Description
This Slow Cooker Cranberry Roast Beef recipe is an easy and flavorful holiday dinner perfect for chilly nights. Using simple ingredients like cranberry sauce and dry onion soup mix, it creates a savory and slightly sweet sauce that tenderizes the beef roast to fall-apart perfection. Slowly cooked in the crockpot, this roast beef is effortless to prepare and makes a comforting main course garnished with fresh parsley for added color and flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 3 pound beef roast
- 1 (14 ounce) can cranberry sauce
- 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare the beef roast: Place your 3 pound beef roast in the slow cooker, ensuring it sits flat for even cooking.
- Make the sauce: In a bowl, combine the entire 14 ounce can of cranberry sauce with the envelope of dry onion soup mix and mix well.
- Combine and layer: Pour the cranberry and onion soup sauce mixture over the beef roast in the slow cooker. Add 4 tablespoons of butter on top of the roast.
- Add cranberries: Sprinkle 1 cup of fresh or frozen cranberries evenly around the beef roast in the slow cooker.
- Cook the roast: Cover and cook on low heat for 6 hours or on high for 4 hours, or until the beef is tender and can easily be shredded.
- Shred and serve: After cooking, shred the beef directly in the slow cooker to absorb the sauce, then serve hot garnished with fresh parsley if desired.
Notes
- This recipe is perfect for busy holiday days as it requires minimal prep and cooks unattended.
- You can substitute fresh cranberries with frozen if fresh are not available.
- For a lower fat option, reduce the butter to 2 tablespoons or use a light butter alternative.
- The onion soup mix adds a flavorful savory base, but you can substitute with a homemade mix of dried onion, parsley, and beef bouillon powder if preferred.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or roasted vegetables to complete the meal.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 1257 kcal
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 416 mg
- Fat: 77 g
- Saturated Fat: 33 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 34 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 104 g
- Cholesterol: 439 mg
