Roast is chewy

chrisncassie

UGH, so after this, I think I am officially giving up on cooking roasts!

I seared it in a pan, then put in a crock pot so it could cook all night.  Carrots on bottom, roast, then onions, garlic, etc.  Cream of mushroom, plenty of liquid.  I turned it on low, checked it last night when getting home, and its CHEWY!  UGH

MH says I should have put the crock on high first, then cut it down to low ...

Please help!  I don't want a chewy roast!

SamJuly05

What type, cut and size of meat did you use?  Also, what size is your crockpot?  Cheaper cuts of meat with more fat are better for the crockpot b/c they have more connective tissue that needs to be broken down, and have more fat to keep them moist.  Also, I have a large crockpot and have found that if I put in a small-ish roast for 8-10 hours on low it tends to dry out.  If that's the case, you can put the roast in a ceramic baking dish that it better, cover, and put the whole ceramic dish in the crock pot - this keeps it moist.

keljongib

Don't give up on cooking roasts! Roast is my hubby's favorite meal so over the past 3 yeas I have almost perfected how I cook it. It always works out for us to cook it during the day instead of at night, mostly because I don't like to re warm it up after its already cooked. The night before I want to cook it I usually go ahead and place the RAW (don't sear it!!) roast in the crock pot dish, add all of the also raw veggies and seasonings (I use 1 or 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup mixed with 1 packet of dry onion soup mix and about enough water to just barely cover the bottom of the crock pot). I then put that in the fridge overnight so that in the morning I just have to stick the dish into the crock pot base and turn it on low, and I let it cook all day (generally 6-8 hours). And not once have I had a bad tasting roast. Even with some cheap roast (really wanted roast but couldn't afford the really good kind!) the flavor is still good and the texture is wonderful! Hope that helps!