Souper Pot Roast

Total Time: 53 hrs Preparation Time: 48 hrs Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 -5 lbs chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can old fashioned tomato-rice condensed soup
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can water
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons vinegar or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 carrots, sliced

Recipe

• 1 brown roast in shortening - use a large covered roasting pan.
• 2 combine remaining ingredients and pour over browned roast.
• 3 cover and bring to a simmer.
• 4 place in 300°f oven for 3-1/2 hours.
• 5 turn meat after 1-1/2 hours.
• 6 remove roast, cool and wrap in aluminum foil - refrigerate.
• 7 remove bay leaf from gravy and strain through a fine sieve - refrigerate.
• 8 next day unwrap the roast and put in a covered roasting pan.
• 9 pour gravy over roast.
• 10 heat at 300°f for 1 hour.
• 11 great with mashed potatoes or wide egg noodles.