Cajun Slow Cooker Pot Roast

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Cajun slow cooker pot roast is fall apart tender and juicy with a little cajun kick from the spices. It a one and done type dinner - all your vegetables are cooked with the roast so you'll just need rice or biscuits to serve it with. Freezes well for up to 3 months.

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Making a mirepoix and searing the meat before cooking makes all the difference in this slow cooker recipe.

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🗝️ Key takeaways
🧾 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
🥫 How to store leftovers
🥄 Equipment
💭 Things to know
👩🏻‍🍳 Cajun pot roast FAQs
📚 Related recipes
📞 The last word
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...beyond my expectations...

This was beyond my expectations. Delicious. Had it with potatoes.

Tiffany

🗝️ Key takeaways

Lots of spicy Cajun flavor in each bite of this old-fashioned comfort food.
Slow cooker recipe means it's perfect for busy weeknights or Sunday dinner.
Easy to substitute venison roast or other game meat for the beef in this recipe.

We love this with a side of mashed potatoes.

We all know there is just not anything more comforting than a fallin' apart pot roast that has been in the crockpot all day.

Slow cooking just changes the texture of the meat to butter.

Comfort food (like this crockpot pork and red cabbage) is great but it can get a little boring if it isn't kicked up now and then. Well, I kicked it up with some Cajun flavor.

It's anything BUT boring and you are going to love it!

Pinkie swear.

Be sure to try my Mississippi Pot Roast or Chicken and Stuffing casserole, too!!

🧾 Ingredients

I use homemade copycat Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning but you can use the commercial kind if you prefer.

🔪 Instructions

Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.

Diced onions, celery, and carrots for mirepoix.

Mirepoix (the combination of celery, onion, and carrots) is one of the secrets of the deep flavor of this recipe - as is a really good sear on the meat before it goes in the slow cooker.

Here's what you do:

Step one

Put a little olive oil in the biggest saute pan or iron skillet you have and let it heat up until it shimmers. If you have a multi-cooker you can do everything in it and save on dirty dishes.
Add the vegetables.
Cook in the skillet over medium heat until they caramelize a little around the edges.
Flip the vegetables over and do the same thing on the other side.
When the vegetables are done, spoon them out of the pan and add a little more oil if needed.

Step two

Let the oil get really hot and put the seasoned meat in the pan.
Let it caramelize on all sides and then take it out.
Pour the red wine into the pan and stir it around scraping the blackened bits off the bottom of the pan.
Add the beef broth and let reduce by about ¼.

Step three

Add meat, vegetables, and wine mixture to slow cooker on low for 8 hours.

This Cajun pot roast recipe is just that easy! When you dish it up, hot and steaming on the plate, mouths will water all over the state.

It is amazing. Spicy, rich, meaty, and everything a pot roast should be - and then some.

🥫 How to store leftovers

You can store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator and they'll be fine for 4 days or so.

This freezes well so put in a freezer container or freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months.

If you've added potatoes take them out first - they don't freeze well.

🥄 Equipment

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💭 Things to know

Expert Tip: If you are trying to caramelize the vegetables and they aren't cooperating you've likely overfilled the pan and they're steaming. Do the mirepoix in two batches so those vegetables have plenty of personal space.

Although I often use frozen, diced onions to save time, this specific recipe requires freshly chopped. Vegetables that have been frozen hold too much water and they won't caramelize properly.
Some people don't trim the extra fat off their roasts and they are perfectly happy with it. Feel free to leave it on.
I use beef chuck roast but venison would work as well.
If you DO trim the fat don't take all of it - just what seems excessive.
There's no good reason why you can't dump some baby potatoes in the pot along with the roast.
If you want a thicker gravy you can dip it off and add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water per cup of gravy.
This recipe freezes well.

Closeup of the finished recipe on a white plate.

👩🏻‍🍳 Cajun pot roast FAQs

Here are the questions I am most frequently asked about this recipe.

How long should you cook a pot roast on high?

This should could about 4 -5 hours on high, or 8-10 on low. You'll get a better result with the longer cooking time at a lower temperature.

What is the best roast for pot roast?

A chuck roast is both budget friendly AND full of beefy flavor!

Why is my crock pot roast tough?

It's undercooked. Even if you've let it go the full time called for in the recipe if it's not falling apart tender it's not all the way done. Put the cover on and let it go for another hour. For this reason, I'll start a slow cooker dinner an hour before I need to and just let it stay warm in the pot until I'm ready to serve. It gives me an extra hour just in case the meat doesn't get done.

📞 The last word

There's nothing better than coming home to a delicious pot roast simmering away in the slow cooker!

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.

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First published Nov 18, 2014. Last updated August 31, 2023 for readability and extra tips and instructions.