Give Pot Roast 100% More Flavor With A Coating Of This Bold Condiment

We are firmly in pot roast season, and for good reason. It's like a favorite cozy blanket that warms your soul (and belly) as temperatures dip. While you may have a classic go-to recipe for infusing flavor into your beef, there's one store-bought sauce that elevates your pot roast and adds 100% more flavor: horseradish. Because a pot roast is beautifully rich and fatty, the zingy horseradish adds balance and relief, but doesn't hide the beef flavor. Instead, the earthiness of each element complements the other.

If that sounds up your taste buds' alley, then we have even better news: It's super simple to pull off. Regardless of which of these need-to-try pot roast recipes you use, the steps are basically the same. After browning the roast, place it in the dish it will be cooked in, season with salt and pepper, then slather horseradish sauce all over the meat (anywhere from half a cup to a whole jar, depending on the size of your roast). Then continue to cook it according to the recipe. A Redditor who tried the dish shared that the flavor "mellows" with cooking, so even if you are horseradish-averse because that smack at the back of the throat is too overpowering, chances are, you'll enjoy the flavor boost on a roast.

Many pot roast recipes recommend basic vegetables for cooking, such as onion, celery, and carrot. Chuck in potatoes and you're good to go. There are also other vegetables to consider cooking with a pot roast, whether it's because the texture works well with a roast or because they soak up the juices well. But adding horseradish means that you can be even more adventurous with your veggie sides. For example, consider doubling down on the spicy condiment to liven up mashed potatoes or to intensify au gratin potatoes.

You could also serve onions on the side, mimicking the elements of a roast beef sandwich slathered in horseradish. The onions could either be pickled for extra acidity, or you could serve up a side of crispy onion rings to complement the mellowed horseradish notes. Either way, that extra crunch element would be bliss in the mouth.

We also love the idea of something that mops up the scrumptious drippings from the meat, the horseradish, and any other ingredients you included. That's where garlic bread, a rosemary focaccia, or even Yorkshire pudding would come in to serve as a vessel to deliver those juices to your palate.