3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast

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3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast – seriously, 3 ingredients and less than 2 minutes prep time and dinner will be slow-cooked for you. Bonus? You’ll more than likely have enough for dinner another night too!

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast is moist, flavorful and very tender. Weekday dinners don’t get any easier! It’s good served over rice, mashed potatoes, or quinoa. Or, serve with Brown Sugar Cornbread and Unbundled Green Beans. And don’t for get dessert Raspberry Almond Tart would be scrumptious!

crock pot pot roast on a white serving platter.

I always use 98% fat-free cream of mushroom soup. With all the flavor cream of mushroom soup has you’ll never miss the fat. I love saving calories without sacrificing flavor. This soup mixes with the onion soup mix to create a rich, flavorful gravy.

You can add potatoes, onions, and/or carrots to the Slow Cooker Pot Roast,  but I made it a 3 ingredient recipe this time. I knew we’d eat leftovers of sandwiches the next night. Plus, I’m the only one who eats the veggies when I put them in.

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast Tips

Roasts are typically made from tough cuts of meat. Don’t look at this as a negative. These cuts are usually inexpensive. Cooking them low and slow makes the meat more tender, but it is not a positive if you don’t plan. But, if you plan, plan to start a roast early in the day and forget it until dinner! The slow cooker or oven will do all the work for you! When choosing a roast, I recommend getting a chuck roast, shoulder steak, rump roast, or bottom round roast. Look for a well-marbled cut with small pockets of fat, not a ribbon of fat running through the meat.

Plan for leftovers!

For sandwiches on the second night, I reheated the roast along with the gravy in a saucepan. I toasted hamburger rolls with provolone cheese on them as the meat was reheating. I like my sandwich with just roast and cheese. Big Daddy likes to add banana peppers and roasted red peppers for a little zing to his.

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast on a serving platter.

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3 ingredient pot roast on a serving platter.

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast is moist, flavorful and very tender. Weekday dinners doesn’t get any easier!
Author: Paula
4.70 from 59 votes
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Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 2 minutes
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Turn slowcooker on low.
  • Place roast in slow cooker.
  • Pour cream of mushroom soup over roast then sprinkle the onion soup mix over roast.
  • Cook on low 8 hours.
  • Serve hot.
  • Can also make sandwiches out of roast.

Notes

  1. You can also had 2 cups potatoes, carrots and/or onions to pot roast.
  2. Add vegetables at the beginning and cook along with the roast.ย 

Nutrition

Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 80mg | Sodium: 757mg | Potassium: 459mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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34 Comments

  1. Hey Paula what if i don’t have onion soup mix and have no way to the grocery store due to snow what else can I do I have seasonings galore can i make my own mix and if so how? Thank you

    1. Stir the onion flakes, beef bouillon granules, onion powder, parsley flakes, celery seed, paprika, and black pepper in a bowl. Use as substitute for a 1-ounce envelope of dry onion soup mix.

  2. 5 stars
    Made this with diced red potatoes and baby carrots in crockpot added a little beef broth and my family loved it! My boyfriend made a sandwich as soon as it was done then him and my daughter had it with cornbread later. We ate every drop!Great recipe!Thanks a lotโค

  3. Hi,I have to be the worst slow cooker person aroundso for everything beef roast comes out so dry,my husband says,STOP WITH THE SLOW COOKER!! So,how would I make this in the oven??
    Thanks soo much,Cindy

  4. 5 stars
    This is how I always make my pot roast, even in the old days before slow cookers. I also add the veggies. Now I have to go to the store, this made me hungry for pot roast.

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