Amish Pot Roast

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs swiss steak, trimmed of fat
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 cup coffee
• 2 bay leaves, crumbled
• 1 clove garlic, finely minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 onions, sliced
• to taste coffee, as needed
• to taste soy sauce, as needed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 do not pound or flour the meat. heat oil in a heavy skillet over high heat, then sear meat on both sides.
• 3 meanwhile, in a large roasting pan, combine soy sauce, coffee, bay leaves, garlic, oregano and one of the sliced onions.
• 4 transfer the browned meat to the roasting pan.
• 5 top with the second sliced onion.
• 6 cover and bake for 3 1/2 to 4 hours, basting every hour with pan juices.
• 7 if the liquid begins to boil away, add another cup of coffee and a splash of soy sauce. you may need to repeat this procedure; there should be quite a bit of liquid.
• 8 cut the meat in thin slices and serve with pan juices.