Coca-Cola 7 Bone Pot Roast

My family loves pot roasts, but we love our gingersnap pot roast recipe so much we rarely ever try a new recipe. My local grocery store was having an awesome sale on 7 bone roasts. I'd never used one before so I googled recipe's using one. I looked through a ton and my eye caught on this one. It was easy and we loved it. The gravy is SOOO good. I will definitely make it again!

Prep Time- 30 mins
Cook Time- 2 hours, 10 mins
Total Time- 2 hours and 40 mins

Ingredients:
*1 (3-4 lb) beef 7-bone roast (or other chuck roast)
*Kosher salt and pepper
*1 T olive oil
*1 lb baby red (creamer) potatoes, scrubbed, skins on
*8 oz button mushrooms, cleaned (we omitted these since I am the only one in my family that likes them)
*1/2 lb baby carrots, peeled (they usually come already peeled for you- doesn't get easier than that!)
*1 onion, very thinly sliced
*1 cup Coca-Cola (or other cola, just NOT diet), at room temp (I didn't read and used a whole can)
*1 cup tomatoe sauce (canned or homemade) (I used Hearty Healthy traditional Preggo)
*1 packet dry onion soup mix (Lipton makes a good one)
*1 T sweet hungarian paprika (this was hard to find, had to get it at a specialty grocery store. This isn't
          your normal paprika. It's sweeter which I think did wonders for the flavor)
*2 tsp dried oregano, crushed
*1 tsp garlic powder

1. Prepare 9 x 13 baking pan by lining it with foil. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Sprinkle roast liberally with salt and pepper. Heat a skillet until hot. Add olive oil and quickly sear roast on all sides.

3. Place seared roast in baking pan. Surround with potatoes, mushrooms, and carrots in an even layer. Spread sliced onions evenly over top of meat and veggies.

4. In medium bowl, mix cola, tomatoe sauce, onion soup mix, paprika, oregano, and garlic powder. Pour evenly over meat and veggies. Cover tightly with foil.

5. Roast for 2 hours. Remove from oven and let rest about 15 minutes. Carve meat and serve with veggies and pan gravy.

(You could use a slow cooker for this too, cooking on low setting for 6-8 hours).


We served this with Pillsbury Grands Buscuits. It was great left over as well as a pot roast sandwich!

Hope you enjoy!

Roast after I seared it on both sides

the seasonings I used

Place Roast in center of pan and place potatoes and carrots all around it. Then layer the thin onions evenly over top.

the seasonings, cola and tomato sauce in a bowl before I mixed it.

Pour mixture evenly over top.

Cover with foil and bake. Here is the picture after baking for 2 hours.

I placed half the meat on a platter and surrounded it with veggies and gravy to make it easier to serve table side. Serve with bread. YUM

This is a great, affordable Baking Dish... And better yet, it's made in the USA!