I just got a 3 quart slow cooker. I am looking for recipes for simple soups, stews and casseroles and any other recipes for a slow cooker. Thanks so very much.
This is the easiest pork roast ever, if you have a Costco nearby. Purchase one of their Garlic & Onion Marinated Pork Roasts. Put it in your crock pot with 2 cups of apple cider vinegar. Cook on slow 6-8 hours. When done, slice and serve. Or while still in pot (Drain and reserve liquid.), shred roast with knife and fork. Add enough reserve liquid to moisten or you can add your favorite bar-b-que sauce and heat to warm. Great alone or on buns.
1 whole chicken (quartered or cut up, as you like it) 1 pound red, white, or Yukon gold potatoes, halved or quartered 1/2 pound shredded carrot 1 white or red onion, sliced thinly as if for French onion soup 1 green or red bell pepper, diced (bonus points if you use 1/2 of each color) 2 8oz cans chicken broth 1 can crushed tomatoes in sauce or water 1/3 to 1/2 packet "Kitchens of India" Chicken Biryani sauce blended with 1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce 1 bay leaf 1/4 cinnamon stick 3 peppercorns 1 cardamom pod 1 clove
I make this dish on Friday night in order to be able to serve hot lunch and dinner on Saturday. Therefore, I set it to the lowest setting and just walk away. You can even start with a frozen chicken, if this is your plan, and it'll be done by lunchtime the next day.
If you want to make this in the morning before work and eat it in the evening after work, choose the highest setting for six to ten hours.
Careful with the amounts, though. I've got a 5-quart crock pot. Since you've got a 3-quart crock pot, you'll want to cut everything roughly in half.
I have made a delicious italian beef roast in the crock pot: use a good roast and add approx. half a large jar of the giardiniera (Vienna makes a good one, not sure if you can find it in Nova Scotia) that you find in the deli or italian section of the store. I use the "mild" version. You can add a little water, cover it up and cook all day on low. You will have delicious italian beef roast, it's really good!
Crockpot Kielbasa Casserole 1 Pkg. Turkey Kielbasa or Smoked Sausage 1 Bag Frozen Texas Hash Browns (with onions & peppers in them) 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup 1 Can Cheddar Soup* Slice kielbasa up in chunks. Add all ingredients to GREASED slow cooker/Crock Pot, stir. Cover and cook on LOW all day (don't cook past 9 hrs) or HIGH for 4-6 hrs. Note: I think you could also use cream of mushroom or cream of celery soup if you didn't want the cheddar soup. ======================================================= Thai Pork with Peanut Sauce* Recipe By :Beth Hensberger and Julie Kaufmann Serving Size : 4
2 pounds trimmed boneless pork loin -- cut into 4 pieces 2 large red bell peppers -- seeded and cut into strips 1/3 cup prepared teriyaki sauce 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 garlic cloves -- minced 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
For serving: 1/2 cup chopped scallions 1/4 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts 2 limes -- cut to make 8 to 12 wedges
Coat the slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Put the pork, bell peppers, teriyaki sauce, rice vinegar, red pepper flakes and garlic in the cooker. Cover and cook on low heat until pork is fork tender, 8 to 9 hours.
Remove pork from the cooker and coarsely chop. Add the peanut butter to the liquid in cooker, stir well. Return pork to the sauce and toss.
Serve in shallow bowls over hot jasmine rice and sprinkle each serving with scallions and peanuts. Pass lime wedges. Makes 4 servingss. ========================================================= Cheesy Crock-Pot Chicken ********************************
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts salt and pepper to taste garlic powder to taste 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup 1 can condensed cheddar cheese soup
Rinse chicken and sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Mix undiluted soup and pour over chicken in crock pot. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Serve over rice or noodles.
Put roast in crock pot. Sprinkle dry mixes over top. Pour 3 cups of water around the roast, being careful not to pour over the powder. Cook on low 7-8 hours or in a covered dish in oven on 350 for 2 hours. I flipped the roast over the last hour and added a bag of baby carrots and halved onions. I served it with buttered noodles and it was so good!
Your local library should have cookbooks just for crockpots, too. It's a great place to get ideas for your recipes. Look for the "Fix it and Forget it" Cookbooks, those have easy and yummy recipes in them.
I discovered that I can put together a pot roast in minutes.
In the morning, put in the crockpot in this order: 1 frozen roast 1 envelope onion soup mix 1 cup water 1 can of condensed cream of mushroom on top of meat any vegetables around the meat
In 8 hours, the roast is tender, with a nice coating from the soup and a nice sauce with vegetables.
My second recipe is from my daughter's cooking class:
Tropical Chicken Chicken parts or 1 whole chicken 1 can fruit cocktail Combine and cook all day. Delicious!
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Archived on 01/14/2009
I am looking for some slow cooker recipes.
Becky from Shreveport, LA
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RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
This is our favorite. I double the sauce because we like it over smashed potatoes. You can also add broccoli on top when you add the cornstarch for an Asian flare.
San Francisco Pork Chops
Ingredients:
4 pork loin chops (1 inch thick)
1 to 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup red wine or chicken broth
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water
Hot cooked rice
Directions:
In a skillet, brown pork chops on both sides in oil; transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add garlic to drippings; cook and stir for about 2 minute or until golden. Stir in soy sauce, wine or broth, brown sugar and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chops. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until meat is tender. Remove chops. Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; gradually stir into slow cooker. Return chops to slow cooker. Cover and cook for at least 30 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve over rice.
Yield: 4 servings.
(01/06/2009)
By Beth
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
So many websites for crockpots. bettycrocker.com, pillsbury.com, cooking.com. They're out there. Thanks for the recipes. (01/06/2009)
These are two of our families favorites:
Slow Cooker Beef Dip
1(3-4lb) roast
3 cups of broth,use canned,OXO cubes,anything you have on hand
2 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1 can pepsi
garlic, optional
Put roast in crockpot
Mix broth,soup mix, pepsi, and pour over roast
@4 hours on high
@6-7 hours on low
Remove the roast and seperate with a fork,pile on crusty buns
Either use the broth to dip or I freeze some to make gravy later on.
The smell of this cooking will drive you crazy
Easy Crockpot Chile
1 lb ground beef
1/2c onions chopped
1/2c green or red pepper,chopped
1/2c celery, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can tomato soup
1/2c water
1tbs chile powder
Brown ground beef and drain off fat
Put cooked gr.beef in crock and add all other ingredients.
Give it a good stir.
Cook @5 hours on low.
(01/06/2009)
Here is one my family loves. Buy roundsteak and cut it up into pieces. Brown slightly in a pan. In crockpot add 2 cans mushroom soup, 1 packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix, water, beef bullion cube, salt and pepper. Stir well and add meat to mixture. Cook on high about 7 hours. Serve over rice, egg noddles or cooked potatoes. (01/07/2009)
NEVER ANY LEFTOVERS when I serve these:
Chicken and Rice: -
boneless chicken breasts or thighs to feed your family -
salt and pepper these -
place in cooker still frozen -
add a sprinkling of curry if desired -
add a drained can of mushrooms if desired -
Allow to cook all day -
prior to serving add a container of sour cream (8 oz) -
serve over rice
Beef Stroganoff:
cubed steak to serve your family -
salt and pepper to taste -
add to cooker still frozen -
sprinkle Lipton ONION soup mix over meat, add a tablespoon of water -
add a can of drained mushrooms if desired -
when done cooking add a container of sour cream (8 oz) -
serve over noodles
Swiss steak
round steak to serve your family-trimmed of fat and cut into serving sized pieces -
salt and pepper to taste -
add a can of drained mushrooms if you like -
top with a 28 oz can of tomato sauce -
1 TBS Worcestershire sauce -
Allow to cook all day (sauce may be thin so yu can thicken with a tablespoon or two of flour about 30 minutes prior to serving) -
Serve with mashed potatoes and your favorite green vegetable.
The remnants of this make a GREAT base for beef vegetable soup. I keep this and all leftovers of vegetables in the freezer until I accumulate enough for a soup pot full. YUM! (01/07/2009)
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/
Seems to be a good site.
I have a favorite recipe as well. one can of cream of mushroom soup and a package of onion soup mix stired together in the bottom of the crockpot. Add a pork roast, beef roast or venison and turn to coat it.
Cook for 4 hours on high but it really depends on the size of your roast.
I trim all the fat I can so I can use the gravy over potatoes or rice. (01/08/2009)
This is my first time to this website and it looks great! I have a question that I'm hoping someone could help me with. I have a slow cooker and I don't know what to cook in it. I cooked pork and that turned out well - I tried beef and that turned into a silver side type dish. I have also tried a casserole, but does anyone else have any great ideas or recipes? Thank you!
Julie from Sydney, Australia
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RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
I'm not sure how you can ruin anything by cooking in a crock pot (slow cooker), unless it ran out of moisture. Tons of recipes on the internet.
My favorite (and simplest) is a whole chicken (frozen or thawed). Rinse and remove the innards. Rub with butter and dust inside and out with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Drop into crock pot. Add nothing else. Cook on low for 8-10 hours. You will have a fall-apart chicken and about 2 cups of broth to make soup with.
My most use for my slow cooker is for baked beans and Navy Bean soup. Recipes are on the internet. (07/16/2007)
2 pounds ground chuck, browned and drained
and a teaspoon black pepper
1 green pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
Put all ingredients in slow cooker and stir well.
Cook on LOW 10 to 12 hours.
VEGETABLE-BEEF SOUP
1 lb. stew meat
3 cups water
1 14-ounce can tomatoes
& teaspoon coarse black pepper
2 carrots, sliced
3 beef bouillon cubes
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 10-ounce package frozen mixed
2 medium onions, diced
2 medium potatoes, diced
Put all ingredients in crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 12 hours.
Almost any soup or stew recipe works great in a crock pot. Enjoy! (07/17/2007)
By Jean from MS
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
I make pot roast in my slow cooker. Put whatever veggies you desire, potatoes, carrots, onions, etc. on the bottom and the roast on top. Season with salt, pepper, and any other spices you like. Put about a quarter cup of water in and just let it cook! It will turn out delicious. Linda (07/17/2007)
Sometimes I make my pasta sauce in the slow cooker.
This is a great dessert topped with ice cream:
Cherry Chocolate Crock pot Dessert
by Debbi DeSisto
1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling
1 pkg of chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup butter melted
Place pie filling in slow cooker. Combine dry cake mix and butter. Sprinkle over filling. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours. Makes 10-12 servings.
(07/17/2007)
By Marta
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
Hello,
I don't know how long you've been on the internet but, if you do a search for "crock pot recipes" you'll get thousands of recipes.
Penny (07/17/2007)
Just go to "allrecipes.com" and you can find all kinds of recipes using the crock-pot. I use that web all the time for about any recipe.
Good luck on your cooking.
Pat in GA, USA (07/17/2007)
If you can buy turkey pieces (I sometimes just buy a breast or 2 turkey legs), put them in your crock pot and rub with margarine and put a couple onion slices on top and season to taste. Cook on low 8-10 hrs and it will taste just like an oven roasted turkey! You don't even have to add any water but you could add 1/4 cup if you wanted to. I also always spray my crock pot with cooking spray before I cook anything in it. It makes clean up easier. Today I put a boneless pork roast in my crock pot. I poured a little bottled lemon juice over it, added some garlic and some all purpose seasoning. It will cook all day and come out great. Good luck to you! Just remember, almost anything you make in the oven can be modified to the crock pot with some practice. (07/18/2007)
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
Hi, Julie!:) I love using my slow cooker during the school year....with teaching it is such a lifesaver! Here are some of my family's very favorites:
Macaroni and Cheese
8oz. elbow macaroni, cooked al dente
13oz. can evaporated milk
1 cup whole milk
1/4 c. butter, melted
2 large eggs, slightly beaten
4 c. grated sharp cheddar cheese, divided
1/2 tsp. salt and pepper
1/4 c. grated fresh Parmesan cheese
In slow cooker, combine lightly cooked macaroni, evaporated milk, whole milk, melted butter, eggs, 3 cups cheddar cheese, salt and pepper. Top with remaining cheddar and parmesan cheeses. Cover and cook on low 3 hours. *I double this recipe and cook on low all day while at work...turns out delicious!:)
Italian Chicken
Place a whole chicken in slow cooker. Pour one small bottle of Italian dressing over top. Cook on low 6-8 hours. DELICIOUS! This chicken is so moist and flavorful...yummy! I serve it with a nice salad and baked potato. OR...add some cut up potatoes and baby carrots on top of chicken before pouring dressing over. Full meal.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
2 1/2 c. dry noodles
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. finely chopped onion
12oz. can tuna
10 3/4 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
Half a soup can of water
1/4 c. almonds, sliced
1 c. frozen peas
Combine all ingredients in slow cooker, except peas. Cover. Cook on high 2-3 hours or low for 6-8 hours. Twenty minutes before end of cooking time, stir in the peas and reduce heat to low if cooking on high.
Hope this helps you out some....enjoy!:) (07/18/2007)
By Ashley
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
http://www.e-cookbooks.net/library/crockpot.pdf
Free ebook full of crock pot recipes, I also suggest joining a group for crock pot users, I belong to slowcooker@yahoogroups.com, it even has a winners page that has some awesome slow cooker recipes. (07/18/2007)
Hi guys, thanks for all the great recipes! I think I'll spend the weekend cooking! (07/19/2007)
By Julie
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
Everyone is right, just type in crock pot recipes and you're all set. I've used my pot to make soup, roasts, lasagna, bake potatoes-both sweet and regular, kept mashed potatoes warm for hours and to keep bread rolls warm. Just a few suggestions to get you going. (07/20/2007)
By Viki
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
Meatloaf is good in a crock-pot too! :) (07/20/2007)
Hey Julie, and welcome to this wonderful site. Here's one of my favorite slow cooker recipes:
Take 2 or 4 boneless chicken breasts and put into the slow cooker, add 2 cans of chicken gravy and cook on high until chicken is good and tender. Quick, easy, and delicious too. Hope you enjoy it, Teresa from Va. (07/20/2007)
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
I've had excellent luck cooking dried beans. If your recipe calls for 8 to 10 hours, go with the longer time. (07/20/2007)
I suggest you go to this site to get wonderful ideas on slow cooker cooking, cleaning, organizing etc. I just love it and hope you will too!
GO TO: www.flylady.net (07/23/2007)
By Paula (Mebane, NC)
RE: Slow Cooker Recipes
I get a daily email from a gentleman by the name of Chet Day. This is mostly vegetarian recipes, but some sound rather good. You could try DayZines.com. (07/24/2007)
Hi Julie, Go to http://www.womansday.com/ and click on 30 slow cooker recipes. It was posted today and they look great. I've already printed out a few that I'm going to try. While you're there, you should sign up for their email. They have recipes, tips, etc. and it's a great site. Good luck. (08/08/2007)
I found a great crock pot cookbook at Sam's Club. The book is awesome, there are over 800 recipes for making just about anything. There are cake and dessert recipes in there also> I never knew you could make a cake in a crock pot. I use this cookbook a lot especially on nights I work late,it's a real time saver on cooking and cleanup. There are also a lot of tips for crock pot cooking through out the book> It is well worth the money (11/19/2007)
