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
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 cups roughly chopped carrots cut in 4-5 inch chunks (about 4 large carrots)
- 3 cups quartered potatoes
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 cup low sodium beef broth
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot on the stove over medium high heat for about 3 minutes. Season the 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 brown crust.
- At the last 2-3 minutes of searing, add the onion and garlic to the pan to sauté with the roast until lightly cooked.
- While the roast is searing, add the carrots, potatoes and broth to the crockpot.
- Add the seared roast, onions and garlic on top of the carrots and potatoes.
- Sprinkle with dried thyme.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours until the roast, potatoes and carrots are fork tender. You can cook on high for 4-6 hours but low is highly recommended.
- The pot roast should fall apart easily with a fork or tongs. Serve on a plate with meat, carrots, and potatoes.
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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
