Roast with onion soup mix in Crockpot is fantastic. Want to make your beef tender and shredded with just forks? You can use a fresh, defrosted or frozen roast in a Crockpot this way. Here are simple instructions to make it this week.
Roast with onion soup mix in Crockpot is packed with flavor! Add tender potatoes and carrots with salt and pepper with this soup mixture and WOW. You’ve gotta’ try this easy Crockpot recipe tonight. (affiliate links present)
Slow Cooker Roast
If you want to cook a really hearty meal that doesn’t cost a lot, but reminds you of your childhood this is it!! With tons of flavor you can now cook a beef or Slow Cooker Pork Roast Onion Soup Mix all day on it’s own while you’re at work. Then dinner is ready!
Crock-Pot Roast
Just throw in the beef chuck roast with vegetables, liquid, dry onion soup mix dissolved, cover and cook! Cooking time is about all day and it just gets more tender if you have to leave it in an extra hour or more. It can’t be much easier than that right?
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Slow Cooker Pot Roast Ingredients
This is what it is sometimes called. You can make our copycat onion soup mix recipe first if you don’t want to use the store bought packets.
- Use a Crock pot large enough for the lid to close securely with meat inside
- Dry Lipton onion soup mix
- Roast and vegetables
- Beef chuck roast is a great cut
- Baby carrots are yummy
- An onion is a must
- Cups of water, beer or beef broth
Can I cook a roast with beer?
Yes!! That is what we used here to add even more flavor. Like we do with our corned beef or our Slow Cooker Mississippi pot roast the liquid is up to you. If you want to omit the beer you can just substitute it with more broth instead. The alcohol will be cooked off and the only reason it’s great is because it adds another layer of bold flavors.
If you’re in a rush but want a hearty comfort food meal at the end of the evening this is a great choice. Serve it with slow cooker mashed potatoes and you’re set!
What cut of meat is best for Sunday roast?
Chuck roast is probably the best if you ask me, and pretty cheap too. If you want a bit leaner cut, but willing to spend more you could use a sirloin, top rump or fillet. For a faster cook time, follow our Instant Pot rump roast with gravy recipe.
Rib eye roast is known to be the most popular. With some fat to make it tender and great flavor, it’s a great choice.
It is not a must. Some prefer to have the outside browned with some olive oil in a pan on the stovetop before cooking, but to make prep quicker you can skip that step.
This isn’t necessary either. The steam and hot liquid will get the top and bottom just as tender. You can if you really think you must.
I do suggest using the combination of broth and beer for the most flavor possible. Those and the dry soup mix create the most amazing pot roast recipe.
Here is a quick step by step but there is a detailed printable recipe card at the bottom of this post as well to refer to. You can save it in your recipe book or just come back time and time again. 😉
How to make pot roast recipe in Crockpot that is not chewy
Time needed: 8 hours
Crockpot roast with onion soup mix
- Add ingredients
Place roast in slow cooker with potatoes, carrots and onion broken apart around it. In a bowl whisk together your broth and onion soup mix. Pour this on top of the roast, add beer now too.
Sprinkle in pepper and garlic powder. Close your lid. - Cook
Secure lid on top and cook on low for 8 hours. When done remove meat and keep warm. It is not recommended to set to high heat for half the amount of time. Low and slow will keep it tender.
- Thicken gravy
Take out 2 c of liquid from your pot and pour it into a saucepan on your stovetop. In a small bowl whisk together cornstarch and 4 tbsp of cold water until it’s smooth. (could use can of cream of mushroom soup to thicken alternatively)
Once liquid in pot begins to bubble pour this in and stir. Stir frequently so sauce begins to thicken, it will get thicker as it sits too. - Serve
After meat has rested slice and serve with veggies and thick gravy on top.
How Long to Cook a Roast in Crockpot on High
This is NOT recommended! If you want your thick piece of meat to get as tender as humanly possible keep it on low. Remember the idea of slow cookers, LOW and slow y’all. Typically it is a bit more than half the time if you must, but not worth it.
Why is Crockpot roast tough?
If you find that your meat is not fork tender and falling apart when you take it out, then it hasn’t cooked long enough. For large cuts of beef you need time for it to really break and get soft. If you cook it too too long though it might get tough too so follow recommended cook times listed here.
Onion Soup Mix Roast Recipe
If you love this one we have a lot of other recipes we’ve used this packet in like:
- Our quick meatloaf recipe uses it.
- If you don’t want to turn your oven on, try our Ninja Foodi meatloaf instead.
- Crockpot beef stroganoff has a package inside the broth as well.
- Or try our Instant Pot Swedish meatballs for dinner.
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Roast with Onion Soup Mix in Crockpot
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 lb roast
- 1 lb baby potatoes
- 2 c baby carrots
- 1 onion cut into fourths
- 3 c beef broth
- 6 oz beer
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 pkg onion soup mix
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Place roast in pot with potatoes, carrots and onion broken apart around it.
- In a bowl whisk together your broth and onion soup mix, then pour into your pot. Pour in your beer now.
- Sprinkle in salt, pepper and garlic powder and close your lid. Cook on low for 8 hours.
- When done remove meat and keep warm. Then take out 2 c of liquid from your pot and pour it into a saucepan on your stovetop. In a small bowl whisk together cornstarch and 4 tbsp of cold water until it's smooth. Once liquid in pot begins to bubble pour this in and stir.
- Stir frequently so sauce begins to thicken, it will get thicker as it sits too.
- After meat has rested slice and serve with veggies and thick gravy on top.
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Carrie Moore
Sunday 29th of October 2023
I cannot believe that this recipe would have this much sodium. Had to divide salt related ingredients. Hopefully it was enough….🙏🏽
Shea
Thursday 2nd of November 2023
@Carrie Moore, I ran it through a calculator and got 494 mg of sodium (21%). So lower than this. Should be easy enough to use lower sodium options to cut that number further. I will say though, it didn't taste overly salty to me and I am usually pretty sensitive to that! Good luck. :)
The Typical Mom
Sunday 29th of October 2023
I don't calculate that # and don't know how accurate it is, recipe card does the calculations
Mjjkg
Saturday 22nd of January 2022
How much salt does the recipe call for?