Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Slow Cooker Pot Roast is the ultimate comfort food! It's a super hearty, deliciously flavorful meal in one that's sure to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. This is just classic, homestyle, stick to your ribs good food made with basic, real ingredients. Plus it's the best thing to come home to, cooked and ready to eat, after a long day.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ tbspolive oil, (divided)
- 1chuck roast
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 mediumyellow onion, (peeled, halved and cut into thick slices)
- 5garlic cloves, (minced (1 1/2 tbsp))
- 1 ¼ cupsbeef broth
- 2 tspworcestershire sauce
- 1 tbspminced fresh thyme
- 1 tbspminced fresh rosemary
- 2 ½ lbssmall yukon gold potatoes, (left whole)
- 5 mediumcarrots (about 1 lb), (peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces*)
- 2 ½ tbspcornstarch mixed with 3 tbsp beef broth, (optional, for thickening gravy)
- 2 tbspchopped fresh parsley
Directions
- 1
Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Dab roast dry with paper towels, season all over with salt and pepper.
- 2
Sear roast in pot until browned on both sides, about 4 - 5 minutes per side. Transfer roast to slow cooker.
- 3
Add remaining 1/2 Tbsp olive oil to pot. Add onion and saute 2 minutes, add garlic and saute 30 seconds longer. Pour onion mixture over roast in slow cooker.
- 4
Return pot to heat, pour in beef broth, Worcestershire, thyme and rosemary and cook about 15 seconds, just long enough to scrape up browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Remove from heat.
- 5
Layer potatoes and carrots over onion layer in slow cooker, pour beef broth evenly over top then season with salt and pepper.
- 6
Cover slow cooker and cook on low heat until roast and vegetables are tender, about 8 - 9 hours.
- 7
Remove roast and vegetables, shred roast (discard fat) and cut potatoes if desired.
- 8
If you'd like to thicken the broth and make a gravy, pour broth from slow cooker through a fine mesh strainer into a small saucepan**. Heat over medium-high heat. Whisk cornstarch with 3 Tbsp beef broth then pour into saucepan. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, let simmer 30 - 60 seconds.
- 9
Plate roast and vegetables, pour gravy over the top and sprinkle with parsley.