Recipes & Cooking Recipes by Ingredient Beef Beef Roasts Mississippi Pot Roast Is the Most Flavorful Dinner I've Had This Year 5.0 (6) 6 Reviews You'll need just 5 ingredients. By Sarah Martens Sarah Martens Sarah Martens is the Senior Editor overseeing food at Better Homes & Gardens digital. She has been with the BHG brand for more than 10 years. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on January 18, 2024 Recipe tested by Kathryn Hendrix, RDN, LD Rate PRINT Share Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Rachel Marek Prep Time: 5 mins Slow Cook Time: 8 hrs Total Time: 8 hrs 5 mins Servings: 8 Jump to Nutrition Facts This recipe for Mississippi pot roast is the easy dinner you've been looking for. I made it for my family of four and we devoured it over noodles. My kids also loved the leftovers piled on Hawaiian roll sliders the next day. To make your own, simply toss the ingredients in the slow cooker and that's it. If you start it in the morning, you'll have fork-tender meat by dinner. It's flavored with Ranch dressing powder, butter, and zesty pepperoncini peppers. I omitted a few of the peppers when making it for my kids and it was still incredibly flavorful. Here's my go-to Mississippi pot roast recipe. What Is Mississippi Pot Roast? Mississippi pot roast is a slow cooker recipe made with chuck roast, pepperoncini, and ranch dressing powder. As it cooks, the roast becomes tender and flavorful. It's delicious on its own or served over rice, mashed potatoes, or noodles. Leftover Mississippi roast also makes a great filling for sandwiches, tacos, burritos, and more. Mississippi Pot Roast Ingredients The great news about this Mississippi pot roast recipe is you'll need just 5 ingredients to make it and it's as easy as tossing the ingredients in your slow cooker. Chuck Roast: You'll need a 3-4 pound beef chuck roast for this recipe. Trim away any large chunks of fat. Cuts of meat from the same area may also be called chuck eye, shoulder roast, blade roast, and arm roast. Ranch Powder: Look for packets of ranch dressing mix in the salad dressing aisle of your grocery store. You'll need one for this recipe. Gravy Mix: A packet of au jus gravy mix gives this roast a rich, savory flavor. Butter: To help keep the finished dish from being too salty, use a stick of unsalted butter in this recipe. Pepperoncini: You'll use both pepperoncini peppers and their juice for this slow cooker roast recipe. You can find them alongside the pickles in your grocery store. The 12 Best Test Kitchen Pot Roast Recipes Ever How to Store Mississippi Pot Roast If you have leftover pot roast, you can store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. To freeze Mississippi pot roast, wrap it in plastic wrap or in a freezer-safe plastic bag. It will last in the freezer for 1-2 months. Ingredients 3 to 4 pounds beef chuck pot roast, trimmed 1 (1-ounce) pkg. ranch salad dressing mix 1 (1-ounce) pkg. au jus gravy mix 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into cubes 6 to 10 pepperoncini peppers 1/4 cup pepperoncini brine Directions Place chuck roast in a 6-qt slow cooker. Coat evenly with ranch and au jus mixes. Top with butter and pepperoncini peppers. Pour in pepperoncini brine or broth. Test Kitchen Tip: For added flavor, before adding to the slow cooker, brown all sides of the roast in 1 Tbsp. hot oil over medium-high heat in a 6-quart Dutch oven. Or, if using an electric pressure cooker, brown roast in 1 Tbsp. hot oil using the saute setting. Rachel Marek Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or High for 4 to 5 hours, or until fork tender. Shred the roast with two forks. Return to cooking juices. Serve warm. Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Add all ingredients to a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker along with 1/2 cup of beef broth. Lock lid. Set cooker on high pressure to cook 1 hour. Turn cooker off. Let pressure release naturally for 20 minutes. Release remaining pressure quickly. Open lid carefully. Shred roast with two forks. Return to cooking juices. Serve warm. Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 573 Calories 29g Fat 5g Carbs 74g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 8 Calories 572.9 % Daily Value * Total Fat 29g 37% Saturated Fat 14g 70% Cholesterol 256.2mg 85% Sodium 495.1mg 22% Total Carbohydrate 4.8g 2% Dietary Fiber 1.1g 4% Total Sugars 0.6g Protein 74.4g 149% Vitamin D 0.2mcg 1% Vitamin C 9.3mg 10% Calcium 63mg 5% Iron 7.1mg 40% Potassium 802.2mg 17% Fatty acids, total trans 0.8g Vitamin D 11.5IU Alanine 4.3g Arginine 5g Ash 3.8g Aspartic acid 6.8g Caffeine 0mg Carotene, alpha 2.2mcg Choline, total 238.1mg Copper, Cu 0.3mg Cystine 0.8g Energy 2396.5kJ Fluoride, F 2.3mcg Folate, total 21.7mcg Glutamic acid 12.1g Glycine 3.3g Histidine 2.4g Isoleucine 3.2g Leucine 6.1g Lysine 6.6g Methionine 2.2g Magnesium, Mg 60.5mg Manganese, Mn 0.4mg Niacin 9.6mg Phosphorus, P 540.5mg Pantothenic acid 1.7mg Phenylalanine 2.9g Phytosterols 2.7mg Proline 3.1g Retinol 99.8mcg Selenium, Se 79.2mcg Serine 2.9g Starch 0g Theobromine 0mg Threonine 3.3g Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.8mg Tryptophan 0.8g Tyrosine 2.6g Valine 3.4g Vitamin A, IU 481.3IU Vitamin A, RAE 107.3mcg Vitamin B-12 6.2mcg Vitamin B-6 1.2mg Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 15.3mcg Water 156.3g Zinc, Zn 19mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.