Country Style Pot Roast

From a Lipton Recipe Secrets newsletter.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 -3 1⁄2 lbs boneless beef roast (rump, chuck or round)
• 1 1⁄4 ounces  Lipton Recipe Secrets onion soup mix
• 2 1⁄2 cups water
• 4  medium potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 lbs.)
• 4  carrots, sliced
• 2 -4  tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions

1. In Dutch oven or 6-quart saucepot, brown roast over medium-high heat. Add Lipton ® Recipe Secrets ® Onion Soup Mix blended with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered, turning roast occasionally, 2 hours.
2. Add vegetables and cook an additional 30 minutes or until vegetables and roast are tender; remove roast and vegetables.
3. For gravy, blend remaining 1/2 cup water with flour; stir into Dutch oven. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes.
4. SLOW COOKER METHOD: In slow cooker, add vegetables, then roast. Add Soup Mix blended with 2 cups water. Cook covered on LOW 8 to 10 hours or HIGH 4 to 6 hours or until roast is tender. Remove roast and vegetables to serving platter. Blend remaining 1/2 cup water with flour and stir into juices in slow cooker. Cook covered on HIGH 15 minutes or until thickened.
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6. Also terrific with Lipton ® Recipe Secrets ® Onion Mushroom Soup Mix or Lipton ® Recipe Secrets ® Beefy Onion Soup Mix.