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Slow-Cooker Beef Roast with Bacon-Chili Gravy

Updated Sep 30, 2009
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Get this recipe started in your slow cooker and at day’s end you’ll have a tender beef roast with savory bacon-chili gravy ready and waiting. Lucky you!

Slow-Cooker Beef Roast with Bacon-Chili Gravy

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 12 hr 15 min
  • Servings 8
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 3-pound beef boneless chuck roast
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic pepper
  • 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped
  • 1 can (4 oz) Old El Paso™ Chopped Green Chiles
  • 1/4 cup Progresso™ beef flavored broth (from 32-oz container)
  • 1/4 cup chili sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Cook bacon in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until brown and crisp; remove from skillet with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Reserve bacon fat in skillet.
  • Step 
    2
    If beef roast comes in netting or is tied, do not remove. Sprinkle beef with garlic pepper. Cook beef in bacon fat in skillet over medium heat 5 to 6 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on both sides.
  • Step 
    3
    Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place beef in cooker. Top with bacon and carrots. Mix green chiles, broth, chili sauce and flour in small bowl; pour over mixture in cooker.
  • Step 
    4
    Cover and cook on Low heat setting 10 to 12 hours.
  • Step 
    5
    Place beef on platter; remove netting or strings. Stir gravy in cooker; serve with beef.

Nutrition

360 Calories
22g Total Fat
37g Protein
5g Total Carbohydrate
2g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
360
Calories from Fat
190
Total Fat
22g
33%
Saturated Fat
8g
40%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
110mg
36%
Sodium
360mg
15%
Potassium
590mg
17%
Total Carbohydrate
5g
2%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
2g
Protein
37g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
60%
60%
Vitamin C
6%
6%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
25%
25%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 5 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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