As much as you loved your Mama’s pot roast, there’s a new recipe in town: Slow Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast! An easy recipe creating a beautiful roast with spicy bold sauce you’ll love. We’ve bumped the comfort food up to the next level.
I have been all about comfort food lately, you? Slow cooker recipes, and braising that creates moist meat and vegetables in one pot. I love soups, pressure cooking in my Instant Pot and sheet pan meals. The common thread? They are rich with flavor and spices that warm from the inside out.
Slow cookers are great for this time of year and these types of food. The recipes are easy and generally require loading everything in the slow cooker for it to cook all day, giving your home a cozy aroma and making dinner a cinch. Today’s recipe of Slow Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast is no exception. Perfectly done meat with a mouthwatering sauce!
Pot Roast may conjure images of bland but filling meat, boiled carrots and potatoes and frankly one’s grandmother. It was a sensible dish when I was growing up. Everything was cooked at once. The roast was impossible to ruin, and no one expected much from it other than their stomachs to be full.
That was yesterday. Today it’s still a filling cut of meat but can be so much more exciting! Seasonings of the Caribbean make this roast sing with beautiful flavor and a gorgeous sauce. The ingredient list looks long; don’t be scared! I too shy away from lengthy ingredient lists, my brains shuts off at the sight of them. Most of this is spices so if you were being clocked with a stop watch I think you could get it all in the slow cooker in about 2 minutes flat.
Generally, I prefer non-fussy slow cooker meals that only require adding the ingredients to the slow cooker and putting the lid on. This recipe is an exception in that the roast is browned before adding it to the slow cooker and the sauce is started in that same pan on the stove top. This step is crucial for building outstanding flavor in both the meat and the sauce. It’s worth the extra step, trust me.
For serving this beauty, there are so many fun side dish options! I made Instant Pot Mashed Chipotle Sweet Potatoes (so fast), rice (in a rice cooker), black beans and fried plantains. If you want to stick with the regional food theme Authentic Costa Rican Gallo Pinto (beans and rice) (an authentic Costa Rican black beans and rice recipe) or Cuban Black Beans and Rice (Moros y Cristianos) would be great.
In the mood for a cocktail? Try the Peruvian Pisco Sour (the national cocktail of both Chile and Peru)!
How to make Slow Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast:
Slow Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast
Pot roast takes on a whole new meaning with this easy slow cooker method. A flavorful sauce boasting tastes of the Caribbean bath the roast for 8 hours of slow cooking delivering a new age of comfort food to the dinner table!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable or Canola Oil
- 3 pound Boneless Beef Chuck Roast
- 1 Jalapeno Pepper diced
- 3 cloves Garlic peeled and diced
- 1 1/2 cups chopped Red Onion
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Chili Powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground Cumin
- 1 teaspoon Coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon ground Cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon All Purpose Flour gluten-free or regular
- Zest of 1 Orange
- 1 15 ounce can Tomato Sauce
Instructions
In a large skillet or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Brown the roast on all sides, turning often. Place the roast in a 4 quart or larger slow cooker.
Add the jalapenos, garlic and onions to the pan used to brown the roast and saute, stirring often, until the onions have begun to soften. Scrape up any browned bits from the roast while sauteeing. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the tomato sauce, and stir to combine. Add the tomato sauce, stir to combine and cook for a mintue. Pour the sauce onto the roast in the slow cooker. Rotate the roast to be coated on all sides with the sauce.
Cover, cook on LOW setting for 8 hours. Remove the roast and allow to rest for 5 minutes before slicing. Strain any fat from the sauce in the slow cooker and serve wtih the sliced roast.
Monica M says
This recipe was a big hit with my family – absolutely delicious flavor! I enjoy pairing this dish with coconut rice and cornbread. Thank you so much for sharing!
Toni Dash says
I’m so glad you liked it! It’s a fun spin on a classic comfort food dish I think.
Cindy says
Toni, I have been following your blog for years. Your recipes are inventive and reliable. I made this last night and WOW! I will never make regular pot roast again. It made the house smell delightful and tasted just as good. I did make a few changes due to dietary issues. I left out the tomato sauce and used beef broth instead. Also used 1 red pepper sliced thin which I cooked with the onion and jalapeño. then I threw in a can of black beans with the meat At the end I used a little cornstarch to thicken it. So good, I can’t wait to use the leftovers as nachos.Happy New Year, and thanks🍾 🎉
Toni Dash says
Yay!! I always love hearing about your experiences AND that you were able to adapt for your needs! It does turn Pot roast into a more exciting dish, doesn’t it! Also I assume you saw the Pot Roast Nachos recipe that posted after this one using this recipe? What a fun New Years Eve dish…in fact we may do something similar (thNks for the inspiration)!
Shannon Gurnee says
I love using a slow cooker and am always looking for new recipes. This looks and sounds like a yummy one! Thanks for sharing.
Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says
Toni, I love everything about this recipe. Especially those spices. Pinning.
Rachel Ferrucci says
I’m so hungry now! This looks amazing and sounds like it is exactly what I would love. Book marking! Thank you
colleen cayes says
OMG, my mouth is watering and I am printing the recipe NOW to go get the ingredients. We had snow in Santa Fe yesterday, and this weekend seems like just the right time to fire up the slow cooker and the Instant Pot. So yummy, I can’t wait, thank you.
Carol Cassara says
I love Caribbean flavors! The dishes are so comforting and packed with all the good stuff, it’s tough to put the plate down and stop eating! This recipe looks really good and I’d love to try it!
Reesa Lewandowski says
Oh wow what a great twist on the traditional pot roast! I am saving this one to try for sure!
brianne says
Wow what a great dish! I love using my slow cooker in the winter months.
AnnMarie John says
Comfort food for me means cooking dishes from my childhood and that’s definitely all about those Caribbean flavors! I think this dish is perfect for the cold season and it’s really good, a must try for all!
Rosey says
What a fun way to mix up the dinner menu. Pretty sure my grown kids would love this dish when they’re over to visit.
Sarah says
This sounds amazing! I’ve never had a Caribbean pot roast before. I’m going to have to try this one.
Dawn McAlexander says
Your recipes always look so tasty. This one makes me with that I was in the Caribbean somewhere on a beach right now.
Our Family World says
I was reading through the ingredients and this Carribean pot roast is one delicious meal! I would not mind waiting for 8 hours for this to be done. It is going to be so worth the wait. Thanks for the recipe. Will be making this soon.
travel blogger says
I have got to try this! In the winter I love slow cooker recipes that fill the house with delicious smells, and I don’t even have to stand at the stove forever. This sounds so amazing!