Submitted by Paulene Christie
1-2-3 Roast Beef
Serving: 6
Ingredients
- 1kg or larger rolled rib roast beef
- 1.5 tbsp of dry gravy powder of your choice (I used traditional)
- 1/2 cup of hot water (optional)
Instructions
- Place beef in slow cooker
- Sprinkle gravy powder over roast
- Pour hot water over roast
- That’s it 🙂
- Cook all day on low – 6-8hrs depending on the size of your roast.
- *Inspired by Grace Macdonald who did this with a roast pork + roast pork gravy *
- You could also lay vegetables around your roast or use our great “roast vegetables” method – just search that recipe by name to see it 🙂
- Update: For many years now, I’ve no longer added the water to this recipe. Starting with the gravy dry is totally ok as it produces heaps of its own liquid during cooking 🙂
Notes
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Easy Peasy way to cook Roast Beef
for something so easy, comes something so tasty
well cooked and tender but flavourless
So so easy! And yum, very tender. Will always do beef roast like this in future!
wow so easy to do ,just fell apart and so tasty. Will be doing this again ( no hot oven going). Thanks enjoyed
I’ll be trying this one next yum
Tried this a couple of days ago. Easy 🙂 Substituted the water for 1 litre of beef stock, with extra gravy powder. The meat was yummo and the gravy was the best I’ve ever had!!
Mmmmm delicious. I added a black pepper salt thyme crust and wine mushroom and garlic which formed a wonderful gravy. I will be coking roast beef this way from now on.
This was delicious . Melted in our mouths. Added garlic powder, salt, pepper and extra gravy
Used a 1.3kb topside roast, added some thyme, rock salt and cracked pepper and 500ml beef stock along with the water. Only required 6 hours on low and meat is just so tender. Mixed in Gravox supreme with the liquid and have made the most beautiful, rich gravy. Will never be doing a roast in an oven again, this recipe so easy and so tasty.
Fantastic!! 🙂
Made this for dinner tonight. Delicious and so easy! Started with a 1.5 kg Bolar Blade roast, put a chopped onion, potatoes and carrots around the meat in slow cooker, seasoned well with ground salt and pepper, minced garlic clove and sprinkled 2 tablespoons traditional gravy powder over meat. Added the 1/2 cup hot water, a good splash of Worcestershire sauce, fresh bay leaves and sprigs of thyme. 8 hours on low and turned out perfectly! Thickened gravy a little before serving with a bit more gravy powder.
Extremely easy to cook such a classic dish. Very tasty and tender. A winner in this house!
This was sooo easy it surprised me as it was my first time using S/C thought l was going to muck it up ,my daughter just loved it and was eating it before l even got it to the table ,will do it again for sure , the only thing was l might have put too much water as l though wasn’t enough so gravy came out abt too runny but my own fault, should have stuck to recipe , the aroma through the house was amazing !!
I cooked this tonight and it was dry. Did i cook too long
Could it have cooked too hot?
For eg did you have a small roast in an almost empty cooker?
Or was it a very lean roast as they tend to be drier 🙂
Such an easy recipe with brilliant results, Works every time!
Absolutely amazing recipe! We cooked two 1kg marinated peppered beef roasts with this method for 7 hours on low and everyone was truly impressed with the result…plates were licked clean thanks to the delectable gravy 🙂
Im going to make this tomorrow with a 3kg roast beef how long would i cook it for ?
For that size give it 8-10hrs low 🙂
This was absolutely devine! Had it on all day while I was at work with my parents coming for dinner and arriving as I would walk in the door. Sliced up super tender and juicy, I added a extra tablespoon of gravy powder and let it thicken as I got the veg ready. Dad raved about it, left overs the next day became beef and gravy rolls which was also wonderful! Will never do a beef roast in the oven again
We had a larger sized roast, so cooked on Low for 9 hours, and turned up to high for the last hour, sliced and let sit in the gravy. We also added quartered onions in the beginning and it came out Amazing! Melted in your mouth.
Loved it. My family loved it. Wouldnt change anything with the recipe it was excellent. Will only be doing roasts like this now. ??
Great taste, tender & very easy to make!
Love this recipe my roast just fell apart thanks so much for sharing
I have had many failed attempts at roast beef… but I finally cracked it with this one! I used a bit more gravy so my meat was nearly covered (it was a flat chunk) and it turned out amazing. So good with Yorkshire Puds 🙂
Magnificent, thank you Paulene. Ridiculously easy. So tasty
I had a small piece (less than 1 kg), pre marinated in Worcestershire and black pepper. I added a sprinkle of season all salt and a little extra water. 4.5 h on low and it was a winner in rolls. Some tried fresh, I tried an oven warmed roll, and it was so freaking good I had to try in a fresh roll too!! warmed rolls. Will definitely do this again as a roast meal too
I did your 1,2,3 pulled beef (I used a blade roast) and OMG ? it was soooooo tender it just fell apart! Made gravy out of tge liquid with a splash of Worcestershire and thickened with gravy flour. Leftovers will go into little puff pastry triangles with some veggies for a super easy dinner tomorrow night!
Amazing recipe.
I used lamb by mistake but still worked perfectly and tasted amazing.
I had to come back and try this again. Magnificent, devine, so tasty, such a winner with the family in fresh buttered rolls…..and so easy it basically does all the work for you. 1.3 kg Blade bolar beef roast for 8 hours low in my new Breville Smart temp and it shredded so easily to go back into the devine gravy (needed a bit of extra gravy powder at end to thicken up). I know what I’m having for lunch l;eftovers today and cant wait.
Absolutely love this recipe , was so delicious with beef brisket , the meat just fell apart and the gravy was delicious. Will deffinetly be making this a lot more as my family loved it.
This recipe is outstanding. Tonight with pork, divine. I’ve also tried it with lamb with excellent results, and the family has requested I try it with chicken next time. So easy, so tasty, so versatile
Mouthfuls of tender delishness ???
I used leg of pork this was enjoyed by ALL the fam including Master 10 thanks for the recipe !
Such an easy recipe that packs a lot of flavour. Family loved it, thanks so much
A variation on this is to sprinkle a packet of French onion soup mix over the beef as well as the gravy powder – delicious!
Simplicity and taste guaranteed. We’ve now tried this with a mix of chicken breasts and skinless thighs, and the the votes are in – Chicken wins with 2 votes from four people, with the runners up being pork (1 vote) and my favorite…beef
OMG this was soooo good! I added some sliced onion and garlic under the meat, and a splash of Worcestershire sauce. At the end I heated gravy on the stove top with some corn flour, seriously the best gravy I’ve ever had!
did the roast , easy as , soft n tender ……………………
Most definitely adding to my recipes to redo so easy and yummy ?
did it again with beef , cooked to perfection even daughter liked the smell and she isnt thrilled with most kinds of meat , tomorrow i use the same recipe but with lamb
Absolutely beautiful and the flavour was not over powering even got to freeze some for a later date. Best way to make a roast. ?
This NEVER fails to please. Love it in warm crusty rolls. Next time we’re doing it with a lamb roast.
I used a whole rump and sooo good. Put potatoes, onion and garlic cloves in with it. Got to give some out to family members and plenty of leftovers. Yum
The best and tastiest dish I’ve made in my slow cooker! We had beef and gravy rolls. I used blade roast, seared then left for 8 hours! A new family favourite!
This was really lovely. The meat just fell off the bone and the gravy was to die fore. Switched out the beef for a leg of lamb as that is what I had. Cant wait to try this again with beef. Thanks for the delicious and easy recipe.
New to the slow cooker, tried this recipe. Just the best, meat fell apart, tasted great
Easy as can be!! Super delicious!!
This Roast was so delicious and so easy, will be cooking this again !!
This dish is amazingly tender with lots of gravy. I only had a packet of Maggi brown onion gravy so that’s it. Maiden voyage for my Choose a crock pot, did not disappoint. Hubby asked what’s for dinner told him Roast Beef ?. I don’t like Beef, then have a Vegemite sandwich, oh ok I’ll give it a go. Fatty that is awesome what’s in it. Beef,1/2 cup water and a packet of brown onion gravy. No way you have put something else in it. No I didn’t, ok can you cook it again soon ? XXOO. Thank you so much Paulene, you are awesome.?
I’m not great at cooking beef in the oven so I love this recipe especially for cooking bolar blade ?
Yep, certainly changed my mind about Roast Beef. Tender, Moist, flavoursome and so easy to prepare.
We made this the other week and it was delicious. Served it in rolls for an easy summer night dinner. We will definitely make it again.
This is my roast beef go tor recipe as it’s so simple. I use the Coles slow cook family roast on low for 8 hours
Absolutely delicious, reminded me of my dads pot roasts…. will definitely cook again. I added an extra 1/4 cup water as I had a very lean piece of beef and it was super tender..
So quick and easy. Very delicious ?
Fabulous recipe – do easy and tastes great ?
Cooked this recipe last night, I did sprinkle some mixed herbs and some garlic powder on it with the gravy powder just to add some flavour and it was tender and delicious. After an hour I added potatoes, pumpkin and carrots and they were delicious as well
This was the best roast beef I’ve ever cooked. Can’t wait to do it again.
What would the calories be in this?
If you count calories Annie, pop the ingredients into whatever app or counter you use and calculate them that way (divided by serves)
WOW! In all my many years of cooking Roasts (I’m 77) I have never cooked an easier Roast Beef, no browning,no sealing, no making gravy….(the gravy it makes is delicious) just sat a small rolled beef on cut up pumpkin pieces and voila 7 hours later yummmmm! Thankyou Paulene fir this wonderful recipe. Easiest Roast Dinner I have ever made! One for the caravan for sure.
Aww this is my favourite feedback of the day! Love it 🙂 🙂 That makes me smile – the love of easy slow cooking 🙂
This is amazing. Tastes delicious and so quick and easy to cook. I tried it for the first time last night and it’s all gone .. eaten up by the kids., they devoured it. I will definitely be cooking this again. We had ours with mashed potatoes, the kids preference was bread roll… it’s … . Yum yum yum 10/10.
Yum this was so good I love how quick and easy it was to do. I served it with hot chips
I did this for my son’s 18th Birthday fed 50 people, 2 big slow cookers and 6kgs of beef! It was amazing not one spoonful left over. Everyone complimented it aswell. So good!
This is the way to cook an amazing roast! Easy and really really good.
Making this for the second time. Using blade roast as it was so good the first time. There was no need to change anything, the kids cleaned their plates in record time Thanks Pauline!
1-2-3 Roast Lamb ?
1.3kg boneless lamb shoulder in 3.5lt sc, (added 2 Tbsps mint jelly) added potatoes and pumpkin half way thru (8hr on low) crisped up lamb and veg for 10 minutes in the air fryer, absolute perfection! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For anyone that has ever had doubts about a roast in the slow cooker try this one! You will never ever ever cook roast beef any other way! Put it in sprinkle gravy powder and water and walk away for 6+ hours. The most succulent, tasty roast meat you will ever cook. I am 77 and an experienced old fashioned cook. But I am converted, , so will you be!
Only way now too cook my roast beef. Even my daughter who does not enjoy red meat eats this yummo
I made this tonight and OMG it’s amazing. I added an extra tbsp of Maggi gravy powder to the liquid once it was done cooking to thicken it up and add extra gravy magic. Definitely a keeper.
Best slow cooker meal I’ve ever cooked!!! So easy…so melt in your mouth. Thankyou.
We had this tonight but used pork, and. It was, delicious!! 7 year old daughter said it was amazing, went for thirds! Hubby said it was sensational. First time trying pulled ‘meat’ and it was a absolute winner ??
Dinner is on!! My girls call this ‘Polar Bear’ as they miss heard Bolar. We through this on fresh bread rolls.
OMG!!! Made this roast beef today and will definitely make again….plates have been licked clean by 3 children (and me).
Tastes just as good as it smelt cooking away. Thank you Paulene Christie ?
Well, even thou I got distracted helping my toddler open all his presents from everyone and the beef ended up on low for 10hours instead of 8….. It still came out tender and delicious and smelt amazing. There was none left over after everyone had some. Even the 2 fussy toddlers had some.
Awesome recipe. Super easy. Incredibly delicious! Done over onions and served with extra gravy ??
Made the 123 Roast Beef… was kinda sceptical that a lump of beef and gravy powder would transform into something sooooo delicious. It was crazy good. I’m truly sorry I doubted ?
Added a tiny bit of water (just in case), but it wasn’t necessary and ended up having to thicken the cooking juices with a little more gravy powder. Maggi Rich is really something!
I finally got round to trying this dish. Both of us – and our friends loved it. Our friend who is the meat carver, was not really needed. He said it was so tender. They are going to try it in a few weeks. Served it with roast veg, but I will make a pile of mash potato next time to soak up the gravy – yum….
Delicious and so easy!! Tried it last week and my fissy 18 year old son who hardly eats meat, ate most of it! Requested it again today so off to the shops I go… Had it shredded in crunchy tiger rolls with lashings of butter… 😋
Paulene Christie
All I can say is your roast beef 1.2.3 recipe was absolutely delicious first time I have cooked a roast in slow cooker and I’m telling you it won’t be the last that’s for sure
Thanks for sharing your recipes with us all
Absolutely beautiful, tender beef. Gravy to die for. First time cooking but definitely not the last!
Cooked this tonight with a piece of rump. Was absolutely delicious served with mash and veggies. Did add a little extra gravy as the was lots of meat A definite winner .
I made this tonight for the first time, and it was fabulous. I used 1.4 kg Brisket and cooked on low for 7.5 hours.
I added 1.5 tablespoons of traditional gravy powder, 2 bay leaves, 1/2 cup hot water and a dash of Worcestershire sauce to the meat. And then just left it in the slow cooker.
I rested the meat, by wrapping it in Apopped it in saucepan with lid ( to keep warm) for 15 minutes. I had to add a little cornflour in water to the gravy to thicken it up.
The Brisket was extremely tender, melt in your mouth and so very flavoursome. Served with roast veg and Horseradish- YUM !
It was hit with the whole family.
I will definitely be doing this again.