Mama Cee Jay's Belle-licious Beef And Rice

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 lbs boneless beef chuck roast (cheap cut, not the expensive rib roast)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large sweet onion, rough chopped
• 3 carrots, rough chopped
• 2 celery ribs, rough chopped
• 1 head garlic, separated into cloves and peeled
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
• 2 tablespoons curry powder (i used balti seasoning by penzeys spices which is a mix of coriander, garlic, ginger, cumin, dundicu)
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• fresh coarse ground black pepper, several grinds
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (1 tbl plus 1 tbl)
• 1 cup long grain rice (uncooked)
• 1 teaspoon rosemary, crushed leaves
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f. on the stovetop in a large dutch oven or oven proof stockpot, brown all sides of beef in olive oil over medium high heat. add onions, carrots, celery and garlic cloves and sauté for a few minutes. add tomatoes and one can of water to completely cover beef. add spice mix, kosher salt, one tbl red wine vinegar and coarsely ground black pepper. bring to a simmer, then transfer to oven.
• 2 cook for approximately 3 1/2 hours until beef is tender but not falling apart. add rice, 1 can of water, 1 tbl red wine vinegar and rosemary. return to oven until rice is cooked and beef is seriously tender.
• 3 season to taste with salt and pepper. serve.