Pot Roast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 to 4 lb.) chuck roast
1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 Tbsp. oil
2 large onions, sliced
1 1/2 c. water
6 medium potatoes, quartered
6 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces

Preparation

On waxed paper, combine flour, 1/2 of salt and pepper.
Coat roast with mixture.
In Dutch oven, in oil, brown roast evenly on all sides.
Remove roast from oven.
Place in oven-safe pot.
Using Dutch oven, cook onions until tender.
Place onions on top of roast.
Add remaining salt and 1 1/4 cups water.
Cover.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 3 hours.
Add potatoes and carrots.
Bake 30 to 45 minutes more, until meat and vegetables are tender.
Mix 1/4 cup water with flour mixture on top of stove.
Thicken broth with mixture.
Pour over meat and vegetables.