Crock Pot Buttery Beef and Potatoes is an easy and super delicious dump-and-go full dinner in one pot with fall apart beef and tender carrots and potatoes, which is sure to get on the weekly dinner rotation.
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If you are looking for an easy beef and potato recipe, this is for you! Your family will love this dinner and they don’t have to know how easy it was to make!
It’s a true dump-and-go recipe, adding all of the ingredients to your slow cooker at once and turning it on. So simple!
This is easily my most popular recipe on the blog and across all of my social media platforms. It has rave reviews! Here’s why:
- It’s quick prep with easy ingredients
- It’s customizable! Add any veggies you like, or leave them out, as well as your favorite potatoes. Use pre-cut stew meat, a chuck roast or steak. Opt for an all-in-one onion soup mix or make your own. (recipe below)
- It’s delicious and family friendly!
Here’s what people are saying:
“I made this tonight! It was fabulous!! Thanks!” -Geryl Ann
“I made this and it was super good, I added more seasoning to taste. It was so good! Can’t wait to make it again!” – Sammy D.
“I made this and OMG SO GOOD!” -Jennifer Alexis
“Made this tonight- and THANK YOU!” -Tracie
“I made this dish using venison. Absolutely fantastic!” -Margo
“I made this last week and had to come back to say it was amazing! I’m making it again tomorrow! Easiest crock pot recipe!” -Jay
What you’ll need
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- A crock pot– 6 to 8 quart size
- Chuck Roast or Pre-Packaged Stew meat, cut into 2 inch pieces. I’ve made this with a chuck roast that I’ve cut into chunks and with pre-cut stew meat and both are great! The beef is fall apart tender at the end.
- Onion soup mix packet– the dry mix, such as Lipton Onion Soup Mix
- Butter– for richness! This helps to make the sauce. Use salted or unsalted, it’s your call.
- Seasonings– grated garlic and pepper. I don’t use additional salt in this because the onion soup mix contains sodium already. Feel free to add any other seasonings you like.
- Potatoes– cut into chunks. Any potato works! Skin on or off, totally up to you. I prefer baby red potatoes.
- Onion– sliced, for extra flavor.
- Baby Carrots– or peeled carrots cut into chunks. This makes it a full meal in one pot!
- Optional: add mushrooms if you’d like!
How to make it
Just dump everything in and go!
First, spray your slow cooker with nonstick spray or use a crock pot liner. Add in the beef, potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, pepper, and onion soup mix. Give it a good stir.
Place the sliced butter on top. Cover and Cook low and slow- about 6 hours is perfect. This can be cooked on high for 3-4 hours, but I have found the beef is more tender if you can cook it on low.
Serve up your oniony beef, carrots and potatoes with that buttery sauce spooned over top and get ready to feast!
Serve sliced bread and a big salad on the side, if you’d like.
Variations
- For extra flavor, add an extra onion for a bolder onion taste or toss in fresh mushrooms for a savory depth.
- Want to include different vegetables? Add frozen or fresh broccoli, green beans, or asparagus during the last 30 minutes of cook time to keep them from getting too soft.
- This recipe works with chuck roast cut into pieces, steak tips, pre-cut stew meat, round steak or even venison!
DIY Onion Soup Mix
How to make your own onion soup packet. Mix together:
- 2 tablespoons-1/4 cup dried minced onions
- 2 teaspoons low sodium beef bullion powder or granules
- 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
Feel free to adjust this based on your taste and preferences.
Do I need to sear the meat first?
No need to sear the meat! Cooking the beef low and slow makes it fall apart tender and juicy.
Why isn’t there any liquid?
No need to add any liquid! The butter along with the cooking juices is enough.
More FAQ’s
- No additional liquid is needed—the butter provides enough moisture for cooking.
- For added veggies, try asparagus, broccoli, or green beans (fresh or frozen). Simply toss them in during the last 30 minutes of cooking to keep them from becoming too soft.
- If your beef is cut into smaller pieces, reduce the cooking time to about 5 hours to prevent overcooking or burning. I like 1 1/2″ to 2″ chunks of beef.
Try these next
- Apple Cider Pork Tenderloin
- Beef and Broccoli
- Chili
- Minestrone Soup
- Tuscan Chicken
- Mississippi Pot Roast
- Italian Beef Sandwiches
- Mac and Cheese
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Slow Cooker Buttery Beef and Potatoes
Equipment
- crock pot 6-8 quart
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chuck roast cut into 2 inch pieces, or pre-cut stew meat
- 1-2 pounds baby red potatoes cut into quarters
- 4 tbsp butter cut into slices (salted or unsalted both work)
- 1 pound baby carrots
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Spray or line your 6-8 quart size slow cooker.
- Add in the potatoes, beef, carrots, onions and seasonings and mix together. Place the butter slices on top.
- Cover and cook on low 6 hours or high 3-4 hours.
Notes
- 2 tablespoons-1/4 cup dried minced onions
- 2 teaspoons low sodium beef bullion powder or granules
- 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
I’m cooking this recipe now. I doubled the recipe and there’s no moisture in the crock. Idk what to do except put water or beef broth into it, now. It’s not through cooking either. The potatoes are still firm.
Hi Wendy, this recipe doesn’t require any liquid. There’s a lot of factors that would lead to the potatoes not being cooked through though, happy to help you troubleshoot! The potatoes should be diced to bite size to ensure they cook through. The total cook time is 7 hours on low, which should be plenty of time to cook potatoes. Make sure you don’t lift the lid during cooking, every time you lift the crock pot lid you lose cooking time. Hope that helps!
Has anyone tried or can you use sweet potatos?
That’s a great idea! I bet they would be delicious.
What about using a 5quart crock pot? That is what I have.
As long as everything fits inside, you’re good
On your IG video you mentioned the onion soup mix having salt in it and not wanting the dish to be too salty. Do you use salted or unsalted butter? Thanks!
I use unsalted butter 🙂
Just use unsalted Butter
Can you cook on high for less time and get the same results? Thanks
yes you can cook it on high for 4 hours
Would this work in an instant pot?
I’ve never made it in an instant pot. If you do you’ll want to add liquid- 2-4 cups of beef broth before cooking. If you try let me know!
Can you make this in a Dutch oven on top of the stove also?
Yes, but I’ve never tested it. You’d probably want to add 2-4 cups of beef broth and simmer on the stove for 2 hours or so until the meat is tender and cooked through. Let me know if you try and how it turns out!
I made this last night, per your suggestions I added both an onion and baby carrots. I did increase the butter by 3 tablespoons to account for the additional veggies and it was out of this world. My husband and son loved it. There are just enough leftovers for another meal which is perfect since my husband is recovering from surgery and I don’t have a lot of time to be in the kitchen. Thank you so much for the recipe!
So happy to hear that! I’m happy your family loved it, it’s an easy recipe to add into your rotation especially because you are busy. Thank you so much for sharing your results! Speedy recovery for your husband!
Can a person use frozen diced potatoes 🥔
I haven’t tried, but I’m sure you could!
Stephanie, I made this for dinner today, and could hardly wait for it to finish cooking, I could smell the aroma through out the whole house. It was a hit!! Thank you for these crock pot recipes.
Love to hear that! Thank you for sharing!
I’m trying this today! All my ingredients are in now
Looks yummy I’ll let you know!!
I’m cooking in my crockpot as we speak!! I’ll let you know later!
Hope you loved it!
Hi Stephanie! Did you use russets for your dish??
Any potato will work, I’ve used russets, yellow potatoes and red potatoes with this. 🙂
The first time I made this the meat was falling apart and delicious. But the next time the meat was tough. Did I not cook it long enough?? Any suggestions would be appreciated!!
I’m sorry to hear that! I could be a number of factors. How long did you cook it the first time versus the second time? Did you use the same cut of meat and the same amount of meat and butter?
Stephanie, I used the same cut of beef from the same grocery. I thought I cooked the same 5-6 hours, checking after 5. I did use the same amounts as in the recipe. I am going to try it again, anything I should try changing? Or something I should consider? Thanks so much, I’ve enjoyed your videos and he new recipes!
Thank you so much for your support! Cook on low for at least 6 hours. The meat needs that long to become tender.
This is the second time I’ve made this recipe. If memory serves me correctly, the first time was a bit better, the meat totally fell apart. Today I used “beef round round cubes boneless.” I forget what I used the last time and today I added carrots and fresh garlic. The potatoes and carrots were tender and full of flavor, but the beef was not fall apart. Any ideas for the next time?
This recipe is best when using a chuck roast. The fat in the roast paired with the long cook time is better for a cut like chuck roast, it makes the meat super tender.
I made this last night for dinner. Overall the taste was amazing. My crackpot runs hot so I only cooked for 3 1/2 hrs on High. I should have started potatoes first for an hr & then added meat. Meat was too well done for my liking. I had quite a bit of liquid & was happy about that. The taste was delicious & I also added can of green beans in the last hour.
This is the best recipe of yours that we’ve tried (so far). I’ll definitely make it again soon.
I had 2.67 lbs of stew beef to work with (plus 2 lbs of Yukon gold potatoes and a pound of baby carrots) so I added 1.5 packets of onion soup mix. I also added about 8 Tbsp of butter (4 Tbsp each unsalted & salted) to account for the extra stew beef. I’ll likely just have salted butter on hand next time I make this dish, and think it will be fine.
I cut the baby carrots in thirds and some of the thicker baby carrot pieces were a bit undercooked (to my liking). I knew better but was rushing to get the crockpot going before I had to jump onto a call. I cut the potatoes into about 3/4″ pieces, and they were perfect. The beef fell apart while stirring and dishing up dinner.
I always start this crockpot on high for an hour before dropping it to low (Hamilton Beach programmable slow cooker, 6 quart). I don’t typically have this problem with other slow cookers but this unit can’t bring the temperature up enough to equal a “normal” low temperature directly from the low heat setting. I cooked this dish for 1 hour on high, almost 5 hours on low.
This sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Can I cook on high?
yes, cook on high for 4 hours. 🙂