Manly Roast Beef

Welcome to another Man Monday!

It’s getting colder. In fact, it was 28 degrees over the weekend. Our dog saw snow for the first time and he had a similar reaction to snow as I usually do – he put one paw in, wondered whether or not it was worth the trouble, and stepped back inside. Why am I ranting about this? Well, smarty-pants, for one: it’s my blog. Two, cold weather means less grill.

With that in mind, today I present to you a roast. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to grill a roast… so I’ve resorted to more indoor manly recipes. Besides, what speaks “man” more than a 4 lb chunk of beef being shoved in a crock-pot with potatoes and carrots, then served with hearty-gravy?

Ingredients:

• 3-4 lb Rump Roast (or something similar)
• your favorite dry rub (here is an easy one…)
• 1 1/2 tablespoon paprika
• 1/2 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 6 cups water
• 3/4 cup of salt
• 2 clove garlic
• 2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 2 cups carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped

Directions:

1. Put your water in your crock-pot and dissolve the salt (yes, all of it, trust me) in the water. Turn heat to high.
2. Dry rub your roast all over. Get a skillet nice and hot and sear all sides of the roast. You’re just going to dump it in some water anyway, so I don’t know if this is really necessary. I’m no scientist, but I swear it tastes better in the end… *ahem* moving on!
3. Add your roast to the salty water mixture and drop in your two garlic cloves whole. Cook on high for approximately 2 -2 1/2 hours. If you want a medium roast, the center temperature of the meat should be around 145 degrees. I screwed up and waited till it was 145° before turning the crock-pot off…by the time we served the meat, the center temperature was closer to 160 (a little over-done for my taste). So, word to the wise, take it out of the crock-pot a good 10° prior to your desired temperature! If you don’t have a meat thermometer, uh, just cook it till it’s done! 🙂
4. Unless you want your carrots and potatoes SUPER salty, do not add it to the crock-pot! Not that I know this by experience or anything *shudders*. You’ll have to boil those separate.
5. Let your roast rest a good 10 minutes or so before hacking away. Just when your impatient self is about to explode with hunger, go ahead and cut it up and enjoy.

I hope you like the roast. If you don’t, well, have fun grilling in the snow… let me know how that goes.

-Zach

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