Balsamic Roast Beef Recipe
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Balsamic Roast Beef Recipe – So simple and delicious, you’ll definitely want left overs of this balsamic roast beef recipe for all those scrumptious leftover meals!
Okay, this. This needs to be on your menu immediately. No kidding.
By now, you’ve probably noticed that I really love my slow cooker. I also really, really love simple roast beef recipes. And when you marry the two you get the easiest slow cooker roast beef recipes you could ever imagine.
I fall in love with them more every single time I make them. But this. This balsamic roast beef recipe really has become a family favorite.
If you love chuck roast recipes that are different from the one you’ve made week in and week out and love the ease of slow cooker and crock pot recipes, then I think this is one slow cooker beef recipe that you are truly going to love, too!
Full of flavor, but not in a way that is overpowering by any means, my balsamic roast beef recipe is perfect for busy weeknights or a slow Sunday supper.
And the leftovers? You definitely want to have leftovers of this roast beef – or do like I’ve done in the past and cook two just to be sure that you do!
I’m all about simple recipes that I know will be loved when I serve them. When they are routinely requested for supper, I know I’ve done something right. And this recipe falls into that category.
This is one of the few recipes on the blog that I also share in my cookbook and is one that many of you have loved as well.
One of the things I love most about this recipe is that my balsamic roast beef recipe doesn’t require any browning of your beef before adding to your slow cooker or anything of that nature.
How to Make the Best Balsamic Beef
You simply add your roast beef to the slow cooker, mix and pour in all of your liquid ingredients, toss in your garlic and turn on your slow cooker. How easy is that?
After it has cooked, remove your roast beef with tongs into a serving dish. I then like to just use two forks to break the meat that hasn’t already fallen apart into pieces. It is so tender, it practically falls part! Then, I spoon some of the gravy over the meat and serve.
But, be sure to pour the remaining gravy into an airtight container and place in your refrigerator to use for another meal – like these Balsamic French Dip Sandwiches!
Here’s the recipe for my Balsamic Roast Beef. I can not wait to hear how you like this one!
Balsamic Roast Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (3-4 pound) boneless roast beef (chuck or round roast)
- 1 cup beef stock or broth
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
Instructions
- Place roast beef into the insert of your slow cooker. In a 2-cup measuring cup, mix together all remaining ingredients. Pour over roast beef and set the timer for your slow cooker. (4 hours on High or 6-8 hours on Low)
- Once roast beef has cooked, remove from slow cooker with tongs into a serving dish. Break apart lightly with two forks and then ladle about 1/4 – 1/2 cup of gravy over roast beef.
- Store remaining gravy in an airtight container in the refrigerator for another use.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
This was great and so easy! I didn’t make any changes other than the fact that it needed to cook for 5 hours on high before the beef would shred. I served with your buttered potatoes and some steamed green beans. We made French dips the next day. Will definitely make again.
Hi!
Can I substitue Vegetable Broth instead of Beef Broth? Would it change the flavor? Also, all i have left of my Basalmic is about a couple tablespoons, is that okay, or would that change the flavor? Can I use another type of vinegar?
Made this a few times it is wonderful! I have replaced my Italian Beef with this recipe!
Thank You
Thank you so much, Carol. I’m so glad you enjoy this recipe!
We are going to be using the beef for sandwiches tonight! just finished loading the crock pot and I am sooooo excited to try this!!!!! Smells delicious already!
For the moistest roast – Do you prefer to use the chuck or eye round roast?
For the moistest roast – Do you prefer to use the chuck or eye round roast?
I’ve tried maybe half a dozen pot roast recipes in my more than 50 years, and each was so awful that – well, I’ve only tried half a dozen recipes in my more than 50 years.
Your recipe was so simple – and I don’t do pseudo-foods from grocery aisles – so I gave it a try tonight. Looking for something really easy… yours was almost too much so! I put sliced onion in the bottom as another reviewer suggested. Otherwise, seemed like hardly anything at all went in besides that big piece of beef, a cut I never buy.
Can’t tell you how much we enjoyed dinner tonight. Pot roast, mashed potatoes, roasted veggies. Yum!
What a wonderful compliment that you would try my recipe, Andie! I am so honored that you did and excited that you enjoyed it!
Can anyone tell me what she means when adding gravy when the meat is done cooking. Am I making gravy, is there a recipe for this or am I using leftovers from the meat juices? Thanks!
Hi Noelle,
You are right that you are using the juices from the meat and the balsamic mixture to make the gravy. I hope that helps!
Made this today with 2 chuck steaks. I had never cooked this cut of meat before but it came with my side of beef so I went searching for a recipe and this one popped up. Very nice. We had it on homemade buns with a side of coleslaw. Kids loved it!
I made this the other day and was so excited to try it! Sadly, when I took my meat out of the slow cooker it was gray, and so tough it was actually hard to cut through with a knife — two forks did nothing to shred it 🙁 I had cut the recipe back slightly (about 2.75lbs of chuck beef, and used about 2/3 of all the other ingredients) — do you think it overcooked?? Do you normally use closer to the 4 lbs of meat so that it doesn’t overcook? Let me know — I’d love to try this again and hopefully be more successful!