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Pick your meat (chicken breast, pork shoulder, pot roast) and throw in a jar of salsa, can of black beans and a can of corn. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4. Congrats, you have taco/burrito filling

Something I do for pork butts:

If you have access to a smoker, season and smoke a pork butt for 8 hours. Then put it on low for another 6 hours in the slow cooker. About an hour left, put onions and desired fixings, and you have yourself some bomb pork taco meat for days

Super easy and 10/10 everyone loves (bonus points if you have an all day rice steamer for truly zero work when you get home for dinner)

Best Damn Beans n Rice:

-1 can each black, pinto, red kidney beans (do not drain or rinse)

-1 stick unsalted butter, chunked

-1 yellow or white onion diced

-2 packets Goya Sazon con Azafran seasoning

Dump everything in a slow cooker, stir, and set on low for 8 hours. It forms a heavenly silky gravy that coats the beans and soaks into the rice 🤤 . Serve over rice (cooked separately, however you like to cook your white rice) with chopped cilantro and crumbled Cotija. Or, get fancy with the extras and add additional chopped tomatoes, sliced avocados and green onion.

I bought a slow cooker 48 hours ago...

Welcome to the club! I'm sure you will be making some really nice meals with your new slow cooker.

My go-to slow cooker dish is country-style pork ribs. I just slice up a large onion and place in the bottom of the slow cooker. Then I add 3 pounds of country-style boneless pork ribs on top of the onions. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours. When it's done, the meat should be falling-apart tender, so just drain off the liquid and serve with your favorite sauce: barbecue, teriyaki, etc.

I like this recipe because it's so simple, and it's nearly impossible to mess up.

I do chicken thighs, green chilis, taco seasoning in the crockpot low for a few hours. Shred, mix back up in the juices, and use in tacos, burrito bowls, flautas, etc. So good. Pro tip is to shred the meat in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment or with a hand mixer.

Ball up 5 pieces of aluminum foil, place in the bottom of the cooker, place a whole thawed chicken, breast up on top of the foil, make 3 slits in the top beat and push a pat of butter into the slits, sprinkle burger seasoning (or any seasoning really), cook 6-7 hours on low or to the temperature of 165 degrees (if you have a meat thermometer). Makes a perfect rotisserie style chicken every time, juice in bottom makes a wonderful gravy. Never fails.

Melt in your mouth pot roast. Take a chuck roast, put it in a gallon Ziploc filled with red wine, optionally poke the meat with a fork and add garlic if you'd like. Marinate this overnight in the refrigerator. In the morning take the meat and half the wine and put it in the crock pot with a chopped onion, a few chopped carrots, a potato or two, and an envelope of Lipton onion soup mix. Cook it all day long on low and you will have the best and easiest meal you've ever had. Enjoy.

Grape Jelly Meatballs.

1 (10-ounce) jar grape jelly 12 ounces chili sauce 1 (32-ounce) bag frozen fully cooked meatballs

Coworkers ask for them every potluck.

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Slow cooked pulled BBQ chicken, made a post of it on my account after seeing someone from the same subreddit make it.

For something a little different, try a bread, peanut butter and jam pudding. If you're interested, I'll type the recipe out.

This is NOT fancy but it’s a family recipe. Get a 2ish lb chuck roast and cube it up (or buy stew beef chunks if you want). In the crock pot, mix up 3-4 cans of cream of mushroom soup, 2-3 packs of Lipton Onion Soup Mix, and 1ish can full of water - this is all very flexible based on how much “gravy” you want, how thick you want it, how salty you want it…anyway. Mix that all up, then stir in the meat, and set on low for 6-7 hours. I serve over rigatoni noodles. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yFLZUcp1MPscG7cEjyT1OVjsmaNVQ-jMePxnR44Ihck/mobilebasic

Pork chops with cream of mushroom soup. 4-6 hours on low depending on the size of the chops. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice. If not a mushroom fan, you can use cream of chicken and it makes the pork taste like chicken.

Poor man's ground beet stew/soup 6oz tomato paste 2 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp oregano Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp onion powder 1 chopped onion 2-3 carrots peeled and chopped 2-3 stalks celery chopped 4-5 potatoes diced (peeled or unpeeled) 1 lb browned ground beef 2 cups water 6-8 hours on low

Chicken tortilla soup Two large chicken breasts Can of black beans rinsed and drained Can of corn drained Rotel undrained Chili powder Taco seasoning Other seasonings to taste 6 hours on low 2 hours left add chicken broth Serve with rice - optional

Chili 1lb of ground beef or turkey (browned) 1-2 cans of chili beans or dark kidney beans 1-2 Cans of rotel 1-2 - 14.5 oz can of tomato sauce 1-2 cups of water Chili season or I just dump a bunch of chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic, onion, and whatever seasonings im feeling like to taste (Amount of cans of things will depend on the size of the crock pot. Since I dump stuff in an go, there’s never two of the same pots of chili)

Crock pot lasagna

1 b ground sausage or beef 2 jars pasta sauce uncooked no boil lasagna noodles 32oz part skim ricotta cheese 2 cups shredded mozz ½ cups grated Parm 2 cups chopped spinach 1/4 cups chopped basil

In 6 qt slow cooker layer sauce, pasta, ricotta, mozz, parm, meat, spinach repeat. Top with noodles sauce cheese, cook on low 6-8hr/ high 3-4 hrs resting lasagna for 30 mins helps it cut easier

Baked Ziti... basically, take any baked ziti recipe you see online for a slow cooker, halve the cheese and halve the noodles... then add double the sauce.... All the recipes I've seen online have this problem and it gets too rich for me to eat since I had my gallbladder removed. I start getting nauseous otherwise.

And make sure you play Let It Go by Def Leppard and sing, "and get ready for... the Baked Ziti, yeah!".... and only people in their 40s and later might chuckle.

You gotta try “The Soup”!

Link to the recipe

When I want a moister chicken I’ll throw a whole chicken in crock pot over veggies. Season well. Let it cook down. Then if I want crispy skin I’ll move it to broiler for a few minutes. So good.

I love making soups. Also have never had a bad white chicken chilli and I make it exclusively in crock pots and tries several recipes.

I take a whole porkbutt and cut it up to fit the crockpot. Add a cup of water, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, onion powder, granulated garlic. I put it on low about 7 pm and shred it about 7 am. Great sandwiches with bbq sauce,

great over rice, great with a side of veg and potatoes. I usually split it in 3 and freeze 2.

Country ribs + bbq seasoning + beer + smoke juice

4 hr on low 2 on high

Toss in sauce

Lamb shanks! Slice a couple or three of onions thinly, and gently brown in a frying pan. Make a bed of them in the slow cooker. Sear/brown a couple of floured lamb shanks in the pan and lay top-to-toe onto the onions. If you fancy it, sear a halved marrow bone for extra unctuousness and add to the slow cooker. Pour in a bottle of red wine (minus a glass for the chef, of course!) nearly covering the shanks. Add a lamb or beef stock cube or two, black pepper, and a couple of bay leaves. Cook on low for about six to eight hours, or on high for about five hours. Carefully remove shanks using a large slotted ladle or spoon, the marrow bone, and bay leaves. Make sure to get the marrow out of the bone into the remaining onion/wine mix. Use a hand blender to whizz up the onion/wine/marrow mixture into a delicious gravy (Feel free to add a spoonful of cranberry jelly.) and reduce a couple of ladlesful of it in a large frying pan until it's thickened nicely. Serve shanks with mashed or bashed boiled potatoes, and a generous pouring of that delicious wine and onion gravy! The meat will be falling off the bone, so handle very gently when removing from the slow cooker. This is a REAL Winter warmer. Bon appetit!

Don’t forget desserts! I like to make Triple Chocolate Mess in the crockpot.

https://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-triple-chocolate-mess-21387.

If you cook it on low for 6 hours,the “mess” is softer, closer to 8 hours gives you more of a cake texture. Either way, it’s delicious and super easy.

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I just want to say that all the winky face energy here is annoying but some of you absolute children need to chill out the downvoting.

Like grow up.

I like to take stew beef that you can buy already cut up and packaged and add a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of french onion soup and cook it on low for 7-8 hours. Boil some egg noodles and you have beef stroganoff that takes very little effort.

Creamy crock pot Mac and cheese

3 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

1 pound velveeta Mac and cheese

2 cups Mexican blend shredded cheese

2 cups shredded white cheddar cheese

1 and 3/4th cups of milk

1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk

3/4th cup egg substitute (liquid egg whites)

3/4th cup melted butter

Cook the elbow macaroni separate. Add to the crock pot Combine all the ingredients and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours

Multiple work places have loved this for pot lucks.

Brown chuck roast both sides for a minute or two on The stove top. Throw meat on bed of potatoes onions, carrots and garlic in slow cooker. Can of cream of mushroom on top. Cook on low for 10 hours. Bam. Perfect pot roast.

Mississippi Pot Roast…….

https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-cooker-beef-stroganoff/

crockpot chicken tinga

https://youtu.be/DqTsb9N3cqY?si=Y2mUT260pfF-8MX4

I love chili out of the crockpot. Mix the chili up, low on 6 hours, and do not lift the lid early!

This is my holy grail recipe, it’s INCREDIBLE Italian Beef Sandwiches!

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y6aGMG/

There's some good recipes on the sidebar links on this sub.

Fast and easy and good all out of proportion to the low effort: Mississippi roast (in the sidebar), Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork, and Slow Cooker BBQ ribs.

Pretty much anything you make with chuck roast is great in the slow cooker, too.

On a real basic level, I love a beef roast with carrots and little round potatoes and the McCormick Pot Roast Seasoning packet. I sear the beef with a bit of olive oil on the stove top before throwing it all in the crockpot. Just add a cup or cup and a half or so of water, low 8 hrs. The most tender roast and a bit of good gravy too.

Big fan of this site

Welcome to the club!

Taco Soup Meant for large slow cooker. If you have a smaller one, add everything except beans first. Then just do as many beans as will fit. Can also stew on a stove top. Put some thawed boneless skinless chicken in the bottom of the slow cooker. Like two breasts, or 4 thighs. Pour in: 3 cans varied beans (like black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, white beans). I also highly recommend at least 1 can being ranch style beans. Mmmm. Can of diced tomatoes. Plain, fire roasted, herbed etc. all work fine. Can of Rotel (plain, or flavored, your preference - chipotle is a good one). Can of corn. DO NOT drain the cans, pour in everything, you want the liquids. Also add a diced onion and 1 or 2 diced bell peppers. If you do not want to dice these yourself, just get frozen pre diced. Sprinkle in a packet of ranch seasoning and a packet of taco seasoning (your spice level preference). If liquid is not covering, add water or broth. Cook on low 4 hours. Fish out the chicken, shred or dice it, then stir back in. Or, add canned chicken or shredded rotisserie here near the end, instead of using raw at the start. Taste for seasoning, and add water if you think it needs it, add more spice, add garlic etc to your taste if needed. I like ancho powder added in. Cook another 30 mins. Serve with cheese, sour cream, and/or tortilla strips or crushed tortilla chips. Can also serve and eat with rice to stretch it very far. Freezes very well.

Get a bag of frozen chicken tenderloins when they go on sale

Dump them in your crockpot with a couple cups of water and a bullion cube or two. Cook 6-8 hours until the chicken is falling apart.

Shred the chicken. Mix a couple cups with your favorite bbq sauce for bbq chicken sandwiches

Mix the rest back in the liquid and freeze in small containers for soups.

Grits: just drop a stick of butter, 2 cups of grits and 3 cups of water or milk or half and half, set it on low for 8 hours and stir halfway through. 1 TBSP of salt. That's it. Add more milk or water (or half & half) later to hydrate them to taste. Add cheese at the end too.

Perfect as a base for shrimp & grits or as the carb for any meal, just to have kick ass grits for breakfast for eight.

I did a really easy simple shredded chicken Qdoba bowls but slow cooking 3 large chicken breasts and 2 cups of water with a bit of chicken bouillon and 2 taco seasoning packets for 6-8 hours on low and it turned out soo good. Pair with some cilantro lime rice and whatever taco toppings you want. Made meals for 3 days! Love my slow cooker

Sweedish meatballs

Currently eating my spaghetti i made last night. Will do a big batch and freeze the leftovers. No where near traditional but I like it.

-Ground beef - browned ahead if I have time/energy -Zucchini -Carrots -Bell peppers- usually red or yellow, im not a big fan of green generally -Whatever veggie in my fridge that needs using up. The weirder it is the smaller it gets chopped lol. Ive used leftover broccoli, and brussel sprouts before -my dad adds mushrooms but im allergic -Whatever pre made sauce is on sale -splash of balsamic vinegar -scoop of brown sugar if im using cheaper sauce cause I find it cuts the acidity (can also be done at the end after a taste test) -Then ill dump a ton of Italian seasoning, garlic powder (or actual garlic if I care enough), onion powder, Montreal steak spice, or whatever seasonings call to me that day.

Turn it on for the standard 4 on high or 8 on low Serve with garlic bread and whatever shape noodles you want.

Super flexible and can cater to your tastes/groceries on hand

-Chicken cut up -carrots -cream of mushroom

-Let go for hour or two

Add some light sour cream and mushrooms

-last 30 mins frozen peas and gnocchi

Banging. I think gnocchi this time of year w slow cooker is amazing. I kinda use it as chicken and “dumplings” too.

Chicken tenderloins with Olive Garden dressing sprinkledwith rosemary seasoning Or rosemary fresh covering it. Submerge the chicken in the dressing and Cook for 4 hours on low. Add potatoes cut up or red small potatoes and carrots halfway thru if you want veggies.

Chicken tacos. Chicken breast , taco seasoning and a jar of salsa. So good and so easy

Lamb shanks in Obsession Sauce. Lamb Shanks with Obsession Sauce

Lamb, Mains Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook Time: 7 hrs | Servings: Yields: 6

Ingredients: 3-4 lamb shanks 1 diced onion 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 pkt french onion soup mix 1 can Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom soup (no water added) 1 tbsp mint sauce

Directions: Place lamb shanks and onion on base of slow cooker. Mix all other ingredients and pour over. Cook on high for 1hr then low for 6hrs. This is the Lamb Obsession recipe just done using shanks ?

Source: http://www.slowcookercentral.com/recipe/lamb-shanks-obsession-sauce/

Chicken breast (I use frozen) Can of cranberry sauce 1 c BBQ sauce Onion 2 stalks celery

Serve over noodles.

1 can of corn 1 can northern beans 1 can kidney beans 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can rotel 1 packet taco seasoning 1 packet ranch seasoning 1 lb browned meat (I prefer ground chicken)

Dump all cans (do not drain), seasoning and cooked meat in crockpot. Cook on low all day. Serve with Fritos scoops, over noodles with oyster crackers or however you want.

Gochujang cola pot roast

Pulled chicken thighs - basically just throw a couple pounds of boneless chicken thighs in with a can of rotel and maybe some stock, let it ride for ~4 hours on low.

Applesauce: chop up apples of your choosing (I like Granny Smiths and honey crisps), sprinkle of salt, cinnamon, lemon and/or lime zest, half a cup of water. Let it ride on low for as long as you like. Makes the house smell great. Been throwing cranberries in the last couple batches.

Here is a list I made before! https://www.reddit.com/r/slowcooking/s/nDpzJlnX00

https://www.cookingforkeeps.com/slow-cooker-poblano-and-honey-lime-chicken-tacos/

Easiest meal ever is grabbing a carnitas preseasoned pork butt from Aldi’s. They are usually like $7-8 for 3 lbs. pop that fucker in there and cut up some onions and cilantro. Boom street tacos

Take your choice of pork, pork steak , spare ribs cut up, country style ribs or roast like pork butt. Put in bottom of crock pot and pour jar of sauerkraut over the pork with a little salt and pepper. I serve with boiled potatoes or throw a few potatoes in The slow cooker after an hour or two. Cook until tender. Usually 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high. Can’t mess it up. It is awesome.

Easiest caramelized onions ever. 3 lbs thin sliced yellow or Vidalia onions, 3/4 stick of butter, a dash of salt and pepper. Put all in pot, cook on low for 10-12 hours until nice caramelized color. Now perfect for French Onion Soup, brats, etc.

Edit: stir occasionally. If too wet at 10 hrs, move lid off and inch or so and finish cooking

A package of chicken breast and half a jar of salsa makes killer pulled chicken for tacos

Go get a copy of America's Test Kitchen Slow Cooker vol 2.

Thank me later.

Mississippi style pot roast. The link below is a good starting point that I tweaked a little bit (swapped the au jus mix for a regular brown gravy mix). Have also dabbled with beef stock. All variations turned out pretty good.

https://belleofthekitchen.com/mississippi-pot-roast/

My favorite is wrapping pork shoulder or beef cheek in tin foil and dry roasting it. I season the meat however, wrap it tightly in foil then chuck it in the crockpot seam side up on high for an hour or 2 then down to low for 4. If I'm out for the day I put it on low and don't touch it again for 6. Yuh!

perfect vegtible rice recipe & ultumate mashed potato recipe

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vegtible rice

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pre-heat 8qt crock-pot on low for 30min

add one layer of foil under the lid

dump all liquid in first then seasoning powders

then all other ingredients

which are

32oz Mahatma Long Grain Brown Rice

32oz frozen Mixed Vegetables

32oz Zoup! Reduced Sodium Beef Bone Broth

1/8 cups Judee's Gluten Free Butter Powder

1 tbs of Crushed Aleppo Chiles

2 tbsp of Toasted Onion Powder

Thoroughly mix all ingredients

an close lid & cook for 5hrs on low

stir ever 2hrs

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ultumate mashed potato recipe

pre-heat 8qt crock-pot on low for 30min

add one layer of foil under the lid

6 cups of

Idahoan Original Mashed Potatoes

1 tbs of cheeder cheese powder

1 tbs of garlic salt

2 tbs of Crushed Aleppo Chiles

1 tbs of Toasted Onion Powder

1/2 cup Heavy Cream Powder (use as a thickener)

4 cups of water 4 cups heavy whipping cream 2 cups of sour cream

1/2 cup of heavy cream butter ( my prefer Happy Cow Creamery Butter ) softened

steps

mix of powders an seasonings with all liquids first in a 4-1/2 to 5qt Electric Stand Mixer

then slowly add in the instant Mashed Potatoes 1 cups at a time till all is added then let

mixer run on medium high speed for 30mins to make evenly blended an smooth

then add to pre-heated 8qt crock-pot

an let run on low for 4-1/2hrs & stir ever 1hrs:30min

Hmm vaguely remembering this as I lost the recipe long ago. Chuck roast style roast, 3lbs -ish, grate a whole white onion on a cheese grater, cover the roast with the grated onion, scatter a handful of pitted prunes, then a whole entire bunch of cilantro, all on top of the roast. Pour in a little beef broth. Cook for I don’t know, 4 hours on high, till it shreds. I always served it over couscous. The onion just becomes a gravy. Ridiculously delicious but I’m sure I’m forgetting a few spices maybe a little cumin and cinnamon. It’s middle eastern. I might have browned the roast first in coconut oil too. I’m going to try to make it again from this memory. It was so good.

This pork BBQ is a super easy start: https://www.spendwithpennies.com/dr-pepper-pulled-pork-slow-cooker-recipe/

Start with a base of potatoes, a large diced onion, quarters of small cabbage, minced garlic, whatever seasoning you’d like, and cover with bacon strips. Let cook for minimum 4 hours, depending on your slow cooker. A dash of some kind of stock help the cooking go a bit faster, and extra flavor

Brisket and veggie soup

https://www.budgetbytes.com/slow-cooker-beef-stew/

https://showmetheyummy.com/crockpot-orange-chicken/

I've made this one for years & love it! https://www.realmomkitchen.com/crock-pot-country-chicken/

Chicken Stew with spinach and beans and orzo 2 cups of chicken broth 1/4 cup of mirepoix 4 garlic cloves 2 chicken breasts 1 cup of frozen spinach 1 can of beans, rinsed Cook on high for 3 hours, then low for 2 An hour before serving add 1/2 cup of orzo. Serve with Parmesan

I just tried putting chicken in it with chicken broth for 4 hours. Shredded the chicken and ate on buttered bread. So easy so delicious and my kids ate it. Season with whatever you want

Bone broth!! I do it with beef marrow bones, beef neck bones, and sometimes ox tails. Roast them on a pan with salt on 400 for 45min. ThrIw in the slow cooker and add onion, garlic, celery, and carrots. Cook on low fIr like 24hr. Usually the last few hours I add spices, sometImes lemon juice. Once cooled strain and put in jars. I freeze most of it and then drink a cup on an empty stomach every day. Once the jar cools in the fridge you'll also be able to scoop off the beef tallow on top and you can cook with that too! And then the left over mush from the bone broth makes a delicious marinara for pasta if you mix in a can of crushed tomatoes.

Chipotle Chicken and Corn Soup

1.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast, 1 can corn, 1 can Rotel, 1 can fire roasted tomatoes with garlic, 2 tsp chipotle chili pepper, 2 cups chicken stock, 1 tsp tomato paste, Salt to taste, ¼ cup sour cream, Tortilla strips to garnish

Add all ingredients except sour cream and cook on low for about 6 hours. Shred meat with 2 forks (I just shred it down in the crockpot, it’s easier). Stir in sour cream. Garnish bowls of soup with tortilla strips.

Look up Tater Tot Casserole. Phenomenal.

Chicken breast, salt pepper, and heinz chicken gravy. 4 hours. Drop over some stuffing or mashed potatoes. Thanksgiving with 3 or 4 ingredients 👍

RICH CROCKPOT PUMPKIN BREAD

Creamy Three Cheese Allepo Mac

pasta sauce recipe

these are mine , ther good id think you like them

Split pea soup. Ham hock, dried peas, an onion diced, chicken broth / water - depending on how salty you want it. On high and stir now and then until the peas fully break down.

Look for a cookbook called, The Italian Slow Cooker. All recipes in there are wonderful.

Congrats! This is the perfect season to use one. Here's a favorite recipe of mine:

Trust me: http://www.theuniquenest.com/2015/01/guinness-coffee-pot-roast.html?m=1

Put in a cow’s feet, cover it with water, add some salt and a couple garlic cloves. Add dry hominy if available. Cook in high for 8 hours. An hour before serving add some oregano. Check water during cooking and add some of necessary. Congratulations, you just made “caldo de patas”, one of the best traditional recipes from Ecuador.

The meat, when done, must be falling from the bone by itself.

I do a Kahlua pork when I have busy weeks, and I'll get several days from it. Put a pork shoulder (cut into softball size chunks) in Crock-Pot. ~2 TBSP of red Hawaiian salt, drop in 3-4 bay leaves and a splash of liquid smoke. I try to give it an hour on high before leaving for work, then 8 on low. You can't overcook it, but it's not done until the pork falls apart with a fork.

Can use for sandwiches, tacos, rice bowls, over Mac and cheese, and especially good mixed with pickled red onions.

Just made Chicken with Hoisin Sauce and we all LOVED it.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027037-slow-cooker-hoisin-garlic-chicken#notes_section

Grab yourself a pork roast. Drop it into a slow cooker. Add a can of Dr Pepper. Turn that sucker on low. Go about your day, go to bed, mostly forget it’s cooking for a bunch of hours. Drain it. Shred it. Drop a bunch of Sweet Baby Rays in there and mix it up.

Slap that slop onto your roll of choice. Hit it with some coleslaw.

Enjoy.

Pork and cabbage, I cook noodles on the stove and then merge it. Also, I cook all my dry beans in the crock pot. They’re less expensive than canned, and less waste (the can).

This is my favorite: Slow Cooker Coconut and Green Curry Pork https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-slow-cooker-coconut-and-green-curry-pork-134303

Beef chunks coated in some flour, onion, diced carrot diced potato and mushrooms. In the pot. I add a dark beer to it but a splash of wine is also fine. Beef stock until covered. Add some rosemary, crushed garlic and a bay leaf or 2. Pepper and salt to taste at the end. I set it on low and let it sit for as long as possible. The longer the better.

Im a spice fiend so i add jalapeños but these are optional.

Usually i do brown the beef in a pan before adding it to the slow cooker.

I don’t have access to a smoker so when I do my pulled pork I cut slices into the meat and stuff them with garlic, then I liberally rub the meat down with liquid smoke (at least a tablespoon for a three or four pound pork butt)and a bbq rub before putting it in the slow cooker, fat side up. I top it with about a half to 3/4 cup of bbq sauce and toss some quartered onions in there and cook it on low for 8/9 hours while I’m at work.

Welcome to the Crack Pot Club 👍🏻

Cubed potatoes, 2 cans green beans, cut up smoked sausage, 1 packet french onion soup dry mix, 2 sticks of butter.

U.S. Senate navy bean soup

https://smartslowcooker.com/blog/ham-bean-soup

Pulled barbecue chicken

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/americas-test-kitchen-from-cooks-illustrated/recipe-indoor-pulled-chicken

taco soup

Put an ounce of good decarbed bud in a slow cooker full of water with 4 sticks of butter and infuse the butter for about four hours, simmering, don’t let it boil too much, and then bake brownies with the canna butter.

Buffalo chicken soup! Tons of recipes out there, super easy, great for winter.

Italian beef.

About a 3.5lb rump roast or roast you can find with less fat cap. 1pk of dry onion soup mix 1pk of dry zest Italian mix 1, 16oz jar of deli sliced pepperoncini (I dump half of the jar of juice in. Adds a lot of flavor) And minced garlic to taste And 2 cups of water if you don’t use the pepperoncini juice

Turn it to high and let it go. Once you shred it, let it sit and soak in the juice a little longer. I eat it straight out of the bowl but my wife makes sandwiches with the juice for dipping.

Either roast whole chicken with baked potatoes in foil ( no water) or rack of ribs ( no water). Also, blueberry muffin cake.

Mississippi pot roast

INGREDIENTS * 1 (3 to 4 lb.) venison/ beef roast * Cooking oil with a high smoke point * 1 (1 oz.) packet ranch seasoning * 1 (1 oz.) packet au jus seasoning (omit for less salt) * 1 stick butter, cubed * 1 (16 oz.) jar whole pepperoncini ALSO WORKS WITH Any large roast or shank

1. Heat a large cast iron skillet to medium-high with enough cooking oil to just coat the bottom. Sear the exterior of the roast until golden brown all over, then place directly into slow cooker.
2. Evenly distribute contents of ranch and au jus seasoning packets over roast. Then place the entire stick of butter and the jar of pepperoncini-including the juice-in the slow cooker as well.
3. Secure the lid and cook on low for 8 hours. (If you need dinner faster, you can cook on high for 4 to 5 hours, or use a pressure cooker and get it done in an hour. However, I think low and slow will yield the best results. And if you don't have a slow cooker, a dutch oven in a 325°F oven for 8 hours

Go to Amazon. They have a lot of slow cooker cookbooks. Or even Pinterest, plenty of recipes that you can pin.

I did some really good pulled pork in my crockpot not too long ago.

I got it I think a 4 pound picnic.

I rinsed it with some vinegar, seasoned it with some salt and pepper, and then got a pan hot and seared each side for a few minutes.

Then I just put it in the crockpot with a marinade (I used mojo criollo) on low for eight hours.

I also cut up washed and rinsed some potatoes and put them in with four hours left and it came out perfect.

I use it to slow cook the stuffings for my chicken burritos.

https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/250222/sweet-potato-black-bean-chili/

https://www.budgetbytes.com/slow-cooker-vegetarian-lentil-chili/ - This is my personal favorite. I'll switch out the petite diced tomatoes to ones that have Habanero or Jalapeno for some extra heat, but otherwise I keep it as is. My best friend is vegan so I make it for her often (and love it myself too)

Yes

I used mine so much when my kids were younger and in sports that my youngest called a break from it...lol. Pretty much anything I would cook in the oven was made in the slow cooker.

Saurkraut, onions, diced potatoes and Kielbasa is delish.

Soup of all kinds

Spaghetti sauce and then dump in ravioli at the tail end.

Meatballs in sauce for subs

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes-menus/how-to-make-pulled-pork-in-a-slow-cooker-crock-pot-article?utm_source=pocket_saves

Short ribs

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup all‑purpose flour • 2 teaspoons salt • 1/2 teaspoon pepper • 4 lbs boneless beef ribs • 1/4 to 1/3 cup butter • 1 large onion, chopped • 1 1/2 cups beef broth • 3/4 cup red wine vinegar or cider vinegar • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar • 1/2 cup chili sauce • 1/3 cup ketchup • 5 cloves garlic, minced (I use more) • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder

Instructions

1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, salt, and pepper.
2. Add ribs in batches and shake to coat.
3. In a large skillet, brown ribs on all sides in butter.
4. Transfer ribs to a 5‑quart slow cooker.
5. In the same skillet, combine the remaining ingredients.

6. Cook and stir until the mixture comes to a boil.• (Optional method: sauté onions, garlic, brown sugar, and chili powder first until onions are translucent and garlic is tender, then add remaining ingredients.)

7. Pour the mixture over the ribs in the slow cooker.

8. Cover and cook on low for 10–12 hours, or until the meat is tender and falls apart with a fork.

Enjoy.

Mississippi Pot Roast

Do you eat beef? Salsa verde chuck roast is my current favorite. Chuck roast, onions, garlic, adobo seasoning, salt, pepper, and most of a jar of salsa verde. Plus broth (beef, chicken, veggie, whatever you have) and wine if you’re so inclined. If you have time in the morning, sear the beef and sauté the onions a bit before dumping it in the crockpot. Cook on low all day, and you have the best shredded beef for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, or whatever.

Nachos, easy af and great for a crowd. Brown 2lbs ground beef, throw it in the cooker. Then put in a jar of salsa, can of refried beans, jar of Ragu double cheese sauce and a bag of shredded cheese. Mix it well and cook on high for maybe 3 hours it’s done when it’s steaming hot and looks disgusting. Have it with tortilla chips or my husband likes it with Doritos. you can chair to suit your taste; add green chilies, velveeta, more beans to make it thicker, etc. it will look gross but trust me, it’s yummy. My in laws hate my food but the devour this. Have fun!

Look up Your Barefoot Neighbor. He’s on Facebook and TikTok. He does a crockpot meal once a week. They are always easy and affordable.

Pepperoni pasta… easy, and done in 3.5 hrs

Made a potato soup the other week during our first snowstorm. So damned good. Frozen diced potatoes, chicken broth, bacon bits, cream of chicken, cream cheese, cheese. Definitely need to make it again

Everyone seems to love that Mississippi pot roast recipe

Commenting to read later:) these all sound delicious!

The thing that makes you absolutely love your slow cooker are those days you feel really lazy and just drop in some chicken with a bottle of BBQ sauce poured over it and enjoy the day.

My absolute fave is a carnitas recipe I found off here… my sweet husband thinks it’s better than our local taco hotspot. Edit to add search carnitas, the one from 7 years ago should pop up

We also like Olive Garden chicken.

2 lbs chicken breasts, sprinkle dried garlic seasoning over the top and then dump in a bottle of Olive Garden salad dressing. Once cooked, shred chicken. Add 1 block cream cheese, 1/2 c. Half/half, Parmesan cheese to taste 6 oz or so). Allow to cook for another hour or so. Add 1 package of cooked noodles (we use Cellantani) and stir to combine. You could also add sautéed mushrooms at the end if you have time. Serve with veggies or salad.

Jennie’s heavenly chicken

a year of slow cooking : original taco soup.

I used to do a pork roast on low. Drain the fat and gristle and add bbq sauce. Super easy

Peach Crockpot Dump Cake.

2 - 14.5/16oz Cans of Peaches in Light Syrup

1 - Yellow Box Cake Mix

1 - Stick of chilled Butter sliced into 1/8in thick slices

1/4 Cup of Brown Sugar

1/2 Tsp of Kosher Salt

1. Set the Crockpot to high
2. Spray the inside of the Crock with cooking spray
3. Dump the peaches into a 5QT Crockpot
4. Sprinkle the salt and brown sugar across the peaches
5. Pour the cake mix over the peaches and brown sugar
6. Place slices of butter across the top of the cake mix
7. Cook, with lid on, on high for two to two and half hours

Serve with vanilla ice cream.

"rotisserie" chicken leg quarter wash/trim excess fat and other grody stuff. pat dry. dry seasonings/rub of your choice (preferably under the skin as well as on top)

ZERO additional moisture.

low for like 5-6 hrs or something. slightly open lip for last hour to crisp skin

TENDERNISM.

😊 https://www.allrecipes.com/best-slow-cooker-recipes-11692410

Beef bourguignon with asparagus

Mississippi pot roast! We make it once a month and it never gets old. Also one of the easiest, least ingredient meals I make!

Also, do some Bisquick garlic cheddar drop biscuits and you'll be in heaven!

Brown some chicken thighs in some oil with salt and pepper. Put in bottom of pot. Next brown onions, carrots and mushrooms in same oil, place on top if chicken. Take a can of cream of chicken and a can of cream of mushroom and whisk together with a maybe a cup of chicken stock. Add some salt, pepper, fresh chopped thyme and rosemary and pour on top of veggies and chicken. Cook on low for about 8 hours, season to taste and add some frozen peas toward end of cooking. Chicken stew!