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Roast And Potatoes

Quick and Easy Pot Roast

I was in the refrigerator the other day and realized that I needed to cook my pot roast that day or freeze it. I can't stand to freeze roast. It never tastes quite as well when you cook it after it has been frozen. It was late in the day and I didn't have time to cook it in the clay cooker, so I decided to try something new. I came up with this recipe and loved the outcome. Recipe is a little spicer the second day, especially with the potatoes.

Course Main Course
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 6
Author Tracy

Ingredients

  • 2 - 2.5 lb. pot roast
  • 2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 2 tsp. onion powder
  • 2 tsp. thyme
  • 2 tsp. basil
  • 1 tsp. smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp. pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 6 medium baking potatoes (washed, peeled and cut into pieces)
  • 1 oven bag
  • 3 carrots (washed, peeled and cut into pieces) - optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.

  2. Wash, peel and cut your potatoes into pieces. (Can also add carrots if you want. If you add carrots, reduce the number of potatoes to 3 to make sure everything fits in the oven bag.)

  3. Mix garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, basil, smoked paprika, pepper, salt and water together in bowl and put aside.

  4. Place opened oven bag in a 13x9-inch baking pan or dish.

  5. Place roast and vegetables into bag and pour seasoning/water mix over the roast and potatoes.

  6. Close bag loosely with nylon tie. Cut 4 small holes in top of bag to allow steam to escape.

  7. Bake in lower half of oven 1.5 hours. If your oven cooks fast, you may want to check sooner. Remove from oven. Let stand 5 minutes. For a larger roast, cook for 2 hours.

  8. Cut open bag. Spoon pan juices over roast and potatoes and serve.