Country Chuck Roast With Onion Gravy

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 lbs chuck roast
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• salt and pepper (this is for the roast)
• 1 large onion, peeled and whole
• 5 cups water
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 rub the salt, pepper, and brown sugar into all the sides of the roast.
• 2 place the meat and the whole onion into an roasting pan.
• 3 roast in a 450°f oven for 15 minutes, flip the roast over and roast for an additional 15 minutes.
• 4 whisk together the water, flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.
• 5 pour the flour mixture into the roasting pan and reduce the oven heat to 350°f and roast for 2 hours or roast for 3 hours at 300°f, flipping the roast over once at the midpoint of the cooking time.
• 6 cover the pan if the meat looks like it is drying out.
• 7 chop the onion into the gravy before serving.