Gramps
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Help please! I had defrosted a very lean 5 lb "top round roast" (an oven roast) for cooking yesterday, but I ended up out all afternoon and then eating out at a restaurant. When I got home late last night, I decided to prepare the now-defrosted oven roast as a pot roast by cooking it all night on low heat in a slow cooker... something I had never tried before on my own.
I seared the meat first and then added all the usual things from the cookbook: carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, celery, leftover spaghetti sauce (in lieu of chopped tomato and tomato paste I didn't have), beef broth and assorted spices. It filled the slow cooker completely... right to the top.
When I got up this morning, I found that the slow cooker had remained essentially full of liquid and had even overflowed slightly onto the counter. I noticed as I cleaned up the mess that the spilled fluid was orange in color (from the carrots?) and very greasy to the touch. I also noticed that the top of the slow cooker seemed to hold the same greasy orange fluid (no surprise).
The bottom line is that I am confused about where to go from here with this thing. I had to go out this morning so I left it on low heat. When I got back, the fluid level had dropped only very slightly, but the orange, greasy stuff was still on top. I don't know how far down it goes. It could all be like that.
Question: Is this "orange greasy stuff" fat that I should try to spoon off and throw away? Or is it normal for a slow cooked pot roast and something I shouldn't worry about... i.e., just part of the juices/gravy?
Thanks in advance!
Take care,
Tom
I seared the meat first and then added all the usual things from the cookbook: carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, celery, leftover spaghetti sauce (in lieu of chopped tomato and tomato paste I didn't have), beef broth and assorted spices. It filled the slow cooker completely... right to the top.
When I got up this morning, I found that the slow cooker had remained essentially full of liquid and had even overflowed slightly onto the counter. I noticed as I cleaned up the mess that the spilled fluid was orange in color (from the carrots?) and very greasy to the touch. I also noticed that the top of the slow cooker seemed to hold the same greasy orange fluid (no surprise).
The bottom line is that I am confused about where to go from here with this thing. I had to go out this morning so I left it on low heat. When I got back, the fluid level had dropped only very slightly, but the orange, greasy stuff was still on top. I don't know how far down it goes. It could all be like that.
Question: Is this "orange greasy stuff" fat that I should try to spoon off and throw away? Or is it normal for a slow cooked pot roast and something I shouldn't worry about... i.e., just part of the juices/gravy?
Thanks in advance!
Take care,
Tom