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Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Homemade “Onion Soup”

April 11, 2016

Slow cooker pot roast is a dinner classic. It’s ready to slow cook in less then ten minutes, and it’s ready when you get home from work!
Slow cooker pot roast is a dinner classic. It's ready to slow cook in less then ten minutes, and it's ready when you get home from work! | recipe from Chattavore.com
I love my slow cooker. These days, that sentiment has become, “I love my Instant Pot.” If you haven’t checked out the Instant Pot (??that’s an affiliate link) yet, you definitely should. It’s a slow cooker, a pressure cooker, a rice cooker, and a yogurt maker. Oh, and you can sauté in it. One of these days I’ll write a full review, but for now, just suffice it to say that it’s pretty much amazing.

Anyway, that’s not really the point of this post. There’s just something amazing about coming home from work and knowing that dinner is waiting for you. It’s even better when you can make a meal in the slow cooker that you know is going to stretch for a few days, which is why I love to cook a big batch of meat in the slow cooker to use in other dishes.
Slow cooker pot roast is a dinner classic. It's ready to slow cook in less then ten minutes, and it's ready when you get home from work! | recipe from Chattavore.com
Slow cooker pot roast is definitely a classic. As many different types of slow cooker recipes that I’ve made over the years, slow cooker pot roast is still the thing that comes to mind first when I am trying to think of what to make in the slow cooker. Why wouldn’t it, though? It’s so amazingly tasty, and after hours in the slow cooker it’s absolutely fall-apart tender. Best of all, there’s usually enough left over for some tacos or an open-faced roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy (can you tell that I’ve been down this road a few times)? By the way, there’s a recipe coming on Friday that I made with the leftovers from this particular roast.

Back before my from-scratch days, I used to love to make my slow cooker pot roast with Lipton onion soup. Sprinkle that on a roast and you’ve got yourself a darn tasty roast. You know what’s in those packets, though? Salt and dehydrated onions, pretty much. I have that stuff in my kitchen, so there’s no need to buy a box of onion soup at the store. I like to brown my meat before I put it in the slow cooker, which takes less than ten minutes. A sprinkle here and there and eight hours on low, and you have yourself a perfect slow cooker pot roast!

What’s your favorite thing to make in the slow cooker?

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Slow cooker pot roast is a dinner classic. It's ready to slow cook in less then ten minutes, and it's ready when you get home from work! | recipe from Chattavore.com

Mary

Yield: 8-10 servings

Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Homemade “Onion Soup”

3 minPrep Time:

8 hr, 10 Cook Time:

8 hr, 13 Total Time:

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
  • 2 1/2 - 3 pound beef roast (shoulder roast, which is what I used, or chuck)
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon dehydrated onions
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Generously sprinkle the roast with salt and pepper. Brown in the oil for 2-3 minutes per side.
  2. Place the roast in the slow cooker. Sprinkle the dehydrated onions, garlic powder, and onion powder over the roast. Cover and cook on low for eight hours or high for 4 hours. Serve with mashed potatoes, rice, or egg noodles.
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  1. Kathy says

    April 14, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    This is a favorite "your grandmother" recipe. I do not eat pork anymore, but this is still good without the ham! P.S. I know how you feel about canned soup -- :)! Crock Pot Ham and Scalloped Potatoes 6 to 8 slices ham 8 to 10 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 2 onions, peeled and thinly sliced 1 cup grated cheddar cheese 1 10 ounce can cream of celery or mushroom soup Paprika Put half of ham, potatoes and onions in layers in crockpot. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then grated cheese. Repeat layers with remaining half of ingredients. Spoon undiluted soup over top. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours OR HIGH for 4 hours I buy a “Hormel Cure 81” ham and have the meat guy slice it – not sandwich thin, a little thicker – they do this for no charge. You can freeze in individual baggies (6 to 8 slices per small bag and then put small bags in a larger freezer bag) to pull out for sandwiches later.
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    • Mary // Chattavore says

      April 14, 2016 at 10:07 pm

      It does sound delicious, Kathy! And I do eat canned soup when other people cook when other people cook with it...but I'll make my own! ?
      Reply

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