Slow Cooker Roast Beef

prep time:: 10 min
total time:: 8 hours

Makes 6 serving

Betty

Tasty with Lots of Gravy

ingredients

Ingredients
1 (10 3/4-oz.) can cream of mushroom with roasted garlic soup
1 (10 l/2-oz.) can condensed beef broth
1 (1-oz.) envelope dry onion-mushroom soup mix
1 (3 1/2- to 4-lb.) eye of round roast, trimmed
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

directions

1
Stir together first 3 ingredients in a 5 1/2-qt. slow cooker.
2
Sprinkle roast evenly with flour, salt, and pepper. Brown roast on all sides in hot oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
3
Transfer roast to slow cooker.
4
Cover and cook on LOW 8 hours.
5
Remove roast from slow cooker; slice to serve. Skim fat from gravy. Whisk gravy; serve over roast.

notes

Remember, don't lift the lid. Each time you do, heat is lost, and you'll need to cook 20 to 30 minutes more. Mom always made the best roast beef for our family. Hers was great with or without a crock-pot.

Source: Betty