Timing help needed

[mjd]

I am making a pot roast for tomorrow's dinner. I usually use potatoes that can hold up with 8 hours in the Crock-pot but all I have on hand is russets.

At what point in the cooking cycle should I add the potatoes? Or should I boil/bake the potatoes separately?

I plan to add the onion in the beginning and the carrots and celery at about hour 6 or 7. Thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[TastyReuben]

I just checked a recipe online, and it suggested adding them (and the carrots) when you have about an hour to 90 minutes to go before the meat is finished.

This is what I found:

Slow Cooker Pot Roast - Cooking Classy

 

[Morning Glory]

What else is in the pot roast besides veg mjd?

 

[mjd]

What else is in the pot roast besides veg mjd?

I usually add cream of mushroom soup, seasoning salt, garlic, onion, carrots and potatoes. I'm thinking of making biscuits for the gravy but wonder if that's too much start with the potatoes.

What do you add to your pot roasts?

 

[Morning Glory]

I usually add cream of mushroom soup, seasoning salt, garlic, onion, carrots and potatoes. I'm thinking of making biscuits for the gravy but wonder if that's too much start with the potatoes.

What do you add to your pot roasts?

I meant what was the protein/meat?

 

[TastyReuben]

I meant what was the protein/meat?

I'm going to guess it's beef, like a chuck roast. Hereabouts, pot roast always means beef.

Now watch, she's going to say swordfish!

 

[Morning Glory]

Maybe there is a cultural language thing? Here a pot roast can mean all kinds of meat, chicken, game might be at the centre of it. So one could have pot roasted chicken, for example.

 

[mjd]

I meant what was the protein/meat?

TastyReuben is correct. It's a chuck roast.

 

[mjd]

Maybe there is a cultural language thing? Here a pot roast can mean all kinds of meat, chicken, game might be at the centre of it. So one could have pot roasted chicken, for example.

I never thought about that before but we do make "roasted chicken" or "roasted pork", etc.. So, now I wonder why beef gets top billing for "pot roast". Hmm. ;-)

 

[TastyReuben]

Maybe there is a cultural language thing? Here a pot roast can mean all kinds of meat, chicken, game might be at the centre of it. So one could have pot roasted chicken, for example.

Yes, it's a cultural thing. Pot roast always means beef. That's the default. Everything else, we'd usually specify the meat by name, like "roast pork," or "roast(ed) chicken."

I never thought about that before but we do make "roasted chicken" or "roasted pork", etc.. So, now I wonder why beef gets top billing for "pot roast". Hmm. ;-)

Maybe because we roast more beef than the others. Just guessing. At home, we raised beef and chicken, and when Mom made a chicken, it was almost always for soup or stew or to be fried. She rarely roasted and served a roast chicken.

Pot roast...we had that a lot.

 

[mjd]

I just checked a recipe online, and it suggested adding them (and the carrots) when you have about an hour to 90 minutes to go before the meat is finished.

This is what I found:

Slow Cooker Pot Roast - Cooking Classy

Sorry for so many questions. I just printed the recipe and she says to add the veggies on top of the roast for the whole cooking time. Maybe it's because I'm tired but I didn't see anything about adding the veggies later.

 

[TastyReuben]

Sorry for so many questions. I just printed the recipe and she says to add the veggies on top of the roast for the whole cooking time. Maybe it's because I'm tired but I didn't see anything about adding the veggies later.

It's not you, it's me...

I linked the wrong recipe. Same blog, different recipe. Here's the right one:

Classic Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots - Cooking Classy

 

[mjd]

It's not you, it's me...

I linked the wrong recipe. Same blog, different recipe. Here's the right one:

Classic Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots - Cooking Classy

Thanks! I had a concussion last year and sometimes I forget things so I never know if it's one of my brain fogs. LOL

I've made pot roast many times but have never been thrilled with the veggies which is why I'm looking for something else.

That recipe is made in the oven with adding the veggies at the 1.5 hour mark. So, I'm thinking it would be about 4 hours for the Crock-pot on LOW. What do you think?

 

[TastyReuben]

Thanks! I had a concussion last year and sometimes I forget things so I never know if it's one of my brain fogs. LOL

I've made pot roast many times but have never been thrilled with the veggies which is why I'm looking for something else.

That recipe is made in the oven with adding the veggies at the 1.5 hour mark. So, I'm thinking it would be about 4 hours for the Crock-pot on LOW. What do you think?

I think that would be ok, but I'd just keep an eye on it. I think I low on a crockpot is about 200F. One good thing about a crockpot, it takes a while to overcook something. Maybe 4-5 hours on low?

 

[mjd]

I think that would be ok, but I'd just keep an eye on it. I think I low on a crockpot is about 200F. One good thing about a crockpot, it takes a while to overcook something. Maybe 4-5 hours on low?

Sounds good. Thanks for being so helpful!