Slow Cooker Italian Beef Dinner is a hearty pot roast dinner with Italian flavorings that has a self making gravy.
Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve posted a beef recipe. This Slow Cooker Hearty Italian Dinner is such a comfort meal. If you like a good pot roast dinner, then you will LOVE this meal. It has the usual ingredients of the pot roast dinner, but it also has tomato and Italian flavorings. I use a can of tomato sauce and a packet of spaghetti sauce mix. I love the way the spaghetti sauce mix flavors this meal. It adds great flavor but also thickens the sauce making an Italian tomato gravy.
I had a small enough roast that I could separate the veggies on each side of it. If you have larger roast, it is fine to put the vegetables on top of the beef.
Below is another photo before cooking with the tomato sauce and the spaghetti sauce mix, don’t fret, the mix doesn’t stay white, it will blend into the tomato sauce when the slow cooker starts cooking.
Here is what the meal looks like after cooking. I knew that this recipe would turn out good, but I had no idea it would be a favorite in our house. My husband said I should make it once a week and my daughter loved it so much she added to her list of favorites (with sloppy Joes and salmon).
The meat is fork tender after being cooked for 6 hours on high. If you need more cooking time, 8-9 hours on low will give you the same results.
Here is my YouTube video of the making of the delicious dinner. You can follow me on YouTube here.
Have a good weekend! Monday I will be back with a new meatloaf recipe here on the blog, it’s a very unique recipe that I think you will love.
- 1 3 lb. beef chuck roast
- 4 cups cut red potatoes
- 3 cups cut carrots
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 1 (15-oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1 (1.37-oz.) packet McCormick thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix
- 6-quart slow cooker
- Add the beef to the middle of the slow cooker. Add the carrots and onions to one side of the beef, and the potatoes to the other side. If your beef is too large to put the carrots, onion and potatoes on the side, you can put them on top.
- Pour over the tomato sauce and sprinkle over the spaghetti seasoning.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time. This can be done on LOW for 8-9 hours with the same results.
- Shred or cut the meat for serving. Serve with the sauce from the slow cooker.
- Enjoy!
I used my 6-quart Crock-Pot® for this recipe.
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Nicole Shkuratoff says
January 20, 2017 at 9:15 amBig can Chef Boyardee ravioli $3.00 slice of bread on side if wanted.
Nicole Shkuratoff says
January 20, 2017 at 9:20 amAdd veggies
Rhigh says
February 12, 2017 at 5:25 pmBrown the meat before crock potting it. It greatly improves the flavor.
Lisa M. says
March 29, 2017 at 8:32 pmGot this in the crock as I type.
Smells amazing, can’t wait.
Julie L. Cain says
September 23, 2018 at 4:29 pmCan you use a can of diced tomatoes instead of the tomato sauce, or will that ruin the flavor?
Sarah Olson says
September 23, 2018 at 6:33 pmI think that would work fine.
Debbie says
September 24, 2018 at 6:25 pmCan you make this in an instant pot instead of the crock pot?
Sarah Olson says
September 25, 2018 at 10:00 amYes, I don’t see why not!
Karavos says
September 29, 2018 at 5:23 pmCan I use a bottom round roast
Sarah Olson says
September 29, 2018 at 7:40 pmYes, I love bottom round roasts.
Julie says
April 6, 2019 at 5:29 pmThis was excellent. My whole family loved this. It was very tasty an flavorful.