Slow Cooker Cranberry Roast

By Addie

"This is a family favorite! Simple but absolutely delicious roast! It makes a fantastic gravy that complements the roast and goes great with mashed potatoes!"

MY NOTES: This recipe is so marvelously EASY that it is my top favorite pot roast. We could eat this once a week!

Ingredients

• 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
• 1 (3 pound) beef chuck roast
• 1 (16 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Preparation

Step 1

Place onion soup mix in the bottom of a slow cooker. Place roast in the slow cooker, and top with cranberry sauce.

Cover, and cook 8 hours on Low.

Remove roast, and set aside. Set slow cooker to High. Whisk together butter and flour, and slowly mix into the liquid remaining in the slow cooker to create a thick gravy. Serve with the roast.
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REVIEWS: (392)

I know the ingredients call for a beef chuck roast, but I think it's actually supposed to be a PORK roast, like the write up states ("Simple but absolutely delicious cranberry PORK roast!")... I can't imagine a cranberry sauce with beef, but who knows... I chose pork, since fruit sauces are usually a good complement, and it turned out fantastic! My husband wolfed it down and normally he's a very slow eater... Don't worry about it not having much liquid to begin with-- I stared into my crockpot for quite awhile debating if I needed to add water (my hubby even peered over my shoulder and commented on how dry it looked compared to my other crock pot recipes) but I went on faith and followed the recipe to a T and it turned out great (the cranberry sauce quickly "melts" and turns into a watery stew for the meat to cook in). Yes, this is a sweet recipe, but it's sweet like BBQ sauce is sweet (it tastes appropriate and not remotely like cranberry sauce-- trust me, I'm not a big fan of the stuff)... I'm also not a big fan of pork, but I am a HUGE fan of crock pots and know that otherwise dry/tough meat ALWAYS turns out fabulous in it.... Give this recipe a try-- your tastebuds will thank you for it!

I thought this might turn out wierd, but had to try it because it seemed so easy. It was great! It doesn't taste like cranberries (I used a store-brand of cranberry sauce), but formed lots of nice, brown-type gravy to serve over my garlic-roasted mashed potatoes. I used one fresh 3-lb chuck roast and one .5 lb rump roast (from the freezer) and prefered the rump roast because it wasn't so fatty. So next time, I'd just do a rump roast instead. I added some baby carrots to the crockpot and those were great too. Luckily I bought two cans of cranberry sauce so I can make this again!

No, it's not a mistake: this is for a beef chuck roast (but feel free to use pork, I guess). What a revelation! I've made pot roast for years, but would never have guessed that cranberry sauce would produce a nice browned roast (in a slow cooker!) with such rich gravy. I used water and corn starch to thicken the gravy, instead of the butter & flour in the recipe. We had it over egg noodles, but next time I'll add quartered potatoes and baby carrots, because I think they would go well with this. If so, I would also add 1/4 to 1/3 cup of water, to produce a little more gravy for cooking the vegetables.

WOW!! What a great recipe!! Kids even loved it. I did not have the dry onion soup mix so I substituted the soup mix with 4 tsp beef boullion, 8 tsp dried onion flakes, 1 tsp onion powder and 1/4 tsp pepper. I also added 2 carrots sliced up. Thanks for the fantastic meal!!

This was wonderful, different and sooooooo easy. I used stewing beef that I had on hand. I placed the beef in the slow cooker and dumped the soup mix in and gave it a quick stir, then I dumped the can of cranberry sauce on top, covered and let it go all day. I also used whole berry cranberry sauce since thats what I had in my cupboard. I liked it that way but the kiddies prefer without the berries so I will make it that way next time. I served this over egg noodles and it was absolutely amazing! I just couldnt get over how easy this was to make. You really cant get any simpler. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

This is absolutely the best and easiest slow cooker roast recipe!! I've made it twice, first with beef (arm) roast and second time with pork loin roast. The arm roast didn't produce enough liquid so I didn't need to thicken the sauce. In future would use chuck roast because the sauce tasted a little charred since it was slightly thick. The pork roast was awesome!! I thickened the pork juices with corn starch instead of flour/butter, and loved it! Used whole berry cranberry sauce both times. Did not add any additional liquid--just the whole cranberry sauce--and it was perfect!

The flavor of this roast was surprisingly excellent! I was a bit leery when I read the recipe; but so many people rated it highly that I went ahead and tried it. It was GREAT and my husband snarfed all the leftovers the next day. We will certainly make this again.

Didn't change a THING! This is FABULOUS! Roast was amazing! Gravy was OUT OF THIS WORLD! Served the gravy over the meat and over mashed potatoes. Try this! It's to DIE for!

This was OK, nothing fabulous. I liked the gravy, but it was a little sweet for meat. I think I would like the gravy on noodles or potatoes, but not really for meat. Husband didn't want to try it at first, but once he did he really liked it. I'd make it again for him, but not for me. (and I love cranberries! go figure....)Made it again, this time I really liked it. I don't know what changed, but I like it a lot & hubby asks for it frequently & I am happy to make it now.

I made this as written with the exception of choosing to use the ocean spray whole berry cranberry sauce. I'm extremely surprised how much juice this created in the crock pot with out adding any liquid at all. I did use a beef chuck roast but I can see how this would be terrific with pork as well. For those who had trouble with the butter and flour. Its a roux so: In a 2 cup glass measuring cup melt your butter in the microwave the add flour and mix with fork. Then slowly ladle juice from the crock into the cup and mix with fork. It will thicken almost immediatly. Continue until you have added enough to make 2 cups making sure your smoothing it with for in between adding liquid. Then add to crock pot, this will ensure your gravy (which is amazing) does not clump. If you choose to use cornstarch dissolve cornstarch in water prior to adding to the gravy mixture. I also suggest cutting back the cornstarch to 1 tbs and not simply subbing it for the flour as cornstarch thickens at twice the rate of flour.

Great recipe! I used beef. Also added quartered potatoes and carrot chunks about 4 hours before it was done as one reviewer suggested. Everything was DELICIOUS! I also used cornstarch in a small amount of water to thicken instead of the butter and flour. Thanks for the recipe.

Recipe was very good not only with a beef roast, but with pork roast, chicken breasts and cut up chicken. My family raved about all the cuts of meat and poultry they tried it with.

Wow, thought this was too good to be true. I used a smoked pork shoulder, didnt change a thing and the gravy was perfect. Mashed potatoes a must have to take full advantage of the gravy. This will be a regular meal in our home.

This roast was fantastic! I used the leftover gravy and made Slow Cooker meatballs the following day. I served it over a bed of rice and my teenager loved it! Very Highly recommended!!