Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Name: Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Total time: 480 min
Yield: Family
Ingredients: 1.5 kg beef chuck roast; 4 medium potatoes, halved; 4 carrots, chunked; 1 onion, quartered; 2 cups beef broth; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Slow cooker pot roast turns an inexpensive chuck roast into a melt-in-your-mouth Sunday dinner with almost no effort. Hours of gentle, low heat break the beef down into tender shreds while the potatoes and carrots soak up the savory gravy. Set it in the morning and come home to a finished meal.

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free High-Protein Slow Cooker Dinner Family One-Pot Comfort Food Beef

⏱ 480 min
📊 easy
🍽 Family

Ingredients

1.5 kg beef chuck roast
4 medium potatoes, halved
4 carrots, chunked
1 onion, quartered
2 cups beef broth
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

Pat the roast dry, season generously with salt and pepper, and sear on all sides in a hot, oiled pan.
Place the onion, carrots, and potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Set the seared roast on top of the vegetables.

Whisk the broth, tomato paste, garlic, and Worcestershire together and pour over the roast.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, until the beef shreds easily with a fork.
Rest the roast for 10 minutes, then slice or shred and serve with the vegetables and gravy.

💡 Chef's tip

Sear the roast in a hot pan before it goes into the slow cooker; that browned crust adds a deep, roasted flavor the gravy builds on.

The long, low cook is what makes the difference: chuck roast is full of collagen that needs hours of moist heat to melt into gelatin, giving that signature fall-apart texture you cannot rush.