Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2012

This was good, very easy and tasty. I only had a 2 pound roast and it likely was not the best cut for a crock pot. Nonetheless, I went ahead as I had a bottle of red wine that I wanted to put to use in a recipe. I used a cab/merlot and as I don't buy packages of onion soup mix, I used a mix of my own seasonings (a 3 onion blend, some fresh cracked pepper and sea salt along with some Tuscan seasoning). I added a few cloves of minced garlic and used beef broth in place of the water. The beef did take on a nice flavour from the wine, and I used some of the juice from the crock pot to make a gravy with some cornstarch and water at the end. I did through in a bunch of cremini mushrooms during the last hour or so and they were super yummy. Served this with a salad and Greek-Garlic Lemon Potatoes also from AR :)

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ANJACKSON

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2011

Thanks to the reviews, I included a leek, garlic cloves, two whole onions, the whole onion soup envelope, a chicken bouillon cube, rosemary, and no water, just twice as much wine. Wow. A tender, flavorful, juicy, delectable wonder! I am rhapsodious about this endeavor!

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IAmEomer

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2011

Tried this as written turned out to be very dry I used a rump roast cooked for 6 hours on low added mushrooms and pearl onions. any suggestions for the dryness roast was very tender

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Butch

Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2011

This is an easy great flavorful was to cook a roast as written. Since the first try I did however substitute Beef Broth for the water and I've used the onion or the garlic and herb soup mix. it works great both ways.

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Autumn

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Credit River Township, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Savage, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2011

No red wine flavor.

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Heidi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2011

This is a good basic recipe. I left it as is for about the first four hours, then I added some veggies (one potato, handful baby carrots) and about 1 cup of beef broth just to be sure the veggies were covered. Then about 7 hours in, I removed the beef, added some flour slurry and one 8 oz package of button mushrooms. Cooked for about another three hours (cut the beef and put it in the oven to stay warm). It was a delicious meal.

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Maridele

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Purcellville, Virginia, USA

Living In: Hamilton, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2011

Fantastic! Will be making this regularly! I substituted dried minced onion, salt and pepper for the soup mix. Super easy to make and tasted the best of any roast I've made! Would be good in sandwiches too!

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fausterlady

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Waterloo, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2011

I think the recipe was okay, but I didn't use the best cut of beef so it was a bit dry.

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nancyjkline

Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2010

I have made this using 1/2 can of regular coke and 1/2 cup of wine(sometimes more). then just sprinkle with about 1/3 of the pkg. of onion soup mix. It is wonderful. Then I will sometimes will thicken the sauce to go over potatoes or noodles. I have also just used a can of coke and no wine and it is very tender.

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