Best Slow Cooker Pot Roast

overhead shot of slow cooker beef roast with carrots and potatoes

This is the absolute BEST beef roast I’ve ever had! A healthy take on the famous slow cooker Mississippi Roast, this easy recipe has only four real food ingredients – no dried gravy mixes or packaged seasonings.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword best slow cooker recipes, pot roast, slow cooker

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 8

Total Time 8 20

Servings servings

Calories 356kcal

Author Dena Norton

Ingredients

3-4 pound chuck roast from a local farmer if possible
6 1/2 tsp Homemade Ranch seasoning blend double batch of my easy dry mix - click here for the recipe
6 Tbsp pastured butter divided
1 cup homemade beef stock/broth can substitute vegetable or chicken broth, or water

Optional Ingredients

5 Pepperoncini peppers (optional)
3-4 pounds Russet potatoes washed and chopped into large cubes
4 medium carrots peeled and sliced
Fresh or dried parsley for garnish

Instructions

Heat 2 Tbsp butter over medium high heat in a saute pan.
Rub ranch seasoning into all sides of the roast. When butter begins to bubble, add the roast to the pan. Brown on both sides.*
Transfer the browned roast to the slow cooker. Pour beef stock into the saute pan and stir with a wooden spoon to get all those delicious brown bits. Pour the stock over the roast in the slow cooker.
Place remaining 4 Tbsp butter on top of the roast.
If using Pepperoncini peppers, place them around the roast in the slow cooker.
Cook on low for 8 hrs (or high for 2 hrs, then on low for 4 hrs).
If using potatoes and carrots, add them during the last 4 hours of cooking.
To serve, ladle the juices over the roast and sprinkle with parsley.
Store leftovers in the fridge - makes great roast sandwiches the next day!
Serves 12

Notes

Tips For Making Slow Cooker Beef Roast;

*If you don't have time to brown the roast first, just season it and place it directly into the slow cooker with all 6 Tbsp butter and the stock/broth. You may need to add an extra hour to the cook time.
Use homemade beef stock/broth for the best flavor. Store homemade broth in the freeze to use in dishes like this whenever you need it.
Use the leftovers to make my beef and potato hand pies (cornish pasties) they are so delicious and easy to make or make roast sandwiches with a some horseradish spread on crusty bread.
Make sure to use my homemade ranch seasoning, it's simple, full of flavor and has no nasty additives.

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