Trailer Trash Pot Roast

Photo from Sticky Gooey
Creamy Chewy

This was a recipe that felt like it came straight out of the 70's from a single mom with very little cash. 

Main two ingredients coke and chili sauce are odd ingredients for cooking and even odder to be together. Together, though, they made one helluva pot roast. I'll admit I was surprised. 

I put this expensive roast (pot roast used to be so inexpensive. A 3 lb roast cost me $40. We may forgo pot roast for a bit.) in the slow cooker. I know the recipe says put it in the oven, but I didn't want to babysit it. It worked perfect. 7.5 hours on low and it turned out tender as anything. 

I served this with mashed potatoes. It's unusual that I serve pot roast with mashed potatoes, but I had leftover taters from Turkey Day, it just made sense. 

Trailer Trash Pot Roast

Recipe from Stickygooeycreamychewy.com

Serves 6

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 3-4 pound beef chuck roast
• Salt and pepper for seasoning roast
• 1 can Coca Cola (classic Coke)
• 1 packet Lipton Onion Soup mix
• 1 bottle Heinz Chili Sauce
• 2 medium onions, peeled and quartered
• 4 carrots, scrubbed and roughly chopped into 1 to 2-inch chunks

Preheat oven to 300 F.

Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season roast with salt and pepper and sear the meat until browned on both sides, about a minute or two per side. Remove from heat.

Stir Coke and onion soup mix together in a bowl. Whisk in chili sauce.

Pour Coke mixture over the chuck roast, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Cover and bake for 1 hour.

Add the onions and carrots to the roast, cover and continue baking for another 2-3 hours, until meat and vegetables are fork tender.

Serve with mashed potatoes, hot buttered egg noodles or a big old loaf of crusty bread to sop up the sauce.

Enjoy!