Mississippi Pot Roast {The BEST Pot Roast EVER}
Mississippi Pot Roast – The most delicious pot roast you will EVER eat! Made with just five simple ingredients and slow cooked in the crockpot, you are going to fall in love with this!
I am very excited about today’s recipe. I have literally made it four times since getting the recipe from my mother-in-law just a few weeks ago. It is hands-down the BEST roast I have EVER eaten!
Seriously, y’all, I am in love with this pot roast and so is the rest of my family!
Like I said, I cannot take credit for creating this Mississippi Pot Roast recipe. It is just one of the many amazingly yummy recipes I have gotten from my mother-in-law over the years. Her homemade spaghetti sauce is one of the most popular recipes on my site, and it’s also one of my personal favorites.
What is Mississippi Pot Roast?
Mississippi Pot Roast is a combination of five simple ingredients that all cook together in your slow cooker. It’s typically made with a chuck roast, which is inexpensive and easy to find at most grocery stores. You can also makes this with other cuts of meat, like I have with Mississippi Pulled Pork.
Cooking a chuck roast over low heat in your crock pot yields incredibly tender results, and the other ingredients added to this roast give it incredible flavor!
Now I have no answer for you as to why this is called a Mississippi Pot Roast. But if all food that comes out of Mississippi tastes as good as this, then I might have to pack my bags and head over there! It’s the south, so it’s automatically an awesome state, I say.
The simplicity of this Mississippi Pot Roast is where its try beauty lies.
What do you need to make Mississippi Pot Roast?
Here’s the beauty of this roast. It’s so simple! You’ll need:
- a chuck roast
- ranch dressing mix
- au jus gravy mix
- butter
- jarred pepperoncini peppers
All of this comes together to make the tastiest, tenderest, most delicious pot roast ever.
How do you make Mississippi Pot Roast?
This style of recipe is one of my favorites because it’s so easy. It’s a great dump and go kind of recipe. All you do is:
- Place the chuck roast in the bottom of your crock pot.
- Sprinkle the ranch and au jus mixes over the top of the roast.
- Add the butter and pepperoncini peppers.
- Place the lid on top and cook over low heat for 8 hours or more.
We’ve eaten this over rice and mashed potatoes and I loved it both ways. My mother-in-law also suggested it for sandwiches, so we might try that next!
How do you make Mississippi Pot Roast in the Instant Pot?
I get this question all the time! All you need to do is add your ingredients to your Instant Pot, add about 1 cup of beef broth, then cook over manual high pressure for one hour. Let the pressure release naturally and you are good to go.
NOW, having said all of that, I MUCH prefer to make my roast in the crockpot. The flavors and texture are just better overall in my opinion.
Is Mississippi Pot Roast Keto?
Yes! If you’re following a Keto plan, you are in luck! This recipe is very low in carbs, so it will fit right in with your diet. My one suggestion would be to serve it with some delicious low carb sides like mashed cauliflower, cauliflower rice, or garlic roasted asparagus.
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Recipe: Mississippi Pot Roast {The BEST EVER Pot Roast}
Ingredients
- 1 (3-4 pounds) chuck roast
- 1 packet ranch dressing mix
- 1 packet au jus gravy mix
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4-5 pepperoncini peppers
Instructions
- Place roast in the slow cooker and sprinkle the top with the ranch dressing mix and the au jus mix. Place peppers on top of the mixes, and add the butter.
- Cook over low heat for 8 hours. Serve with noodles, rice or mashed potatoes. Enjoy!
Notes
- Do not add any water or broth to this! It will make enough liquid as it cooks.
- This tastes delicious with potatoes and carrots! I like to add a few quartered russet potatoes and a large handful of baby carrots to the crockpot when there is about 1-2 hours left of cooking time.
Have made this roast twice now and it is AMAZING!! This will be in the meal rotation for as long as I live and hopefully will pass it on to others in the family. So easy and so delicious. Make it you won’t regret it!
The best Pot Roast we’ve ever had! The flavor is amazing. My only gripe would be the butter. I think it makes it a bit oily. I’ve made it with and without the butter. My husband likes it with the butter, I don’t. 😉
Way too salty! Half the seasonings should be good
This was solved for us using unsalted butter.
Best Chuck Roast ever! Delicious!
I have made this several times but this time i put the whole jar of peppers by mistake. It tastes great but a little too spicy hot. What can I put in it to cool it down a touch.
If you ever accidently do this again. You can actually add a little bit of cream or half and half and a sprinkle or flour to get a smooth creamy buttery gravy and mellow out some of the heat. Turns the pot roast into a really REALLY good biscuits and gravy
sour cream!!
I have some stew meat in the freezer and was thinking to use for this recipe. Would I need to add some extra liquid?
Hi Shari, if it’s lean stew meat you may want to add some beef broth or water.
Well, we just put all the ingredients in the crockpot and added a “splash” of the pepper juice. I am looking forward to dinner tonight. We are going to serve it over mashed potatoes.
I’ve made this roast before, it has so much flavor, my girlfriend and her kids all enjoy it.
Loved it! Pressure cooked it and forgot the butter. But did use 3/4 cup of beef broth, and mixed juices with the shredded meat. Then made a roux and used dripping for a gravy! So much flavor and so yummy.
The pot roast is almost done. What should I do with the juices? Could I put it over some egg noodles? Do I need to thicken the juice?
We like to use it as a gravy over mashed potatoes. Egg noodles is delicious as well!
I like to put in some Wondra flour after it is done cooking and turning the heat to “high” to allow it to thicken. Such a rich and delicious gravy!
Hi Ashlyn, what kind of gravy mix could you use to substitute the aus jus if you can’t find it? Just brown gravy mix? Thanks!
Yes brown gravy mix will work fine!
Delicious! Made this last night and the flavors were great. Next time I think I want to add more pepperoncinis because they tasted so good with the meat. Also next time I think I’m going to add more cook time as my meat (3 lb chuck roast) was a little hard to shred. But overall very good!
Help!!! last time i made this it was way too salty! i think it is because my cut of meat was just under 2lbs.. Should I half the ranch packet? the au jus? both?! lol
Hi Sara, if you’re using a smaller roast I would use half of the packets. Also stir everything really well at the end of cooking and shredding to distribute the seasonings.
Also, make sure you use unsalted butter.
I followed a recipe that mimicked this recipe and did not have portion amounts. I used an entire 16 oz jar of pepperoncini’s, drained, and it was still delicious, not even too spicy! So don’t worry, the pepperoncini just adds immense flavor!
Best roast recipe ever! Easiest too. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is by far the best roast I have ever made. The flavor is absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing it! I will never make it any other way.