Very good, as is, served over buttered noodles with big green salad on the side. A hit on cold days!

Everyone loved this recipe! I added fresh carrots and potatoes to it from the beginning and all was fabulous. A great hearty meal.

Great recipe. I couldn't get enough of this one pot meal. I cooked mine in the crock pot with a bag of frozen stew vegetables.

This is really good. I usually just use the basic mushroom soup/onion soup mixture. A nice change. Thanks!

It was a great and easy recipe, I did what other reviewers said, and added potatoes and carrots. I will next time thicken the sauce to be more gravy like consistency. It was great and easy!

This dish was delicious! I only made a couple slight changes: I substituted 1-1/2 pounds of venison stew meat, and I added 1/2 cup of water due to cooking time. The meat cooked all day - about 11 hours by the time DH got home. The gravy had a wonderful flavor and covered any gamey taste in the venison, which was out-of-this-world-tender. We served this over jasmine rice (yum!), with steamed broccoli on the side. This is going into my favorite recipes binder!

If you typically make your own gravy from scratch, you will probably not care for this recipe. I have always made my own gravy from pan drippings, and have never cared for the taste of canned gravies. I figured maybe this one would turn out a bit different due to the other ingredients, but the packaged gravy taste came through quite strongly. Also, the apple juice added an odd flavor component. What would be better is to poke a few holes into your roast, pour over 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar to tenderize and throw it in the slow cooker. It's a similar meat flavor (but better) without using all the other high sodium ingredients, and then you can make your own gravy with the liquids from the meat with a little corn starch or flour.

I have not amde this stew yet bur it sounds delicious. I will write more later.

It was ok. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't awesome, either. I'm not sure I liked the strong tang of the apple juice. If I try it again, it will be with 1 cup of apple juice and 1/2 cup of water.

This was wonderful! Will definitely make again. It was so easy and I always have the ingredients on hand. I used chuck steaks instead of roast which are thinner. I also reduced the apple juice to 1 cup and added 1/2 cup of water with beef boullion sprinkled in. I cooked it in the oven and it came out perfectly. I also added baby carrots the last 30 minutes. Will try adding potatoes, too, next time. Thanks so much!

Excellent! Makes a wonderful gravy!

Very easy to do although not a stew in my opinion. The gravy was delicious served over the mashed potatoes. Next time I make this I am going to do as other reviewers suggested and add some vegetables to it and thicken the gravy just a bit. Thanks for the add on this one.

I've made this several times, both for home and for church potluck dinners. It's one of my favorites! I usually use part apple juice and part water or beef stock for the liquid, as I don't favor a very sweet taste for my main dishes.

I made this yesterday. I changed the meat to a pork roast. (I've never heard of apple juice and beef together?)I cooked it for about 6.5 hours. A little too sweet for my taste. It was O.K., not the best crock pot meal I've ever tasted. I probably won't make it again.

So easy and so yummy!

This dish is wonderful on several levels. It is very easy to put together. It is delicious right out of the oven, and is even better the next day-so it makes a great do-ahead meal. The gravy is really nice on mashed potatoes, noodles or rice. A new family favorite!

I follow the recipe as it is written. My husband loves it and regularly asks for "the apple juice roast." Thanks for the recipe!