Crock Pot French Onion Pot Roast

This gradual cooker pot roast recipe is filled with taste with tender chuck roast and onions that cook dinner down right into a wealthy savory French onion gravy. We serve it with buttery mashed potatoes and tacky toasts for a simple dinner that feels particular.

Close up of French Onion Pot Roast on a platter with mashed potatoes and cheese toasts.

Taste: Caramelized onions, seasonings, and beef drippings create a wealthy onion gravy. We serve with cheese toasts impressed by French onion soup.
Sluggish Cooker Setting: I haven’t included a time for cooking on excessive, as our assessments confirmed a noticeable distinction between high and low setttings. Chuck roast turns into far more tender when cooked low and gradual.
Serving Solutions: Greatest over mashed potatoes, egg noodles (store-bought or homemade), or rice with loads of gravy. Additionally scrumptious with a aspect of roasted child pink potatoes or different roasted vegetables.

Chuck roast, onions, wine, stock, butter, oil, thyme, bay leaf, bouillon, Worcestershire, garlic, cornstarch, and salt and pepper to make Crockpot French Onion Pot Roast.

Ingredient Suggestions

Onions: Use yellow onions for a traditional taste. Candy onions should not really helpful as they’ll sweeten the gravy an excessive amount of.
Dry White Wine: Provides one other layer of taste and deglazes the fond (brown bits within the skillet); substitute it with additional broth if wanted.
Beef Roast: The very best meat for crock pot pot roast is chuck roast which comes out completely tender each time. Different nice choices embrace spherical roast or rump roast. Keep away from very lean roasts.
Beef Inventory or Broth: Stock creates a richer gravy, however broth works nicely too. Use low-sodium if desired. Add additonal bouillon for a richer taste.

Variations

Sauté mushrooms with the onions for a savory twist.
Desire sliced roast as an alternative of shredded? Tie the roast with kitchen twine earlier than searing, and go away it on through the cooking course of for neat slicing.
A bouquet garni (small bundle of contemporary herbs tied with a string) of parsley, thyme, and/or rosemary may be added.

Chuck roast being seared in a skillet to make French Onion Pot Roast.

The way to Make a Sluggish Cooker Pot Roast

As soon as the prep is finished, this straightforward hands-off is spectacular to serve!

Season and sear the roast, then add it to the gradual cooker.
Caramelize the onions and garlic, deglaze with wine, and pour over the roast.
Add the remaining components (see full recipe beneath) and cook dinner on low.
Relaxation the roast, thicken the gravy, and serve.

This roast is nice for busy weeknights however does want somewhat little bit of prep.

Put together the tacky toasts as much as 48 hours upfront, reheat them within the air fryer or microwave for serving.
Caramelize the onions as much as 3 days earlier than cooking.
Mix all gravy components in a bowl or freezer bag as much as 48 hours earlier than cooking.

Dinner plates with French Onion Pot Roast, mashed potatoes, peas, and cheese toasts.

Pat the roast dry earlier than seasoning so it browns higher within the skillet.
If the roast just isn’t tender throughout the allotted time, it doubtless wants extra time to tenderize, not much less.
Onions will disintegrate into the gravy whereas cooking. Make additional caramelized onions for serving if desired.

Fridge and Freezer Suggestions

Leftovers: Hold cooked pot roast within the gravy, and retailer them collectively in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3–4 days.
Freeze: Freeze beef within the gravy for two–3 months for the very best quality.
Reheat: Heat on the stovetop with a splash of broth, or microwave briefly bursts, stirring to warmth evenly.

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image of Everyday Comfort cookbook by Holly Nilsson of Spend With Pennies plus text

Prep Time 10 minutes

Prepare dinner Time 8 hours 35 minutes

Complete Time 8 hours 45 minutes

Warmth the olive oil in a big skillet over medium-high warmth.
Pat the roast dry and season with salt and pepper. Brown for 4 to five minutes per aspect and place it within the backside of a 6-quart gradual cooker.
Scale back the warmth to medium and add the butter to the skillet. Add the onions and scale back the warmth to medium low. Prepare dinner, stirring sometimes, till tender and beginning to frivolously brown, about quarter-hour. Stir in garlic and cook dinner for 1 minute extra.
Add the wine to the onions and scrape up any browned bits. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, then pour over the roast within the gradual cooker.
Add the meat inventory, Worcestershire sauce, beef bouillon dice, bay leaf, and thyme.
Cowl and cook dinner on low for 8 to 10 hours, till the roast is fork-tender. Switch it to a plate to relaxation when you make the gravy, and discard the bay leaf. Skim any fats off the drippings.
For the gravy, skim any fats off the highest of the juices and discard. Switch the juices to a small saucepan and produce to a boil over medium-high warmth. In a small bowl, whisk cornstarch with an equal quantity of chilly water. Regularly whisk the cornstarch into the boiling juices to succeed in the specified thickness. Chances are you’ll not want the entire cornstarch combination.
Shred or slice the roast and serve over mashed potatoes topped with gravy. Serve tacky baguette slices on the aspect (see notes).

The roast may be cooked on excessive for 4 to six hours; nevertheless, we discover that cooking on low for 8-10 hours yields essentially the most tender roast. If utilizing a bigger roast, enable additional time.
If the roast just isn’t tender throughout the allotted time, it doubtless wants extra time to tenderize, not much less.
*Onions: The onions will disintegrate into the gravy whereas cooking. Make additional caramelized onions for serving if desired.
Gravy: The quantity of cornstarch wanted can differ based mostly on how a lot juice the roast produces so I favor to thicken on the stovetop. You may thicken within the gradual cooker by including the cornstarch combination in to the gradual cooker after eradicating the roast. Cowl and cook dinner on excessive for 10 to fifteen minutes, or till thickened. For a thicker gravy, use 4 tablespoons of cornstarch.

Cheese Toasts For serving (optionally available)
Cheese toast may be made 24 hours forward of time and warmed within the oven or air fryer earlier than serving.

Preheat the broiler to excessive and modify a rack 4 to six inches beneath.
Slice a baguette or stale French bread into ½-inch thick slices, place them on a baking sheet.
Sprinkle with 1½ cups shredded Gruyere cheese and three tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese.
Broil till the cheese is bubbly and golden, about 2-3 minutes.