Oven Roasted Beef with Brown Gravy

Tonight's dinner consisted of oven roasted beef with brown gravy, rice, macaroni and cheese and baked potatoes.

For your enjoyment, I have included my recipe for the Oven Roasted Beef with Brown Gravy.

Ingredients-

2 lb. Beef Chuck Shoulder Roast
Minced Garlic
1/2 Onion, Sliced
2-3 tsp. A-1 Steak Sauce (optional)
2-3 tsp. Lawry's Steak and Chop Marinade
1/4 tsp each - Salt and Pepper
2 cups water
1 packet Lipton's Beefy Onion Soup Mix
1 container Knorr's Homestyle Beef Stock 
1 small jar mushrooms (optional)


Directions-

Marinate roast with minced garlic, onion, A-1, Lawry's marinade, salt, pepper and water. 
Refrigerate for approximately 1 1/2 hours or so.

Preheat the oven to 250-275 approximately 10-15 minutes before you are ready to place roast in oven. *Do not marinate the roast in a glass container you are intending on using in the oven unless you allow it to sit out and come to room temperature first. You will most likely shatter your dish!

Place roast and marinade contents in an oven safe dish. Place in oven.

Baking a roast at a low temperature takes time. 3-4 hours or more to be exact. Therefore, approximately 2 hours into the process, I increase the temperature to 325-350 until tender. This step is optional. Everyone is different.

Periodically, you want to flip your roast and check for tenderness. I also turn my dish so it bakes evenly.

You are also checking periodically to ensure the temperature is not too hot and cooking the roast too fast. Every oven tends to cook differently. Some are also a few degrees off. You know your oven best!

**Just before the roast is done, I add the Knorr's Homestyle Beef Stock, packet of Lipton's Beefy Onion Soup Mix and mushrooms. Using a whisk or fork, I mix it in well with the existing gravy juices from the roast.

Remove from oven once fork tender. Enjoy!