Comfort Pot Roast (For The Crock Pot) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 -5 lbs chuck roast
1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
1 -2 lb carrot, peeled (if thin, leave whole, if chunky, cut in half)
1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix, divided
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 tablespoons water
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon onion powder (from soup envelope)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Preparation

Put 2 tablespoons water in bottom of crock pot.
Place carrots in crock pot.
Combine paprika, onion soup powder, garlic powder and pepper (making a dry rub).
Rub into roast, coating all sides.
Place roast in cooker.
Sprinkle 1/2 of the remaining soup mix over roast.
Layer sliced onions on top.
Sprinkle with remaining soup mix.
Spoon cream soup over top.
Cook low 8 to 10 hours.