Easiest Way to Make Perfect Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Slow Cooker Pot Roast.

You can have Slow Cooker Pot Roast using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Pot Roast

1. Prepare 2 tbsp of unsalted butter.
2. It's 1 tbsp of sunflower oil.
3. You need 1 large of onion cut into wedges.
4. You need 3 lb of boneless top round or rump roast.
5. It's 3 of carrots, peeled and thinly sliced.
6. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
8. You need 2 envelope of (1.4oz) onion soup mix.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of cornstarch.

Slow Cooker Pot Roast step by step

1. Heat butter and sunflower oil in a large skillet..
2. Add onion and beef..
3. Brown the beef on all sides.
4. Transfer the beef and onion to slow cooker.
5. Add carrots, potatoes and bay leaves around beef..
6. Sprinkle with salt..
7. In a heat-proof bowl or measuring cup, combine the soup mix with 3 cups boiling water. stir until smooth..
8. Pour soup mix over beef and vegetables..
9. Cover and cook on high until the meat is tender...about 3.5 hours..
10. In a medium saucepan, combine cornstarch and about 1 tsp. water. Stir to form paste..
11. Add 2 cups hot liquid from slow cooker and bring to boil, stirring until the gravy has thickened..
12. Slice the beef and serve with vegetables and gravy..