Pot roast done simple — Slow Cooker Pot Roast, Mississippi Pot Roast, French Onion Pot Roast, Pot Roast With Gravy — for Sunday dinner or a busy weeknight.
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Picture this, after a long strenuous day, you can come home 8 hours later to the most delicious pot roast ever. Your family will think you cooked all day and you hardly lifted a finger. That's a meal well done. I'll take a bowl to go, thanks!
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Open in Pepper →A chuck roast asks almost nothing of you. Salt it, brown it if you have the time, give it liquid and a few hours, and it turns into something your whole table shows up for.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on slow Sundays, on cold nights, and on mornings when they want dinner handled before lunch. It is also where they land when one roast needs to stretch into lunches all week.
Every recipe here is a real pot roast somebody made and saved: Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Yukon Golds and baby carrots, Mississippi Pot Roast with ranch and au jus, French Onion Pot Roast, Pot Roast With Gravy, Pot Roast Meal Prep, and a Chicken "Pot Roast" for nights you skip the beef.
Brown the roast first
Sear all sides in a hot pan with a tablespoon of oil, about 3 to 4 minutes per side, before it goes in the pot.
Salt it ahead
Season the roast with salt and pepper at least 30 minutes before cooking so it works past the surface.
Keep the liquid low
One to two cups is plenty; the roast gives off its own juices and too much water thins the gravy.
Add potatoes later
Drop in potatoes and carrots during the last 2 hours on low so they hold their shape instead of falling apart.