Ever since I was a child, one of my favourite Sunday dinners has been roast beef. On Sundays when we’re home in the afternoon, I’ll roast the beef in the oven. A lot of times, though, we go out on Sundays to spend time together as a family. On those Sundays, I often cook a roast in my Crockpot so that when we get home in the evening, we have a delicious slow-cooked roast waiting for us.
My family loves this slow-cooker roast even more than when I cook it in the oven. This meal gets a big thumbs-up from everyone. Even little Ayla looks like she’s trying to lift her thumb up (or maybe that’s a so-so gesture that she sees Cole do so often?). Anyway, she ate it all up.
I love how it just falls apart when you cut it, so it’s easy for kids to chew, unlike oven roasts which can be a bit tough. This recipe makes such a beautiful rich gravy. I just thicken it up with a little cornstarch and pour it on top of the roast for added flavour.
I used the leftover meat and gravy to make beef dip sandwiches the next day. Wow! It was so good! I could just drink up that gravy on its own.
Slow Cooker Roast Beef
1 sirloin tip roast, 2-3 lbs
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup red wine
3 cloves garlic
2 tbsp cornstarch
Place roast in the slow-cooker. Mix soy sauce, wine and garlic. Cook on low for 8 hours. Once cooked, place the drippings in a saucepan on medium heat. Mix cornstarch with 1 cup of water, then pour it into the saucepan while whisking. Continue whisking and bring it to a boil until thickened. Serve gravy over the beef.
Food and Whine 
I LOVE IT! I got a slow cooker for Christmas and it has sadly been sitting in its box in my bedroom since then. I just unpacked it today and your post is so timely.
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That’s great! Get that slow cooker cookin girl!
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I love how easy this sound and it’s kid friendly – yay and yay! Thanks for sharing!
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Where are you from? I know a whole family of Wursters and was just wondering if there is any relation to you or your husband
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I always love a good slow cooker roast recipe! Thanks for the share!
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This is one of my favourite recipies! I love your photos, what do you use to take them?
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Thanks Heather! I use a Rebel XTi to shoot the photos, Adobe Lightroom for editing, and Picmonkey for graphics/text.
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I made this recipe the other day and it came out delicious! The meat came out so tender and the gravy was one of the best I’ve ever tried and I’m not even a huge fan of gravy! So easy to prepare and even easier to eat! Thank you for a great recipe!
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That’s so great! Thanks for the positive feedback, I love to hear how my recipes turn out for others.
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This looks so yummy! Always glad to find a good slow cooker recipe 🙂
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…and btw Pinned to my 5-ingredient recipes board on Pinterest
I have an entire section on my blog for 5-ingredient recipes so double Like for your roast beef 🙂
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I’m going to check that out! I’ve been really into recipes with less ingredients lately.
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Thanks for the tips!!
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I don’t cook beef but I was wondering if you could use these ingredients with a pork roast. It seems to be a quick recipe to put together.
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I think that would probably work quite well. The ingredients are simple enough that I think they would go with pretty much any kind of meat. If you try it, let me know how it works out.
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We cook a lot with slowcooker specialy since we have the twins!
Your recipe looks so yummy that I’m going to buy a beef today to do it!!
Yummy yummy for our tummies, as says my son!!!
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Thanks Valerie! I hope your twins like it.
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Looking to make this for Easter Sunday…what do you think I could use to replace the red wine (not something we keep on hand)? Beef broth??
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The broth might make it too salty, since there’s a lot of soy sauce in it already. This might sound crazy, but try Cola or Root Beer. I’ve used Cola before with this recipe: http://foodwhine.com/2010/09/cola-pot-roast.html and it worked great! Also, balsamic vinegar is nice with slow-cooked roast, you could try that.
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The cola recipe sounds good and I plan on trying but I want to try your original recipe first. I don’t know much about red wines what kind of red wine do you suggest for this recipe ?
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I used a Shiraz but I think you could use pretty much any kind of red wine that you like.
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Looks amazing! Is shiraz sweet? If not, do you think a sweet red wine would work? How does the flavor of the sauce taste after it’s cooked? Does it have a strong wine flavor?
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I think pretty much any wine would work, it doesn’t have a strong wine flavor when it’s cooked.
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Can you use cooking wine?
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Yes, I think that would be fine
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Do you let your roast thaw before you put in the slow cooker for 8 hours? Or do you put it in frozen. I have a frozen roast and was trying to figure out if I need to put on high for a few hours before.
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I’ve always used a fresh roast for this recipe, but I’ve heard you can put it in frozen and it will still be cooked in 8-9 hours on low. It might just not be as tender.
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Thank you 🙂 I will let you know my result!
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You can use tenderizer. It really helps
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Have you ever made this and added vegetables? potatoes, carrots, onions? or is better to keep them separate? Excited to start this tonight! Defrosting a sirloin roast i had in the freezer!
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I’ve done it with baby carrots and baby potatoes before and it was good!
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Awesome thanks! oops one more question, veggies on top of meat, or meat on veggies!
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I just arranged them all around the meat.
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You don.t have to put any water on the slow cooker to cook the roast
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Yes, this recipe doesn’t require water to cook the roast. The water is to make gravy at the end.
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I tried this recipe, and it turned out amazing! I have never cooked a pot roast before, let alone in a crock pot. My husband loved it! This is a new classic that I will make again and again!
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That’s so good to hear! Thanks for the comment.
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I am having my parents over for dinner on Sunday and I am going to try this! What type of red wine should I use?
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I tend to use Shiraz or Cabernet because that’s what we usually have on hand, but I think you can use whatever wine you like.
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I read where you stated we could use a cola or root beer instead of wine. Can a diet cola be used? Your roast looks so delicious and I will be making it. My home loves roast beef like yours.
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Hi Debbie, I’ve never tried it so I can’t be certain, but I think it would probably work.
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Can I cook it faster than 8 hours? Maybe 4 hours on high? I’d like to make it tonight, but I still have to go shopping for the roast! I don’t want to eat dinner at 10 tonight! 🙂
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Hi! Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner, it’s been a busy week. I think the meat wouldn’t be as tender if you cooked on high for 4 hours.
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This was so good!! I didn’t have cornstarch so I made a water/flour combo instead, turned out perfectly! Next time I would take it out around the 6.5/7hr mark.
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Hi!! I’m going to make this for a group of 10, we have a 6lb roast. Should I just double everything? Or maybe triple so there’s enough liquid for gravy?
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Sorry, I was on vacation and missed this comment. Did you end up doubling everything? How did it go?
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Do you turn the roast over when its halfway done? Or do you just leave the cover on and dont touch it the full 8 hours? Trying this today and dont want to mess it up!
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No need to turn it, just cover it and leave it be.
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thanks!! It’s almost done 🙂 Its nearly 5:30 pm here in New Brunswick…I’ll check in later to let you know how hubby likes it. So far he’s been drooling and walking around the kitchen holding his stomach complaining how hungry he is haha
Smells super delish!
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Do you think a boneless beef blade roast would be an ok substitute?
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Sure, I think it would be fine
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Roughly how many servings do you get from your size roast, please?
I’m making supper for 10 people for my birthday and I really want to try your recipe out, I just need to buy the right size meat and use the correct volume of liquids.
Thank you! 🙂
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