One of my favorite super quick, easy 5 ingredients recipes is a crock pot roast with potatoes and carrots. Every time I make this my family the boys included just gobble this up like its the best thing they’ve ever had, and I am a super hero for knowing how to make something so delicious. What can I say I have 3 meat and potato kind of guys so they love, love, love meals like this. And what the hey, I love making these because it is so easy and good.
I came across this really neat trick from Lynn @ Kitchen Adventures, and I knew I had to try it. She uses a foil packet to separate the potatoes and carrots from the roast, so they don’t get over cooked and mushy or greasy from the cooked roast drippings. More details below.
Ingredients: 3-4 lbs Roast, 1/2 cup Jalapeno Jelly (or any type of jelly), 1 Packet Onion Soup Mix, 4-5 potatoes, peeled and cubed, and 1/2 bag baby carrots
Peel and cube potatoes
Place on 2 large sheets of foil and add carrots, salt and pepper
Then fold foil up and then down
Then the sides up and seal tightly
Place roast into crock pot, and pour 1/2 cup jalapeno jelly (you can use sweet & sour sauce, or any jelly), and onion soup mix.
Rub mixture into every nook and cranny of the roast.
Then place foil packet on top of roast and set crock pot on high for 4-6 hours, or low for 6-8
The roast will put off lots of excellent juice be sure to pour some on top of the veggies
Enjoy!
Print This RecipeCrock-pot Roasts with Potatoes and Carrots
3-4 lbs Roast
1/2 cup Jalapeno Jelly (or any type of jelly)
1 Packet Onion Soup Mix
4-5 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1/2 bag baby carrots
Take roast frozen or thawed, place into crock pot. Pour on 1/2 cup of jalapeno jelly, then pour on top the onion soup packet, rub into jelly and all over roast. Peel, and cube potatoes, place on 2 large sheets of foil, then pour on top 1/2 bag baby carrots, salt & pepper to taste. Seal up foil and place on top of roast. Turn crock pot on high for 4-6 hours or low for 6-8 hours. Remove from crock pot and pour some of the roast dripping onto potatoes and carrots. Enjoy.
You can make this meal even cheaper by making your own onion soup mix. I have used that for a couple of years now. It works really well.
I’ve never made it with the jelly. Sounds great.
So glad you like the foil trick. It works great. I am going to have to try the jal. jelly on roast. My husband would love it.
Wow! I’ll have to try this! I’ve never had a roast I liked. But this looks really good!
The foil is such a genius idea!! The main reason my kids don’t like pot roast is b/c the carrrots and the potatoes are always like mush. I’ll definitely have to try this!! Thanks for sharing that tip!
This looks delicious…makes me hungry! 🙂
wonderful idea! i can’t stand it when the potatoes are mushy!
Looks so good!
The foil packet is genuis! I will definitley use that trick… and I will have to try using jalapeno jelly, sounds delicious!
Looks great! I love crock-pot dishes.
Looks Yummy and easy! Just how I like it!
Thanks for passing on the tin foil tip. I didn’t see her post about that and it’s pure genius. Thanks for linking to Tasty Tuesday.
I cook my roast like you in the crock pot. My recipe is even more simple. My guys like noodles, rice or mashed potatoes with this.
Season roast with salt and pepper. Slice a nice large yellow onion and put into bottom of pot. Put roast on top of that. Then cover with 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup or 1 large family size can. Cook for 6-8 hours on low. You will have a wonderful roast with lots of gravy for noodles, rice, or the potatoes.
Thanks for telling us about the foil. My husband and I have not been able to get a good roast made in our married life of 9 years!! We both grew up with moms that cooked fabulous roasts! But ours never work! We will try this!
mmm… now you’re just making me hungry. 🙂
Isn’t crockpot roast the best?! I make mine a little different, but pretty close! My husband likes the carrots and potatoes made completely separate. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the nice comment. How do you know Jenn? Have we ever met?
that is super nifty! i never would have thought to do a foil packet. thanks for the idea!
This looks so delicious and so easy and I love anything in the crockpot
Great trick w/ the foil packets!!!
Clever idea to foil the potatoes & carrots. My kids aren’t fond of the mushed-together effect (though I rather like the influence of the meat juice on the veggies). Maybe they’d give it a go if I keep them apart?
Just went to the grocery, but didn’t buy any roast. Now I regret it! You’ve got me salivating for good home cookin’!
wow!! i love the foil packet idea! yumm-o!!
That looks so comforting. And I had never seen the foil trick used like that. Cool!!!!!!
I haven’t tried this with jelly, but I know my hubby would love this.
This looks amazing my dear! I’ve never tried it with Jalapeno Jelly, I’ll have to add that to the mix. Hubby would love it!
Thanks so much for stopping by! It’s one of my new favorite Pampered Chef recipes to make :).
The foil is a great idea. I am making this for dinner tomorrow night! Thanks for the idea. BTW, thanks for stopping by my blog.
Your roast looks yummy!
That looks soooo yummy. I’m going to have to try that recipe too. The other two that I tried last week were AWESOME!
Wow…this looks so good. I have never used jelly so I really appreciate your tip.
MaryBeth@cupcakesandcrinoline.com
Sounds great. I never tried the foil pack idea. Great thinking Lynn! Also, NEVER would have thought of the jalapeno jelly! Awesome.
I am soooo making this for dinner tonight!
This is making me so hungry….my goodness.
Wow ~ Great ideal! Thanks for sharing.
This sounds like a great recipe, thanks for sharing it.
Claudia
claudiafranson.blogspot.com
Sorry I was late posting Food on Fridays–I knew this was up, so I linked to it for you anyway!
Crock pot dishes are my favorite! This looks so good. Thanks for sharing.
looks like a delicous recipe that would be so easy to make I will try this since it is so hot I will not be able to use oven often cooking will be done in crockpot
That is a great idea.. I am making my pot roast right now and i look up how to make it and came across yours so i went to store and got the jelly and soup mix and wraped the potatos and carrots in foil.. Sounds really good i’ll let you know how it turned out it’s for dinner tonight. I can’t wait to try it.
that looks really tasty!
You don’t have to add water to the roast when it’s in the crock pot?
I’d never seen it done with the foil before. And that spice rub looks great. I’ll have to try this!