When the weather gets cold, there’s no better feeling than keeping warm inside with a tasty and cozy recipe. For me, there’s just something about leaving something cooking in the oven or crockpot, getting tempted by all those amazing smells as everything gets to know each other, then getting to dig into a tasty meal that makes Fall cooking one of my favorites. That’s why this deliciously tender Apple Cider Pot Roast and Crispy Potatoes might just be a new fall favorite! With a perfect blend of sweet and savory for a complete meal that does it all, it’s the perfect way to feed friends and family with a simple and tasty recipe.
Simplicity is the name of the game with recipes like this, whether it’s a pot roast or done in a crock pot, I love ‘em because you can set it and forget it for a while. Once everything goes into the pot, all those amazing flavors can come together for a few hours before you get to enjoy them. Instead of the standard (but still delicious) savory pot roast, what sets this recipe apart from other pot roasts is really the apple cider that it all will be roasting in along with the slathering of apple butter over the chuck roast that gives the beef a very tasty sweetness to go with its natural flavors.
You’ll also need some equally tasty veggies to go with the roast, and this recipe has you covered for that as well. A healthy number of red potatoes will also roast with beef and get temptingly tender in the pot, but the real secret to perfect potatoes will come after they’re tender. After a few hours in the oven, the potatoes get removed from the pot, smashed down on a baking sheet, and seasoned with the classics, salt and pepper, garlic powder, and some sage. All the hits, all the big ones, all the good ones, then baked again until they form deliciously crispy potatoes to serve alongside the beef. A tasty sweet and savory combo may not be what you would expect from a pot roast, but this recipe is full of surprises.
Like most pot roasts, this recipe was designed for simplicity, and it doesn’t get much simpler than tossing a bunch of tasty things into a pot and letting it all simmer together. Even when the potatoes need to be baked outside of the pot, it can all go back in the oven together until the potatoes are crispy and the beef gets that much more tender. If the potatoes aren’t enough, then serve this up with some mixed veggies like we did and then you really have an amazing Fall meal, neatly packaged in this one tasty recipe! The beef is deliciously tender with an amazing flavor combination and the potatoes come in well-seasoned with just a little bit of much appreciated crispiness.
As Fall continues and Winter approaches, you’re going to need more than a few recipes like this one to keep warm while also enjoying great flavors for the whole family. Give this a try for yourself and let us know what you think or what you did differently to make it even better. As always, share this with someone else that’s in need of a tasty recipe and we hope to see you again with another delicious Halal recipe.
