Tender Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Tender chuck roast, au jus seasoning, pepperoncini peppers and butter for a juicy, flavorful beef dinner with just five ingredients that you can make in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chuck roast, trimmed of excess fat
- 1 packet au jus dry mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 of a 16 ounce jar of sliced pepperoncini with juice
- 2 Tbsp butter
Instructions
- 1
--- Slow Cooker Instructions: ---
- 2
Add roast into slow cooker. Sprinkle the roast with au jus mix and pour in the water and pepperoncinis and juice. Add butter on top of the roast.
- 3
Cover and cook on low for 8-12 hours, or until roast is tender. The roast isn’t done until you can easily break it apart with a fork. Cooking time depends on the thickness of the roast and your individual slow cooker.
- 4
Break the roast apart and serve with some of the juices and pepperoncinis from the slow cooker.
- 5
--- Instant Pot Instructions: ---
- 6
Add roast into Instant Pot. Sprinkle the roast with au just mix and pour in the water and pepperoncinis and juice. Add butter on top of the roast.
- 7
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set manual/pressure cook button to 90 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 15 minutes and then move valve to venting.
- 8
Break the roast apart and serve with some of the juices and pepperoncinis from the pot.
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