Chuck Roast after cooking from frozen in instant pot. Ready to be sliced or pulled.
Roasts are AMAZING. For the last 10 years we have sold out of steaks immediately and ground before that, lots of times the Halley's have Roasts on the menu for most of the year.
I think of them as a workhorse for every day cooking, more economical than a steak, easy to cook and easy to remake as left overs into all sorts of other dishes.
Most importantly roasts save time over the course of the week as you Cook once--Eat twice.
AND since you are not grilling over a hot flame, the meat is healthier—much healthier as frying animal fat releases free radicals.
Here are the things I have learned about cooking them through trial and error.
#1 Thawing is overrated. Cook times are longer but it this method saves tons of mental energy. Less planning, less space eaten up in your fridge thawing out. Be impulsive and put that big roast in the pot and go!
#2 Use an instant pot or oven to cook your frozen Roast.
In an instant pot a 4-5 lb frozen roasts takes 2-2.5 hours. What about the timing of the instant pot? Can I start it at lunch time to have it for dinner. YES. I do this ALL the time. My roasts sit in the instant pot for hours on warm after they are done, but I usually make instant pot roasts into pulled beef for bbq or carnitas. The slow release of the pressure makes the meat even more tender.
If you don’t have an instant pot, you can still cook the frozen roast!
Cook it in the oven! In 4 hours you can cook a 4-5 lb roast in the oven from FROZEN. For a detailed description of how to cook from frozen in the oven--which I have done also with good results check out this link How to Cook A Frozen Roast.
You can even cook fancy Rib Roasts in from frozen in the oven--check this video out
#3 Make fresh veggies to go with your roast. The crisp beans or broccoli go super well with roasted meat. One pot meals from the oven or instant pot just don’t cut it if you like the taste and feel of fresh food.
#4 Be brave and make a quick sauce from the cooking liquid. This is the step that makes your cooking rise to the next level and it’s so easy—Really, it took me a few years, but once I started doing this—my opinion of roasts changed completely. I’ll be posting a video of my version of sauce making soon.
Well friends, that’s it for now. My take on cooking roasts. It is truly easy, healthy and efficient to use this cut of meat and worth the cost.
GO to our web store to purchase or reserve SWF roasts. Until next time, be well and enjoy life and thanks for being here with us, Amy
