Root Beer Pot Roast

Root Beer Pot Roast

Time: 3 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (4 lb) eye of round roast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 1 teaspoon pepper, divided
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle root beer (not diet)
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce
• 1 garlic clove, minced

Directions

• 1 Sprinkle roast evenly with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• 2 Brown roast on all sides in hot oil in a large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion. Remove Dutch oven from heat.
• 3 Stir together remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper, root beer, chili sauce and garlic until blended. Pour root beer mixture over roast mixture in Dutch oven.
• 4 Bake covered at 300 degrees for 3 hours or until tender.