Our Best Pot Roast Recipes

Take your pick of any of these top-rated pot roast recipes and satisfy your family with the ultimate comfort food for dinner.

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Moroccan Pot Roast

Photo: Alison Miksch; Food Styling: Cat Steele; Prop Styling: Lindsey Lower

Moroccan Pot Roast Recipe

Of all our Cottage Community Dinners recipes, this is our favorite. It's wonderfully tender and easily feeds a crowd. The combination of flavors is so different from your mom's pot roast, you may never go back! Prep: 20 minutes; Cook: 3 hours 13 minutes.

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Peppery Beef Stew With Root Vegetables

Ryan Liebe

Peppery Beef Stew With Root Vegetables Recipe

This is how all pot roasts should be: tender meat, lots of flavorful vegetables, and a velvety sauce.

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Instant Pot Barbacoa

Briana Riddock, Antara Sinha

Instant Pot Barbacoa Recipe

The Instant Pot has taken over taco Tuesdays with its easy edition of beef barbacoa. This adaptation of the traditional Mexican-style dish features an array of warm spices, chipotle chiles, and fresh lime juice—all used to impart deep flavor into a beef chuck roast. If you tend to enjoy things on the spicier side, chop up 2-3 more chipotle chiles to achieve that fiery, but tolerable, kick. Between the adobo sauce and the ancho chili powder, the meat has a nice smoky flavor profile, that is deliciously backed by the rich, savoriness of the beef. The roast is braised and pressure cooked for 40 minutes to reveal totally tender and succulent beef that pulls apart effortlessly. When you are ready to build your taco, serve the shredded beef on a warm corn tortilla with sliced radishes, queso fresco, and a fresh squeeze of lime juice.

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Pot Roast Tacos with Chimichurri

Greg DuPree

Pot Roast Tacos with Chimichurri Recipe

Want to make Taco Tuesday a breeze? This recipe gets its protein from a Sunday night Big Batch Oven-Braised Pot Roast, which is big enough for both dinners, plus a Monday night Roast Beef Hash in the interim.

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Home-Style Slow-Cooker Pot Roast

Alison Miksch

Home-Style Slow-Cooker Pot Roast Recipe

Certain comfort foods are synonymous with Sunday supper, the meal that brings the family together. The convenience of a slow cooker makes it easy to enjoy this classic any day of the week. Be sure to cut the vegetables into large, uniform pieces so they will hold up during the long cook time.

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Roast Beef Hash

Greg DuPree

Roast Beef Hash Recipe

This super filling hash is an ideal Monday night breakfast-for-dinner, using leftovers from a Sunday night Oven-Braised Pot Roast. Be sure to leave some pot roast for Tuesday's Pot Roast Tacos with Chimichurri.

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Traditional Beef Pot Roast with Carrots

Photo: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Claire Spollen

Traditional Beef Pot Roast with Carrots Recipe
Serve over mashed potatoes or egg noodles to sop up the rich gravy. A side of sautéed or steamed green beans or Brussels sprouts can round out the meal.

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Crock Pot Easy Pot Roast

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Crock Pot Easy Pot Roast Recipe

Adapted from the recipes of Fix-it and Forget-it Cook Book.

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Pot Roast with Root Vegetables

Photo: Con Poulos; Styling: Paige Hicks

Pot Roast with Root Vegetables Recipe
This comforting pot roast will take you right back to mom's kitchen.

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Beer-Braised Pot Roast

Photo: Hector Sanchez; Styling: Caroline M. Cunningham

Beer-Braised Pot Roast Recipe
This is no ordinary pot roast. First, it's rubbed with coffee. Then it simmers in dark stout beer and beef stock, yielding a deeply delicious gravy.

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Zesty Pot Roast

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Zesty Pot Roast Recipe
Serve Parmesan Potatoes and roasted carrots Sunday night. Save and chop enough cooked carrots to yield 1/2 cup, and refrigerate for Monday's pies.

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Company Pot Roast with Creamy Mushroom Grits

Photo: Greg Dupree; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller

Company Pot Roast with Creamy Mushroom Grits Recipe
Bacon, garlic, and red wine imbue humble chuck roast with robust character and rich beef-bourguignon flavor as the meat transforms in the slow cooker. Serve sliced or in chunks over Creamy Mushroom Grits.

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Signature Roast Beef

Jennifer Davick

Signature Roast Beef Recipe
Here's the recipe to turn to when you need a pot roast that's just like Mom used to make for Sunday dinner.

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Classic Beef Pot Roast

Becky Luigart-Stayner

Classic Beef Pot Roast Recipe
Find your perfect pot roast recipe with these top-rated favorites. Cuts of beef that perform well for pot roasting go by many different names: Blade roast, cross-rib roast (or shoulder clod), seven-bone pot roast, arm pot roast, and boneless chuck roast are all acceptable cuts. If you're looking for a traditional pot roast recipe, try this 5-star, no-fail version.

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Traditional Yankee Pot Roast

Becky Luigart-Stayner; Lydia DeGaris-Pursell

Traditional Yankee Pot Roast Recipe
While this traditional pot roast bakes with carrot, onion, and potato it creates a rich, thick broth that you'll want to spoon over mashed potatoes.

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Slow-Cooker Beef Pot Roast

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Slow-Cooker Beef Pot Roast Recipe
Put this easy, 5-ingredient pot roast in the slow cooker in the morning and come home to a hearty dinner.

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Pot Roast with Wild Mushrooms and Fresh Thyme

Photo: Annabelle Breakey; Styling: Karen Shinto

Pot Roast with Wild Mushrooms and Fresh Thyme Recipe
Add a touch of sophistication to pot roast with the addition of wild mushrooms and fresh thyme. All the other expected ingredients are still here: carrots, onions, celery and beef broth.

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Americana Pot Roast

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Americana Pot Roast Recipe
This recipe can do double duty since you can use the leftover broth and beef to make a shepherd’s pie.

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Beef Pot Roast and Gravy

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Beef Pot Roast and Gravy Recipe
A classic pot roast is the gateway recipe to using your pressure cooker—it's quick, and you're rewarded with a hearty dish in a fraction of the time that it takes to cook a pot roast in the oven.

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Balsamic Pot Roast with Onions and Mushrooms

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Balsamic Pot Roast with Onions and Mushrooms Recipe
Mellow balsamic vinegar and rich brown cremini mushrooms make this a very modern pot roast recipe.

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Cowboy Pot Roast

Cowboy Pot Roast Recipe
Infuse your pot roast with Southwestern flavor when you add tomatoes, green chiles, two types of beans, spices and garnish with jalapeño slices.

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Beef Pot Roast

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Beef Pot Roast Recipe
This simple pot roast requires only about 20 minutes of prep time before it goes into the oven, and the recipes calls for ingredients that you likely have on hand.

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Tuscan Pot Roast

Photo: Susie Cushner

Tuscan Pot Roast Recipe
Add the flavors of Tuscany to your pot roast with plum tomatoes, portobello mushrooms, olive oil, red wine, and oregano. Maintain the Italian theme by serving the roast over pasta.

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Pot Roast with Dumplings

Pot Roast with Dumplings Recipe
Go for the ultimate home-style dish by serving your pot roast with tender dumplings. With carrots, parsnips and rutabagas, this hearty beef dish is truly a one-dish meal.

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Italian Pot Roast

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Lydia Pursell

Italian Pot Roast Recipe
Tomato sauce, tomato paste, mushrooms and Italian seasoning give this pot roast a little bit of an Italian accent.

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