Name: Mississippi Roast (Crock Pot Recipe)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 495 min
Total time: 505 min
Ingredients: 4 pound Chuck Roast; 2 teaspoons salt (optional, for searing); 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (optional, for searing); 2 tablespoons olive oil (optional, for searing); 1 ounce Ranch Dressing Mix (1 dry packet); 1 ounce Au Jus Gravy Mix (1 dry packet); ½ cup salted butter; 6 pepperoncini peppers (or more to taste); ¼ cup pepperoncini pepper juice (optional, if you prefer a spicer dish); ½ cup water (optional, for added moisture)

This Slow Cooker Recipe for Mississippi Pot Roast has the most tender, flavor-packed meat you’ll ever taste! Seared chuck roast cooked low and slow with pepperoncini peppers yields melt-in-your-mouth beef for a meal made quickly with simple ingredients and only 10 minutes of hands-on prep!

Overhead photo of Mississippi Pot Roast in the slow cooker.

This Recipe For Mississippi Pot Roast Will Make Your Mouth Water

Looking for a new crockpot recipe to slide into rotation? Or maybe your old pot roast recipe needs a bit of an upgrade. Either way, you’ve landed in the right place with this slow cooker Mississippi pot roast recipe!

This easy-to-make recipe delivers the best crowd-pleasing meal right from the crockpot after being cooked low and slow! The meat will melt in your mouth as your mouth waters from all the delicious flavor that’s packed in thanks to the pepperoncini peppers!

Why You’ll Love This Mississippi Roast Recipe

You’ll love this recipe for its list of minimal ingredients and budget-friendly meat, making it a dinner that WOWS! taste buds without being extensive. The ease of this meal continues with a quick 10-minute prep time before the roast becomes hands-off as the crockpot takes over!

All that simplicity still yields mouthwatering meat that’s melt-in-your-mouth tender with unforgettable flavor! The cook will love making an impressive meal without having to spend hours in the kitchen while those that devour it will fall in love with the roast’s taste and tenderness!

What really makes this a winning recipe is that you can enjoy the roast on a bed of mashed potatoes the first night and then enjoy leftovers sandwich style over toasted buns the next night. This gives you two different meals with the same meat!

Why Do They Call It Mississippi Pot Roast?

The roots of this Mississippi Pot Roast lead back to Ripley, Mississippi where Robin Chapman modified a recipe she was given in the 1990s. From there her modified version grew in popularity among friends and family and then became an internet sensation.

It was later named Mississippi Pot roast to honor where the popular dish was born.

Mississippi pot roast served in a teal bowl with potatoes and green beans.

Rebecca’s Recipe Review

Taste: This flavor-packed meat has a kick of tang; however, it’s not an overpowering vinegar taste. Instead, it melds with the flavors of ranch seasoning and Au Jus Gravy to deliver a perfectly balanced savory flavor.

Texture: Tender, melt-in-your-mouth meat!

Ease: 2/10, needing just 10 minutes of hands-on prep before the crockpot does the rest of the work!

Pros: A budget-friendly meal with a list of minimal ingredients, yet delivers an amazingly delicious meal!

Cons: Searing the meat to lock in the juices for added flavor. An extra step, but it does pay off. Though if you prefer, you can also skip that step!

Would I Make This Again? Yes, this slow cooker recipe is one I make often through the Fall and winter months! I love that we can get two meals out of one by serving the tender meat on a bed of mashed potatoes one night and on sandwiches the next.

Overhead photo of ingredients to make Mississippi Pot Roast on a table.

Ingredients For Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Chuck roast
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Dry packet of dry ranch dressing mix
Dry packet of Au Jus mix
Salted butter
Pepperoncini peppers
Pepperoncini peppers liquid
Water

Rebecca’s Meat Choice Tips

To ensure that this Mississippi Pot Roast recipe delivers the coveted melt-in-your-mouth texture a chuck roast is needed. It may be tempting to purchase a leaner cut of meat thinking it will yield even more tender results, but the opposite actually happens.

If you use a leaner cut of meat to use in this recipe, you’ll likely end up with tough, chewy meat. This is because lean meat has minimal fat/connective tissue in it, and to achieve tender, fall-apart meat fat is needed to melt down in the cooking process to tenderize the meat around it.

Dry gravy mix sprinkled over pot roast in slow cooker.

How To Make Mississippi Pot Roast In Crock Pot

Season the chuck roast with salt and pepper.
Sear each side of the chuck roast in a frying pan with olive oil over medium-high heat. Each side of the seared roast should have a nice, brown crust.
Transfer the seared chuck roast into a crock pot. Then sprinkle the dry ranch dressing mix and au jus gravy mix over it evenly.
Place the stick of butter on top of the roast. Then, scatter the pepperoncini peppers around the roast as well as on top of it.
Cover the crock pot and cook.
Remove the cooked roast and either shred the meat or slice it against the grain.
Transfer the shredded or sliced meat back into the crock pot to soak up the juices before serving. Then serve and enjoy!

Water is being poured into a slow cooker to make a Mississippi pot roast.

How To Serve This Mississippi Pot Roast Crock Pot Recipe

Serve this Mississippi pot roast over mashed potatoes or a bed of white rice. Then complete the meal with a couple of side dishes such as steamed vegetables and fluffy Classic Parker House Dinner Rolls!

For a low-carb option, you can serve this slow cooker Mississippi pot roast over cauliflower rice or mashed cauliflower.

You can also shred the roast to serve the meat on toasted buns for a sandwich style meal. This pairs great with crispy, crunchy Homemade French Fries (Double Fried)!

Whether you enjoy this meal with potatoes or as sandwiches, no meal is complete without dessert! Consider a slice of Homemade Cheesecake or a batch of Gideon’s Bakehouse Peanut Butter Cold Brew Cookies!

Mississippi pot roast in a slow cooker ready to be shredded.

Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast Storage

Once the Mississippi pot roast has completely cooled, transfer any leftovers into an airtight container and into the refrigerator. I suggest pouring some of the juices from the crock pot into the container to help keep the meat moist when it’s warmed up.

Then store the leftover Mississippi pot roast in the fridge to enjoy for up to 3 to 4 days.

For longer storage, place the leftovers into a freezer-safe airtight container or Ziploc freezer bag with the excess air squeezed out of it. Then store the leftover Mississippi pot roast in the freezer to enjoy within 3 months.

Close up of a Mississippi roast in a crockpot.

More Slow Cooker Recipes:

Slow Cooker Butter Chicken – Tender chicken smothered in authentic Indian flavor!
Creamy Crockpot Potato Soup – Made with hash browns and savory bacon!
Cinnamon Roll Casserole – A deliciously lazy breakfast made with store-bought cinnamon rolls!
Slow Cooker Chili – Hearty comfort food best served with lots of chili toppings!
Crockpot Meatballs – Homemade Italian meatballs in a rich tomato sauce!

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