Cranberry Pot Roast by Michelle

  4.4 – 13 reviews  • Pot Roast Recipes

For a weeknight dinner, using up leftover ham is easy with this one-pot dish. It is creamy, cozy, and simple.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Additional Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  2. 1 (3 pound) boneless beef chuck roast
  3. 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce
  4. 1 (16 ounce) can cranberry sauce
  5. 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
  6. 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
  7. 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  8. ¼ cup red wine

Instructions

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place beef chuck roast into the skillet and sear until browned on each side. Remove from heat and set aside. Combine tomato sauce, cranberry sauce, horseradish, mustard, cider vinegar, and red wine in a large pot or dutch oven and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Place roast into the pot and cover. Reduce heat to low and simmer until beef is tender, 2 to 3 hours, basting and turning roast occasionally.
  2. Place roast on a large platter. Cover the meat with two layers of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, increase heat to medium-high and allow the sauce to reduce to desired consistency. Slice the roast and serve with sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 552 kcal
Carbohydrate 24 g
Cholesterol 123 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 30 g
Saturated Fat 14 g
Sodium 430 mg
Sugars 16 g
Fat 36 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Tina Taylor
Had to tear myself away!
Teresa Smith
This is a keeper. I had read a couple of the reviews that said it probably could use onion. I added a packet of Lipton onion soup mix and I didn’t have tomato paste. So I used diced tomatoes (drained). I think it gave it some texture. I also doubled the horseradish. When I saw this recipe, it didn’t register that this is a jazzed up version of Catalina Chicken that we make all the time.
Julia Grant
This was an interesting recipe. I made it with baked sweet potatoes, finished with cinnamon and brown sugar, which was an excellent side that complimented the sweetness of the cranberry sauce. I’m not generally a huge fan of pot roast, but it was definitely different. The only change I would recommend is to make the sauce and use it for something else. It would go really well with turkey, or even as a finishing glaze for smoked spare ribs.
Anthony Becker
Only used 1 8-oz can of tomato sauce. It was a delicious meal over rice.
Amy Lucero
I had high hopes for this recipe as we love cranberry sauce. I really couldn’t taste the cranberry – there was way to much tomato sauce to allow the cranberry and horseradish flavors to shine. There was a ton of sauce / gravy which I ended up tossing out. It needs onion for sure, maybe even dry onion soup mix.
Emma Wang
This is a good, easy recipe. I used a can of whole berry cranberry sauce, and would have liked more horseradish for the kick it could give, because I almost couldn’t taste it. I’m not sure that I would call this a “go-to” recipe for my next roast, but it was tasty.
Brandi Cooper
My daughter loved the gravy. I thought it was good but unbalanced. Maybe a pinch of salt on the meat before browning may help.
Judy Freeman
I love this. It is sooooo tasty!
Virginia Walker
I also threw in some leftover seafood cocktail sauce to use it up since it’s basically tomato sauce and horseradish.
Angela Butler
Wonderful! I’ve been trying to find a pot roast recipe that both my husband and I love and this is it! Not too sweet, not too acidic. I followed the recipe exactly.
Michael Cummings
Too flavorful, moist and tender to be so easy to prepare! And the sauce is incredible. I’m saving some for burgers on the grill. Thank you!
David Cook
Flavor okay but couldn’t really taste the cranberry. Alright but nothing special. Maybe adding an onion would help?
Caitlin Morris
I made this today using a slow cooker and it was wonderful! I browned the beef first and then followed the recipe except that I added half of a fairly large onion. I deglazed the pan which got the sauce ingredients warm to go into the slow cooker and preserved all the wonderful caramelized beef flavor. Cooked it on low for six hours and served with mashed potatoes and cooked carrots. I didn’t thicken the broth but you could if you wanted to. It was a really good dinner and I am looking forward to the leftovers tomorrow! Thanks for a great recipe!

 

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