Slow Cooker Apple Cider Pot Roast
Apple cider, balsamic vinegar, and a little garlic turn a chuck roast into a tender slow cooker supper that tastes like fall. No searing required!
Every fall, there’s a morning when I walk outside and realize that socks are no longer optional. That’s when I want dinner to be waiting for me at the end of the day, preferably with the whole house smelling wonderful.
Enter this slow cooker apple cider pot roast. In the morning, I put a chuck roast in the slow cooker with apple cider, beef broth, balsamic vinegar, and garlic. Eight hours later, it’s tender, savory, and just a little sweet and tangy. I like to dip each slice back into those lovely cooking juices before it lands on the plate.
And speaking of colder days, please enjoy this picture of my brother, my cousin Tom, and me playing in the Vermont snow. Apparently we had hats covered. But WHERE WERE OUR MITTENS?
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Slow Cooker Apple Cider Pot Roast
This recipe for Slow Cooker Apple Cider Pot Roast is the thing you want to come home to on a chilly day!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- One 4 pound (about) chuck roast
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, plus extra for drizzling
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
- Place roast in a slow cooker.
- Combine all remaining ingredients in a bowl or large measuring cup and stir. Pour over the roast.
- Cook on Low setting for 8 hours.
- Use a spatula to remove the roast and slice. I like to dunk the slices back in the cooking liquid in the slow cooker right before putting on plates.
- Drizzle a teeny bit of balsamic vinegar on top of the slices and serve.
Can you add red potatoes and baby carrots to the crock pot? Usually when I do a roast I add those for an easy complete meal. Let me know if this is something I could do with this roast without messing up flavor
Hey Brad! Yes, you definitely can. The potatoes should be just fine…I sometimes cook the baby carrots separately on the stove and stir them in at the end just so they don’t get too mushy. Happy cooking!
Hi Kate,
Made this today and it was delicious!! This is a keeper. Thank you!
Hi Anne! I’m so glad – I’ve decided it is my new favorite way to make pot roast!
You guys were so cute, but seriously. Where are your dang mittens? That ain’t cool.
This looks like the coziest, warmest winter dinner. I want that any night, romp in the snow optional!
My romp in the snow days are definitely over – but my pot roast slow cooker days will go on indefinitely!
I need slow cooker recipes!! This is perfect, thanks for sharing!
The slow cooker is my favorite kitchen appliance! Let me know if you need any more. :)
Sounds yummy! I have a roast in the fridge just waiting to be cooked. I don’t have apple cider but I do have apple cider vinegar. If I used balsamic vinegar too do you think that would be too much vinegar?
I do think that would be too much vinegar – you need the sweetness of the cider to balance the sharpness of the balsamic vinegar! But, if you add another cup of beef broth along with 1/2 cup brown sugar in place of the cider, you will get the same basic effect – give it a try!
Thank you! I’ll definitely try it!
This flavor combo is incredible! I have got to make this soon! Comfort food at it’s best!
Thanks Annie! And post roast is DEFINITELY comfort food extraordinaire. :)
i’ve never been the biggest fan of pot roast, though i do love the idea of apple cider in there. thanks for sharing the cute pic. :)
Maybe the apple cider will bring you over to the pot roast side! :) :)
Pot roasts are quintessential fall and winter meals! I LOVE LOVE LOVE yours, Kate! The apple cider and balsamic vinegar sounds just wonderful! And I love that you put yours back into the slow cooker after you carve it, because YESSS to more juicy flavor! I want to cozy up to a big ole plate of this for breakfast. Is that weird? I could always throw an egg on it I suppose. ;) LOVE this! Cheers, lovely! P.S. I still need to purchase mittens, my hands are starting to get weirdly wrinkled from the cold. lol But I do have beanies (hats)
I think pot roast for breakfast is a MARVELOUS idea, Cheyenne! Definitely with an egg — I think you may have invented the new steak and eggs! And I bet you are adorable in your beanie. :)
Making a roast in the slow cooker is just about the best meal to me, Kate! I love your creativity with the apple cider. Sounds like it gives it so much flavor! This definitely sounds like a delicious meal for the cold and rainy weather that’s coming my way this week!
Isn’t it the best, best, best thing to come home to? Stay warm and dry this week! :)
Hi Kate I have been waiting for you to post this! So excited t make it. My question is: you don’t have to sear the meat first?
You don’t!! Because of the cider and the balsamic, it comes out with that nice brown outside edge that you see in the picture. It’s almost too good to be true, but it’s true! :)