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.
Going to try your Mississippi roast.. I question no beef broth in the bottom but I,m going with your approach. Can I cook it on high in half the time?
Hi! No broth needed for this. It creates its own as it cooks. And I really only recommend cooking it low and slow!
Omg Insanely delicious!!! Thank you for sharing.
I 100% agree with you on using a crockpot over the instant pot for roast. Although the taste is great, my roast seem to get stringy, yes even with natural release. This is our new go to fave pot roast recipe.
This pot roast was really tasty and so easy to make. I agree with another review though that it was too salty. I might try unsalted butter next time in efforts to try to cut that down. Otherwise really yummy.
Skip the au jus and use brown gravy mix
This is delicious! We always make our venison roasts using this recipe.
The roast is good, but if you’re adding carrots and or potatoes, they definitely need longer than 1-2 hours like it says. I used baby carrots and they were still hard after 2 hours. I’d throw them in with at least 4 hours left.
Curious on why you didn’t add onions
Doesn’t need it!
I made this and shredded it for making French dip subs. It was wonderful!. Used the juice for the dip. This is how we’ll make French dips every time now.
Could I use a top round roast instead?
Hi Alexis, a top round roast is a lot more lean than a chuck roast so it will not come out as tender. I’d recommend sticking with the chuck roast.
I used a round roast yesterday. I suggest you cube it like stew meat if you don’t have a chuck roast. Flavor was still on point but dry compared to a chuck roast.
Hi. I can not wait to make this recipe. What size crock pot did you use?
Thank you so much.
Deb
RE:
Mississippi Pot Roast
Hi Deb, mine is a 6 quart, but a bigger size will work as well.
Well, they do call it the Mississippi pot roast for a reason, the most obese state in the nation. The roast is tasty, but the butter is absolutely not necessary. A chuck roast is already going to provide more than enough fat on its own. I’ve tried the recipe with and without butter, and I noticed no difference in flavor.
This has become a dinner staple in our house. Best way to serve it up: get Hawaiian Roll slider buns and provolone cheese. Absolutely fantastic!
I agree 100% about not needing the butter, especially a rich butter like the Kerry Gold I was told was a must. Just way too greasy.
Do you use the water from jar of pepperoni?
I like to add a little bit for extra flavor.
The title is right! This is the BEST !!! Omg it is packed with flavor – we fed 7 people and had no leftovers.. but we all want it again, really soon!! Thank you SO much for this recipe, so simple, yet so amazing!!!
I can’t find a question about the Instapot so I wanted to ask if you could pressure cook it or if you should still do slow cook and if slow cooking in an Instapot then what setting. TIA
This was really good but way too salty ☹️ recipe said to add no water but that probably would have helped with the saltiness.
So easy to make and so yummy to eat! Husband and I loved it. Definitely will make it again and will be checking out your other receipts too.
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