Pot Roast Of Beef - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. flour
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. sugar (to help browning)
1 pkg. Lipton beefy onion soup
1/2 c. tomato juice

Preparation

Mix first 4 ingredients together and pat into surface of 4 to 5 pound piece of beef (chuck, shoulders, rump or round).
Heat a deep, heavy pan over high heat, greasing lightly with shortening. Put in meat and brown thoroughly on all sides.
Cook with the meat 1 package Lipton beefy onion soup mix with liquid.
When meat is a deep, dark brown add tomato juice.
Put on cover and simmer very slowly (about 3 to 4 hours).
During last hour add cut potatoes and carrots.