Pot Roast Of Beef

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 4 -5 lbs beef brisket
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 (2 ounce) package lipton onion soup mix
• 4 -5 potatoes, cut up (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mix first four ingredients and pat into the surface of brisket.
• 2 melt butter in a dutch oven and put in the meat and brown it thoroughly on all sides.
• 3 when the meat is a dark rich brown, put a rack under it so that it will not stick. discard fat.
• 4 add 1/2 cup water or tomato juice and the pkge. of onion soup.
• 5 put on the cover, lower the heat and cook very slowly until the meat is fork tender, about 3-4 hours.
• 6 add a little liquid from time to time as it cooks away, but never have the liquid more than one inch deep.
• 7 one hour before the pot roast is done, add potatoes.