Slow Cooker Roast Beef

🧂 Ingredients

• 5-6 lb sirloin tip roast

  or your favorite cut of beef.
• 4 stalks celery

  chopped
• 2 cups carrots

  chopped
• 1 large onion

  chopped
• 6 cloves garlic

  minced
• 4 cups beef broth
• 3/4 cup Guinness beer
• 3/4 cup red wine
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3-4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 large bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2-4 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

• 1 Salt and pepper the roast. Heat olive oil in a large skillet, sear roast on all
  sides. Place into the slow cooker.
• 2 If no oil is left in frying pan add 2 additional tablespoons of olive oil or
  butter. Whisk in the flour and cook until browned. Deglaze with the red wine,
  whisking under there are no lumps of flour. Stir in the tomato paste, beer,
  Worcestershire sauce and beef broth.
• 3 Add the onions, garlic, celery, carrots, thyme and bay leaves on top of the
  roast.
• 4 Pour the cooked broth over the roast and vegetables. Cover and cook until
  tender. Approximately 5 hours on high or 8 hours on low setting.
• 5 If necessary thicken the gravy to desired consistency. Transfer the broth to
  cooking pot. Using a jar, make a slurry of 1 tablespoon of flour and 1/4 cup of
  flour. Shake well to make sure there are no lumps. Heat the broth on the stove
  top to boiling. While constantly whisking, gradually add the flour slurry
  mixture a bit at a time until you achieve the desired consistency. Reduce heat
  and cook for a few more minutes to thicken.
• 6 Slice roast beef and serve with the delicious gravy.

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