Slow Cooker Southwestern Pot Roast (Video)

Slow Cooker Southwestern Pot Roast has only five ingredients and this has the perfect blend of spicy Southwestern flavors in a low-carb pot roast! Check out Instant Pot Southwestern Pot Roast to make it in the Instant Pot.

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I know the slow cooker is dead for some people, but my slow cooker recipes still get a lot of visitors, so some people are still using the slow cooker! And I think a dish like this ultra-popular Slow Cooker Southwestern Pot Roast is perfect to make on the weekend so I’m featuring it for my Friday Favorites pick this week. If you prefer making pot roast in the Instant Pot, just make Instant Pot Low-Carb Southwestern Pot Roast instead!

This recipe uses canned beef broth and salsa to add southwestern flavor to pot roast that gets tender and flavorful in the slow cooker. It’s one of my easy Five Ingredients Recipes, but if you’re using the slow cooker please don’t skip the preparation steps of browning the roast and reducing the beef broth on the stove, because both those steps add a lot of flavor. You can do that the night before if you’d like, and then put the browned meat, broth, and salsa in the slow cooker to cook all day on low while you’re at work.

I always use boneless chuck roast for pot roast, and trim as much fat as possible before browning the meat. When the roast is done, I sometimes use a Fat Separator (affiliate link) to remove fat from the sauce or gravy if needed. If you don’t have a crockpot or an Instant Pot, this could be cooked on top of the stove in a heavy dutch oven, just keep the temperature as low as possible, and add a little more liquid if needed. And this spicy beef is perfect for shredding apart and serving inside low-carb tortillas if you prefer eating it that way; enjoy!

More Beef in the Slow Cooker:

If you’re a slow cooker fan, check out Low-Carb and Keto Slow Cooker Recipes with Beef to find more tasty beef recipes like this one.

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

• chuck roast
• canned reduced sodium beef broth
• salsa. I used Pace Picante Sauce (affiliate link)
• Szeged Steak Rub (affiliate link) or your favorite seasoning for steak
• olive oil for browning meat

How to Make Southwestern Pot Roast in the Slow Cooker:

(Scroll down for complete printable recipe including nutritional information.)

1. Start reducing the can of beef broth by simmering it on low heat while you trim the pot roast.
2. Trim the pot roast to remove fat and then rub pot roast on all side with Szeged Steak Rub Seasoning (affiliate link) or your favorite seasonings for steak.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan, add the pot roast pieces, and brown well.
4. Put the browned meat into the slow cooker. You’ll have lots of flavorful bits left in the pan.
5. When the broth has reduced to 1/2 cup, add it to the frying pan and use the turner to scrape all the browned bits.
6. Then combine that liquid with the one cup of salsa and pour over the browned piece of roast in the slow cooker.
7. Cook on high for one hour, then turn to low and cook 3-4 hours more, or until the meat is very tender when pierced with a fork. You can also cook all day on low.
8. When the meat is tender, remove it from the slow cooker and pour the sauce into a small pan, spooning off the fat or using a fat separator (affiliate link) if needed. Add the final 1/4 cup salsa to the sauce and simmer to reduce to one cup.
9. Serve Low-Carb Southwestern Pot Roast with the sauce spooned over the pieces of meat.

More Beef In the Slow Cooker:

Beef Recipes Index Page ~ Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker
Low-Carb Slow Cooker Balsamic and Onion Pot Roast ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Olives ~ The Perfect Pantry
Crock-Pot Beef Roast with Caramelized Onions ~ Miss in the Kitchen
Low-Carb Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pot Roast ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen

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Yield: 8 servings

Slow Cooker Southwestern Pot Roast

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 5 hours

Total Time 5 hours 25 minutes

Delicious Southwestern Pot Roast in the Slow Cooker has only five ingredients, and this tasty low-carb pot roast will be a hit with most families.

Ingredients

• 3 lb. boneless chuck roast, trimmed of visible fat (see notes)
• 1 can (14 oz.) reduced sodium beef broth
• 1 1/4 cups of your favorite salsa (see notes)
• steak rub or your favorite seasoning for steak to rub on meat before browning
• 2 tsp. olive oil for browning meat

Instructions

1. Put beef broth in a small saucepan, removing any fat that has collected on top in the can. Simmer on low until the broth is reduced to 1/2 cup.
2. While beef broth is reducing, trim all visible fat from chuck roast. You may need to cut the roast into several pieces to remove big pockets of fat.
3. Rub pot roast on all side with Szeged Steak Rub Seasoning (affiliate link) or your favorite seasonings for steak.
4. Heat olive oil in heavy frying pan (pans that aren’t nonstick will give the best browning.) Brown roast well on all sides. Don’t rush this step because browning provides flavor, and I think it’s especially important in crockpot cooking.
5. When roast is browned on all sides, put pieces of meat in crockpot, arranging them in a single layer. Pour reduced beef broth into frying pan and use a turner to scrape off any caramelized bits from the browned meat. Add salsa and stir into broth, then pour salsa/beef broth mixture over pot roast.
6. Cook on high for one hour, then turn to low and cook 3-4 more hours, or until meat is very tender when pierced with a fork. (You could also cook for a longer time on low setting. If you don’t have a slow cooker, cook in a heavy dutch oven on stovetop at lowest setting for 2-3 hours.)
7. Remove meat from crockpot and pour sauce into small saucepan. (If there is a lot of fat on top of the sauce, spoon it off or use a fat separator (affiliate link) to remove the fat. You may not need to do this if you did a good job trimming.)
8. Put meat back into crockpot to keep warm, then add final 1/4 cup salsa to the sauce and simmer until reduced to about 1 cup.
9. To serve, slice meat across the grain or cut into pieces and serve hot, with sauce spooned over the top. I also think this meat would be great served as a filling for tacos, burritos, or quesadillas made with low-carb tortillas.

Notes

I started with a roast that was nearly 4 pounds before I trimmed it. I used Pace Picante Sauce (affiliate link) for the salsa. I used my 6-Quart Ninja Cooker Slow Cooker (affiliate link), but it could have been smaller.

Recipe created by Kalyn.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 641Total Fat: 41gSaturated Fat: 16gUnsaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 221mgSodium: 568mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 65g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Slow Cooker Southwestern Pot Roast is great for any phase of the South Beach Diet as long as you trim the meat choose a salsa that is low in sugar, less than 2 grams of sugar per serving. It would also be great for most other low-carb diet plans, most of which wouldn’t mind a bit of fat.

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