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Cajun Pot Roast
This is another recipe from Justin Wilson. It’s prepared in a Reynolds oven bag. You can buy any size chuck roast that you like. My husband and I are still empty-nesting so the pictures illustrate a very small 2-lb roast, with a couple potatoes, handful of carrots and mushrooms. For such a small dinner you may use a large oven bag, but if your roast and all the fixins added up to 8 or more pounds, then you’d want to use a turkey-size bag. Justin Wilson’s recipes often call for wine. I used red wine (Beaujolais) today because it was what I had on hand. I’ve made this recipe for many years and it’s the first time I used red wine instead of white. Turned out just fine, very tasty.
According to the oven bag directions, add 2 Tbsp. flour to the bag and shake it around.
Cut slits in each side of the roast
and stuff the slits with pieces of green onion and sliced garlic.
Lightly sprinkle the roast with cayenne (red pepper).
Place roast into the bag.
Inside the bag, beside and atop the roast, add potatoes, carrots, and whole mushrooms (enough for the number of people you will serve).
Stir 2 Tbsp. Worchestershire sauce into 1 cup white wine and pour it into the bag. Seal the bag with the enclosed tie. Cut about a dozen small slits in the top of the bag to let off steam.
Bake at 350 degrees for 3 hours.
Remove the roast
and vegetables from the bag to a platter.
Make gravy by pouring the juice out of the bag into a saucepan. Add beef broth until the amount seems enough and salt to taste. Stir cornstarch into cold broth or water and stir until dissolved. Bring gravy juices to a boil in the saucepan and then stir in the cornstarch-broth mixture until gravy is thickened.
I like to mash my serving of potato and cover with gravy. Horseradish sauce is a great condiment for the pot roast . . . or more gravy. It’s all good!
What you’ll need for Cajun Pot Roast
Reynolds oven bag, either large or turkey size
2 Tbsp. flour
Beef chuck roast
2 green onions (scallions)
1 garlic clove, sliced
Cayenne (red) pepper
Pototoes
Carrots
Whole mushrooms
1 cup white wine (Sauterne)
2 Tbsp. Worchestershire sauce
Beef broth (for gravy)
Cornstarch mixed with a little beef broth or water (to thicken gravy)
This recipe is based on one from Justin Wilson, a Cajun cook who used to appear on TV. It’s simple and very rich. This is a dish I don’t serve to guests. Most people don’t really know gizzards and it seems like a dirty trick to invite someone to dinner and then serve them food they may not want to venture. The idea of having guests is to serve, not force your own ideas of great food. Imagine my surprise tonight to wander upstairs to the kitchen for a second helping and find my daughter and her new friend slurping down the gizzard gumbo. I didn’t even know anyone was here. I may have to rethink my position on the whole gizzards and guests idea. 12/30/2021 . . . I updated the presentation of this recipe on the blog. I first published it in June 2012! Same great recipe by the late Justin Wilson. Many thanks to those of you who have visited my blog over the years.
- Ingredients
- 10 Tbsp. butter
- 10 Tbsp. flour
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 3 cups cold water, divided
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 1 lb. chicken gizzards, chopped
- 1 lb. Louisiana hot sausage links (Andouille), sliced
- 1 tsp. hot sauce (like Tabasco)
- 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp. salt
- File powder to taste, optional
- Serve over rice
To make white rice: stir 1 cup rice into 2 cups boiling liquid and let simmer, covered, on low heat for exactly 25 minutes–don’t peek, don’t stir, just let it simmer with the cover on for exactly 25 minutes. That’s it. Yield: 3 cups cooked white rice.
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