Nanny's Chuck Roast

Ingredients:

1 lean chuck roast

1/2 cup sherry (not cooking sherry - too salty)

1 tsp meat tenderizer

1 Tbs Kitchen Bouquet

3 Tbs Worcestershire Sauce

2 tsp garlic powder

Tabasco, pepper, salt to taste

6 carrots cut in 1/2 inch rounds

18 small onions left whole

6 medium potatoes quartered

1 can mushrooms

1 can sweet peas drained

1 pkg onion soup mix

3 Tbs cooking oil

Instructions:

Pour sherry over meat in a glass baking dish. Sprinkle with meat tenderizer. Marinate at room temperature for 1 hour. Put oil in electric fry pan. Heat to 450. Brown roast well on both sides. Sprinkle with the seasonings and the marinade. Cover and cook at 300°F for 45 minutes. Arrange carrots, onions and potatoes around roast and cook until vegetables are done. Remove roast to a platter. Stir in soup mix, peas and mushrooms. Put meat on top of mixture and push to side and slice. Cover and keep on warm until served.

From: Alice Ann (Poirrier) Broussard

“Every one can cook. If you try. If you put a little love into it.” Chef Leah Case