Old Fashioned Pot Roast

3 Tablespoons olive oil, divided
Kosher Salt
35 pound chuck roast
2 onions, peeled and cut in half
810 carrots
pepper
2 cups beef stock
34 rosemary sprigs
23 thyme sprigs

Preheat oven to 275°.

Heat a large pot or Dutch Oven over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, and let it get really hot. Generously salt and pepper the chuck roast on both sides and around the edges. Place the roast in the hot oil, allowing it to sear for about one minute per side. Remove to a platter. Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the hot pan; add onions and carrots. Cook for a few minutes until vegetables are browned on both sides. Removed to a plate.

With the burner on high, add the beef stock to the pan and whisk constantly to deglaze and loosen all the little bits from the bottom of the pan. Place the meat back into the pot. Place the onions (cut side up) and carrots in the pot on top of, and around, the meat. Make sure the beef stock comes about halfway up the sides of the meat. You may need to add another 1/2 cup or so. Place the rosemary and thyme into the juice to make sure the flavors distribute well.

Now, cover the pot and place in oven for 3 to 5 hours depending on the size of the roast: 3 pound roast = three hours; a 4 pound roast = four hours; 5 pound roast = five hours.

Do not disturb the roast during the cooking time. Leave the oven closed, and the lid on. When the cooking time is over, check to make sure the meat is done. A fork should go into the meat very easily, and the meat should be very tender.

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