Yankee Pot Roast Recipe: Slow Cooker

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	53%	37%
fat	1%	2%
aromatics	19%	13%
salt	0%	0%
thickener	1%	0%
vegetables and beans	85%	47%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.8	0.8

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

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1814 g	4 pounds beef chuck roast (boneless)
6 g	1 teaspoon salt
2 g	1 teaspoon black pepper
14 g	1 tablespoon olive oil
960 g	4 cups beef broth
33 g	2 tablespoons tomato paste
12 g	4 cloves garlic (Peeled and minced (use fresh, not already chopped in the jar type))
32 g	2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
6 g	1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 g	1 bay leaf (small bay leaf about 2 inches long)
	rosemary
1134 g	2.5 pounds Red Potatoes
300 g	2 onions (medium-sized, skins removed and cut in half)
160 g	4 celery ( large thick stalks cut into 3-inch pieces)
244 g	4 carrots (large carrots, peeled and cut into 4-inch long chunks)
16 g	2 tablespoons cornstarch
	salt and pepper (to taste)

Method: 19 steps, published by intentionalhospitality.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Linda Sloan — 01/09/2026 @ 9:57 am Reply I prefer a good rump roast. My butcher leaves a good fat cap on it. I also make slits in the roast and insert slivers of garlic. Then roll the roast in seasoned flour. I always add paprika (a browning agent, a bit of Ko” — a cook

“I prefer a good rump roast. My butcher leaves a good fat cap on it. I also make slits in the roast and insert slivers of garlic. Then roll the roast in seasoned flour. I always add paprika (a browning agent, a bit of Kosher salt, but no pepper as I am alle” — a cook, 4.0★