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    Home / Recipes / Main Dishes / Beef Recipes

    Easiest Crockpot Roast Beef and Gravy

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    Top photo is a white gravy bowl on a white platter. The bowl has brown gravy and a spoon. The platter is sitting on a wooden cutting board next to a beef roast that has been half-sliced with the serrated knife at the top of the photo. There is an orange napkin with white stripes in the top right corner of the photo. Bottom photo is a white bowl with brown gravy. There is a spoon in the gravy, and the bowl is on a white plate, which is sitting on a wooden cutting board. On the right side of the photo is a white plate half full of roast beef and half full of rice. Roast beef and rice are both covered with gravy. There is a fork on the plate next to the rice. The plate is on an orange napkin with white stripes. Text Easy Crockpot Roast Beef & Gravy Add Salt & Serve formerly Menus4Moms

    The easiest crockpot roast beef with rice and gravy also happens to be the tastiest! Just season, place in the crockpot, and cook on low all day. This simple roast yields the most heavenly gravy (it's easy even if you don't know how to make roast beef gravy!), so be sure to serve it with rice or mashed potatoes. This is comfort food with a capital C!

    On the left side of the photo is a white bowl with brown gravy. There is a spoon in the gravy, and the bowl is on a white plate, which is sitting on a wooden cutting board. On the right side of the photo is a white plate half full of roast beef and half full of rice. Roast beef and rice are both covered with gravy. There is a fork on the plate next to the rice. The plate is on an orange napkin with white stripes.

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    • ⏲️ Time needed
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 💭 How to make roast beef gravy from the crockpot
    • 🍖 Use leftover roast beef in these dishes
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 🥗 Side dishes
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    ⏲️ Time needed

    There is virtually no prep to crockpot roast beef unless you need to trim fat off of the roast. Cooking time depends on the size of the roast and how hot your crockpot cooks; I cook a 3-4 lb. roast for about 6 hours on low in a 6 quart crockpot.

    Making the gravy takes about ten minutes just before serving.

    🥘 Ingredients

    The roast itself only requires a beef rump roast and salt & pepper. To make the gravy, I use beef broth and flour, but water is sufficient if you aren't adding much liquid.

    📋 Instructions

    Cut excess fat from the roast if necessary. Sprinkle salt and pepper all over the roast and press into sides.

    An uncooked beef roast sprinkled with salt and pepper on a wooden cutting board next to a slow cooker. There is a small glass bowl of salt and a small glass bowl of pepper on the cutting board next to the roast.

    Place roast in the crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours or until done to your preference.

    Uncooked beef roast in a slow cooker on a white marble counter. On the left side of the photo is an orange napkin with white stripes. On the napkin is a small glass bowl with salt. Next to the napkin is small glass bowl with pepper.

    When the roast is done, remove it from the crockpot, reserving the drippings, and let the meat rest while you prepare the gravy.

    To serve, slice the roast against the grain and serve with gravy.

    White gravy bowl on a white platter. The bowl has brown gravy and a spoon. The platter is sitting on a wooden cutting board next to a beef roast that has been half-sliced with the serrated knife at the top of the photo. There is an orange napkin with white stripes in the top right corner of the photo.

    If you are going to be home, you can also prepare this roast beef in a slow oven (about 300°F) for several hours in a covered cast iron dutch oven. With this method, the gravy can be made in the same pan as the roast.

    💭 How to make roast beef gravy from the crockpot

    Leftover roast beef gravy is fought over in our house as if it were liquid gold, so I like to extend the gravy by adding more liquid. This presents a problem, since more water dilutes the perfectly-balanced beef flavor. Enter beef broth.

    Instead of making roast beef gravy with water, I use beef broth. You can add more liquid—and end up with more roast beef gravy— without diluting the flavor this way.

    To make roast beef gravy from the crockpot, strain the beef roast drippings from the crockpot into a saucepan or skillet and add ½ cup beef broth. Heat over medium heat.

    Overhead shot of a small orange skillet of brown gravy over a warming unit on a white marble counter.There is a whisk in the skillet, and an orange napkin with white stripes on the counter at the top right of the picture.

    In a jar with a lid, mix flour with about ½ cup beef broth, shaking well to combine. Slowly add about half of this flour mixture to the roast beef drippings over medium heat, whisking constantly. Continue to heat and whisk as the gravy thickens.

    This is where you get to use your judgment about the consistency of the gravy. After the first addition of the flour mixture, I add a little more at a time, whisking as I add, and give it time to blend and heat.

    After 2-3 minutes, I decide if it needs more of the flour mixture to thicken it, or more broth to thin it. I tend to make my gravy a little on the thin side, but you can use less broth and more flour if you like thicker gravy.

    The roast beef gravy is ready when it is heated through and you are happy with the consistency. The gravy will thicken more as it cools, and when refrigerated it will gel due to the beef drippings. This is perfectly normal.

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    Lumps: If you are worried about lumpy gravy, do yourself a favor and invest in a good strainer—they are quite inexpensive and come in handy. I have a strainers in several sizes that I use All. The. Time.

    I never have to worry about serving gravy with lumps because if I can't get them out while I'm making the gravy, I can definitely strain them out when I'm pouring the gravy into the serving dish!

    🍖 Use leftover roast beef in these dishes

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    Easy Beef and Broccoli using Leftover Steak

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    Barbecue Beef & Beans

    Beef Stir Fry

    Beef Stir Fry

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    Hot Roast Beef Sandwiches

    Italian Beef Hoagies

    Italian Beef Hoagies

    Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup

    Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup


    📖 Recipe

    a white plate half full of roast beef and half full of rice. Roast beef and rice are both covered with gravy. There is a fork on the plate next to the rice. The plate is on an orange napkin with white stripes.

    Easy Crockpot Roast Beef & Gravy

    The easiest roast beef also happens to be the tastiest! Just season, place in the crockpot, and cook on low all day. This simple roast yields the most heavenly gravy, so be sure to serve it with rice or mashed potatoes.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 6 hrs
    Total Time 6 hrs 10 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 servings
    Calories 163

    Ingredients
      

    For the roast:

    • 3 lb. beef rump roast
    • Salt, as needed
    • Coarsely ground black pepper, as needed

    For the gravy:

    • 1 cup beef broth, or more as needed
    • 1-½ Tbsp. flour
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    Instructions

    • Cut excess fat from roast if necessary.
    • Sprinkle salt and pepper all over roast and press into sides.
    • Place roast in crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours or until done to your preference.
    • Remove roast from crockpot, reserving drippings, and let rest while preparing gravy.

    For gravy:

    • Strain the drippings from the roast into a pan and add ½ cup of the beef broth. Heat over medium heat.
    • In a jar with a lid, mix flour with about ½ cup beef broth, shaking well to combine.
    • Slowly add about half of the flour mixture to the drippings over medium heat, whisking constantly.
    • Continue to heat and whisk as the gravy thickens. If necessary, add more of the flour mixture to thicken or more beef broth to thin.
    • The roast beef gravy is ready when it is heated through and you are happy with the consistency.

    To serve:

    • Slice the roast against the grain and serve with gravy.

    Notes

    If you are going to be home, you can also prepare this roast beef in a slow oven (about 300°F) for several hours in a covered cast iron dutch oven. With this method, the gravy can be made in the same pan as the roast.
    The gravy will thicken more as it cools, and when refrigerated it will gel due to the beef drippings. This is perfectly normal.

    Nutrition per serving

    Calories: 163 calCarbohydrates: 1 gProtein: 26 gFat: 6 gSodium: 429 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 1 g
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    🥗 Side dishes

    Rice or mashed potatoes are a must to serve with the gravy, and anything from steamed broccoli to salad to a rich vegetable casserole works well as an additional side.

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    Top photo is a white gravy bowl on a white platter. The bowl has brown gravy and a spoon. The platter is sitting on a wooden cutting board next to a beef roast that has been half-sliced with the serrated knife at the top of the photo. There is an orange napkin with white stripes in the top right corner of the photo. Bottom photo is a white bowl with brown gravy. There is a spoon in the gravy, and the bowl is on a white plate, which is sitting on a wooden cutting board. On the right side of the photo is a white plate half full of roast beef and half full of rice. Roast beef and rice are both covered with gravy. There is a fork on the plate next to the rice. The plate is on an orange napkin with white stripes. Text Easy Crockpot Roast Beef & Gravy Add Salt & Serve formerly Menus4Moms

    Top photo is a white gravy bowl on a white platter. The bowl has brown gravy and a spoon. The platter is sitting on a wooden cutting board next to a beef roast that has been half-sliced with the serrated knife at the top of the photo. There is an orange napkin with white stripes in the top right corner of the photo. Bottom photo is a white bowl with brown gravy. There is a spoon in the gravy, and the bowl is on a white plate, which is sitting on a wooden cutting board. On the right side of the photo is a white plate half full of roast beef and half full of rice. Roast beef and rice are both covered with gravy. There is a fork on the plate next to the rice. The plate is on an orange napkin with white stripes. Text Easy Crockpot Roast Beef & Gravy Add Salt & Serve formerly Menus4Moms
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    Posted by Mary Ann on January 31, 2020; Updated on November 8, 2020Filed Under: 5 Ingredients or Fewer Recipes, Beef Recipes, Favorite Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes

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