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Start the week off with easy and delicious with this Slow Cooker Chinese Pot Roast. A fun Asian inspired twist on your classic pot roast recipe.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
The recipe uses some fun Asian flavors you can find on the Asian aisle of your local grocery store, including soy sauce, hoisin sauce, Asian chili sauce, and Five Spice Powder. Don’t let these ingredients scare you away. They are all things I keep in my pantry. But if you don’t, they are easy to find in your grocery store. I even have a make at home version of hoisin sauce if you’d prefer to make your own.
Ingredients
- Boneless Chuck Roast
- Hoisin sauce
- Honey
- Water
- Ketchup
- Soy Sauce
- Asian Chili Sauce
- Chinese Five Spice Powder
- Carrots
- Turnip or Parsnip
- Green Onions
How to Make Asian Pot Roast
- Sprinkle roast with Five Spice Powder and place in the slow cooker.
- Add the carrots and the parsnips. You could also use potatoes or turnips if you’d like.
- Combine hoisin sauce, honey, water, ketchup, soy sauce and Asian chili sauce.
- Pour sauce over top of roast
- Cook for 7 hours on low until the meat is nice and tender.
- Shred the meat and serve over rice and garnish with green onion.
- Pour some of the leftover sauce on top for extra flavor and moisture.
How to Make Homemade Hoisin Sauce
- 3/4 C thick BBQ sauce
- 3 Tbsp molasses
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- Chinese five spice powder to taste
- Mix together
Frequently Asked Questions
What cut of meat is best for pot roast?
I prefer to use a boneless chuck roast for my pot roast. It has great marbling and makes a nice tender roast when cooked in the slow cooker. You can also use a round roast.
Can I make this in the oven?
To convert a slow cooker recipe to the oven, set your oven to 325 degrees F and place ingredients in a covered, oven proof dish. If the recipe calls for the food to cook for a certain amount of time on “Low,” divide that number by 4 to get the oven time at 325 degrees F. If the dish needs to cook in a slow cooker on “Low” for 8 hours, it will only take 2 hours, covered, at 325 degrees F.
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Chinese Pot Roast
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce see note for homemade sauce recipe
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 Tbsp ketchup
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp Asian Chili Sauce
- 3 lb. boneless chuck roast
- 2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
- 4 carrots peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 turnip or parsnip peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces or potatoes cubed
- green onions garnish
Instructions
- Mix together 1/2 C water, hoisin sauce, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, chili sauce in a bowl.
- Season the beef all over with the five spice powder and salt and pepper.
- Add carrots and parsnips to slow cooker.
- Add the beef and top with sauce mixture.
- Turn to coat beef.
- Cover and cook on low for 7 hours or until beef is very tender.
- Remove from cooker and shred the beef with two forks. Add in additional sauce to coat.
- Serve with vegetables over rice and garnish with green onion.
Tips & Notes:
3/4 C thick BBQ sauce
3 Tbsp molasses
1 Tbsp soy sauce
Chinese five spice powder to taste
Mix together
Recipe from Food Network Magazine
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Caroline says
This was very good! I added some pepper flakes and garlic for a little more kick, and some orange peppers for a veggie. My family liked this Chinese version better then our regular crackpot roasts. Used venison neck roast!
Liz says
Looks so good. Thanks Leigh Anne and have a good week.
Samantha says
Looks so yummy! 🙂 Will definitely be making this week. Thx for sharing.
Leigh Anne says
Hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.