easy beef pot roast

Ingredients

1 pc         chuck steak, tied, about 12 cmx18 cm

                dark soy sauce

2 tsp        garlic salt

1/2 tsp     oregano

1/2 tsp     ground cumin

1/8 tsp     paprika, smoked if you have it

4-8           medium washed potatoes

2 stalks    celery, cut into 5 cm lengths

3              fairly large carrots, each cut into 3 chunks

2              large onions, quartered

400 g        can of tomatoes in juice

                salt and pepper

1/2 tsp     salt

• coat inside of bowl of slowcooker with non stick spray and turn on low
• pat pot roast dry with a paper towel & rub with soy sauce
• in a bowl mix together all the other flavourings. Sprinkle them over the top half of the meat & then place it into the slow cooker
• arrange the veges around the meat & add the tomatoes & juice. Cook on low for 8 hours
• at the end of the cooking time, turn cooker to high. lift out the cooked meat & veges; keep warm
• thicken the liquid with potato starch or cornflour either in the slowcooker or in a little frypan. season to taste

>> contributed by yen