This Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwich recipe is delicious! This easy crock pot meal takes just 5 minutes to prepare and 8 ingredients for melt in your mouth, juicy beef sandwiches.
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Why this Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe is a Keeper
I love this recipe for crock pot Mississippi pot roast sandwiches because they’re perfect for parties, picnics, tailgating and family dinners. It all goes in the crock pot and cooks low and slow to tender, juicy perfection with incredible flavor.
- Crowd-Pleaser: This tender roast recipe is a family favorite and a hit with guests, making it ideal for entertaining.
- Balance Flavors: The recipe achieves a perfect balance of sweet, salty, sour, and savory.
- Portable: It’s easy to pack and take with you, making it great for lunches or picnics.
- Can Feed a Crowd: It can easily be scaled up to feed a large group, making it perfect for gatherings.
- Great for Leftovers: The leftovers taste just as good, if not better.
What is the Best Cut of Beef for Mississippi Pot Roast?
The best cut of meat is a chuck roast. It’s ideal for making this Mississippi roast recipe because it’s perfect for cooking slow and offers a ton of flavor.
Ingredient Notes to Make Mississippi Pot Roast
You will need just a few simple ingredients to make this recipe. If you don’t already have these ingredients in your kitchen, they can all be easily found at the store.
- Chuck Roast: Use a 3-4 pound beef roast for this crock pot Mississippi roast. If you’d like, you can also use round roast as it slow cooks well too!
- Italian Salad Dressing Mix: An envelope of dry Italian dressing mix, or a packet of dry ranch dressing mix will work.
- Au Jus Gravy Mix: A one ounce package of au jus mix will be perfect.
- Pepperoncini: A jar of pepperoncini, sliced into rings adds the right amount of peppery goodness.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Prep Ahead Suggestions for Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwich
Prepping ahead of time can help to save you time and kitchen space when it comes to making everything for dinner!
- Assemble Ingredients: Slice your rolls ahead of time and make sure you have all of your other ingredients ready to go to be put into the crock pot.
- Brown the Beef: If you prefer a browned crust on your roast, you can brown it in a skillet before adding it to the slow cooker. This will add extra flavor!
Special Equipment Needed for this Mississippi Roast
Sometimes you need a specific piece of equipment to make a recipe just right. In this case, all you need is a crock pot!
- Crock Pot: A crock pot, or slow cooker, will slowly cook your roast, which will allow all the flavors to come together and be so tender.
Crockpot Pro Tip
Don’t open the lid! You may be tempted to check on your dinner but keeping the lid on ensures all the heat stays in the crockpot until it’s done cooking.
How to Make Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast and Gravy
This recipe comes together in just 3 quick and easy steps. This crockpot Mississippi pot roast is so good, you’ll be adding it to your meal rotation!
These are the basic steps for making Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwiches. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Slow Cook the Meat
Add the roast to the slow cooker and sprinkle Italian salad dressing mix and Au Jus gravy mix over the top of the roast. Add a stick of butter and sliced pepperoncini, cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
2. Shred the Meat and Assemble Sandwiches
Remove meat and shred with two forks; be sure to save the sauce. Place shredded beef on sandwich roll and top with roasted red peppers and provolone cheese
3. Toast Sandwiches and Serve with Sauce
Throw sandwiches in the oven for 1-2 minutes or until cheese melts. Dip sandwiches in reserved sauce
How to Store, Reheat and Use Leftover Flavorful Pot Roast Recipe
- Storing: Store any leftover shredded beef chuck roast and the juices from the roast in an airtight container.
- Reheating: Reheat the Italian Beef sandwich in the crockpot or in a saucepan on the stovetop.
- Using Leftovers: Enjoy chuck or bottom round roast leftovers throughout the week in sandwiches, over rice or mashed potatoes, or add some veggies to it and enjoy on it’s own.
Variations and Substitutions for Flavorful and Easy Slow Cooker Recipe
This Mississippi crock pot roast recipe is super easy to customize to make it your own! Try making it a different way or using different rolls to change up the results.
- Alternate Cooking Method: Cook in the Instant Pot on high pressure for 55 minutes. Natural pressure release for 10 minutes, being careful of any remaining steam, unlock and remove the lid.
- Different Rolls: Use a gluten free roll or a hearty multigrain roll to make it healthier.
- Different Meat: Try making Mississippi chicken sandwiches!
Best Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe FAQs
Expert Tips for Making This Easy Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe
- Add Vegetables: Mushrooms, carrots or onion and garlic can be added to the crock pot.
- Banana Peppers: Replace the pepperoncini with a good substitute of banana pepper rings.
- Beef Broth: You can add a cup of beef broth to help your rump roast cook, and to give it more flavor.
- Slider Buns: Feel free to make boneless chuck roast sliders for a crowd.
- Different Flavors: Add in a packet of onion soup mix to try different flavors. You can also make a quick and easy gravy with a packet of brown gravy mix.
- Different Cheese: Try a pepper jack cheese, mozzarella cheese or a nice Italian blend to mix up the flavor.
- Extra Peppers: Extra pepperoncini peppers are great on the top of this sandwich.
Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwiches
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Ingredients
- 3-4 pounds Chuck roast
- 0.6 ounces Italian salad dressing mix, 1 envelope, Good Seasons
- 1 ounces Au Jus Gravy mix, 1 packet
- ½ cup Unsalted butter
- 1 cup Pepperonicini, sliced into rings
- 1 cup Roasted red peppers, sliced
- 6 Crusty sandwich rolls
- 6 slices Provolone cheese
Instructions
- Place roast in slow cooker.
- Pour Italian salad dressing mix and Au Jus gravy mix over the roast.
- Add butter and sliced pepperoncini to slow cooker; cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Remove meat from the slow cooker and shred with two forks; reserve sauce.
- Place shredded beef on sandwich roll and top with roasted red peppers and provolone cheese.
- Broil for 1-2 minutes or until cheese melts.
- Dip sandwiches in reserved sauce.
Christina’s Notes
- Add Vegetables: Mushrooms, carrots or onion and garlic can be added to the crock pot.
- Banana Peppers: Replace the pepperoncini with a good substitute of banana pepper rings.
- Beef Broth: You can add a cup of beef broth to help your rump roast cook, and to give it more flavor.
- Slider Buns: Feel free to make boneless chuck roast sliders for a crowd.
- Different Flavors: Add in a packet of onion soup mix to try different flavors. You can also make a quick and easy gravy with a packet of brown gravy mix.
- Different Cheese: Try a pepper jack cheese, mozzarella cheese or a nice Italian blend to mix up the flavor.
- Extra Peppers: Extra pepperoncini peppers are great on the top of this sandwich.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
Made this last night and can honestly say it was AMAZING! So flavorful. Just a bit of spiciness from the peppers so for the kids I added sour cream to their meat to cool it down. Love, love, love this recipe. It’s a winner.
Made this today, it is absolutely scrumptious!! Did everything you suggested with the rolls, and using the cooked liquid to lightly ladle over the meat, just fabulous and a keeper. Thank you so much!!
Oh my! This one is so good! My friends loved it!
This sounds delicious and easy to make for dinner! We love pot roast sandwiches!
I just made a batch of these delicious Mississippi pot roast sandwiches to feed group of guys who have been here all afternoon helping my husband with a backyard project. Let me tell you, this recipe was easy to make and wildly delicious! Thanks for sharing it.
So glad you liked it! 🙂
The best tasting kind of roast! So moist and juicy! love it on sandwiches!
So glad you enjoyed it!