Recipe: Anise pot roast

Anise pot roast

4 lb (or whatever they have at the store) chuck roast, fresh or frozen
2 Tbsp. Sugar
1/4 cup soy sauce
large pinch of 5 Spice (found in the Asian section of the supermarket)
1 heaping tsp. minced garlic (from jar)
2 Cloves Star Anise (cannot substitute regular anise)
1/4 cup water

Put chuck roast in a large crock pot. Whisk together remaining ingredients
and pour over roast. Cover and set crock pot to high. Cook for
approximately 5 - 7 hours). Remove meat and shred. Remove star anise from
crock pot and put meat back in. Serve on hard, crusty rolls.

Note: This recipe comes from my sister’s friend’s mom. Instead of making it in a crock pot, she would simmer it on the stove for 3 hours. Instead of serving it on
rolls, she would remove the beef and slice it like pot roast. While the
meat was out, she would simmer peeled hard boiled eggs in the juice. The
roast was then served with the hard boiled eggs and boiled spinach.
Personally, I think that my sister’s way is much more appetizing.