Crockpot roast has been a staple in our house for as long as I can remember. I love a crockpot meal because of the ease, but it doesn’t get much easier than a roast. You can put a tender and delicious roast on the table with a few ingredients, and the crockpot does all the work.
My go-to roast for years was simply roast, cream of mushroom soup, and Lipton onion soup mix. That’s still a good one that I’ll occasionally make. However, I started working on something different a few years ago when the Mississippi Pot Roast became popular. That is a great recipe, but I was looking for something more.
My favorite roast is a chuck. Honestly, that’s all I will buy. They have gotten pricy over the past year or so, but I can still find them on sale, and I usually stock the freezer when I do. Chuck roast works well for many of my favorite recipes, including Barbacoa, Beef Stew, Pot Roast Stuffed Potatoes, and Carnita-Style Beef.
Your family will be so happy when you place this roast in front of them! I like to serve green beans or peas along with this. For a special treat, leave the potatoes out of the crockpot and make homemade mashed potatoes instead. Add a spoonful of the drippings to each serving for extra goodness!
Favorite Pot Roast
Equipment
- crockpot
Ingredients
- 1 3-4 pound chuck roast
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large onion peeled and sliced about 1/2 thick
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 tablespoon Beef Better than Bouillon
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1 envelope Spicy Ranch dressing mix
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 cup mild banana pepper rings
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2-3 medium potatoes
- 1 pound baby carrots
- 1 pound baby bella mushrooms cleaned
Instructions
- Heat oil in skillet or Dutch oven . Blot roast dry with paper towels. Sprinkle all sides with salt and pepper.
- Sear roast on all sides until brown.
- Place onion slices and celery in the bottom of crockpot. Add seared roast on top.
- In a small jar with lid, add the Better than Bouillion, garlic and hot water. Close the lid and shake vigorously to combine. Pour over the roast.
- Sprinkle the Ranch dressing mix over the roast. Add thyme, Add banana pepper slices on top of the roast and top with butter. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- About 5 hours into cooking, add the potatoes and carrots around the pot roast, then mushrooms on the top. (Add what you can fit around the pot roast but you can add the ones that do not fit around it to the top.)
- Continue cooking for 3 more hours, or until potatoes are tender.
- Serve hot with crockpot drippings.
