Good roast

[Turbo3000]

I cook a roast in the slow cooker about every two weeks. I usually do a mix of beef broth and french onion soup mix. I also usually eat it using A-1 or some other sauce.

Tried a new thing last night.

Place the following into crock pot:
1 cup coffee
1/2 cup water
1-1 1/2 cup beef broth
1 onion cut in half
1 tomato cut in half
1 can of roasted tomatoes
1 carrot
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms
1/2 pack of french onion soup mix
2 clove garlic whole
1-2 tsb of Texas pete (more if you like)
White and black pepper
salt
paprika

I mixed all of the above in the crock pot and let it stew for about 30-45 minutes.

Heat a skillet with olive oil in it and brown both sides of your roast, should take about 3 minutes.

Then place your roast in the crock pot with all the goodness.

I cooked it on low for 12 hours.

Best roast I have ever made, and it was super tender and flavorful. I didn't have to add any sauce. Served it over white rice.

[Bouncer]

umm, coffee?

[Shibby]

Yea, what does the coffee do or taste like in the mix?

[Turbo3000]

Yea, what does the coffee do or taste like in the mix?

I couldn't taste any strong coffee flavor in my meat. My friend said he added it to his a few weeks ago, I told him it sounded crazy. I did find on the net where some people make a gravy with the coffee, but they use 6+ cups in their roast mixture. I just needed some more liquid and wanted to use something with flavor instead of water or more broth. Next week I am going to use 2 cups of coffee if I can find a cheap coffee maker by then, mine was leaking and it pissed me off last night so I tossed it.

I measure by sight also, so I kinda estimate the amount of everything I added. It really wouldn't matter though, after 12 hours of cooking it will taste yummy yummy no matter what.

[Shibby]

If you want to get the best flavor out of the coffee, just add the appropriate amount of boiling water to coffee and let it sit for 4 minutes, then pour it through a filter.

[FitnessBrat]

Sounds really good. I've seen coffee used like this before - even Coke.

[Turbo3000]

Sounds really good. I've seen coffee used like this before - even Coke.

Yeah, my mom use to do that with a ham. Good stuff....