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slow cooker pot roast on white plate with carrots

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

All She Cooks
A classic roast beef dinner that is delicious served alongside slow cooked root vegetables, or atop mashed potatoes.
4.8 from 5 votes
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 8 hrs
Total Time 8 hrs 20 mins
Course Slow Cooker
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 823 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 pounds beef roast
  • 1 10 ounce can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 package dry onion soup mix or Ranch dip mix
  • ½ cup water
  • 6 small red potatoes scrubbed (or Russett potatoes)
  • Salt and pepper
  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • Add-ins at your discretion: onions, carrots, pepperoncini peppers

Instructions
 

  • Put oil in cast iron skillet, salt and pepper roast, and brown over medium heat, turning to brown all sides of roast.
  • Remove roast to platter and turn heat to low under skillet.
  • In same skillet mix together soup, dry onion soup mix, and water and stir to mix and get browned bits off bottom.
  • Pour ½ mixture from skillet into crock pot, then lay roast in.
  • Pour remaining mixture from skillet over the top of roast.
  • Arrange potatoes around the roast in crockpot.
  • Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or until roast falls apart and potatoes are tender.

Notes

For a larger meal, add in additional root vegetables. Carrots and potatoes work well to stretch this meal. It can also be served with mashed potatoes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 823kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 71gFat: 48gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 273mgSodium: 381mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2g
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