Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast

Brown

• 3 pound chuck roast

in

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Remove to slow cooker. Cover with

• 1 packet (2T) ranch dressing mix

• 1 packet (3T) dry onion soup mix (or au jus gravy mix)

(see below)

• ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter

• 8 peperoncini peppers

and cook on low about 8 hours. 1.5 hours before finish, optionally add

• Carrot pieces

• Potato pieces

Break apart with a fork, discarding any large fat pieces, and serve. 

Replacement for those mixes:

• 1/2 T buttermilk powder

• 1+ t dried parsley

• 4½ t dried minced onion flakes

• 1/2 t garlic powder

• ½+ t onion powder

• 1/4 teaspoons dried dill

• 1/4 teaspoons dried chives

• 1/4 teaspoons ground black pepper

• 1/4 teaspoons salt

• 1/16 teaspoon celery seed

• 1/16 teaspoon paprika

and separately

• 2t sodium-free beef bouillon granules (or 2T BTB beef)