Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast is slow cooker goodness! Chuck roast combined with ranch dressing mix, onion soup mix, butter and peperoncini.
CROCK POT MISSISSIPPI POT ROAST
Where has this pot roast been all my life? I had a bunch of folks over on The Country Cook Facebook page telling me that I just had to try this recipe. And y’all were not kidding! Holy cow this was amazingly tender and flavorful. I think I am a huge fan of Mississippi Pot Roast! Note to add: I have since made a CROCK POT MISSISSIPPI PORK ROAST and CROCK POT MISSISSIPPI CHICKEN!
IS MISSISSIPPI POT ROAST LOW CARB/KETO-FRIENDLY?
You can serve the meat by itself, over mashed potatoes or rice. One reader suggested that it is delicious on hard rolls with melted provolone or mozzarella cheese. I can tell you, we had a small amount leftover so I ate it on a sub roll the following day for lunch with a slice of mozzarella cheese on top and some sliced peperonicini peppers and it was heavenly! The meat comes out so tender and buttery by cooking it low and slow in the crock pot. And the flavors are not overwhelming. They really complement the beef just enough.
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WHAT DO YOU SERVE WITH MISSISSIPPI POT ROAST?
I love Mississippi Pot Roast served with my MILLION DOLLAR MASHED POTATOES. The flavors go perfectly with each other. Or, if you’d like to try an Instant Pot recipe, then definitely make my THE BEST GARLIC MASHED POTATOES. And you gotta have some BUTTER DIP BISCUITS
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
chuck roast
olive oil (or vegetable oil)
salt & pepper, to taste
ranch dressing mix
dry onion soup mix
REAL salted butter, not margarine
pepperoncini peppers
olive oil (or vegetable oil)
salt & pepper, to taste
ranch dressing mix
dry onion soup mix
REAL salted butter, not margarine
pepperoncini peppers
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE MISSISSIPPI POT ROAST:
Heat up a large skillet on high. Add oil to hot skillet. You want it really hot here to brown or “sear” the beef quickly. Note: I have one of those nifty new Ninja slow cookers that has a “stovetop” option, which means I can brown the meat all right in my crock pot and not dirty up any other dishes. However, if you are in a rush, just skip the browning step altogether.
Take a paper towel and make sure you dry both sides of the pot roast (drying the meat helps it brown easier.) Then season with a little bit of salt and pepper. Once the skillet is nice and hot, add the roast.
Allow the roast to cook for about 2-3 minutes until it is golden brown. The browning of the outside of the meat just adds flavor. Using tongs, flip the meat over and sear the other side of the roast for another 2-3 minutes.
Transfer meat to slow cooker. Sprinkle packets of dry ranch dressing and onion soup mixes over pot roast. Top with a stick of butter. Then place peppers on and around roast.
Note: This butter is a Kerrygold garlic & herb butter. The sticks were on sale at Kroger so I had picked up a bunch. That was the first time I had ever seen the butter in sticks. I absolutely LOVE Kerrygold butter. Irish butter just can’t be beat in terms of flavor. Must be that yummy Irish grass. But a regular ole stick of salted butter (not margarine) will still work perfectly in this. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. You don’t add any other liquid to this. The meat will create it’s own juices at it cooks. Just cover and let it do its’ thing.
And voila! It smells AMAZING as it cooks and it looks heavenly!
Now all you need to do is take two forks and start shredding the meat. Discard any big fatty pieces. If you want, you can cut up the peppers and stir those into the meat mixture. I ate mine with the peppers but didn’t cut them up into the meat to serve.
Serve on mashed potatoes, rice or on a roll with a slice of provolone or mozzarella cheese.
Cook’s Notes: If you are sensitive to sodium, you could use unsalted butter for this. Be sure to use butter and not margarine. Margarine is basically oil. We did not find this recipe salty at all if you use this exact recipe but be sure to adjust to your preferences.
Originally published: April 2015
Updated & republished: April 2019
CROCK POT MISSISSIPPI POT ROAST
Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast is slow cooker goodness! Chuck roast combined with ranch dressing mix, onion soup mix, butter and peperoncini.
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 214kcal
Ingredients
- 1 3 lb chuck roast
- 2 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 packet ranch dressing mix
- 1 packet dry onion soup mix
- 1/2 cup salted butter 1 stick
- 8 peperoncini peppers
Instructions
- Heat up a large skillet on high.
- Add oil to hot skillet.
- You want it really hot here to brown or "sear" the beef quickly.
- Take a paper towel and make sure you dry both sides of the pot roast.
- Season with a little bit of salt and pepper.
- Once the skillet is nice and hot, add the roast.
- Allow the roast to cook for about 2-3 minutes until it is golden brown.
- Using tongs, flip the meat over and sear the other side of the roast for another 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer meat to slow cooker.
- Sprinkle packets of dry ranch dressing and onion soup mixes over pot roast.
- Top with a stick of butter then place peppers on and around roast.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Take two forks and start shredding the meat.
- Discard any big fatty pieces.
Video
Notes
You can skip the browning step if you are in a rush, or just don’t feel like it. If you prefer, you can cut up the peppers and stir those into the meat mixture for an extra kick of flavor. Serve with mashed potatoes.
Nutrition
Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 1054mg | Potassium: 76mg | Vitamin A: 520IU | Vitamin C: 11.2mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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I love cooking with my kids. We typically make cookies or muffins but my oldest daughter (11yrs) has begun to help me with making dinner. She loves chopping vegetables.
So juicy and tender, full of flavor! Definitely needs the full 10 hours or more to make. Worth the wait.
So awesome to hear!! Thank you so much!!
Hi I want to cook this dish in the oven. What would be the time and temp for making this in The oven?
Hi Megan! I have never made this in the oven so I honestly couldn’t say since I haven’t tested it. But if I had to guess it would be at a low temperature for a few hours. It needs to cook low and slow to be tender.
Thanks for the input. I cook this all the time it’s a big hit with the family. Usually I make this in my slow cooker But I’m making a couple for a get together so need to make one in the oven.
Let me know how it turns out for you! 🙂
Best pot roast ever!! Quick and very easy my whole family loved it
That’s so wonderful to hear! Thank you Pamela!
So delicious, even my picky teens loved it!
Woo hoo!! Thank you Leslie!
Will pork ribeye roast work too?
Hey Angela! I don’t see why not! I’ve made it with pork and chicken. Turns out great!
My family (& guests) absolutely love this recipe! I want to make it for my mother-in-law though and she can’t tolerate butter. Any substitution recommendations for the butter? I know it says don’t use margarine, but have you found any non-dairy options to be decent?
Hi Debi! Thanks so much for coming back to comment! Yay! So, for the butter, it is a hard one because it is the fat in the butter that is giving this so much flavor. Non Dairy options (so far) just come out oily and not butter-y (for lack of a better word – ha!) If I ever come across one that can hold up well to the cooking process, I will let you know!
Ive made a few times and always a hit…. Love it!!!!!
It was delicious. I love pot roast.
Hi Brandie, What about doing this in an Instant Pot? Any ideas time wise & would it be done same way with gradients & order? Hope to hear back 🙂 Thanks so much
Hi Sandy – my best guess on this would to do the recipe as written and maybe add about a cup of beef broth to the mixture so the pressure cooker will be able to come up to pressure. I’d still brown both sides of the roast on the sauce setting if you have time. Then high pressure for 60 minutes and a 15 minute natural pressure release. Let me know if that works for you!
Thanks so much Brandie for answering my question 🙂 I have an Instant Pot coming on Fri & this seemed like maybe a good recipe to try once I master it Lol! I’ll LYK may take a couple times LOL!
Yay!! It took me some time too. It still messes me up occasionally but I am a lot better at it. LOL!
If I cook two roasts in one crockpot, about 6 pounds. Do I double the ingredients ?
Yes you would double the ingredients. You need full favor.
I have onion dip and ranch dip on hand…think I can sub that instead of the soup mixes?!
Hi Amy! I haven’t tried those. If you give it a try, I’d love to know how it turns out for you!
How did this turn out? I’m in the same predicament
Just made this for lunch, I put it in my crockpot when I got off this morning at 5, cooked it on HIGH for 6 hours so tender and full of flavor, thanks for the recipe😃
The BEST pot roast I’ve ever had!!! Ever! Two very important ingredients: Lipton’s onion soup mix and the dry ranch dressing mix! Do not, repeat DO NOT use the dip mix versions, it doesn’t work well at all (I tried it first time simply because it was what I had). Then this time I went and found the soup and dressing mixes. With the recipe as is, it was FANTASTIC. I did increase time to 10 hours low. Also I didn’t sear the chuck – I wanted all that good stuff to soak into the meat as it slow cooked. I will be making this again and again. Served over mashed potatoes. Scrumptious! Thanks for this recipe!!!
Hey there, would an inside round roast work instead of chuck?
Thanks.
Delicious! Didn’t change a thing. Can’t wait to try the chicken and pork version. Thanks!
Awww – thank you Madelynn!! Hope you love those versions as much as this one!!
I was so excited to make this and then in the process I did not have everything needed. Instead of onion soup mix I used 2 tablespoons onion powder (not onion salt) and also added a pkg of au jus. It was the best pot roast I’ve ever made. I did sear my meat because it gives it extra flavor. When it was done and I had shredded it I took 1 tablespoon corn starch and 2 T water mixed and added to thicken juice into a gravy. We ate it over mashed potatoes. It is wonderful. The only recipe I will ever use!
Hi,
Can this be made without the ranch dressing, my husband does not like ranch, sour cream or cream cheese on anything. I was hoping to omit the ranch dressing packet and just use the gravy mix and the onion soup mix.
Thanks
Hi Penny, I promise you don’t taste the ranch dressing in this. At all. It just adds to an overall flavor. I have made this and my husband HATES ranch anything and he never knew it was in there!
Thanks for the information.
I’ve made this before, and my family loves it! We just wish it made more gravy. Any tips on making extra gravy? Would just doubling the dry ingredients and butter work, or do you think that would make it too salty?
Hi Karyn, that’s a good question. I am so happy y’all love this one. You could try adding some low sodium beef broth to the bottom of the crock pot. It will cook along with the meat and soak up those flavors and should give you a bit more of that gravy.
Could I make this with a rump roast?
Hi Merry – I think you could. It may not come out as shreddable and tender. Rump roast should definitely get tender with the longer cooking time though.
If I need to feed a large group can I just double all the ingredients? Should I adjust the cook time?
Hi Natasha – you could certainly double the recipe. I haven’t tested it though so you may have to keep an eye on the cook time. You may need a smidgen longer until they are tender.
Hello! I want to put this on rolls (or lettuce wrap) with the provolone or mozzarella cheese for a lunch we’re doing. Has anyone actually done this and did people like it or not? Thanks:)
Hi, do you use the juice from the jar of peppers?
Hi Melanie – personally I don’t add it because my family doesn’t like it spicy at all but you could add some if you prefer.