Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast
The best Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe. Learn how to cook a roast in a crockpot that comes out perfectly tender and delicious!
Servings: 6 8 oz servings
Calories: 541kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4-5 lb chuck roast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- ½ cup onion finely chopped
- 3 cups carrots cut in 4-5 inch chunks (about 4 large carrots)
- 3 cups potatoes quartered
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme or rosemary
- 1 cup beef broth low or no salt
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a pan on the stove over medium high heat for about 3 minutes. Season roast with salt and pepper. Sear the roast for 5-6 minutes on each side until browned. The roast shouldn’t be cooked through but should have a nice crust.
- In the last 2-3 minutes you can add your onion and garlic to the pan to saute with the roast or just add them into the crockpot raw.
- While the roast is browning, add carrots, potatoes and broth to the crockpot.
- Add the seared roast, onions and garlic on top of the carrots/potatoes.
- Sprinkle with dried thyme (or fresh thyme)
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours until the roast, potatoes and carrots are fork tender. (Or high for 4-6 hours. Low is recommended)
- The pot roast should fall apart easily with a fork or tongs. Serve a plate with meat, carrots, and potatoes and enjoy!
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Notes
Browning your meat before cooking anything low and slow adds a great depth of flavor to any dish.
This can be cooked in a crock pot on low or in a dutch oven/oven safe pot with a lid following the same cooking directions with your oven set to 300 degrees.
Any type of meat will work well but chuck roast has such a great balance of fat and lean protein that we usually opt for that over top round roast or bottom round roast (aka rump roast)
You can also clone this recipe and swap out the red meat for pork roast or even a whole chicken!
You can use fresh herbs or dry herbs in this recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 8oz meat + 1 cup veggies (estimated) | Calories: 541kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 156mg | Sodium: 328mg | Potassium: 1670mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 10734IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 7mg