Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Onion Soup Mix

Pot roast with onion soup mix in Crockpot recipe 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.

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!

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?

Ingredient Notes

You’ll want to start with a packet of dry Lipton onion soup mix will add all the flavor you need. You can make our copycat onion soup mix recipe first if you don’t want to use the store bought packets.

You want to add a large beef chuck roast ideally because this cut has a decent amount of fat which means more flavor and it will fall apart to become fork tender easier when marbled too.

As far as adding vegetables; potatoes, onions and carrots are best. Typically I will just buy a bag of baby carrots and dice up the others into large bite size pieces. You want to keep them a bit larger so they don’t disintegrate with the heat.

And to create enough heat you want a few cups of water, beer or beef broth of your choice for liquid needed.

Can I cook a roast with beer?

Yes!! That is what we used here to add even more flavor. Like we do with our 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!

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. 😉

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.

How Long to Cook Roast with Onion Soup Mix in Slow Cooker

You need to give this time to allow the heat to break down the connective tissues so 8 hours is about right to get it to shred easily. Of course the cook time will depend on how large and thick your piece is but this is generally perfect.

Can you cook this 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.

How to Thicken the Gravy

I suggest that you use as much of the drippings in the pot when serving. You can pour it over as is but it won’t be as thick. You can pour it into a saucepan though and with a roux made of cornstarch and cool water you can whisk this in when bubbling to create a rich thick gravy lke we do with our Instant Pot rump roast.

FAQ

Other comfort food meals you’ll love

Our quick meatloaf recipe uses it. If you don’t want to turn your oven on, try our Ninja Foodi meatloaf instead.

1. Crockpot beef stroganoff has a package inside the broth as well.
2. Or try our Instant Pot Swedish meatballs for dinner.