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!
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.
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3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 pound beef roast
- 10.5 ounce can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 envelope onion soup mix
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
- You can also had 2 cups potatoes, carrots and/or onions to pot roast.
- Add vegetables at the beginning and cook along with the roast.
Nutrition
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.
This is how I have made my roasts for years. The only difference is, I sear the roast on all sides before putting it in the crock pot. It really adds a lot of flavor. I have tried other recipes, but none of them measure up to this one. Simple, quick and delicious!
Do you know if it’s possible to make this with chunks of stewing beef instead of a roast? Trying to do something with it other than your typical beef stew. Thanks
Yes, you can.
Can this be cooked on high for 4-6 hours?
yes
I have been making this pot roast recipe since before my Daughter was born and she is 50
My slow cooker was a low oven for 2-3 hours.
Thank you I was just thinking my crock pot is broken and wondering about oven directions !
What if I don’t want to use cream of mushroom, is there a substitute? Allergies:(
Taste was good but overall was a bit dry, any ideas?
What size roast was it and did it have much marbling? You can add water or beef broth or another can of soup.
This is such a new favorite meal in our house!
Easy dinner for the win! Sure to on repeat!