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This Mississippi Pot Roast Crock Pot Recipe is so simple and delicious. With only a few simple ingredients, this recipe comes together in minutes and will impress your entire family.
Easy Mississippi Roast Recipe:
This Mississippi Roast is made with only 5 ingredients. It is delicious, full of flavor and one of the best roast you will eat. The slow cooker does all the work and the roast melt-in your mouth.
Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe is the perfect roast to enjoy on Sunday evening. The fork-tender roast is always a family favorite and perfect to serve over egg noodles or mashed potatoes.
The next time you are looking for a roast recipe, make this easy Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe. The roast cooks tender, juicy and makes the best gravy.
Do you prefer the instant pot? Try making Mississippi Pot Roast Instant Pot Recipe
Should you Sear a Pot Roast?
Honestly, it is personal preference on whether you want to sear your pot roast before adding the rest of the ingredients. Searing your meat in a skillet with a little olive oil helps bring out more flavor. However it does take an extra step and some additional time.
After searing your roast, follow the recipe as is, there is no need to adjust the cooking time.
Ingredients:
- Chuck Roast (any kind will do)
- Packet of ranch dressing mix
- Stick of butter (½ cup)
- Pepperoncini Peppers with the juice
- Water
How to Make Mississippi Pot Roast in the Crock Pot:
- Step 1 – Place Roast – Place your roast in the bottom of your crockpot.
- Step 2 – Top with Ranch – Sprinkle the ranch dressing mix over the roast.
- Step 3 – Add Butter – Place the stick of butter on top of the roast and ranch mix. Pour the pepperoncini peppers and pepperoncini juice over everything.
- Step 4 – Pour Water – Pour your water around the roast.
- Step 5 – Cover and Cook – Cook on low for 10 hours.
- Step 6 – Serve – Shred and then serve. Two forks make shredding the meat super simple.
How to Make Gravy for Roast:
- Step 1 – Make Cornstarch Slurry – Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch (or flour) with 1 cup of cold water. Then you need to whisk it together until it is blended completely.
- Step 2 – Add Beef Broth – Remove 2 cups of beef broth from the crockpot. Heat to a boil in a saucepan.
- Step 3 – Whisk in Cornstarch Mixture – Whisk in the cornstarch water mixture. Then allow it to boil (while stirring constantly) until it thickens slightly. It should take about 2 minutes.
- Step 4 – Season – Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
What to Serve with Mississippi Pot Roast?
I told you this crockpot recipe was easy to make. Serve it with one of these side dishes. There are lots of side dishes to serve with slow cooker Mississippi Pot Roast. We have even served it with mashed cauliflower for a low-carb option.
- Roasted Asparagus – Oven roasted parmesan asparagus is the perfect side dish that is ready in just minutes. It is so flavorful that even your kids will love it.
- Parmesan Grilled Zucchini – Parmesan Grilled Zucchini Recipe is a must try side dish that even the kids will love. It is so simple to prepare, inexpensive and healthy. Not to mention the grill gives the zucchini such an amazing flavor.
- Air Fryer Brussel Sprouts – If you a way to get your kids to eat Brussel Sprouts. Make them in the Air Fryer.
- Easy Tropical Fruit Salad – This Hawaiian Fruit Salad Recipe is delicious and refreshing. It is one of those recipes that once you make it, it will become a favorite. The honey and lime give this fruit an extra burst of flavor that is amazing.
- Try one of our 21 What to Serve with Pot Roast ideas
Why is my Crock Pot Roast tough?
Overcooking the roast will result in the meat being tough. You also want to ensure there is enough liquid in the crock pot.
It could also mean that the roast has not cooked long enough. Cooking time will vary depending on the size of the roast.
Is it better to cook a roast on high or low in a crock pot?
You can certainly opt to use the method best for you. However, I find that the meat is much more tender cooked on the low setting.
Mississippi Roast Crock Pot Recipe Tips:
- Combining Ingredients – There is no need to sear this roast. Everything gets placed in the slow cooker for an easy weeknight meal.
- Slow Cook – I like to cook the roast on low and do not lift the lid until end of cooking time. This allows for the roast to cook tender and juicy.
Variation Ideas:
- Cuts of Meat – This roast recipe can be made with different cuts of meat. You can use a rump roast or any type of beef roast.
- Brown Gravy Mix – If you prefer you can add in a brown gravy mix to make a gravy with the brown. You can also add in au jus gravy mix for the perfect way to make sandwiches.
- Vegetables – Feel free to add in vegetables to this pot roast recipe. We recommend onion, carrots, or diced up potatoes.
How to Store Leftovers:
Shred the pot roast after cooking and place in airtight container. This roast can be used for meal prep for the week. If stored in the refrigerator properly the roast will last about 4 days.
Roast also freezes great if you have a lot leftover. Store in a freezer safe container or zip lock freezer bag. It will stay fresh for up to 3 months. You can reheat in the slow cooker, Dutch oven or microwave.
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Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe
Ingredients
- (1) 3-4 lb roast (any kind will do)
- 1 packet of ranch seasoning mix
- 1 stick of butter (½ cup)
- 1/2 jar of Peppercinis with the juice
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Place your roast in the bottom of your crock pot.
- Sprinkle the ranch mix over the roast.
- Place the stick of butter on top and pour the Peppercinis over it.
- Pour water around the roast.
- Cook on low for 10 hours.
- Shred and Serve
- How to make the pot roast gravy:
- Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch (or flour) with 1 cup of cold water. Whisk together until blended completely.
- Remove 2 cups of beef broth from the crock pot. Heat to boil in a sauce pan.
- Whisk in the cornstarch water mixture and allow it to boil (while stirring constantly) until thickens slightly. Should take about 2 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
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Mouth-watering melt in your mouth goodness! And so easy to prepare! This is my fave.
This recipe is a family favorite, even with my very picky 22-year-old son! I jazz it up by also adding a packet of au jus gravy mix and a packet of zesty Italian dressing mix. We love it served over mashed potatoes or on hard rolls for sandwiches. Yum!
This is my new ‘go to’ recipe for a good family dinner as well as for company. Very flavorful and you can serve it over mashed potatoes, rice, on a bun, or whatever new idea you can create. This is even a great tailgate sandwich. It can cook through the night, shred, and serve warm or cold on a hoagie! Mmmmm!
This is a family favorite! We love it over egg noodles.
This pot roast recipe turned out great. It was not dry. I plan to make it again.
I love the Mississippi Pot Roast! So simple and delicious. Works great for Tacos too.
Excellent roast! Yummy and easy! We make this all the time and leftovers make great hoagie sandwiches!
The Mississippi pot roast recipe is amazing!!! Just tried it out for the first time yesterday. I LOVE eatingonadime?
Love this! I make it weekly!
The only way I enjoy eating roast. My family loves this recipe. We do add a pack of au jus seasoning, too.
Such amazing flavor, and an easy recipe!
I love this roadt. I have made it a lot and shared with friends and family. Its a keeper!
My whole family loves this! So easy and delicious. It’s a rotating dish in my home.
LOVE this recipe except I add NO liquid and it’s delicious. The juice of the meat combined with the juices of the peppers, the butter and the au jus and ranch are enough.
So easy and good. We love it and I have made it several times.
Delish!! Love how the peppers gave it so much flavor!
New favorite way of eating pot roast!! The flavors are amazing ?
This looks so easy and can’t wait to try it!
Turned out soooooo good. First time I have ever done a roast and I was worried that it wouldn’t turn out right…. But, it did !!!!!
We made this and it was delicious. We used London broil instead of a chuck roast and it turned out great. Super easy to make. We will be adding this to our meal rotation.
We made this and it was delicious. We used a London broil instead of a chuck roast. Turned out great. Super easy. This will be added to our meal rotation.
This roast is so so good!! My family loves it and ask for it often.
I was amazed at how good this was! So juicy and tender the whole family loved it! Even my non meat eaters!!!
My whole family loves this recipe, it’s amazing served over mashed potatos,gravy and fresh cooked biscuits!
My new favorite way to cook a roast. The flavors are wonderful and the roast is so moist. Yummy:)
The only way I make my roasts, it’s absolutely delicious!
So easy! It pretty much shredded itself. all my family loved it… that doesn’t happen often.. if at all!
Definitely the best Mississippi roast recipe out there! It was delicious and you could literally eat it with anything. So much flavor!
I’ve made this twice so far. My family LOVES this recipe!!
This is an awesome recipe! Roast was super tender & flavorful! Really good served with mashed potatoes!
Love this recipe. Put it in crockpot and forget about it. Enjoyed sandwiches or eating it with a side
Wasn’t sure about the peppercini but was so flavorful.
All I can say is YUM!!! Whole family loves this, so long as I take out the peprocinis before they see them 🙂
So easy and so good!! We also did them as French dip sandwiches and they were a huge hit!
My favorite roast recipe. It is so tender and the peppers add so much flavor and take it to the next level. To simplify dinner, I usually add carrots and potatoes to the bottom of the crockpot before adding the roast. It would be excellent with mashed potatoes too.
Made this on Monday 12/21/20 I love pepperchinis 9 hours on low made the house smell amazing
One of the best crock pot recipes & it’s so easy & delicious!!!!
This roast is packed with flavor and comes out nice and tender and is great meat substitute depending on what u r making if u got leftover roast
I love this roast so much flavor
This has become a favorite of my family’s.
I’m going to try this with banana peppers
I’ve made it in my instant pot. Loved it! So easy and so delicious. I added more pepperonis than called for because we love them.
Thank you Pat!
I recently made your Mississippi Pot Roast and will never return to my old recipe. Yours was FANTASTIC…TASTY and so easy to make.
So easy, tender, tasty, and perfect! This is by far the best roast recipe I’ve ever made. Thanks for sharing it.