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These past few weeks it’s been hot; high 80’s but with 473% humidity. Love Pittsburgh but man this weather is just foul! So needless to say, turning on the oven was not an option. However on the way home from work on a Friday I bought the most gorgeous Eye of Round roast. I mean it was beautiful – that is, beautiful as far as raw meat goes. LOL
When I got up Saturday around 8am and saw the outside thermometer was already pushing 75F, oven cooking was not happening in my house. Thus I turned to my best friend in the kitchen… my awesome crockpot (well one of the 9 that I have). Yes, I have 9 of ’em.. don’t judge me. *bats her baby blues*
Since I wanted to have a great gravy with it and for me gravy has to be thick otherwise it’s just dipping au jus. So I dredged that baby in some seasoned flour and pan seared all sides until they were all caramel brown. Next I plopped this caramel beauty into the crock, added the rest of the stuff and went about my day. 8 hours later the smell coming from my kitchen was just intoxicating. I mean you wouldn’t need a dinner bell for this! Just taking the lid off and they will come!
Folks what came out of that crockpot was pure heaven! Typically the eye of round is a tough piece of meat due it being so lean. However this was anything but tough. No knife needed. Just you, a plate and a fork.
Take a moment and drool. It’s okay, I’ll wait.
THIS was the BEST roast I have ever, EVER had in my life. I mean EVER!
Remember me telling you how I pan seared the sides before putting it in the crock? LOOK how awesome this came out after cooking for 8 hours! Still retained that gorgeous color and flavor!
This sliced up beautifully! It didn’t fall apart like a normal roast does when you cook it in the crock pot. This kept it’s form but was oh-so-tender!
And the gravy..
Oh dear sweet Jesus that gravy!
Hands down BEST gravy I have ever made and tasted!
Seriously.. absolute BEST!
Literally my mouth is watering right now staring at these pictures as ‘flavor flashbacks’ are hitting me hard and I want this NOW!
drooling…
dear GOD this was so good!
yep… still drooling!
Crock Pot Eye of Round with Mushroom & Onion Gravy
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Ingredients
- 1 – 10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 – 10 oz. can low sodium beef broth
- 1/4 cup dried minced onion
- 1/8 cup beef bouillon powder
- 1 1/16 tsp onion powder
- 1/8 tsp crushed celery seed
- 1/8 tsp sugar
- 2 Tbl fresh minced garlic
- 1 Tbl Worcestershire sauce
- 3lb Eye of Round Roast
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 Tbl extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 2 Tbl corn starch
- 3 Tbl milk
Instructions
- In a bowl combine the mushroom soup with beef broth,minced onion, beef bouillon, onion powder, crushed celery seed, sugar, fresh garlic and Worcestershire sauce.
- Mix until combined and set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together flour with salt and black pepper.
- Dredge the roast in the flour/black pepper mixture.
- In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the oil
- When the oil begins to ripple, carefully add in the roast and pan sear about 5-6 minutes per side, or until all sides are caramel colored.
- Transfer the roast to the slow cooker, top with mushrooms and slowly pour the soup mixture over top.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours or until the roast is tender.
- Remove the roast from the crock pot and place on a plate.
- Transfer the sauce from the crockpot into a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- In a small container mix together the milk and cornstarch to make a slurry.
- Once the mixture starts to boil, pour in the slurry and whisk until thickened.
- Remove from heat and ladle over sliced eye of round.
I made this in my Ninja Foodi tonight (one pot from beginning to end), and let me tell you, this is absolutely fantastic! The meat was moist and flavorful even without the gravy. That gravy though. *insert drooling* Oh. Mylanta. Great bold flavors without detracting from the beefiness of the dish. Honestly, this is going into my fall/winter rotation as a regular. I served it with Parmesan roasted green beans and garlic mashed potatoes. We will be having this again!
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This was super tasty. However, the meat still shredded and wouldn’t slice. Any ideas where I went wrong? I didn’t try to slice until 8 hours. This happens to me always with this cut of super lean meat. . . . I do want to say again how delicious the sauce was and I loved the mushrooms. I actually doubled up the ingredients when I shopped because I want to make a similar sauce with pork chops!
Made this last night for dinner. It was so tender and delicious! Whole family loved it! Paired it with rice and buttered leeks.
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Thank you so much Ankimo!
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OMG I made this last night (with a few tweaks) and it was amazing!! Hubs loved it, and he knows that I am not usually very good with cooking meat. The first thing I did was make the sauce the night before and refrigerated it overnight. In the morning, I browned my roast like the recipe says, but then I took a full bag of Trader Joes frozen Mushroom Medley and sautéed them in the pan with the oil left from the meat browning. I put the roast in the crockpot, put the sautéed mushrooms on top and gently poured the sauce over top. I warmed the sauce up in microwave for about 2 mins first. Let it cook on low for 8 full hours. No need to thicken the sauce as it was delicious just like it was. My roast was just over 2 pounds but I did not reduce the ingredient amounts. The only other thing I did different was to not add the salt to the flour and pepper. I felt the soup and broth had enough salt in them already. It was tender and the gravy/sauce was amazing! Thanks for the recipe! Will definitely be doing this one again and again!
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Oh I love your tweaks Marcia!!! That sounds amazing! I’m so happy you and your hubby loved it! I always make a double batch of this as we devour almost a whole one and never have leftovers!
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Made this today and it was absolutely beautiful! My husband thought it was definitely a keeper. Looking forward to trying more of your yummy recipes on your website.
Was really great. I added petite potatoes and onion halved. One thing: a little too salty in the otherwise wonderful gravy.
Leave all salt out of the prep and cooking.
My husband found your recipe and we made it the next day. We followed it to the T and it was absolutely perfect. I would not change a thing and thanks for a beautiful dish. Well Done….
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Thank you so much Glen & Julia! That means so much to me!
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My husband found your recipe and we made it the next day. We followed it to the T and it was absolutely perfect. I would not change a thing and thanks for a beautiful dish. Well Done….
Tried this tonight with a eye of round roast I had in the freezer a while. It came out delicious! So tender and wonderful! I will definitely make this again–thank you for sharing!
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