Best Ever Slow Cooker Italian Beef Roast

By Addie

"Best tender and juicy pot roast you've ever eaten! Also great sliced up and served on hearty rolls."

Ingredients

• 1 (3 pound) beef chuck roast
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 (10.5 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 (1 ounce) packet dry au jus mix
• 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian salad dressing mix (such as Good Seasons)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 370mins
Adapted from allrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Place beef chuck roast into a slow cooker and scatter onion quarters around the meat. Pour the beef broth over the meat and sprinkle the au jus mix, Italian salad dressing mix, salt, and black pepper over the roast.

Cover cooker, set on Low, and cook until meat is very tender, 6 to 8 hours.
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REVIEWS:

I make this all the time. Any cut of beef will work. Also, I just use the Aujus Garvy and Italian Dressing mix, then add water instead of boullion. It is salty enough with just the mixes. The juice is perfect for a French Dip sandwich. This is my go to on busy days. I dont even thaw the meat sometimes, I just throw it in the crock pot frozen...YUMMY...!!!!!!

I also add garlic and Kitchen Bouquet with a mixture of Wondra flour and water for gravy. Superb!

Well, tried to make as written as I am one of the first reviewers...turned out I didn't have an onion (thought I did, so didn't buy one), So I used some onion powder. It smelled great, and tasted pretty good. I think it's worth a try, but I won't make it again, and I don't think the onion thing made that big of a difference.

I rarely use processed/packaged food but I needed something that I could throw into the slow cooker with little preparation so I decided to try this one. I made the recipe exactly as stated and could not be happier. This was absolutely delicious. I can't wait until tonight to use the leftovers for french dip sandwiches. Thanks so much for posting this recipe. We love it and will use it a lot.

Wonderful recipe. I added one 10 oz can of low sodium stewed tomatoes and 1/4 cup of banana peppers. Cooked on low for 8 hours.

We added a small jar of sweet banana peppers, and browned the roast on all sides before putting it into the crock pot so that it would not be dry. I did not have the au Jus packet on hand, so made it without that. Will use this over and over as a main meal during fall and winter, especially to use for several meals on the weekend.

I have made this recipe for a few years now. I do not add broth just water (about 4 cups) because there is enough flavor from the au jus packet. I also throw in mushrooms for more deliciousness. Makes a great sandwich on toasted hoagie too.

I have been using this receipt for years. Add potatoes and carrots if you like. Also cook it a little longer and pull it apart with a fork and add bar-b-que sauce. Great for parties.

You don't need any more salt with all those packets of dry mix. I like to add no-salt added tomatoes of any sort too.

Incredible! Juicy and well flavored!

I followed this recipe to the letter; even had the butcher cut a 3 lb chuck roast for me. This was tough and stringy even after 9 hours cooking on low! I am somewhat of a good cook and this is the second time I have tried a slow cooker recipe (pot roast recipe) that was rated 5 stars and turned out so not as rated! I guess if I try this with a filet mignon, it might be 5 stars!