Recipe #6: Slow Cooked Roast Beef & Sauce Options

Serves 6

3 lb beef bottom round roast
1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper
Sauce (options below)

Rub a well-trimmed 3 lb beef bottom round roast with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.

Choose a sauce from the options below and mix the ingredients in a bowl.

Pour half the sauce into the slow cooker.

Add the roast and top with the remaining sauce.

Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours or until meat is very tender.

Remove meat to cutting board.

Skim the fat off the top of the sauce.

Slice the meat against the grain and serve with the sauce.

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Slow Cooker Sauces

Italian sauce
1 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup dry red wine or water
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried basil

Chinese sauce
1 cup bottled stir-fry sauce
1/4 cup orange juice
Chopped white part of 4 scallions
1 tablespoon of grated fresh ginger
2 teaspoons minced garlic

Mexican sauce
2 cups of  bottled salsa
4 ounce can chopped green chiles
6 ounce can of tomato paste
1/2 cup water
11/4 ounce  package taco seasoning  mix

Swedish sauce
10 ounce can of  condensed cream of mushroom soup
2.2 ounce beefy mushroom-onion soup mix
1 teaspoon dried dillweed