Mother's Bavarian Pot Roast

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 lbs chuck roast or 5 lbs rump roast or 5 lbs sirloin tip roast
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon vinegar, apple cider
• 1 cup water
• 12 ounces beer
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 2/3 cup yellow onion, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• flour (to dust meat and to thicken gravy as needed)
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 dust the meat with flour, salt and pepper. brown the meat on all sides in the oil in a dutch oven or any large pot.
• 2 combine the remaining ingredients and pour over the meat, cover and simmer for 3 hours or until tender. if you have the luxury to let it simmer for 6-8 hours, even better.
• 3 thicken the gravy with flour.
• 4 sliced mushrooms may be added to gravy.
• 5 i is nice served over wide egg noodles.