What Is Your Favorite Slow Cooker Recipe?

[pamperedlinda]

My family's favorite is a pot roast in crock pot.

I usually get the 7-bone pot roast (whatever size you want). Put it in the crock pot with @ 1/2 cup water, ground black pepper, a couple of smashed garlic cloves, one large onion coarsely chopped, and a can of Golden Mushroom Soup. I let this cook all day. About 2 hours before I'm ready to serve I add carrots. And, about 30 minutes before dinner I add 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup. This makes the BEST gravy! My DH prefers rice instead of potatoes, but I'm sure you could add potatoes when you add the carrots. Delish!

 

[pchefjennoy]

My favorite crock pot recipe is requested at all my family events!
1-2 pounds of kielbasa cut into slices
1 cup sugar
1 cup ketchup
1 can crushed pineapple
throw it all in cook for a couple hours

 

[jdavis]

My husbands favorite crockpot recipe is Santa Fe Stew

1 lb ground beef
chopped onion
garlic
1 pkg dry ranch dressing
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
1 can corn
1 can hominy
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
2 cans pinto beans
2 cans diced tomatoes

Brown ground beef with onions and garlic. Combine all ingredients in the crockpot. Cook on low for 8 hours. I usually add a little shredded cheese and sour cream to my bowl. For a fun twist eat it with tortilla chips. Its so good!

This is basically my taco soup recipe I got from a lady at work. I usually just add whatever I have (I mean whatever kind of beans I have in the cabinet) and it calls for jalapenos, mine is double that though, lol. We have a big family then I like to freeze some or take it for lunch. When I make my bowl I add shredded cheese and sour cream and sometimes crush tortilla chips or use it like a dip, YUMMY!!! Oh, and since DH doesn't like hominy and it's not my favorite either we usually just use corn, her version used only hominy.

 

[pamperedbecky]

my favorite recipe is Sunday chicken
I use:
1 can cream of chicken
1 can cream of mushroom
1 pkg onion soup mix
4-6 chicken breasts (I use 3)
mix the soup and soup mix then pour on the chicken cook about 8 hrs on low
1 hr before serving mix in 1 cup of sour cream
I serve mine over potatoes
I also have a cookbook called 101 things to do in a slowcooker it has so many yummy recipes it also has dessert recipes that look delicious

Yummy yum! I made this last night and it was great! It makes lots of gravy...too much actually. I probably should have put more than 1 1/2 lbs of chicken in it because we had more gravy left over than chicken.

I served it over my own experiment with a potato recipe. I sliced potatoes with the larger size of the adjustable slicing blade of the Mandolin. I tossed them with some melted butter, salt, pepper and 1 clove of pressed garlic in the Batter Bowl. I spread them out on the Bar Pan (some overlapped) and baked at 425 for about 30 minutes. Oh and right out of the oven, I grated parmesan cheese over them. Yum! I just wish I made more of them. I think I only did about 3-4 larger size red potatoes. I should have done more, but I wasn't sure how much I could layer them.

Thanks again for the great crock pot recipe. If anyone has others that use chicken or lower fat ingredients, I'd love to hear more.

 

[stephanieboyd]

Not really what you are looking for, but this is a huge hit at my poker parties and holidays before the big dinner is ready to keep people out of my kitchen.

1 lb ground sausage, browned and drained
4 blocks of cream cheese, more if needed
2 cans of Rotel, one drained, one not drained
1 can sliced black olives, optional

Heat until it's all heated through and blend until it looks like someone threw up. Serve with chips or crackers. If you can get people to look past what it looks like, it's yummy!!

This is a dip and it's like a whole meal!! You can use spicier sausage or Rotel if you like the twang in it. I have heard some doozies with this recipe. Most people just say it's good, but I have heard comments ranging from 'this is GRUBBB!!' to 'there's only one thing wrong with this dip....it's almost gone!!'

 

[Jennie4PC]

Becky I am glad to hear you liked the recipe dids you put the sour cream with it? I have done it without the sour cream and I think it tastes just as good and that potatoe recipe sounds yummy. Also I just do mashed potatoes with the recipe

 

[pcleah]

I had to share my newest slow cooker creation. I have been slow cooking my brains out. I put in 1 lb bag of chick peas (dried, NOT soaked), covered with water (about 2 inches over beans), cooked on high, the were done in about 4 hours (I am really bad at timing things) After they were cooked, I drained them and added Garlic oil (PC basil oil would be good, I don't have any and a few shakes of Dill mix and salt and pepper. They were sooooo yummy!!! We ate them hot as a side dish for dinner, or cold the next day. ENJOY!!!! Anyone else have any luck with cooking beans in the slow cooker?

 

[lizcooks4u]

Funny Cranberries..I dislike Cranberry sauce, but LOVE Cranberry Juice, Dried Cranberries, Cranberries in things, such as muffins, cookies, etc., Cranberry relish is ok too , but Cranberry sauce I can live without!!! HEHEHEHe

My Urologist thought I was drinking too much Cranberry juice, go figure!
P.S. I only eat my 1 spoonful of cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving too!!!![/QUOTE]

The cranberry flavor is mild. If you really don't care for them, use the jellied cranberry sauce. The original recipe I liberated from my friend uses jellied cranberry sauce, but i picked up the wrong one and used it anyway and it was great!!! If you don't like things too sweet, you can omit the sugar. I think I put in my original post that I have been known to use pre-made meatballs as well. It goes really well with Turkey meatballs. Enjoy!!!!

 

[Teresa Lynn]

Jambalaya

2 pkgs Beef little smokies
2 pkgs frozen shrimp scampi (yellow box)
1 box Zatarains Dirty Rice
1 box Zatarains Jambalaya Rice
2 cans Rotel (we use the hottest)
Dash (es) of Tabasco or your favorite hot sauce

Dump everything into crock pot (except scampi) add 4 cups water. Cook 1 hour, add shrimp/sauce during the last 10 minutes.

this is so yummy in fact I'll be taking 3 crockpot of it tomorrow to our Youth group Christmas party.
I love meals made in the crockpot
Teresa

 

[Grandmarita]

This is such an excellent thread that I want to copy and make every one of your great recipes. Can anyone tell me how to locate it in the future, if it is not active? These recipes don't go into our "recipes file", do they? I have one for Beef or Venison Stew, which I have been using since 1974, when I purchased my first Rival Crockpot.
BEEF or VENISON STEW
2 lb. of meat cut into 1 to 1 1/2" cubes
Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of Minute Tapioca, in first layer of Crockpot
ADD: 4 carrots pealed and cut in 1 inch chunks
2 large onions sliced into rings
4 stalks of celery cut in 1 inch lengths
1 - 8 oz. can Tomato sauce
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce (stir into Tomato sauce)
JANES KRAZY MIXED UP SALT
PARSLEY FLAKES
Pour combined sauce over meat and vegetables. Sprinkle each layer of meat, carrots, celery with SALT and Parsley Flakes. Cook in Crockpot for 5 hours on low. If it happens to cook longer, it will not do any harm. Cook potatoes separate to serve with the above.

NOTE: JANES KRAZY MIXED UP SALT is distributed by Flavor Delite, Inc. of Richburg, SC. It contains salt, herbs and spices, dehydrated onion and garlic. It generally is in the spice section of your larger grocery stores. The container is 4 oz. Hope you can find it, and enjoy this recipe as much as my family has, all these years. Making it with Venison is just as tasty.

Recycle any leftovers as the starter for a great pot of Beef or Venison Vegetable Soup, by adding a can of stewed tomatoes and small pasta
(elbows or ditalini).

 

[AJPratt]

In the future, I think you could just do a search for "slow cooker" and my screen name, and it should pop up. I have found really old threads that way.

 

[jennytodd]

Chicken Tacos-The easiest, yummiest, recipe!
1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix
1 jar of salsa (or diced tomatoes)

Dump in crockpot and cook 6-8 hours on low. The chicken shreds itself & goes great in taco shells or tortillas w/ cheese, sour cream, and shredded lettuce!