3 tablespoons (24 g) cornstarch
Instructions
- 1
Rub all sides of meat with salt and pepper.
- 2
Put all vegetables into bottom of slow cooker. Pour broth over vegetables.
- 3
Put seasoned meat on top of vegetables.
- 4
Cover and cook on LOW 8 to 9 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender.
- 5
Remove meat and vegetables. Pour liquid from slow cooker into saucepan and bring to simmer.
- 6
Dissolve cornstarch in ¼ cup water and slowly stir just enough into liquid until thickened.
- 7
Season gravy with salt and pepper as needed. Serve with meat and vegetables.