A full pot roast dinner with Italian flavors! The tender chuck roast goes great with the Italian flavors and the tender vegetables.
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 are more beef recipes to try!
- Slow Cooker Swiss Steak
- Slow Cooker Classic Pot Roast
- Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
- Slow Cooker Smothered Burritos
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Slow Cooker Italian Beef Dinner
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs. beef chuck roast
- 4 cups red potatoes sliced
- 3 cups carrots sliced
- 1 cup white onion diced
- 15 oz. tomato sauce
- 1.37 oz. packet McCormick thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix
Instructions:
- Place the beef in the middle of the slow cooker.
- Add the carrots and onions to one side of the beef, and the potatoes to the other side. (see notes)
- Pour over the tomato sauce on top of the beef and vegetables.
- Sprinkle the spaghetti seasoning over everything.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 6 hours WITHOUT opening the lid during the cooking time. (see notes)
- Shred or cut the meat for serving.
- Serve with the sauce from the slow cooker.
- Enjoy!
How to Video:
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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Turned out great with a few modifications. The base recipe is a good starter. I had a 2 lb roast, added a 2nd can of sauce, 1 cup water and a whole lot of seasoning, the base recipe makes for a very bland flavor. I added 1 tsp garlic powder, 1.5 tsp salt, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp oregano, dash crushed red pepper and 1 can diced tomato’s.
Now, after my additions, the flavors were busting out.
Actually I would recommend a bit more sauce as by the time the dish left overs cooled off, much of the broth had absorbed into the carrots and potato’s, maybe another 8oz. can. Otherwise fantastic recipe, thank you!
Not bland at all if you use the McCormick packet she recommended. Not sure how you could find it bland with that.
This has become a staple in my home. Provided you can find the Mccormicks packet. My question is can this become a freezer meal? Thanks for your reply Sarah.
Would Rotel diced tomatoes work as well?
yes, it will be a little spicy though.
Made exactly as recipe was written, came out excellent!! Having non-red-meat eater kids home from college, do you think chicken breasts would work??
Thanks!
I can’t find the spaghetti seasoning. What should I use instead?
The spaghetti mix s not available in my stores so i want to use a jar of a sauce i love and leave out can of sauce and spaghetti mix is this OK you think???
Yes! I would add more seasonings, and salt and pepper.
I used a pork roast instead. The result was sensational. I also threw in a bag of small carrots – much easier and got the same effect.
This was excellent. My whole family loved this. It was very tasty an flavorful.
Can I use a bottom round roast
Yes, I love bottom round roasts.
Can you make this in an instant pot instead of the crock pot?
Yes, I don’t see why not!
Can you use a can of diced tomatoes instead of the tomato sauce, or will that ruin the flavor?
I think that would work fine.
Got this in the crock as I type.
Smells amazing, can’t wait.
Brown the meat before crock potting it. It greatly improves the flavor.
Add veggies