Frozen beef roast in the slow cooker with potatoes, onions and carrots to make pot roast.

Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Name: Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3-pound rump roast, frozen; 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed; 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks; 2 medium onions, diced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon garlic salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 tablespoon dried parsley; 1 can beef broth

January 12, 2020 - By Liza Hawkins

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Last updated on August 29, 2020 by Liza Hawkins

This slow cooker pot roast starts with a frozen rump roast. You can’t make dinner prep any easier than that!

This may be the easiest slow cooker pot roast recipe in the world. I mean, what recipes start with a frozen roast and end with a full meal, all the trimmings and au jus to go with it?

This one.

There’s nothing better on a busy workday than knowing you can reach into your freezer, grab the rump roast you bought on sale at the grocery store and froze in order to keep it until “I don’t know when,” and then slow cook it deliciously over the next eight to ten hours while you’re gone at work.

Your house will smell amazing, and you’ll have spent all of ten minutes throwing dinner together, ready to eat when you walk in the door.

It’s like having your very own Alice from The Brady Bunch, except that you don’t!

If you like this recipe, check out my other one for starting a beef roast from frozen. It ends up with a delicious savory gravy!

Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes

This slow cooker pot roast starts with a FROZEN rump roast.

Ingredients

1 3-pound rump roast, frozen
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
2 medium onions, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 can beef broth

Instructions

Place the potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic into the bottom of a slow cooker.
Set the frozen roast on top, fat side up. Pour the beef broth over the roast. Sprinkle the garlic salt, pepper and parsley over the roast and veggies.
Cover and set to cook for 8 to 10 hours on low.

Notes

The roast will be SUPER tender once it's done cooking, so be careful as you're removing it from the slow cooker to serve as it's likely to fall apart. (This is a good thing!)

One comment on “Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast”

ana lee says:
December 6, 2012 at 10:01 PM
I recommend roast chicken recipes for this preparation. The meat is so tender and the juices taste great.

Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast