Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast

This Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast is the ideal family dinner for busy days. Put it in the crock pot in the morning and dinner is ready when you want to eat!

I’ve made traditional pot roasts and BBQ pot roasts for dinner and decided that I should make an Italian pot roast. I read somewhere, many years ago, that tomatoes help tenderize roast.

Over the years, I’ve often placed slices of tomatoes on my roasts while they are cooking. For this Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast, I took it a step further and used a large jar of pasta sauce when cooking the roast. It turned out so tender and full of flavor!

How To Make Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast

Making this slow cooker pot roast, couldn’t be easier! Pour one jar of pasta sauce into the crock pot. I used fire roasted tomato and garlic sauce and my 6 quart Crock Pot. Add the roast (mine was a bottom round roast).

Sprinkle the roast with salt, pepper and garlic and top with a few tablespoons of the pasta sauce.

If your family is more adventurous than mine is, you could add some sliced tomatoes, onions and peppers to the sauce. They would be a delicious addition to the pasta.

Cook the roast on low for 7-8 hours, until tender.

Once the roast is done cooking, it’s time to cut or shred the roast. I used two forks to shred it. Return the roast to the sauce in the slow cooker, stir and it’s ready to serve.

Boil some pasta, top it with shredded roast beef and shredded cheese. If you like things on the saucy side, open another jar of sauce and spoon some onto your pasta. You can also use the sauce from the crock pot, but it is pretty thin because of all the juice from the roast.

This Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast was so easy to make. It was full of flavor and is the ideal family dinner for busy days. Put it in the crock pot in the morning and dinner is ready when you want to eat!

Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast

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Course: Main

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes

Servings: 6 -8 servings

Author: The Gunny Sack

Ingredients

• 3 lb boneless beef roast (I used bottom round)
• 24 oz jar pasta sauce I used fire roasted tomato and garlic
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• Coarse salt
• Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

• Pour one jar of pasta sauce into the slow cooker. (I used a 6 quart Crock Pot.)
• Add the roast. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic and top with a few tablespoons of the pasta sauce.
• Cover and cook the roast on low for 7-8 hours, until tender.
• Once the roast is done cooking, slice or shred the roast. I used two forks to shred it. Return the roast to the sauce in the slow cooker, stir and enjoy.
• Optional ingredients: Add sliced tomatoes, onions and peppers to the crock pot before cooking.
• Serving suggestions: Serve the Italian pot roast over mashed potatoes, pasta or in a sub sandwich.

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