Our ultimate collection of the best Chuck Roast Recipes! Here you'll find recipes for hearty, filling, and totally delicious dinners that can be made affordably, prepped ahead, and serve a family of all ages.
One of our specialties at Borrowed Bites is providing the most essential tips for cooking so that you too can serve compliment-worthy dinners for your family. In this post you will find a list of fantastic recipes to try, along with cooking methods, answers to your most common questions, and tips to make the best roast of your life!
If you're anything like us, you can never have enough simple dinner ideas that are 1) healthy, 2) filling, and 3) satisfy the whole family. This post is made just for you!
There are endless variations of roast beef that are just the ticket for a great meal without a lot of sweat off your back. We're always adding to this collection, so come back anytime!
If you want to take all the thinking out of your next dinner menu, check out this Sunday Dinner Pot Roast Menu Plan. You can also visit this list of Sides to Serve with Pot Roast for inspiration, and this Ultimate Guide: How to Cook Chuck Roast in the Slow Cooker for cooking tips!
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Classic beef chuck roast recipes
You can't go wrong with having a classic, homemade pot roast recipe in your back pocket. It's the perfect cozy dinner!
- Truly the best Crock Pot Chuck Roast
- 2 Ingredient Pot Roast Seasoning
Here's what one reader said about these two recipes. I promise the 5 star reviews are there for a reason!
This was the best pot roast I have ever made. 10 out of 10!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Angie
Crock pot chuck roast recipes
Tender chuck roast slow cooker recipes are our personal favorite because you can start it in the morning and it will be magically ready at dinner time. Plus it makes the house smell amazing all day.
How to cook a chuck roast
The no-fail method for cooking a beef roast is using a slow cooker. It's the easiest method with very little hands on time or mess, but it has never once failed to be succesful for us.
Another popular method is to use an Instant Pot or pressure cooker, which is a faster process. However, I haven't found it to yield beef that is nearly as tender, so it is not the method we use regularly.
Lastly, you can bake your roast in the oven using a dutch oven, cast iron skillet, or a roasting pan. The benefit to this method is that you don't have to have any fancy appliances and it still makes your house smell amazing.
How to make chuck roast tender
The KEY to making your beef extra tender is to cook it long enough to break down all the touch muscle fibers. The most reliable way to do this is to cook it low and slow, which is why so many recipes use a Crock Pot. If you cook it long enough, you simply cannot fail to have a fall-apart roast!
Pro tips for success
- Pick a quality roast: You're looking for meat that is a brighter red color (avoid any that's turning brown-ish since that's a sign of old meat). You also want one that has fat evenly marbled throughout.
- Buy it on sale and freeze it: The most affordable way to serve this cut of beef is to wait for a good sale. Where we live right now, about $3.50 a pound is a decent sale. We stock up and freeze the roasts raw (or seasoned). Then thaw them and cook!
- Store leftovers with the juices: Don't toss the cooking liquid. Instead, pour some of it over your leftovers to keep them nice and moist in the fridge.
FAQ
If there are very large chunks of fat on the outside edge of your roast, you can trim it off. However, you want most of it to stay. A roast that is marbled throughout with fat is the first secret to soft, juicy meat because it melts as it cooks and coats every piece in moisture.
It is not absolutely necessary to sear your roast before cooking it, but I highly recommend it! The crust that forms on the meat when you sear it adds so much more flavor compared to when you don't.
Typically a 3-4 pound roast will take 8-9 hours to cook on low in a Crockpot or 4-5 hours on high. I always choose low when I can because I find that it results in more tender meat with a little more flavor. But cooking it on high will still yield a delicious dinner.
If your meat is tough and doesn't shred very easily, it simply means that it needs to cook longer to break down the fibers. Add an additional 30-60 minutes of cook time at a time, checking again each time until it falls apart easily when you use two forks to pull it apart.
Helpful appliances and tools
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More beef recipes
If you love cooking with beef, check out our other favorite ways to make it from the grill to the stove!
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