Even though my slow cooker pot roast didn’t look as amazing as the pictures in the slow cooker pot roast recipe, I’m OK with it because it tasted like a great pot roast.
I really wanted to try this because it’s the quintessential slow cooker food. Probably. So I assume.
Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Anyway, I found this super simple pot roast recipe with only four ingredients and one of those is water. And another one is pot roast. So I thought, sure, I’ll give ‘er a shot.
My first problem was I have never bought pot roast before, so when I was at the grocery store I found myself simply staring at the different meats unsure of what the differences were between them all.
Eventually I chose one (no idea how anymore). But forgot the other two ingredients. Whoops.
Luckily, I already had some dry onion soup mix from another cooking endeavor. And also luckily I had two cans of condensed chicken soup. Sure the recipe clearly says “condensed mushroom soup” but I didn’t really feel like going back to the grocery store. It took me an hour to choose the pot roast.
In the end it was an flavourful dish. However, after some reflection, my husband and I decided the meat should have been seared prior to slow cooking. That way the juices would have been contained within the roast. It was still really good but it could have been more tender.
Also I should mention this “reflection” I mentioned was actually me mentioning reading a comment on the recipe suggesting “searing” and noting I didn’t know what it was. In fact I described “skewering” when telling my husband about the hidden key to the recipe and he had to tell me what “searing” actually was.
The pot roast would have complimented by my homegrown carrots and potatoes. However, my carrots are…on the small side and my potatoes have blight.
So we just had pot roast with green salad. And lots of leftovers.
Other slow cooker recipes
One more thing. You may be interested in my free resource library. This is where I keep my files, downloads, ebooks, worksheets and whatever else I manage to create. I love sharing what I learn and want to keep adding to this library so it becomes a wealth of helpful goodness.
This is a free resource but I do require a password to access the library itself. You can get access by popping your email address into the form below.