Simple Pot Roast

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2002

SERVES6 to 8

TIME4½ to 5 hours

Simple Pot Roast

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A good pot roast recipe should transform a cut of meat into a tender, rich, flavorful main course by means of a slow, moist cooking process called braising. For our best pot roast recipe, we browned the roast on all sides, then added onion,...

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