Let me start out with this disclaimer: this is not my momma’s Pot Roast.
I’ve tried, labored, struggled, and agonized for years, and canNOT come close to the mouth-wateringly delicious PERFECTION of her roast, much less her fried chicken that would put the Colonel to shame, nor her sweet tea that I’m pretty sure has crack in it, its so sinfully good. I’ve asked for the recipes, she tells me (supposedly), I try, and it never comes close to being the same.
NOT EVEN CLOSE!
So alls I’m attempting here is just second-rate roast. If my roast comes in a distant second behind hers, I’m ok with that.
Like every good recipe, this one starts with bacon. Thick-sliced, preferably Wright’s brand.
The best way to cook bacon is IN THE OVEN. It doesn’t get rubbery like microwaved bacon, and doesn’t shrink up and splatter everywhere like it does in the skillet. So lay it all out there in your Pampered Chef bar pan.
It will come out all uniformly cooked with none of those disgusting raw rubbery fat bubbles like you get when you cook your bacon in the skillet.
Oh my gosh! Of all the times….! 🙂 Bacon covered anything is great! And I can't BELIEVE Annie ate seconds. That MUST be amazing!
You need LLLLOTTTTSSS of garlic these days! Lots. Eat it, breathe it, drink it. Crazy Train has come to town!
I'm a fan of bacon. I'll try it in the oven like you suggest!
Oh, and is that the cooked bacon you have over the roast?
Sounds absolutely yummy! I also enjoyed the description, especially the bacon!
Yes, Helen! Cooked bacon! It was sort of an afterthought to throw it on there, but I had some leftover from breakfast. It was a DEFINITE do-again!!
OMG. Melissa. Have you ever thought to cook up some bacon and wrap it in a tortilla with some lunch meat stuffed in?? I know, right?? I should SO write a cookbook!!!
recipe about bacon: check, recipe about bacon cooked in the oven: check, recipe about bacon cooked in oven in identical pan: check, recipe my mom gave me: check, using a period after each word for emphasis: check, using an asterisk before a word for emphasis: check. OMG. This blog seems dang familiar!
Ha! When you can't come up with an original idea of your own, steal someone else's… that's what *I always say. (Asterisk added for emphasis). They should make a movie! Single White Blogger.
and did you know they Didn't Even Write That Down? She remembered ALL that?? And, by the way, Stalker, when you're super busy and wanting to whip up a meal, you can always SAUTE the onions instead of CARMELIZING them. But then, that doesn't sound as cool, does it? Good luck with your Bon Appetit ambitions!! I bet they looooove recipes involving tortillas and lunch meat!