How to Cook Pot Roast in a Crock Pot
Grandma slaved all day over the stove to serve her family a pot roast this tender and flavorful. Lucky for busy cooks today, we know how to cook pot roast in a crock pot and get a similar result with a lot less fuss and bother.Slow cooking tenderizes the beef and makes inexpensive cuts of meat, like chuck roast, taste as good as pricier cuts. And what's better than loading up the crock pot in the morning and coming home at night to the aromas of beef, carrots, onions and mushrooms--a whole meal ready for you when you step through the door because your slow cooker did all the work for you.
In ten minutes or less you can prepare the ingredients and place everything in the crock pot. No browning of the meat is necessary in this recipe, which makes it a true "fix it and forget it" kind of meal.
Transcript
Hey, everyone. I'm Judith with recipe.com and today I'm gonna
be showing you how to make a Slow Cooker Savory
Roast, a great meal to have for a weekend with
the family. So what you're gonna need for this is
a 3-1/2-pound boneless bottom round roast. We have one can
of cream of mushroom soup. We have six red potatoes
which we've cut in half.
We have an envelope of dry onion soup, and we
have six medium carrots which we've cut into 2-inch pieces,
so we're gonna add in our cream of mushroom soup
here, like so, and we're basically gonna mix in all
of our other ingredients. We'll put in our dry onion
mix which is gonna give a really nice flavor, and
then in goes the vegetables, so we've given our potatoes
a good scrub so they're nice and clean
but we've left the skins on 'cause I like them
like that and we're just gonna pop them in there
and all this is gonna...mix in, so I've put in
our carrots there which we've washed and cut into 2-inch
pieces. If you wanna peel them, that's great, too. We're
just gonna give that all a good mix, so the
cream of mushroom soup gets all over our veggies, and
all that onion mix mixes in, too. Ooh, and that
onion smells good.
Okay. Now, we have our meat. Now, this is a
very tough, muscly piece of meat so it needs to
be slow cooked to tenderize, so we are just gonna
put that on top of our vegetable mix, like so.
Let's nestle it down there in the middle. And then
all you need to do is put it on. We're
gonna either put it on low and you can cook
it for 8 or 9 hours,
or you can put it on high and we can
cook it for around 4 to 5 hours, so I'm
gonna cook it on high this time. Put it on
high there. And then you can go do your thing
and come back in about 4 or 5 hours. Well,
it's been about 4-1/2 hours and our pot roast is
done. Look at that. Really beautiful, flavorful. We'll just check
it with our fork and, wow, that's super tender and
ready to eat, so you can serve that with those
gorgeous tender potatoes and vegetables in there
and if you want, you can steam a bit of
broccoli, get some biscuits, serve it with that, and that
is one delicious meal, so that's how you make a
Slow Cooker Savory Pot Roast. Well, thanks for watching everyone.
For more great recipes and savings, go to recipe.com.
What You'll Need
- 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
- 1 envelope (about 1 ounce) dry onion soup and recipe mix
- 6 small red potatoes, cut in half
- 6 medium carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces (about 3 cups)
- 1 boneless beef bottom round roast or chuck pot roast (3 to 3 1/2 pounds)
Step By Step
1
Stir the mushroom soup, soup mix, potatoes and carrots in a 4 1/2-quart slow cooker. Add the beef and turn to coat.
2
Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 9 hours* or until the beef is fork-tender.
3
*Or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours.
4
Serving Suggestion: Serve with buttermilk biscuits and steamed broccoli spears. For dessert serve turtle or blonde brownies.
Hint: If you want thicker gravy, you can mix 1/4 cup all-purpose flour and 1/2 cup water in a small bowl until the mixture is smooth. Remove the beef and vegetables from the cooker and stir the flour mixture into the cooker. Cover and cook on high for 10 minutes or until the mixture boils and thickens.
Even children can learn how to cook pot roast in a crock pot with this easy recipe. Imagine how proud they would be to take credit for this a hearty, filling and delicious pot roast dinner. For younger children, have an adult cut the vegetables into serving sizes, then let them add the ingredients to the slow cooker.
More Recipes
Slow cooker pot roast is a dinner standard in many kitchens. This recipe uses bottled French salad dressing to make it even more convenient, quick, and delicious.