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Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots

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This Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots has become a Sunday favorite because I can prep the meal in the morning, come home from church, take a Sunday nap and wake up to a cooked dinner! It’s like fairies came in a made a meal while I was living life.
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Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots on a white platter

 

Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots:

This delicious, hearty meal is made in the crock pot  with broth and wine, making the meat is so tender it falls apart. 

Slow Cooker Pot Roast from The Organic Kitchen on a white platter

 

Carrot tip: Don’t fall for those fake baby carrots at the grocery store that look like a stumpy thumb. Those are actually full size carrots that are deemed unfit to sell as is, so they are placed in a tumbler and ground down to those little stubs and then falsely labeled ‘baby’ carrots.Real baby carrots are just that! Young carrots, pulled from the soil while still tender. If you can’t find real baby carrots use regular carrots. 

Baby carrots peeled

 

How to:

I generously season the roast with sea salt, pepper, garlic powder and a little  Herbs de Provence (a combination of savory, thyme, rosemary, fennel and lavender.)

A roast seasoned with herbs and spice on brown cutting board

I brown my roast in a cast iron pan (like this) before placing it in the crock pot.

A seasoned pot roast in a cast iron skillet

 

Just place the roast in the crock pot (affiliate link), toss in the carrots, shallots, seasonings, broth and wine…

A roast, carrots, and shallots in a crock pot

…and a few hours later you have a delicious meal!

Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots on white platter

 

Want to add greens to this meal?

Serve my beautiful House Salad as a side!

A green salad with apples on colorful plate

 

The Recipe: Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots

You will need: sea salt (I use this one), Herbs de Provence, a cast iron pan and a slow cooker.

4.89 from 9 votes
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Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Shallots and Baby Carrots
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 20 mins
 

A delicious roast made in the crock pot!

Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crock pot roast, pot roast, sunday dinner
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
  • 3 pound chuck roast
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • Garlic powder, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup  beef broth
  • 1/4 red wine
  • 14 baby carrots, peeled (or five large carrots cut into thirds)
  • 8 shallots, peeled
  • 1 tablespoon Herbs de Provence
Instructions

  1. Generously season roast with sea salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Lightly sprinkle with Herb de Provence. (you'll put more in the crock pot later) Heat a cast iron pan on med/high heat. When pan is hot add enough olive oil to lightly coat the bottom on the pan.

  2. Place roast in pan and brown the first side, turn over and brown the second side (usually about 4-5 minutes each side) then place meat in slow cooker, add broth and wine. 

  3. Add shallots and carrots to crock pot, sprinkle with sea salt, freshly ground pepper and 1 tablespoon herbs de Provence. Place lid on crock pot and cook either 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Carve beef against the grain and serve.

 

 

 

 

 

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  2. Can u add a feature to your website that allows us fans to print your recipes? Most of the sites I follow have. Print feature

  3. Hi there,
    So I recently found out that my very close friend has an autoimmune condition that may be Lupus… 🙁 but I have been researching for a bit trying to see the best ways to live with the condition and what helps it subside. Eating gluten free and soy free diets are apparently ideal 🙂 I was just wondering on any info you could give since I know nothing of gluten free… I’m a soul food, old fashioned type of cook, so I know not of what is gluten free. Some question I have that I’d appreciate knowing is, is wine gluten free? or sugar? I know there is special flour that is… Can I continue using any and all spices? what is gluten? and can someone said I can’t make anything with corn cause it’s gluten, is that true?

    • Navigating the world of gluten free living can be tricky at first but gets easier as you go along. Gluten is the protein in wheat. So basically if you avoid wheat products you are avoiding gluten. There are hidden glutens in things like soy sauce (they use wheat in the making of soy sauce) so those things need to be searched out. Basically as long as wheat is not used in a recipe your friend should be fine. Meat, fish, dairy, fruit, vegetables, sugar, eggs, other grains like rice and quinoa and legumes are all GF, so there are plenty of choices out there! Here is a link with the top resources for GF living: https://www.thekitchn.com/living-glutenfree-15-tips-reso-135414

  10. I love pot roast in the slow cooker! This looks amazing! I don’t have a slow cooker, I will have to try this in the oven at a low temp.

  16. This was delicious! I deglazed the pan with some more red wine and beef stock and made a gravy to go with it! Also had to make some mashed potatoes to go with it as the teenaged boy insisted? added in a nice green salad and it was perfect. Thanks for a winning recipe!

  17. Going to try out this recipe soon! If I wanted to add potatoes would I simply peel/cut them and throw them in the crockpot with everything else?

  18. For a family of 4, how many pounds of meat would you recommend? Also, if I double the recommended amount to allow leftovers for another night, how does the time change to cook in the crockpot?

    • 3 lbs should be plenty for four people. I wouldn’t go much bigger than that. It would be pretty hard to fit a piece of meat much bigger than that with all the vegetables.

  19. 5 stars
    This recipe is something dreams are made of! Made it tonight for dinner and I am seriously just waiting until it’s been an acceptable amount of time to eat “leftovers.” I could eat this every week! Best part, my non-meat eater actually ate it! Thank you!

  20. 5 stars
    This is my favorite roast recipe! Delicious!!! I never would have thought to use Herbs De Provence. Outstanding!!!! It is now my go to recipe. Thank you so much!

  23. I do not have access to a slow cooker, how long do you recommend you cooking it in the cast iron in the oven? Can’t wait to try it!

  26. 5 stars
    Can I also try the same recipe using lamb chops? Id like to use lamb for its health benefits aside from it being super tasty.

  27. Grass fed AND grass finished!! Many grass fed animals are “finished” with grain in the feedlots. Ask for grass finished if you’re not sure (don’t be surprised if the nice college student looks at you with a bewildering look.🙄 Feel free to kindly educate said college student.😁)

  28. Hi,
    Can I substitute onions & garlic for the shallots? I made it with shallots the first time & it was great!

    • Hi Francine. I am a little confused by your question. The recipe calls for shallots, shallots are a small variety of onions. Are you asking if you can sub the shallots with a large yellow or white onion? Then yes, but I’d still use the garlic. I hope that helps.

  29. This is late in coming but this has become a go-to crowd pleaser! So so good and cleaner ingredients and what I grew up with (tomato soup in the red and white can with powdered soup mix). Now we know better. Thank you! I’ve even served it for Christmas dinner. 🙂

  30. 5 stars
    We make this recipe all the time! It’s delicious! On occasion we have substituted the shallots with frozen pearl onions. We like time savers, so we’ve also used the organic baby carrots. It’s also great for a Sunday when we don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen!

  31. Revisiting this favorite recipe however it seems like it’s missing something. Did this recipe have and liquid in it before? Maybe wine or broth?

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