Crock Pot Roast

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 210.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	46%	26%
fat	4%	2%
aromatics	0%	12%
sweetener	1%	0%
salt	0%	0%
thickener	1%	0%
vegetables and beans	123%	32%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.8	0.8

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1588 g	3-4 lb. Chuck Roast (see notes for other cut options)
15 g	2 tablespoons flour
54 g	4 tablespoons olive oil
9 g	2 teaspoons brown sugar
6 g	1 teaspoon EACH: salt, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, paprika
1 g	1/2 teaspoon black pepper
240 g	1 cup chicken broth
480 g	2 cups beef broth
4 g	1 beef bouillon cube (or 1 tsp better than bouillon)
5 g	1 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
3 g	1 teaspoon garlic powder
5 g	1 teaspoon low sodium soy sauce (can sub Worcestershire)
1021 g	2 1/4 lbs. baby potatoes (see notes)
907 g	2 lbs. whole carrots (cut into halves or thirds.)
29 g	3 tablespoons corn starch + 3 tablespoons cold water
	2-3 drops Kitchen Bouquet browning and seasoning sauce (optional: gives it a darker color)
14 g	1 Tablespoon cold unsalted butter

Method: 12 steps, published by thecozycook.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“This is the recipe of my dreams. It's the one I come back to again and again when I want melt-in-my-mouth beef with luscious gravy. I grew up eating "roast in the crockpot" with a canned cream soup and a packet of onion soup mix. It's good, it's nostalgic, but” — a cook, 5★

“Thank you! What a great pot roast! This will be my *go to* from here on out! I was worried about the chili powder - didn't want my roast to taste like chili - and it doesn't at all. The spices were perfection! We added green beans at the end but otherwise fol” — a cook, 5★