Fave Crock-pot receipe?

SoEnamoured

Hi ladies,

DH and I dug-out the Crock Pot from the wedding gift closet and are using it for the first time today.  We're just doing pork tenderloin with BBQ sauce.  I think I could love this thing but need inspiration.

What is your favorite crock-pot receipe?  Bonus points if it requires an 8+ hour cooking time - gotta love coming home and having dinner done!

ilovebijou

This pot roast is super easy and tastes amazing!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Awesome-Slow-Cooker-Pot-Roast/Detail.aspx

MelindaMG

This is my favorite.  I don't use an actual recipe so I kind of just put in approximate quantities of most of the ingredients.  This should work well though:

 

Beef Stew

1.5 lb stew meat

4 (approx.) carrots cut into even pieces

4 medium sized potatoes cubed

2 stalks celery diced

1 med-small onion diced

1 can stewed tomatoes

1 can tomato sauce (the small Hunts variety not like jar sauce for pasta)

1-2 tbsp white flour (to thicken so you can leave it out if you prefer it less stew-like)

2 tbsp red wine vinegar (I use a little more but I like vinegar a lot)

1/2 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp parsley flakes

Garlic powder, salt, pepper (all to taste)

 

I just throw everything in the crock pot, set it on low, and then check to see if the potatoes are tender after about 8 hours.  You could definitely cook it longer though.  It's even better as left overs.

mac17

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

Ingredients

• 5 lb. turkey breast
  
• 3 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 cups warm water
• 1.5 tablespoons chicken bouillon
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
• 1 tablespoon seasoning salt

Directions

1. Rinse and wash turkey.
   
2. Place turkey in a crock pot. Separate the skin over the breast to make little pockets. Put 3 tablespoons of the butter on both sides between the skin and breast meat. This makes for very juicy breast meat.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the water with the bouillon. Sprinkle in the parsley and minced onion. Pour over the top of the turkey. Sprinkle seasoning salt over the turkey.
4. Place in a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on High for 1 hour, then set to Low, and cook for 7 hours.

mplsbride31

i love this one - just made it last week with celery, carrots and onion. 

Crockpot Chicken - n - Dumplings

Ingredients:
3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 can condensed cream of celery soup
1 onion, finely diced
1 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces
Veggies of your choice (a bag of frozen mixed veggies would work well)
Enough chicken broth to cover the chicken.

Directions:
Place the chicken, soup, and onion (and veggies if you so choose) in a slow cooker, and fill with enough chicken broth to cover. Cover, and cook for 8-9 hours on low. About 1 hour before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker and turn on high. Cook until biscust are cooked in the center

SoEnamoured

Thank you!  I am sure these will work better than the receipe I used today.

  Booooooo........

Apparently the BBQ pulled pork directions that I got from eHow were bad.  DH is at home and just texted me to say that we ended up making pork jerkey.  Frick!  The directions did not call for any other liquid other than barbecue sauce but they should have.  I read that the juices from the pork and the sauce don't go anywhere so you don't need a lot of liquid in a crock pot.

Grrrrrr........... I stink at cooking.  Leave it to me to find a bad receipe.

 

JosiePosy

Crockpot lasagna is really good! You make it the same way you would any other lasagna, but you layer it in the crockpot instead of a 9x13 pan. It cooks in 2-4 hours. I know I had a recipe for it, but I'll be damned if I could find it.

huwehotaling

This isn't a meal but a great app/snack.

Buffalo Chicken Dip:

Ingredients

• 2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup Ranch dressing
• 3/4 cup pepper sauce (such as Frank's Red Hot?)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
•  
• 1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces
• 1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers

Directions

1. Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers

 

ETA: We cook it all in the crock pot and do not use a skillet beforehand 

stephmarie

Salsa chicken

Pulled Chicken

Sausage and Chicken Jambalaya

Burrito Soup

Elizabeth81

This is my favorite pulled pork recipe:

http://elizabethscooking.blogspot.com/2009/02/crock-pot-pulled-pork.html

 

I also really like this shredded beef sandwich:

http://elizabethscooking.blogspot.com/2010/05/italian-style-drip-beef.html 

 

BeccaMarie

Maybe a stupid question, but do people actually start dinner in the morning, and go to work all day with the crockpot plugged in and running?

I would love to have some easy dinners that way, but I am terrified of a fire or something...  What if all the liquid in the crock pot dries up?

Elizabeth81

BeccaMarie:

Maybe a stupid question, but do people actually start dinner in the morning, and go to work all day with the crockpot plugged in and running?

I would love to have some easy dinners that way, but I am terrified of a fire or something...  What if all the liquid in the crock pot dries up?

I got over this quickly by using it the first couple of times when I was home all day. They also make crockpots that you can set for the amount of time you want to cook it for and then turn it to warm until you turn it off. I can't justify buying one when my current one is perfectly fine, though. 

Liquid shouldn't dry up in a crockpot unless you're opening it all the time. They're kind of designed to trap stuff in. 

Kambria11

I find that if you put the meat in the crockpot frozen you don't have to add very much liquid, but if it is already thawed you really probably need to add more liquid. On average I usually double the liquid a recipe calls for if I am making it in the crockpot.

Crockpot salsa chicken

4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts (2lbs)
1 cup salsa
1 package of taco seasoning
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 small onion
1/2 cup sour cream

Mix salsa, taco seasoning, and soup into crockpot. Add chicken breasts. I use frozen chicken breasts so that I can cook all day long.
Cook on low for 4-5 hours if thawed or 8-9 hours if frozen.

When chicken is done, turn off crockpot, remove cover and let cool a little while. Chop the onion. Take two forls after cooled for a little while and shred chicken by pulling it apart with forks. Mix in onion and sour cream and cook for an additional 30 minutes. (I don't always cook the additional 30 minutes)

 We use this plain or for taco salads, tacos, burritos, chimichangas etc.

If you like a little more spice you can add a can of green chilis at the end also.

 

or this is one of my other Favorites

Stuffed green pepper soup

1 lb of ground beef browned and drained
1/2 medium onion, Diced
2 green peppers, Diced
2 garlic cloves, Chopped
1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
4 cups of beef broth
2 tsp beef base(bouilion)
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups cooked rice ( I use the frozen kind that steams in the microwave)

Add all ingredients but the rice to the crockpot, cook on low 8-9 hours. Add cooked rice before serving.

pattymctatty

Homemade chicken noodle soup. YUM!

And pretty much anything else. Beef stew is great, pulled pork, pulled chicken...

I think I have all the recipes in my blog. Link in siggy.