Slow Cooker Crock Pot

A French dip sandwich is named after the bread used, that is, crusty French bread. It’s basically a beef sandwich that you dip in a sort of gravy or broth – hence, the operative word, “dip”, in its name. Normally, people would roast the beef in the oven for many hours and watch it now and again to keep the juices from drying out. But with a slow cooker, making this scrumptious sandwich is a breeze because it makes the meat very tender. So, here’s a slow cooker recipe for a French dip sandwich that can make 6-8 servings in a 4 ½- to 6-quart slow cooker.

Here’s a list of what you’ll need to make this slow cooker French dip sandwich:

3 lbs. of beef pot roast meat (preferably, the chuck)
2 cups of beef broth
1 ½ cups of condensed soup, French onion (if you can’t find the condensed kind, substitute with 1 packet of onion soup mix and 2 cups of regular French onion soup from a can)
¾ of a cup of red wine (use the kind that you like to drink)
1 tsp. of garlic powder
Salt and pepper
French bread or crusty rolls

Here’s what you’ll do for preparing this recipe:

Pour the broth, condensed onion soup, red wine, and garlic powder in the slow cooker. Season the beef with salt and pepper and put it in the pot with the liquids. Set the cooker to “low” for 7-8 hours or if you prefer it to cook quicker, you can set it to “high” for 4-5 hours.

When the beef for the French dip sandwich is done and tender, take it out and slice it thinly or shred it. After that, put it back in the slow cooker with the broth. Set it to low and cover it while you slice and toast the bread.

Create the French dip sandwich by using tongs to pick the meat up and put them between bread slices. And prior to serving the dip (broth), you’ll notice oil floating on the surface of the broth. You should scoop some of it out before you ladle the broth in small serving bowls or ramekins.

Digging into a French dip sandwich requires one to dip it first in the hot broth before taking a bite – that’s the best part about this hearty dish. And using a slow cooker to cook the beef always results in really tender meat. It’s also good to have each person get their own dipping bowls too because the only way to enjoy this rich beef sandwich, is to make a fresh dip per bite. With that said, multiple-dipping is more than allowed… it’s required!

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There are a lot of crock pot potato soup recipes that are cooked in different ways. In this regard, allow us to inform you some of the delectable crock pot potato soup recipes that can be conveniently prepared by anyone.

The first crock pot potato soup recipe that we would want to mention has such ingredients as chopped chives, 13-ounce can of evaporated milk, 2 tablespoons of butter, a tablespoon of parsley flakes, a can of cream of celery soup, a can of cream of mushroom soup, 4 chicken bouillon cubes, 1 ½ teaspoons of salt, 4 cups of water, a stalk of celery, a carrot, two onions, two leeks, and six potatoes.

All ingredients that can be cut should be cut into bite-size. Except for the chives and the milk, all the ingredients should be placed inside the crock pot. On low temperature, this potato soup should be cooked for ten hours or so, so long as it does not exceed twelve hours. If you prefer to cook it on high temperature, this potato soup should be cooked for three hours or so, so long as it does not exceed four hours. During the last hour of cooking, the evaporated milk should be stirred in. Make sure not to forget to put the chopped chives before serving.

There is another way of preparing a potato soup recipe, but first, you must prepare such ingredients as one pint of half & half, two cans of cream of potato soup, pepper and salt, half cup of chopped onion, half cup of chopped celery, two teaspoons of chicken buillon, two cups of water, and a two-pound package of frozen hash browns. The ham or bacon ingredient is optional, but we of course recommend that you put bacon or ham to make your potato soup more sumptuous.

The procedure for this potato soup recipe starts by simmering the potatoes, water, vegetables, and seasonings until the vegetables and potatoes become tender. Of course, you will have to let it simmer in a crock pot for approximately six hours. The cream of potato soup should then be added and cooking time should be extended for a few minutes more. The half & half should be added before serving but if the half & half makes the dish too thick, you may adjust its thickness by adding a can of evaporated milk. Do not forget to add the bacon or ham chunks.

The last potato soup recipe that we would want to discuss has a procedure that begins by chopping one small onion and half a pound of bacon which will be browned in a skillet. Afterwards, place the onions and bacon in the crock pot. Peel and cube six medium-sized potatoes which you will also place in the crock pot together with five cups of water, one teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of pepper, and 1/3 cup of butter. On low temperature, this potato soup recipe should be cooked only for two hours or until potatoes become cooked. Add a 13-ounce can of Carnation milk in the last thirty minutes of cooking. The chopped chives should serve as garnish.

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There are several crock pot recipes available for pot roast dishes. In one of the recipes for pot roast in crock pot that we would want to discuss, the ingredients you need are a roast that is small enough to fit in a slow cooker or a crock pot, a can of golden mushroom soup, a can of water, a package of Lipton onion soup mix, and seasoning.

This recipe for pot roast in crock pot is easy to follow that even those who do not really know how to cook can actually prepare this dish. The first step is to simply combine all the ingredients inside the slow cooker or the crock pot except for the roast. Once combined, the roast, which can either be thawed or frozen, can now be placed in the mixture. The crock pot must be set on three hundred fifty degrees. You do not have to check it once in awhile because it can be safely cooked without having to attend to it. You can even go to your office worry-free. This pot roast dish is perfect to be served with green salad or rice.

Another recipe for pot roast in crock pot requires you to have one small roast, two potatoes that are quartered and pared, three carrots that are cut in thirds and pared, one onion that is quartered and peeled, half cup of water, an 8-ounce can of tomato sauce, one teaspoon of oregano, and one teaspoon of basil.

This recipe for pot roast in crock pot is also easy to follow. All the vegetables mentioned should be placed in the bottom of the slow cooker or the crock pot. The meat must be rubbed with pepper and salt before being placed in the crock pot with the vegetables. The tomato sauce and the water can now be added. The basil as well as the oregano must be sprinkled over the meat afterwards. Let it cook on low setting for about ten to twelve hours.

This last recipe for pot roast in crock pot is called Crock Pot Chuck Roast Recipe. There are only three ingredients that you will need, which includes a four-pound Chuck Roast, a packet of Good Seasons Italian or Zesty Italian Dry Mix, and a packet of Dry Brown Gravy Mix.

Make sure that the fat from the roast is trimmed off before cutting the roast into hamburger-sized pieces. Once this is done, the roast pieces must be placed inside the crock pot. The gravy mix as well as the seasoning mix must be added afterwards. The crock pot must only be on low temperature as it gets cooked for fifteen hours. It is important to stir it on an hourly basis for the first few hours and then adjust to occasional stirring, perhaps every four hours. Once the meat shreds, it means that it is already cooked. This is best served with toasted bread or bun.

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When we say crock pot recipes, the first things that come to our minds are chicken dishes, beef dishes, pork dishes, or vegetable dishes. In most cases, we think of delectable heavy meals when we start talking about crock pot dishes. But what we tend to forget is the fact that even desserts can be cooked in crock pots. And this is the focus of our discussion today.

Apple Betty is one of the dessert recipes that can be prepared with the use of the crock pot. In preparing this dessert recipe, we will be needing three cups of soft bread crumbs, ½ cup of melted butter, zest and juice of a lemon, a teaspoon of cinnamon, a tablespoon of all-purpose flour, a cup of granulated sugar, and six cups of apples that are sliced thinly.

The lemon zest, cinnamon, flour, sugar, and apples should first be combined in a bowl, while the bread crumbs and butter are combined in a separate bowl. One third of the bread crumb mixture should be layered in the crock pot and then, half of the apple mixture should be layered on top of it. Repeat the layering procedure, making sure that the final layer is composed of the bread crumbs mixture. This dessert recipe should be cooked in the crock pot on high temperature for only four hours. This dessert becomes bubbly and brown once cooked.

Another sumptuous dessert recipe is the Crockpot Kahlua Bread Pudding. The ingredients that we need to prepare for this dessert recipe include toasted slivered or sliced almonds, ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, a tablespoon of powdered instant coffee, 1/3 cup of sugar, three eggs, ¼ cup of Kahlua liquor, three cups of half-&-half or a 12-ounce can of evaporated skimmed milk, and a 16-ounce loaf of unsliced French bread.

To begin, a trivet or a metal rack should be placed in the crock pot. Grease a baking dish that is composed of eight to ten cups, making sure that it fits a slow cooker that measure four to five quarts. The crusts of the bread should be removed and discarded, and the bread should be cut into 1-inch cubes. The cinnamon, powdered coffee, sugar, eggs, Kahlua, half-&-half or milk should be combined well using a food processor or blender. Add the cubed breads in the mixture, stir to blend well, fill the baking dish with the mixture, and cover it with foil. Two cups of hot water should be added into the crock pot before placing the covered baking dish. Once all these are done, make sure to set the crock pot on high setting for only 2 ½ hours. One way of determining whether this dessert recipe is already cooked is by inserting a knife in the pudding and it comes out clean when removed. What’s good about this dessert recipe is that it can be served cold or warm. Toasted almonds may also be sprinkled on top of the pudding before serving.

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Italian dishes are more popular for their tomato-based stews. But here’s a quick Italian chicken recipe that uses cream for a sauce with ingredients you can easily pick up at any grocery store. While it’s not tomato-based it incorporates prepared herbs and spices popular in Italy, all of which goes well with chicken. This slow cooker chicken dish is a savory, rich entrée that you can serve up with pasta or rice.

To make at least four servings of this slow cooker dish, Italian chicken cream stew, you’re going to need the following ingredients that will fit in a 4-quart or 3-quart slow cooker.

2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts
8 ounces of cream cheese
1 tablespoon of Italian dressing mix, dry
1 and 1/2 cups of cream of onion soup, condensed
4 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, dry
1/2 cup of water
A dash of pepper (1/8 teaspoon)
1 small pack of baby carrots

Dump the baby carrots first on the bottom of the slow cooker. Placing them in first allows them to cook well under the same time as the meat. Then, cut the chicken breast into strips (cutting them into thick strips is better) and place them on top of the vegetable.

To make the cream sauce in this slow cooker Italian chicken dish, first, melt the butter in the microwave for a minute or two and pour it in a mixing bowl (you can also melt the butter in a small pot under low heat but melting it in a microwave is quicker). Soften the cream cheese and pour it in the same bowl too. Follow it with the rest of the ingredients (dry spices, cream of onion soup, water, and pepper) and stir it up well.

Transfer the Italian cream mixture into the slow cooker. Make sure you pour it all over the meat as you’re transferring the sauce. Put the slow cooker lid on, set it to “low” and cook it for 6-8 hours.

Be sure to serve this rich Italian chicken cream stew hot and pour it over any kind of pasta or rice. You can also substitute whole button mushrooms in stead of baby carrots for the vegetable. After trying this recipe out, you’ll find that Italian dishes that you can make in a slow cooker are not confined to tomato-based sauces alone. And given the availability of its ingredients, it’s a good, safe recipe that everyone will enjoy during dinner time or even lunch the next day.

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Cooking for two with a slow cooker that usually comes in 6-quart sizes or larger is not very convenient. Unfortunately, most slow cooker dinner recipes that are available consider these large volumes that can serve eight or more people. But what if you’ve got a 2-quart or a 3-quart cooker because you’re only cooking for two or three people? What’s a good recipe proportion for your smaller cooker? Well, here’s a slow cooker dinner for two, beef stew recipe that’s perfect for these smaller-sized cookers.

For this beef stew slow cooker dinner, the ingredients include:

1 lb. of beef stew meat (preferably, from beef chuck because it stews beautifully)
2 potatoes cut into bite-size cubes
1 carrot that’s cut the same size as the potatoes
1 large garlic clove that’s chopped (or two small cloves)
1 onion that’s peeled and quartered
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp. of vegetable oil
Flour
A dash of powdered oregano
A dash of powdered rosemary
Salt and pepper
Water

First off in preparing this slow cooker dinner is to dredge the meat in flour and fry it in hot vegetable oil until brown but not cooked all the way through. We’re doing this to get a thicker sauce and to add color to the stew. When the meat is browned, transfer it to the slow cooker and take as much oil out as you can — drain the meat in an iron sift, if you must.

Pile in the vegetables (diced potatoes and carrot, chopped garlic clove, quartered onion, bay leaf, and spices) with the browned meat. Add just enough water to cover the ingredients but do not go more than ¾-full in the pot. Cover and set it at “low” and cook for 7-8 hours.

When you are into the last half hour of finishing this slow cooker dinner, you’re going to set it to “high”. When it begins to boil, mix two tablespoons of flour in ½ cup of water and stir this blend into the stew. Since there’s almost no evaporation when you’re cooking with a crock pot, this will help thicken the stew more in addition to the initial dredge that you did when the beef was browned.

If it has thickened to your preference, then this beef stew slow cooker dinner for two is done. You’ll find that the meat and vegetables are tender and the soup is hearty. It’s perfect with crusty bread and it’s just the right portion for two people to share.

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There are some people who do not eat any other chicken parts except for chicken breasts. And it is good to know that there are actually recipes for chicken breasts alone. What’s even nicer to know is the fact that there are crock pot recipes for chicken breast dishes. There are not only two crock pot recipes for chicken breasts and there are not only three of them, but there are actually countless of chicken breast recipes that can be cooked in the crock pot. Here are some of those delectable chicken breast dishes:

The first crock pot chicken breast recipe that we would want to teach you requires you to prepare pepper and salt, ¼ cup of white wine, ½ cup of chicken broth, four-ounce can of mushrooms, a can of cream of mushroom soup that usually measures 10 ¾ ounces, and three lg. of skinless and boneless chicken breasts that are split.

This chicken breast recipe starts by layering the chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Pepper and salt should be added to taste. The white wine, the cream of mushroom soup and the chicken broth should be mixed well before pouring it over the chicken breasts. Mushrooms should be drained before they are placed on top of the chicken breasts. On low setting, this chicken breast recipe should be cooked in no less than seven hours. Before serving, make sure to stir the dish well. It is ideally served with either noodles or rice.

We would want to teach you another crock pot chicken breast recipe. For this recipe, a can of mushroom soup, an eight-ounce carton of sour cream, and half a cup of mushrooms should be mixed with paprika, pepper, and salt. Four to six pieces of chicken breast should be placed in the crock pot before pouring the mixture over the chicken breasts. Sprinkle more paprika after pouring the mixture. On low setting, this chicken breast recipe should be cooked for no less than six hours. This is best served with rice.

Another chicken breast recipe that we would want to teach you is called the Crock Pot Chicken Parmigiana. To begin, the chicken breasts must be cut into six halves. Beat an egg, a teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of pepper in a bowl where the chicken breasts will be dipped. After doing so, you have to coat the chicken breasts with a cup of dry bread crumbs. And then, sauté the chicken in butter using a large skillet. A sliced eggplant should be placed at the bottom of the crock pot and the chicken breasts should be placed on top of it. A small jar of spaghetti sauce with mushrooms should be poured over the chicken before allowing it to cook for six to eight hours on low setting. A package of shredded Mozzarella cheese should be added on top of the dish and Parmesan cheese should also be sprinkled all over. Allow it to cook for another fifteen minutes.

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There is a belief among new cooks that crock pot pheasant recipes for slow cookers are complicated, and while they can be, you can still opt to keep things simple but without letting go of the quality or taste.

Pheasant with Diced Apples

Prepare the following ingredients for this crock pot pheasant recipe for slow cookers: a package of chicken gravy mix, a couple of tablespoons of parsley, a chopped celery stalk, cubed apples (1 piece), a small chopped onion, 4 tablespoons of butter, a tablespoon of flour, 2 pieces of pheasant, salt and pepper.

Get the celery, parsley, butter and onions, and sauté. After spraying the pheasant with flour, add it to the butter, parsley and onions. Now put them in the crock pot.

Now you can cook this crock pot pheasant recipe for slow cookers. Turn it to low, and add the apple, salt and pepper. Pour in the gravy mix as well. Cook for 10 hours on low, and serve with steamed rice and lettuce.

Braised Pheasants with Cabbage

This crock pot pheasant recipe for slow cookers needs 2 lbs of pork, a tablespoon of black pepper, a single pheasant, 4 chopped onions, a couple of cups of hot water, a small cabbage and a couple of frankfurters.

Let the pork simmer in the water for a few minutes, and in the meantime slice the pheasant into four parts. When this is done, take the pork and put in cups of hot water (about 45 minutes). Do the same with the cabbage, but only for 5 minutes.

When these steps have been completed add the remaining ingredients of this crock pot pheasant recipe for slow cookers in a bowl (namely the frankfurters, onions and seasonings).

When this has been mixed, pour in the slow cooker. Add the pheasant, cabbages and pork. At a low to medium level, this crock pot pheasant recipe for slow cookers will be ready in 8 hours. To serve right, place it on a platter with an assortment of other vegetables like cabbage bits, carrots and cucumber. Serving with rice is another option you may go for.

There’s no real mystery to serving the right crock pot pheasant recipes for slow cookers. You must first be aware of what exactly you are looking for in the food (the taste and the texture), and once you have figured that out, it’s only a matter of getting the right ingredients.

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Everyone can read slow cooker pork tenderloin recipes on the Internet, but to cook like a real chef, you need to know how to mix the right ingredients. Use the following recipes as a guide for cooking and experimenting with various flavors.
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Pork with Bread Crumbs

What you will need are the following: onion (1 small piece, chopped), 1 can of corn (12 oz, drained of juices), fresh bread crumbs (1 cup), oregano (1 tablespoon), a cup of grain rice, pork roast (2 lbs each) and an 8 oz can of tomato paste.

You can start making this slow cooker pork tenderloin dish by cutting some holes in the pork chops and then putting it in a mixing bowl; season a little (or a lot, depending on your taste) with salt and pepper. Add the rice, bread crumbs, oregano and the corn in the holes you made.

Put the remaining juices in the crock pot. Now you have to use the tomato paste to add some flavoring to the slow cooker pork tenderloin you stuffed with vegetables.

Put the meat and the sauce in the crock pot and cook for 7 hours. In some cases it may take longer. The best way to determine this is by using a fork to test the tenderness of the meat.

When it is soft enough, you can serve this slow cooker pork tenderloin on a plate and spray it with the juices.

Pork with Cabbages and Potatoes

Here are the ingredients: loin chops (4 pieces, 2 lbs each), cooking oil (2 tablespoons), 4 tablespoons of flour, diced potatoes (6 small pieces), a chopped onion, large carrots (2 pieces, chopped), a small chopped cabbage, and salt (1/3 teaspoon).

This slow cooker pork tenderloin dish also needs a tablespoon of beef bouillon granules, pepper (1/2 tablespoon), a can of tomatoes (14 oz), half a cup of sour cream and a couple of tablespoons of cornstarch.

Before cooking, trim away any excessive fat. Put a couple of tablespoons of oil in the frying pan, and add some flour. Put in the roast chops and cook for 6 minutes. While this is taking place, add the diced potatoes, carrots and cabbage in the slow cooker. Add the roast now.

Now layer in this slow cooker pork tenderloin the remaining ingredients including the bouillon, pepper, salt and tomatoes. Cook this for 3 hours at a high level. When it is about to be cooked, mix the cornstarch, sour cream and water in a bowl and add to the crock pot.

While slow cooker pork tenderloin recipes do need a little time to understand, the learning curve isn’t as steep as compared with other methods of cooking. Rest assured that the time you invest here will be worth it, and you will become, sooner than later, a true kitchen chef.

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