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- Jan 14, 2005
Hi. DD14 LOVES her aunt's roast beef done in her slow cooker. So what do yous add to your roast in the slow cooker? And what kind of roast do yous use?
I use the kind with a stone crock and have heard that they differ from the other kind with a metal pan that sits on a heating element. I know that my roasts turn out differently than my older sister's & she uses the other kind.
That being said, I used to just use a bottom round roast or a bolar roast and pour a bit of Kitchen Bouquet or Gravy Master over it & then sprinkle with either an envelope of dry onion soup mix or granulated beef bouillon. I also put carrots in the bottom, then the roast & then potatoes because that's the order given for my pot by the manufacturer. Oh - and I'd add a cup of cold water (before the KB or GM) if the roast was going in frozen...again, per manufacturer.
In the past couple years however, we all decided we were a bit tired of it that way. I still use a bottom round roast, but I've been cooking it longer and then shredding it. We either eat it over mashed potatoes or as a sandwich on a hard roll with horseradish sauce. Yum!
So now I season it differently and would probably use the same things if I were making a regular "roast" as well. Now I always use water in it as I really want lots of broth.
2 c water
3 tsp granulated beef bouillon
3 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbl oregano
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp chili powder
½ tsp cardamom
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
a few drops of Liquid Smoke
2 Tbl seasoning salt (I use a "no salt" version)
ok what have i done wrong!! whenever i make the roast it falls apart!! we don't like it rare or med/rare but it can't be sliced nice?? it is more of a shredded roast. Is it that i overcooked, used too much water or wrong cut of beef! I want to throw my slow cooker in the garbage as this was my first experience using it.