What are your favorite crockpot recipes?

[yellowdawgdem]

I just got one of those, given to me as a gift- something I never would've bought. But I've heard you can cook an entire chicken in one of those things, and it comes out really tender. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[freetobegay]

1. Bush

Oh wait, thats crackpot. I'm sorry.

[yellowdawgdem]

36. he's not even my favorite crackpot by any means..nt

[Infomaniac]

2. Slow Cooker Chicken

INGREDIENTS:
1 (3 pound) whole chicken, skin removed
1/2 cup chicken broth (I use low-fat)
1/3 cup soy sauce (mushroom soy sauce from an Asian grocer if you can get it)
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic

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DIRECTIONS:
Remove skin from chicken, and empty inner cavity of contents within. Pat chicken dry with a paper towel, and place inside the slow cooker.
In a bowl, stir together the chicken broth, soy sauce, olive oil, honey, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, sesame oil, and minced garlic. Pour mixture over chicken, and cover.
Cook chicken on low setting for 8 hours, or 4 hours on high setting.

I serve this with jasmine rice and a green salad.

[blondeatlast]

17. Ooh, that sounds good; think I'll try it.

I love, love, love my crockpot.

Throw everything together in the morning, everything is ready when you get home from work.

Sheer genius on someone's part.

[Infomaniac]

22. It is good.

My finicky "we don't eat no stinkin' onions" DH and SD love this.

[yellowdawgdem]

25. Mmm, sounds yummy

I hadn't thought of taking the skin off, usually I just pull it off after it's all cooked. But that's not crock pot thinking, really. bet it would cut down on the fat that way.

[Zomby Woof]

3. I LOVE mine!

I have a huge 6 quart job... I make chili, pork chops & apple sauce, beef burgundy, all kinds of stuff...

Too lazy to pull up my recipes... but no doubt by this time tomorrow you will have plenty. :-)

[nini]

35. recipes??

I always just throw a bunch of stuff in there and it always comes out good. Those things are one of the best inventions ever.

[medeak]

4. serwously

beans beans are fave. Put in lots of canned beans...all different kinds...cooked bacon...heinz catsup (of course)... a touch of liquid smoke

[politicat]

5. start here:

http://www.recipesource.com/main-dishes/crockpot/

I make Barbecue pork - pulled pork, essentially - in the winter in mine, as well as mulligatawny, korma, pot roasts....

Watch the whole chicken thing, though. Season it really well. My partner can't eat crockpot chicken because his mother spent the 70s dropping a chicken in the crockpot and doing nothing else to it.

And here's one of my favorite recipes for fully cooked lamb (which I got from above site...)

French Onion Lamb Au Jus

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crockpot Beef
Main dish

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
Lamb leg -- rolled
1/2 cup Soy sauce
Garlic clove -- minced
1 package Onion soup mix (1.5 oz)
5 cups Water
Onions, large sweet -- sliced

Combine all ingredients in a crock pot. Cook 8 to 10 hours on low. Remove
roast and let set 20 minutes before carving. Slice thin. Make sandwiches
using french rolls or large croissants, sliced and buttered with slices of
Swiss Cheese. Dip in bowls of the onion soup broth. Also can be made into
a complete dinner by adding vegetables to the broth.
Fay Risner, Keystone, IA Iowa REC News, May 1992

[yellowdawgdem]

27. mmm, lamb sounds good

Plus I like onions and garlicky stuff. If only lamb wasn't so expensive... will have to wait for the next time I win at the casinos, lol!

[politicat]

32. It works with beef, too... and you can use tougher cuts because the

slow cooking tenderizes it. So if you can find mutton (many greek, middle eastern and hispanic markets carry mutton at prices equivalent to beef) it's worth the price.

How we do lamb cheaply: invest in a small, efficient chest freezer. Find a friend or two who also likes lamb.

Find a child who wants to do a 4-H project of raising a lamb and pay for the feed and vet visits. (This will be about $200-300 depending on the area.) The kid gets the ribbon and the competition. You'll also need to find an independent slaughterer/butcher who is willing to take a single animal; Kosher butchers can be of great help here! Butchering will cost about $50 and some of the meat, usually about 5 pounds.

Total cost per pound on the last half lamb we bought? $2.28/pound... and my friend got a sheepskin for her baby. She tanned it and everything. Oh, and the lamb took 2nd prize and was the only one raised on strict vegetarian feed and free range principles in the county.

You can't be squeamish about the concept, though....

Pcat

[yellowdawgdem]

37. It sounds like you really have a technique going there

However, I'm afraid I'm a bit too squeamish for that stuff, probably be easier to go vegetarian after all's said and done.

[politicat]

40. I'm obsessive about meat standards.

I live in grasslands; therefore meat eating is the easiest thing on the environment. (Ploughing dry grasslands was one of the worst things we ever did to the great plains.... for the whole thought process, see #86 in this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1517059#1524962 )

BUT... that means no feedlots, no hormones, no grain feed, no antibiotics.... and that means being very picky about meat. So we use Lasater Beef, Rocky Chickens and a local butcher who deals with pork and lamb. Besides, no worries about Mad Cow or other things this way... (sheep can carry the prion as well as cows.)

Pcat

[undergroundrailroad]

6. Try this:

Chicken 'n Dumplings (Crockpot)

Chicken and dumplings is definitely a comfort food everyone enjoys.

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in small chunks
2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup onion, finely diced
2 cups water
2 10 oz packages refrigerated biscuits
1 chicken bouillon cube




Combine all ingredients, except biscuits, in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 5 to 6 hours. 30 minutes before serving, tear biscuit dough into 1-inch pieces. Add to your slow cooker; stirring gently. Cover and cook  on HIGH for an additional 30 minutes or until biscuits are fluffed up and cooked through.

[Zomby Woof]

8. MINA!

:hi: :bounce:

Suddenly, you just APPEAR!

I miss Mondays IN the Underground! I can't show off my history trivia knowledge without them!

Chicken and Dumplings is my favorite of all time. I made it for the first time in my crock pot last year, and was it ever good...


These late night food threads are getting to me... :-)

[gatlingforme]

14. That sounds great I am going to try that>

[blondeatlast]

18. Mina, darling! You have been missed!

Good to see you.

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Mmmmmmmmm

That sounds great!

I've missed you around here lately...Good to see you again! :hi:

[madrchsod]

7. deer roast

potatoes,salt,pepper ,few carrots and cook till tender..yummy...

[nosmokes]

9. get some meat

dredge it in flour seasoned with pepper and brown it in some hot oil on the stove top. toss it in the crockpot on top of some cut-up potato (optional) a quartered onion (or two) some mushrooms (if you feel like it)(maybe) some carrots - get the idea?

but here's what you don't leave out - a 12oz bottle of root beer (or coke or dr pepper or whatever) and 2 whole *heads* of garlic, with the bottoms sliced off, and an dry onion soup mix. add a couple of bay leaves as well as any other whole herbs you want. don't put any salt in until the end, though.

you don't hafta brown the meat, but it makes for a nicer gravy/sauce if you do. and you can do it without any veggies at all if you wanna.

[yellowdawgdem]

28. rootbeer or coke- doesn't matter which?

I've heard that a bottle of coke poured on tastes really great, but hadn't heard of using rootbeer. Heck, I'll try anything once!

[nosmokes]

29. root beer gives it a little different flavor but i like it.

oh yeah - tie up the garlic heads in cheese cloth, and then remove from the pot and squeeze the 'paste' out and add back to the liquid. forgot to say that in my original post.

another variation is to use a (cheap) pork roast, add an apple or three, and use ginger ale.

that's the great thing about a crock-pot, it really makes an inexpensive cut of meat into a delicous meal. enjoy!

[yellowdawgdem]

38. thanks, I will try all those flavors, bet it's tasty .. nt

[chaska]

10. Oh, go boil yer head.

[Swamp Rat]

11. Creole redbeans and rice.

With lots of cayenne pepper.

[hobbit709]

12. Crockpot chicken

1 whole chicken
2 bulbs garlic, separated and peeled
about 1/2 dozen serrano peppers or to taste
3 tbsp soy sauce

Put peeled garlic, peppers and soy sauce inside bird.
Put bird in crockpot
Cook on high for about 4 hours
Set to low for about 2 hours
Lift bird out with a couple pair of tongs. Be careful, don't splash hot grease on you
Serve with potatoes, pasta, rice or plain if you want.
I usually eat it with a good crusty baguette

[NJCher]

13. there are two vegetarian crockpot cookbooks out now

One was published a couple years ago; this was just came out this year:



I've been trying recipes from this one.

There's another book out too, something about 101 things you can do with a crockpot--you can even make cakes in them.

Infomaniac, that recipe sounds so good! I'm going to try it!

I'm still using my crockpot from the 70s, LOL! It is avocado green and has been through two glass covers. I'm afraid to get rid of it and buy a new one because I'm so familiar with the times it takes for various dishes with this one.


Cher

[yellowdawgdem]

26. thanks, a great looking book

It really helps to know which books are considered good, before going for it. I have been reading some sites where it says you can bake stuff, by getting a round grill for the bottom. Right now, though, I will be lucky to do some simple stuff where you just throw it all in and leave it on low!

[TNDemo]

15. Try this site.

http://www.tastycrockpotrecipes.net/

Also just Google "crockpot recipes." There are thousands of recipes out there.

[MrBenchley]

16. Mediterranean chicken stew

boneless chicken thighs
a can of Campbells golden mushroom soup
potatoes
carrots
some pitted green olives (with or without peppers)
salt
pepper
thyme
paprika
oregano

Let that cook all day.

[Katarina]

20. Garlic Roasted Chicken

3 - 5 lb. Roasting chicken
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Paprika, to taste
5 Garlic cloves, mashed
1/4 lb. Sweet butter
1/2 C. Chicken broth

Sprinkle the chicken, inside and out, with salt, pepper and paprika. Spread half of the garlic in the cavity
and spread the rest on the outside of the chicken. Place chicken in crockpot and place a few pats of butter
on top. Add the remaining indredients. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours. Serve the hot garlic butter
sauce with the chicken.

[Katarina]

21. French Dip Sandwiches

French Dip Sandwiches
1 (3 to 4 pound) lean beef roast
1/2 cup light soy sauce
1 low-sodium beef bouillon cube
1 bay leaf
3 to 4 whole peppercorns
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Hard rolls or sliced French bread

Trim and discard all visible fat from roast. Place in crockpot. Combine soy sauce, bouillon and spices; pour over roast. Add water to almost cover. Cover and cook on LOW for 10 to 12 hours or until meat is very tender.

Remove meat; strain and reserve broth. Shred meat with 2 forks. Serve on rolls or bread with broth for dipping.

Makes 12 servings.

[RetroLounge]

23. I have a few

Chicken and Dumplings
Beef Stew

But my Fav is Corned Beef and Cabbage with potatos.

The entire house smells like my childhood home for days after!

RL

[Missy Vixen]

24. I have several, but here's two

I'm into quick, easy, and delicious.

Crockpot Spaghetti

Your choice of spaghetti sauce - we usually use Prego
Spaghetti noodles for two, four, whatever
Garlic, onion to taste
Optional -- 1/4 to 1/2 pound browned ground beef

Cook spaghetti noodles as recommended on package. Drain. Pour into crockpot with jar of spaghetti sauce. (If you'd like, you can add a can of diced tomatoes as well.) I also sprinkle garlic and onion powder in as well. Add browned ground beef if you'd like. Cook on "low" for 6-8 hours. Serve with big green salad and garlic bread.

Your family will love it.

Another quick and easy recipe:

Crockpot Barbecue Beef

One pound of stew meat
One bottle of barbecue sauce
Hamburger buns

Place stew meat in crock pot, cover with barbecue sauce. Cook on "low" for 8-10 hours. We've made this recipe with two pounds of stew meat in order to get leftovers, it works great!

Serve over hamburger buns with your choice of side dishes.

Julie

[Red State Rebel]

30. Those sound great!

Now I'm gonna have to dig out my slow cooker. Since I'm back to working full time at our office, it's been a pain trying to come home and cook something. This could end up saving our lives :)

[Red State Rebel]

31. Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner

Makes 6 servings

3 pounds corned beef

3 large carrots, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces

3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces

2 large yellow onions, quartered

1 green cabbage, cored and cut into 8 pieces

1 sprig thyme

1 bay leaf

2 cups water

1 cup Guinness stout or Harp Lager

In the slow cooker, combine the beef, carrots, potatoes, onions, cabbage, thyme, and bay leaf. Add the water and beer.

Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, until the meat and vegetables are very tender. Remove and discard the thyme and bay leaf.

Transfer the beef to a cutting board and cut into thin slices. Divide the meat among shallow bowls, surround with the vegetables, and spoon some of the cooking liquid over the top. Serve immediately.

TO DRINK

Guinness stout or Harp Lager (brewed by Guinness, according to a traditional Irish recipe).

[highplainsdem]

33. Steak with gravy

2 lbs boneless steak (top sirloin works best, but round steak's okay)
1 can Campbell's Beefy Mushroom soup (NOT plain mushroom soup)
1 foil packet onion soup mix
1/4 cup water

Mix the gravy ingredients in the crockpot, and add the steak (cut into several pieces). Cook on Low for about 8 hours. Tastes great the first day, actually better as leftovers.

You can triple this recipe in a 6-quart crockpot -- just give it a bit more time to cook. (And with that much steak, it's a good idea to put the steak in the crockpot first and mix the gravy in a bowl before adding it, since it might not all fit.)

If you fix a large amount and end up with quite a bit of gravy left over, it goes well with browned ground beef...

[Flammable Materials]

34. Cheesy Crockpot Chicken

Super simple, although probably not too healthy:

3 jars Ragu cheddar cheese sauce
1 can cream of mushroom (optional)
boneless chicken breasts (fresh or frozen)

place one layer of chicken breasts, cover with soup, overlay another layer of chicken breasts, cover with more soup, etc. When all three jars are empty (unless you have a 'flessenlikker'), pour a small amount of water into one jar, then shake it vigorously, pour the contents into the second jar, repeat, pour the contents into the third jar, repeat, pour remaining sauce over the chicken. Top with cream of mushroom soup (optional).

Cover and cook on low all day. Serve with rice or rotini noodles.

WARNING: This concoction is the culinary equivalent of CRACK. You will find yourself returning to the crockpot for seconds, thirds, fourths...

(NOTE: A 'flessenlikker' (literally: bottle-licker) is a small rounded rubber squeegie-like device on a long metal stick. It is popular in Holland, and is used to get every last bit of content out of a bottle. It looks something like this:

[yellowdawgdem]

39. thanks for all these lip-smacking recipeeezios

I have copied and pasted all of them into my files, including the websites. I'm pretty sure I'm just going to start off sorta simple, and just use a chicken with butter and garlic and salt/pepper. Maybe throw in some onions and potatoes, and just see how that tastes. I could try a can of cream of mushroom soup too, or maybe a little broth. Anyhow, I'm really sorta excited about the whole thing... :thumbsup: