Mom's Best Pot Roast

Twenty years old and from the newspaper

• Ready In: 3 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4  lbs  center cut  chuck steaks or 4  lbs  chuck, cubes
• 3  large carrots (cut in two inch pieces)
• 1 (16 ounce) can stewed tomatoes or 8  ounces tomato paste
• 1 (6 ounce) can green beans
• 1  medium  chopped onion
• 1  tablespoon  minced garlic
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 3  tablespoons flour
• 1  bay leaf
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pepper

Directions

1. Salt and pepper meat; rub with flour.
2. Saute onion and garlic in oil until translucent.
3. Add meat and brown on all sides, about 15 minutes.
4. Add 1 cup boiling water and other ingredients.
5. Cook over low heat, tightly covered with aluminum foil, in dutch oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or crockpot on low setting for 6 hours.
6. Oven - baste twice during cooking, turning once.
7. Remove meat and vegetables; spoon off fat; leave 4-6 tbsp drippings in pan to make gravy.
8. Discard bay leave; reserve meat and vegetables.
9. To make gravy add 4-6 tbsp flour added bit by bit to desired thickness.
10. Pour over meat and vegetables.