Beef roast seared with seasonings, fresh herbs, onions and garlic. Then slow cooked until it’s fork tender!
Hey cousins! So many of you have been asking for slow cooker recipes, so I’ll continue pumping them out. In this post I’m going to show you how I make my slow cooker smothered beef roast.
This recipe is quite easy. I use a package of onion mushroom soup mix, however regular onion soup mix is okay as well!
At the end of this recipe I add heavy cream to make the gravy nice and creamy. If you’re not a fan of adding cream to your gravy, that step can be omitted.
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Slow Cooker Smothered Roast
This fall-apart tender beef roast is first seared with herbs and spices, and then slow-cooked to perfection with a creamy gravy. Serve over a bed of mashed potatoes or rice!
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Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 4.5 -5 lb beef chuck roast
- 2 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large yellow onion sliced
- 8-10 cloves garlic
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 envelope mushroom onion soup mix regular onion soup mix is okay
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 tbsp browning seasoning
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
Instructions
- Season all surfaces of the roast with the garlic salt & black pepper, then set to the side.
- Drizzle the vegetable oil into a large pan, then place the pan over medium heat.
- Once the vegetable oil is nice and hot add in the roast followed by the rosemary, thyme, onions, and garlic.
- Be sure to sear all sides of the roast.
- Once the roast is nicely seared, place it into a 4-6 qt slow cooker. Also be sure to add in the herbs, onions, and garlic.
- Now sprinkle in the onion soup mix, and pour in 3 cups chicken broth. Also add the browning seasoning at this time.
- Turn the slow cooker on high and let cook for 6 hours.
- During the last hour of cooking, add 2 tbsp of heavy cream, and 2 tbsp of all purpose flour.
- Mix everything well, then place the lid back on the slow cooker.
- Once the roast is done serve and enjoy with mashed potatoes, pasta, or rice.
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Hello can this pot roast recipe be done on top of the stove in a regular pot instead of a slow cooker???
Sure can.
Thank you will definitely have to give it a try
Why wouldn’t you use beef broth? Chicken broth with a chuck roast is counterintuitive.
Because I like chicken broth. If you like beef broth, you can use it hun.
Just cooked this recipe, and my God, so so good! Thank you so so much for posting Rosie!!
For those viewing this post, this recipe is full of flavor, I pre seasoned my roast (garlic salt & pepper) the night before and used rosemary- thyme seasoning, to season the roast since that’s what I had. Everything else I did the same!
Thank you, thank you again Rosie! This will be my roast staple moving forward!!
Thanks for much for trying Brit!!! XOXOXOXOX!!!
Made the recipe today just as said and oh my goodness!!! The seasonings just took my roast making experience to a new level. Cant wait to try the mac and cheese recipe next.
Thanks for trying my recipe Janet!! XOXO
Thank you for your recipes. I have already cooked three of your recipes and my family enjoyed them and thought they where very delicious that they ate everything up lol. I had lost my love for cooking because I felt my season was not good enough but when I ran across your recipes my love for cooking was restored. I thank God for giving you such a gift to even help young women like me that wasn’t taught at a young age to learn how to cook but now I can thanks to you. I am saving these recipes so when I get married my husband want be disappointed lol. Thank you and much blessings
Thanks so much for trying my recipe!
Thank you!!!!
Can’t wait to make this recipe. Yum!
I have tried several recipes. Delicious! Thank you so much. I am not much of a cook so you make me look good.
Gurllll. Let me tell you….I came across your website when I was searching for a baked turkey wings recipe. I usually brown stew my turkey wings like oxtails(I’m Caribbean) I have them cut into little pieces. But was on the hunt to bake the entire wings and wanted to change it up. Continued surveying your page and came across this recipe Chile!! You made me dig under my kitchen counter to pull out the crockpot my husband and I had since undergrad. I never even knew about onion soup mix and I found that with teleworking I was able to set this up and leave it all day on the counter to let it do its thing. I am in love with this recipe and ALL that you have posted that I came across. Please keep it coming. I don’t have social media including YouTube subscription. So this website is jus fine for me. Well done for a self-taught chef. Be safe and well. Keep us locked down/teleworking folks cooking.
XOXO!!
I did it for dinner today with chicken broth and turned out great thxs.
Oh Rosie, you’ve got a winner with this recipe! Hubby said was to die for!! And you know I wanna make him happy. So thank you for such a perfect recipe!! I’m so grateful
Thanks for trying my recipe hunny!
So Juicy and flavorful! I love your recipes!
One of my favorite dishes. Definitely love this recipe!
Hey Rosie , any pork roast recipes? i need to show off for the holidays lol for my family. please help!
Love it…
Easy to make. The family loved it! Love how tender and juicy it is! Exquisite!
Thank you, this was spectacular.my family loved it..I was trying to send you a picture, but will not let me..
My Roast is cooking now I can’t wait to eat it, smells so good