Pot Roast Slow Cooker

You cannot go wrong with this Slow Cooker Pot Roast recipe. It is a delicious beef chuck roast recipe made with simple packet mixes to create the best flavor and gravy to pair with the tender beef roast.

In my humble opinion, this is the best pot roast recipe I’ve made in the slow cooker. The depth of flavor you can get with the combination of seasonings is unmatched, then accompany it with the best cut of meat for classic pot roast, and it is pure heaven.

Enjoy making the best beef pot roast recipe with only a piece of inexpensive cut of beef and simple pantry ingredients for the ultimate comfort food to have for dinner that your whole family can enjoy.

Ingredients for Slow Cooker Pot Roast:

Beef: You will need either a boneless chuck roast or a rump roast

Onion: Adding in thickly sliced onion is an easy way to add more flavor; I like to use yellow onions or white onions

Cooking liquid: For the best results, use beef broth or beef stock

Seasonings: To make a delicious pot roast, use brown gravy mix, ranch dressing mix, and Italian dressing mix

Vegetables: To create the classic pot roast recipe, add baby carrots, cut in half, and russet potatoes that have been peeled and cut into chunks

How to Make Slow Cooker Pot Roast:

Add beef to slow cooker:

• Place half of the sliced onion on the bottom of the slow cooker, then place the roast on top and add the rest of the onions on the roast. 

​Season beef:

• Add in the gravy mix, ranch mix, Italian mix, beef broth, and vegetables. 

Cook roast:

• Cover with the lid and cook on LOW for 7 hours or HIGH for 5 hours.
• After the cooking time is up enjoy!

Expert Tip:

If you want to make this in the dutch oven, do everything the same, except cook it 300 degrees F for 2 – 2 1/2 hours.

How to store leftover pot roast:

Fridge: Once the pot roast has cooled down to room temperature, all the leftovers in an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Tips and tricks for making the perfect pot roast:

Best cut of beef:

To get a nice piece of tender meat, you will want to use either a chuck roast or a rump roast in this. Tougher cuts of beef can handle and work well in a slow cooker to tender perfection.

How to make pot roast in a pressure cooker:

If you have an Instant Pot and want to use it to make this roast beef recipe and turn it into an Instant Pot pot roast recipe, you can! 

Follow all the same instructions, but instead, place the roast into the Instant Pot inner pot, and then press pressure cook, and turn the setting to high pressure. Then set the time for 55 minutes for a 3 lb roast. 

Once the time is up, let it do a 25-minute natural release of the pressure.

When using a pressure cooker, you can still get the delicious tenderness everyone loves from slow cooking beef, but by speeding up the cooking process.

Ways to add more flavor:

• Use onion soup mix
• Chop up some celery and add it to the carrots
• Add fresh herbs like fresh rosemary or fresh thyme

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