Make this Oven Baked Chuck Roast Recipe with potatoes and carrots for a comforting winter meal. Cook it slow and low to make a tender chuck roast.
If you’re looking for another cozy dinner that feels fancy, but is actually easy, try this slow cooker beef stew or this slow cooker short ribs recipe.
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Quick Look: Oven Baked Chuck Roast Recipe
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 10 minutes
- 👩🍳 Cook Time: 10 minutes
- 🕖 Total Time: 20 minutes
- 🥩Servings: 6 servings
- ⚡️ Calories: 544 calories per serving (based on nutrition panel)
- 🔥 Cooking Method: Sear chuck roast, prepare broth and slow roast in oven
- 🛒 Main Ingredients: chuck roast, potatoes, and carrots
- ⭐️ Difficulty: Medium! If you’ve never made a roast, this is a great
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- Quick Look: Oven Baked Chuck Roast Recipe
- Roast this Easy Comforting meal In the oven
- Mad’s Expert Tips for the Best Chuck Roast in the Oven 🥩
- What kind of pan to use?
- Oven Baked Chuck Roast Recipe Ingredients
- What is a Chuck Roast?
- How to cook a chuck roast in the oven
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Storage and Reheating
- Recipe
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“Absolutely incredible. I’ve made many chuck roasts – it’s my husband’s favorite meal. Many recipes tried. This one doesn’t even compare to the others, I am never using a different recipe!”
Roast this Easy Comforting meal In the oven
This oven baked chuck roast recipe is the epitome of winter comfort food. Make it easily in your oven without a lot of hands-on effort.
The hearty meat with carrots and potatoes is a meal all on it’s own. I love a good one-pot meal, especially when all I have to do is brown a chuck roast and pop it in the oven.
This tender chuck roast recipe takes a bit of time to cook, but that’s what makes it so juicy and delicious. You won’t be upset by this one!
I like to prepare this roast on Sundays in the winter when football is on TV. I do my prep work and let it roast while I do the rest of my meal prep for the week.
Mad’s Expert Tips for the Best Chuck Roast in the Oven 🥩
- Get a nice crust on the roast while searing – allow the chuck roast to come to room temperature. Then, season very generously with a few teaspoons of salt and pepper. Allow oil to get very hot in the pan before you let your roast sear. Only flip it once it is evenly browned on one side. The browning adds tons of flavor to the final dish.
- Take your time preparing the red wine jous – the red wine gravy made from a dry red wine, beef broth and tomato paste is the thing that infuses a ton of flavor into the beef. Take your time preparing this and scraping any browned bits from the pan you used to sear the meat.
- Allow the roast to rest before slicing – it is critical to let the chuck roast rest for at least 10 minutes after taking it out of the oven to make sure the juices lock in and keep the final dish moist.
If you’re looking for some other delicious beef recipes to make for Sunday dinner, try this Irish beef stew or air fryer steak bites recipe.
What kind of pan to use?
A deep oven roaster with a lid best for this recipe. The lid is crucial! It helps to have a heavy lid that will make a seal around the pot.
If you don’t have a roasting pan or deep roaster, you can use a 4-6 quart dutch oven instead.
If you cannot find a pot with an oven safe lid, wrap a few layers of heavy duty aluminum foil over the top to mimic a lid.
Oven Baked Chuck Roast Recipe Ingredients
Below you will find a list of the simple ingredients you need to make this tender chuck roast recipe. You can find the full list and ingredient amounts in the recipe card.
- Boneless chuck roast – I look for a boneless roast that is about 3lbs. I want some fat marbled all throughout the roast, but I don’t want it to have a huge amount of fat hanging off.
- Kosher salt and black pepper – use a generous amount of these to season the roast before searing. You can also add garlic powder and onion powder to up the flavor intensity.
- Carrots and baby potatoes – cut up some carrots and potatoes to cook slow and low with the roast. If you want to add more veggies to this easy recipe feel free to add chopped yellow onion or celery in with the other vegetables.
- Olive oil – sear the roast in a bit of oil. You can also use avocado oil or even butter in place of the olive oil.
- Beef broth, dry red wine, tomato paste – saute these three in the same pan where you seared your meat to create a rich and flavorful gravy to pour over the roast and veggies while they bake in the oven. If you don’t have red wine or don’t want to use alcohol, feel free to use 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar and a bit of extra beef broth.
- Dried rosemary and thyme – I sprinkle some herbs over the top to infuse flavor into the roast as it cooks. Feel free to throw a bay leaf into the roasting pan just be sure to remove it before eating.
What is a Chuck Roast?
Sometimes choosing the right cut of meat can be the hardest part of these kinds of recipes. I’m here to help with that!
The “chuck” is a cut of beef that comes from either the shoulder, neck, or upper arm of a cow. When you’re looking for this cut at the grocery, look for words like “chuck eye,” “chuck roll,” or sometimes groceries will label it simply “pot roast.”
While a shoulder roast comes from a similar area of the cow, it is not nearly as tender as a chuck cut! Chuck roast is the only kind that will really give you that melt-in-your-mouth texture.
If you can only find bottom round or top round, that should work as well but it will be more of a sliced meat, rather than fall-apart.
Lastly, never be intimidated to ask the butcher at your grocery for help! They are there to help you get the right cut of meat, and sometimes they can even cut you exactly how much you need from the back.
Chuck roast is one of the relatively inexpensive cuts of beef, but when cooked slow and low it can be as delicious as an expensive steak. Add the potatoes and carrots to the mix for a perfect winter meal.
How to cook a chuck roast in the oven
Step 1: Season the chuck roast liberally with kosher salt and black pepper. Sear the roast on all sides over medium-high heat.
Step 2: Place the seared chuck roast in an oven safe roasting pan along with some potatoes and carrots.
Step 3: Pour the red wine and beef broth gravy all over the top of the roast and veggies. Add any extra herbs and spices on top.
Step 4: Cover the pan and roast in the oven at 300 degrees F until the meat is tender and the potatoes and carrots are cooked to perfection. Slice the roast and display on a platter with the cooked vegetables.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I make this chuck roast in a slow cooker?
Yes! Follow the instructions for searing the seasoned meat in a pan, prepare the red wine jus and then place all the ingredients in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or until the meat is fork tender.
How many hours does it take to cook a chuck roast in the oven?
Cooking times will depend on the size of the roast and the temperature of the oven. I like to cook my chuck roast low and slow at 300F. For a 3lb boneless chuck roast that usually takes 3 hours. It can take longer depending on size and fat content of the roast.
Does a chuck roast need to be covered in the oven?
Yes! It is important to keep the roast covered the entire time you are cooking in so that it remains juicy and tender. Lock in the flavor and juices by covering your roasting pan with a lid or a double layer of aluminum foil.
Storage and Reheating
Allow the dish to cool completely and store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Reheat in an oven safe baking dish at 325 for 10 minutes or so, until warmed through. Serve with some of the leftover au jus.
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Recipe
Oven Baked Chuck Roast Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 lb boneless chuck roast
- 3 large carrots
- 1 lb baby potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried thyme
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F and allow chuck roast to come to room temperature. Peel and chop carrots into sticks. Clean and cut each baby potato in half.
- Season chuck roast on all sides with the salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. When the oil is warm, sear the chuck roast on all sides until there is a golden brown crust – about 4 mins each side.
- Remove the chuck roast from the pan, drain any excess oil from the pan and reduce the heat to medium low. Mix beef broth, wine, and tomato paste in the pan scraping any brown bits off the bottom as you mix. Let this mixture simmer for 5 minutes.
- Arrange half of the carrots and potatoes in a layer in the bottom of a roasting pan. Place the roast on top and arrange the rest of the carrots and potatoes around it. Season with rosemary and thyme and pour the liquid from the pan over top.
- Cover the roasting pan with a lid and place in the oven to cook. Cook for an hour and a half then remove from the oven and spoon the liquid from the bottom of the pan over the roast for a minute. Cover the pan and return it to the oven.
- Cook for another hour and half until the roast has cooked for 3 hours total. Remove from the pan and let it rest for at least 10 minutes. Slice and serve with the carrots and potatoes.
- Skim the excess fat off the juice from the pan and serve with the sliced roast.
Recipe Notes
- Get a nice crust on the roast while searing – allow the chuck roast to come to room temperature. Then, season very generously with a few teaspoons of salt and pepper. Allow oil to get very hot in the pan before you let your roast sear. Only flip it once it is evenly browned on one side. The browning adds tons of flavor to the final dish.
- Take your time preparing the red wine jous – the red wine gravy made from a dry red wine, beef broth and tomato paste is the thing that infuses a ton of flavor into the beef. Take your time preparing this and scraping any browned bits from the pan you used to sear the meat.
- Allow the roast to rest before slicing – it is critical to let the chuck roast rest for at least 10 minutes after taking it out of the oven to make sure the juices lock in and keep the final dish moist.
- If you don’t have red wine or don’t want to use alcohol you can use 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar and add some extra beef broth to the gravy.
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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