Mary's Coca~Cola Pot Roast

Mary's Coca~Cola Pot Roast

2 - 3 lb. roast (of your choice)

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

3 bay leafs

1 package dry onion soup mix

1 large sliced onion

any amount desired of:

petite carrots

celery 

chunked potatoes 

12 oz. can Coke Classic

Here's a fun recipe from a woman I think is just extra special!! Pastor Mary McIver, one of our contributors, passed this one along for me to share with you. This  might even be a way to get the pickiest of kids to eat their veggies, especially when they find out your added a whole can of coca~cola!

Place the roast of your choice in a large roasting pan with a tight-fitting lid.  In a separate bowl, whisk together the 2 cans of soup and Coke.  Set aside.  Sprinkle the dry onion soup mix over roast.  Add Coke and soup mixture by pouring over top of roast.  Place sliced onions in roasting pan.  Add 3 bay leafs.  Add the raw vegetables or wait approximately 

1/2 hour and cook until tender.  

Bake at 400 degrees for approximately 2+ hours (more or less depending on size of roast and personal preference of tenderness of *roast).    

*Look for a cut with marbling (white ribbons of fat) evenly distributed throughout the beef.  This makes the beef roast fall apart as it cooks.  Too much fat and the meat is grisly, too little fat and the roast turns out dry and tough.  If you can, buy a premium cut from the shoulder center.

*The Coke is a "natural" meat tenderizer and adds such a unique flavor.  You will love it! 

*May also be served over a bed of white rice.