Description
Tender chuck roast, au jus seasoning, pepperoncini peppers and butter for a juicy, flavorful beef dinner with just five ingredients that you can make in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds chuck roast, trimmed of excess fat
- 1 packet au jus dry mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 of a 16 ounce jar of sliced pepperoncini with juice
- 2 Tbsp butter
Instructions
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Add roast into slow cooker. Sprinkle the roast with au jus mix and pour in the water and pepperoncinis and juice. Add butter on top of the roast.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-12 hours, or until roast is tender. The roast isn’t done until you can easily break it apart with a fork. Cooking time depends on the thickness of the roast and your individual slow cooker.
- Break the roast apart and serve with some of the juices and pepperoncinis from the slow cooker.
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Add roast into Instant Pot. Sprinkle the roast with au just mix and pour in the water and pepperoncinis and juice. Add butter on top of the roast.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set manual/pressure cook button to 90 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 15 minutes and then move valve to venting.
- Break the roast apart and serve with some of the juices and pepperoncinis from the pot.
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker