This Crock Pot Pot Roast is melt-in-your-mouth tender, packed with savory flavor, and made with simple ingredients! The ultimate comfort food that’s made without any seasoning packets for busy weeknights or cozy weekends!
Crockpot Roast is the perfect meal to serve any day of the week. My favorite is to serve on Sunday to start the week off right. There is no need for using a seasoning packets. Just simple seasoning is all that is needed to make a juicy pot roast where each bite melts-in-your mouth!
I give this recipe 5 stars for a few reasons: ONE- it tastes amazing, TWO- I had never tried cooking a roast without searing it first and wanted to try and I thought it tastes just as good. I will no longer be searing my meat with all the mess and the extra time. Thank you for this recipe Carrie!!!
-Heidi
We love making easy slow cooker recipes for a delicious home cooked meal. Roast is one of our favorites because of how easy it is to make and it is a favorite Kid-Friendly Crock Pot Dinners. You must try our Oven Roasted Pork Shoulder, Crock Pot Mississippi Pork Roast or Crock Pot Dill Pickle Roast Recipe.
Ingredients
- Roast – Use your favorite cut of roast.
- Potatoes – Russet Potatoes, yellow gold potatoes or red potatoes are great options
- Carrots – We like using whole carrots. You can even toss in chopped celery.
- Yellow Onion – Chop into small pieces. Learn How to Freeze Onion so you can chop ahead of time.
- Beef Broth – Substitute with water if you are out
- Minced Garlic – You can also use ½ tsp of garlic powder
- Italian Seasoning – Learn How to Make Homemade Italian Seasoning
- Salt & Pepper – Simple spices
- Cornstarch – Helps to thicken the drippings for gravy
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How to Make Crockpot Pot Roast Recipe
Step 1 – First, cut all of your vegetables into large chunks. You want them to be bigger so they will not turn into mush.
Step 2 – Second, add the beef to the crock pot and then place the potatoes and carrots around the roast. Then add onion to the crock pot as well.
Step 3 – Add all your seasonings and then the beef broth on top in the slow cooker.
Step 4 – Let this cook on low heat for 8-10 hours. You can cook on high heat for 4-5 hours if you prefer. I prefer a longer cook time for this recipe so that the beef is fork tender. Cooking times will vary.
Step 5 – Once the roast has cooked, shred the beef and serve with your favorite side dishes for the best pot roast.
How to Make the Pot Roast Gravy
- Step 1 – Use a small bowl and whisk the water and the cornstarch together to make a cornstarch slurry.
- Step 2 – Take part of the broth mixture from the crock pot and put it in a sauce pan. Now, add in the water and cornstarch mixture in with the beef juice.
- Step 3 – Whisk this all together and bring it to a boil. Make sure to stir it frequently for about 3 to 5 minutes. It should start to thicken. Keep in mind it will thicken some more as it cools.
The gravy is amazing and I like to drizzle it all over the roast, carrots and potatoes for the perfect comfort food.
Make sure to taste test the gravy before serving and add more salt and pepper if needed. This roast is also delicious with this brown gravy.
Serving Suggestions
My kids always love when I make mashed potatoes and homemade rolls when I make rump roast crock pot recipe. But you can also make your potatoes and carrots in the roast.
Make sure to check out our What to Serve with Pot Roast for easy roast dish dish ideas.
Storage
Refrigerate the leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3-5 days or you can freeze the leftovers for up to 3 months. One of my favorite Crockpot Freezer Meals.
Frequently Asked Questions
We prefer our roast to cook on low for 8-10 hours depending on how your crock pot cooks. However, you can cook the roast on high as well. If cooking on the high setting, 5 hours will be plenty of time for the roast to cook and be super tender.
If your roast isn’t tender, that normally means it needs to be cooked longer. I prefer to cook my roast on low all day to insure that is it tender and falling apart. Also, make sure you have enough liquid. We specifically use 4 cups of liquid to make sure your roast is tender.
No, you do not have to brown the roast. You can toss the roast in the slow cooker without any prep work. However, if you like to brown your roast first that is totally fine. Some people prefer to brown the roast a few minutes on each side before slow cooking. Place some olive oil in a large pan and make sure to sear the meat all sides if browning. After searing the meat, place it in the crock pot and add the other vegetables.
Yes, you can use baby carrots. If so, make sure to use the thick baby carrots so that they don’t fall apart during the cook time.
Yes, wine is delicious in this recipe. Replace ½ cup of the beef broth for red wine. Red cooking wine or a dry drinking wine would be delicious in this roast recipe.
Yes, this roast can be cooked in the oven but I prefer making it in the crock pot because it’s easy and the beef is always fork tender with very little work.
If making this in an oven, you would want to cover it. Then cook it at a low temperature for 3-4 hours until the beef is tender.
Crock Pot Roast
Equipment
- Crockpot I use this Crockpot all the time!
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 lbs roast
- 1.5 lbs any potatoes of your choice cut into chunks (I used small baby yellow potatoes so there was not cutting)
- 4 carrots peeled and cut into chunks
- ½ onion cut into chunks
- 4 cups beef stock or broth one carton
- 1 teaspoon minced Garlic
- ½ teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup water for the gravy
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
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Instructions
- Place 2 to 3 pounds roast in the bottom of your crock pot.
- Add 1.5 pounds potatoes cut into chunks (or small baby yellow potatoes), 4 carrots peeled and cut into chunks, and ½ onion cut into chunks on top of the roast.
- Add 1 teaspoon minced garlic, ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning, ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper into the crock pot. Stir gently to combine the seasonings evenly with the roast and vegetables.
- Pour 4 cups beef stock or broth (one carton) over the roast and vegetables.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 5 hours.
- Shred the beef.
- Now, time to make the gravy. In a small bowl whisk together the ¼ cup of water and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch.
- Remove 2 cups of the liquid from the crock pot and place in a sauce pan.
- Whisk in the water and cornstarch mixture in with the beef juice.
- Bring to a boil, stirring frequently for 3-5 minutes until it begins to thicken. It will thicken as it cools as well.
- Drizzle the gravy over the roast, potatoes, and carrots and enjoy!
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Recipe Notes
- Ranch Seasoning – If you want a fun twist on flavor, consider adding in a homemade ranch mix.
- Hint of Spice – Spice up the heat by pouring in some jarred jalapeños or pepperoncini’s.
- Worcestershire Sauce – Add in a tablespoon or 2 of Worcestershire sauce
- Change the Meat – Use different cuts of meat like round steak, rump roast, bottom round roast or flank steak.
- Potatoes – Feel free to use red potatoes or Yukon Gold Potatoes for the perfect Sunday dinner.
- Crock Pot – You will need a good crock pot for this recipe. I have been using a multi-cooker and I love it. You can brown the beef, slow cook the dinner and make the gravy all in the same pot.
- Defrost the Beef – Make sure that the beef is fully defrosted before adding to the crock pot. This will ensure that the beef cooks evenly and is more tender.
- Cut the veggies into large pieces – Since the beef requires a longer cook time, cut all the vegetables into larger pieces so that they don’t get too soft while cooking.
- Don’t use Flour for the Gravy – I have found that cornstarch instead of flour works best to make the gravy for this roast. Cornstarch is flavorless so it thickens without changing the flavor of the droppings from the crock pot.
Nutrition Facts
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Made as written with a few changes. Added parsnips, combined herbs with stock + 1 T worsteshire sauce. Browned meat before adding to crock pot. Used baby carrots, chunks of onion, celery, and garlic with parsnips. Made this recipe several times and it is always very good.