Slow Cooker Pork and Beef Roast

Recipe Rating:	10 Ratings5
Categories:	Beef, Pork
Collections:	Crock Pot Faves
Keyword:	slowcooker
Serves:	8-10
Prep Time:	15 Min
Cook Time:	6 Hr

Ingredients

3 lb	beef roast
3 lb	pork roast find more delicious recipes at www.porkbeinspired.com
1 lb	carrots, peeled and cut into chunks (or use baby carrots)
4	stalks celery, cut into chunks
4	potatoes, washed, cut into chunks (peel if you wish)
8 oz	fresh mushrooms (i used baby bellas)
3 medium	onions, peeled, cut into chunks
1 pkg	onion soup mix
1 pkg	brown gravy mix
1 Tbsp	olive oil
3 Tbsp	butter
	salt
	pepper

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Gail Springsteen

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Waupaca, WI (pop. 6,069)

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Gail's Notes:

My mother used to cook pork and beef roasts together, and there is nothing like it!

You can use any cut of the meats you wish . . . because it's being slow-cooked, you don't need the most expensive cuts to achieve a juicy, tender result.

Vegetables are up to you. I am sharing what I do, but there's no reason you can't use whatever you love!

You can certainly use just beef, just pork, or even chicken . . . it's a wonderful recipe that will make your mouth water at the scent of it cooking and satisfy your taste buds when you eat it!

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

Loved this recipe! Every bite reminds me of Sunday dinners long ago... what a wonderful feeling.

Directions

Melt butter in the olive oil in a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat.

Cut your roasts in half so you have four chunks of meat.

Salt and pepper each chunk as you wish.

When the frying pan is hot, brown the meat on all sides. Set aside.

Put your prepared vegetables in your slow cooker. Lay the browned meat on top. You DO NOT need to add water, as the meat and the vegetables create their own wonderful juice.

I used a 6-quart cooker, and it was quite full. If you have a smaller one, adjust your ingredients so it all fits.

Cook on high for 4-6 hours. If you are going to be gone much longer, you may want to use a lower setting--use what works for your slow cooker.

When done to your liking, remove the meat and vegetables to a platter or bowl.

Put the onion soup mix and brown gravy mix in a medium saucepan. Whisk in the juices from the slow cooker, and warm on medium heat, stirring occasionally, until it comes to a boil. Lower to a simmer and cook, stirring constantly, for at least one minute.

Depending how soon you plan to eat, you may want to cook the juices a bit longer in order to hydrate the onions from the onion soup mix. If you aren't eating right away, they will hydrate when you put them back in the slow cooker.

Return your meat and veggies to the slow cooker and pour the gravy over it.

You have a wonderful-smelling and wonderful-tasting meal ready for your enjoyment!

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Barbara Pendley Barbee

Sep 19, 2012

Excellent Post!

Gail Springsteen gail0925

Sep 19, 2012

Thank you!!!

Mary Compton marykate16

Sep 19, 2012

Just reading this makes me hungry! We're gonna try it this weekend! Thanks for sharing, Gail!

Gail Springsteen gail0925

Sep 19, 2012

Thanks, Mary! We really enjoy it--AND enjoy the leftovers, too! :-)

Kitchen Crew JustaPinch

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

Judy T tippywi

Feb 27, 2013

Thanks Gail!! I remember my paternal great grandmother & my paternal grandmother, both farm wives in south central WI, making this in the oven. And you are so right! It is delicious! There's nothing that can beat it for flavor. I've thought of making it in my crockpot but didn't have a recipe until now. Thanks again!!!!

Gail Springsteen gail0925