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Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Slow Cooker Pot Roast by whatscookingwithruthie.com

Slow Cooker Pot Roast is just drop dead amazing! Seriously.  The BEST way to cook a roast, it has a full rich flavor that is just wonderful.  Make sure to save your leftovers because tomorrow I’m going to share a delicious leftover Pot Roast Chili that’s every bit as good 🙂

Slow Cooker Pot Roast...

Slow Cooker Pot Roast by whatscookingwithruthie.com

Ingredients

  • 1 rump roast, approx 3lbs
  • sea salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 lb carrots, scrubbed and cut into 2 inch diagonal chunks
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 10-12 new red potatoes
  • 3 cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbsp fresh thyme, minced or 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 C beef broth or 1 C water and 1 beef bouillon
  • 1 bay leaf
  • parsley to garnish

Instructions

  1. In a large frying pan heat oil over medium high.
  2. Salt and pepper all sides of roast, add beef to frying pan and cook 10-12 minutes rotating to brown evenly.
  3. Transfer to slow cooker.
  4. To the same skillet add onion, garlic, and thyme.
  5. Cook 2 minutes or until golden, stirring frequently.
  6. Add beef broth, cook 3 minutes making sure to scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
  7. Pour over roast in slow cooker.
  8. Add bay leaf.
  9. Layer carrots and onions around roast.
  10. Cover, cook on high for 5 hours and low on 10 hours.
  11. Slice meat, place on serving platter, drizzle with dripping.
  12. Place carrots and potatoes around beef and serve!
  13. Gravy:
  14. If you'd like to make some gravy with the drippings... here's what I do.
  15. Place the drippings in a sauce pan.
  16. Skim off fat with a spoon.
  17. Bring to a boil.
  18. Add 1 C water and 2 beef bouillon.
  19. Add 1 tsp garlic and onion salt.
  20. In a 1 C measuring cup filled half way with cold water add to 2 Tbsp cornstarch; mix with a fork.
  21. Slowly whisk into boiling beef broth and cook until thickens.
  22. Serve!

 

Slow Cooker Pot Roast by whatscookingwithruthie.com

 Slow Cooker Pot Roast is a recipe I love to make for Sunday Dinner, it’s so nice to throw it in the slow cooker Sunday morning and then forget about it all day long 🙂

I hope you all have really fun weekend plans and have a easy going Friday to start it off!

Love,

Ruthie

Slow Cooker Pot Roast on www.cookingwithruthie.com is the BEST way to cook your roast~ simple and delicious!

  1. Denette says:

    It looks so yummy. Did you cook the potatoes in the crock pot too?

  2. I am ready for turkey, but this sounds wonderful to me. My husband never ate pot roast so we never had it. My mom made a great one for Sunday dinner with a coconut cream pie for dessert. I’m getting hungry just thinking about this. Drop by my kitchen and leave a recipe for our Holiday Cookie Exchange. https://www.tumbleweedcontessa.com/blog/2012-cookie-exchange-cookies-and-memories/

    • Ruth says:

      You’ll love this recipe and tomorrow’s too… a great idea for using up pot roast leftovers!! xoxo~Ruthie

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