This is a very easy recipe for a delicious pot roast. It makes its own gravy. It’s designed especially for the working person who does not have time to cook all day, but it tastes like you did. You’ll want the cut to be between 5 and 6 pounds.
Summary
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 8 hrs
- Total: 8 hrs 10 mins
- Servings: 12
- Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 5 ½ pounds pot roast – see adjustments – we use ~3 pound roast
Directions
- In a slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and water. Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture.
- Cook on High setting for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.
Adjustments
- With only 2 of we shoot for about a 3 pound cut of roast unless having company. This said, I generally use same ingredient list for this smaller roast. Because I strain the cooking liquid and use it for gravy on the potatoes and carrots we have with this it comes out fine.
- We almost always use the low setting
History
- 2024-10-03 – I lightly oiled and seasoned 1 lb carrots cut into disks and 1 lb little potatoes for 50 minutes in a 350 F oven. After I removed the roast and ladled most of the cooking liquid into a gravy separator I added the potatoes and carrots to the remaining liquid, put the roast back over them and let sit for about 15 minutes with the heat turned off. This resulted in well cooked vegies that had good taste from the liquid. Will do this again next time.
- 2022-01-15 – First time I’ve logged making this one but have used it numerous times in the past. Turns out great and the soup mixes turn into a great gravy. Cooked on low setting. Noting because I tried adding carrots and potatoes with about 1.5 hours remaining and they weren’t even close to done. Had to put them into the oven. Next time I’ll add them with 4 hours remaining.
References
Source: AllRecipes – Awesome Slow Cooker Pot Roast – Brenda Arnold