Slow Cooker Crock Pot

When chicken and rice are cooked together, all that chicken goodness is captured in every grain of rice plus the goodness of vegetables and spices. So try these chicken and rice slow cooker recipes.

Plain Chicken and Rice

For this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe prepare 2 teaspoons each of butter and vegetable oil, half cup of chopped onions, 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms, and 3 pounds assorted chicken pieces. This chicken and rice slow cooker recipe also needs a cube of chicken bouillon, some poultry seasoning, a fourth teaspoon of salt, 3/4 cup of rice, and 2 cups of water.

Melt butter with oil in a big pan using medium-low heat. Before cooking this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe remove first the chicken skin. Then fry the mushrooms brown in the melted butter and oil with the onion, then mix in the chicken pieces for 15 minutes. Gradually add in the spices and seasonings while stirring well then put everything in the slow cooker. All these could be kept in the fridge overnight to be cooked in the morning, or cooked the same night it is prepared.

To cook this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe, turn pot on high heat for an hour. Then add rice and slow cook for some 6 hours more or until everything is cooked and tender enough.

Chicken Flavored Wild Rice

This chicken and rice slow cooker recipe is estimated to contain 27 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of fibers. It serves 4- to 5 persons and recommendable for diabetics.

It needs a cup of uncooked wild rice (wild rice mixture), a half cup of diced onions, a half cup of sliced mushrooms, a half cup of diced red or green bell peppers, enough oil, and salt and pepper to taste. For the chicken flavor, this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe needs 2 and a half cups of fat –free, sodium-less chicken broth.

To cook, place first the rice and veggies in the slow cooker and spread evenly a little oil, salt, and the black pepper over the vegetable ingredients of this chicken and wild rice slow cooker recipe. Then mix everything well. Heat the chicken bouillon in some water and pour contents in the slow cooker. Turn slow cooker on high heat for 3 hours, or until rice is cooked and all the stew is absorbed.

Chicken and rice slow cooker recipes are savory meals that tickle the appetite and make dinners a delight.

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Sure you can eat hamburgers in any fast food joint, but why not make your own? It’s easy enough with a slow cooker, and you get to amaze your friends with your cooking prowess too.

Hamburger with Cabbage

One great way to start learning how to cook hamburgers is with this recipe. The ingredients are: a pound of ground beef (extra lean, and don’t let it turn brown), 6 cups of cabbage (shredded), half a teaspoon of salt, pepper (1/4 teaspoon), an onion (medium sized, chopped), grain rice (1 cup), a jar of spaghetti juice (28 oz), half a cup of water, seasoned salt (1/4 teaspoon), and ¼ cup of dried and crushed basil leaves.

The initial step is to take half of the cabbage and put it into the slow cooker. Now you should crush the ground beef and spray it over the cabbage. Add about ¼ teaspoon of the salt and 1/8 teaspoon of the pepper as well. Layer the meat with the onion and some of the rice too.

Add the other half of the cabbage, salt and the pepper. Now you mix the spaghetti sauce, water, basil and salt and dash over the cabbage and hamburger. Put the slow cooker on low and allow 6 hours for all the ingredients to cook fully.

Hamburger Casserole

For this popular slow cooker recipe, get a couple of cups of potatoes (raw), 1 pound of lean beef, celery (chopped, 1 and ½ cups), a cup of onion (sliced thin), bell pepper (or you can use both red and green pepper), a 15 ounce can of diced tomatoes, salt (a couple of teaspoons will be all right), pepper (seasoned, ¼ cup) and some bell pepper rings.

Start this hamburger dish by putting in a bowl the ground beef and add some of the salt, pepper, and sprinkling some of the celery, potatoes, pepper, tomatoes, and onions. Make sure that the seasonings are evenly scattered throughout. Top it with the bell pepper rings.

You can now place them in the slow cooker and let it cook for about 7 hours on a low level setting. You may add some more seasoning if you want before serving.

Contrary to what most people think, hamburgers aren’t just for sandwiches, and are in fact quite as versatile as any other meat. If you’re getting tired of the usual dishes, then these slow cooker recipes will help you learn other ways of cooking –and relishing- this old favorite.

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If you are new to cooking, serving up slow cooker pheasant recipes is one of the best ways you can learn, as they are among the most straightforward to prepare. Even with no prior knowledge, these dishes won’t require any strenuous cooking at all.

Marinated Pheasant Roast

Prepare these ingredients: 2 cloves of garlic, a bay leaf, 1 onion (cut into four pieces), a couple of cups of wine, half a teaspoon of salt, a couple of tablespoons of butter, pepper (1/4 tablespoon), and 4 lbs of pheasant.

Begin this slow cooker pheasant recipe by marinating the bird; do this by sprinkling it with some bay leaf, the sliced onions, garlic and some of the pepper and salt. Put this in the refrigerator for two hours. After the prescribed period, get rid of the marinade.

The next step is to put the bird in the slow cooker. You can either cook it at low (for 8 to 10 hours), or you may opt to set it to high (4 hours). After 7 (or 3) hours, remove the lid and pour in the wine. Stir a little, just enough to make sure that the wine soaks in through every part of the bird.

After cooking for another hour on high, this slow cooker pheasant recipe can now be set in a bowl, and there is enough for 6 to 8 helpings.

 Pheasant with Bacon Juice

Make this slow cooker pheasant recipe with a cup of bacon juice, 7 lbs of pheasant, pepper (2 tablespoons), salt (half a tablespoon), a cup of white wine (dry), and 5 small onions (cut in half).

For the marinade, you will need the following: a couple of cups of hot water, another cup of white wine, and 6 pieces of onion.

Piece the bird into the serving slice size. Take the individual pieces and put them in a skillet, heat to low medium. Add the bacon juices and vegetable oil (you may use olive oil if you prefer). Sprinkle in more of the onions. When it is thoroughly flavored, put it in the crock pot.

Add some salt and pepper, and the white wine. Let this slow cooker pheasant recipe cook for 9 hours (low) until it gets soft. Use a fork to determine this. When it is tender, get a bowl and combine the onion, white wine and water. Pour it all over the pheasant and let it cool in the refrigerator for 3 hours.

Slow cooker pheasant recipes are usually made for special occasions, but you don’t have to wait for one. Given how easy they are to prepare, you can make them part of your everyday meals, and make every serving of food truly a feast.

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There’s nothing quite like pork loin on the table to whet your appetite; armed with a crock pot, you’ll be able to present concoctions that will have people coming back for second helpings.

Braised Pork Loin

This is one crock pot dish that’s very simple to prepare. Just get some garlic (4 cloves, sliced), pepper, salt, half a teaspoon of thyme, 4 lbs of pork loin, a cup of chicken broth and flour (1/4 cup),

Step one is to cook the pork loin on a skillet, until it turns into a brownish color. Using a kitchen knife, make some diagonal slices into the pork where you can put in some of the garlic. Now place it in the crock pot and sprinkle some of the pepper, salt, as well as some of the thyme. Pour in some of the broth and let it cook for about 10 hours.

When it is cooked, get a bowl and combine the flour with cold water. Now adjust the crock pot setting to high, and pour in the flour. When the sauce is thick enough, the dish may be served with fried rice.

South Pacific Pork Loin

For this recipe, you will need some garlic powder, an onion (sliced), salt, pepper, 4 lbs of pork loin (boneless), sugar (1/4 cup), hot water (1/4 cup), a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce, 3 tablespoons of red wine vinegar and a couple of tablespoons of red sherry.

You should also have half a teaspoon of ground ginger, and a tablespoon of ketchup. Two bell peppers (1 red and green, both sliced), an 8 ounce can of pineapple chunks (remove the juice), a couple of tablespoons of cold water.

Commence by sprinkling some pepper, garlic and onion onto the pork loin to give it flavor. Cook it in a skillet until the color changes into a brown. Now put some of the onion into the crock pot, and put the pork roast on top of it.

Now in order, pour in the ketchup, red wine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, sherry, hot water, and the ginger. On a low cooking level allow it up to 11 hours to cook properly. After 10 hours, sprinkle some of the peppers and pineapple chunks into the pork loin.

After you mix the cornstarch with cold water, pour this into the crock pot and set it to high. You’ll know it’s finished when the gravy gets thick.

Almost everyone loves pork loin, but most lack the confidence to actually go out and make one. But as you can tell, there’s really nothing to it; just get the proper ingredients and with your crock pot in hand, your friends will be asking you to host dinners more often.

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Working all week, why not give yourself a treat by making some pot roast with your slow cooker? With so many variants, choosing will just about be your only problem, but you can start with these.

Pot Roast with French Onion Soup

Savor a different a kind of dish with this slow cooker delight. The ingredients include 3 lbs of sirloin tip roast, a 10 ounce can of French onion soup (condensed), basil (1/3 teaspoon), salt (half a teaspoon), pepper (1/4 teaspoon), several small onions (a 16 ounce jar will do nicely), sliced green onions (1/3 cup), and also chives.

To prepare, begin by removing the French onion soup from the package and pour it in the slow cooker; put the pot roast on top of it. Turn it on to low, and cook for 4 hours. Smatter some of the basil, as well as several of the onions, green onions and chives. Set it to high for about half an hour, and it’s finished.

When serving, put the remaining onions around the pot roast and also spray some of the parsley as well for extra seasoning.

Rutabaga Pot Roast

For this recipe 5 lbs of beef roast are necessary, plus 1/3 cup of water, half a tablespoon of shortening salt, rutabaga (1 and a half cups), a cup full of sliced carrots, a cup of sliced potatoes, parsley (2 teaspoons), pepper and a little bit of salt too.

Heat up a frying pan and cook the pot roast until it becomes brown. Add some of the salt shortening and sprinkle some water and onion. When it’s cooked insert it in the slow cooker and put in the carrots, potatoes, celery, parsley, rutabaga and everything else.

Set the slow cooker to high and after 3 and a half hours open and add some cornstarch mixed with a teaspoon of cold water. Give it a good stir and cook it on high for another 20 minutes. This is good for about 6 helpings.

Coffee Flavored Pot Roast

You’ll need 4 lbs of beef, 15 oz can of tomatoes (drain the liquid), shortening (a tablespoon), pepper, coffee (1 cup), slice onion (half a cup), sliced potatoes (3 cups), 10 ounces of green peas (frozen), and some flour mixed with cold water.

Fry the pot roast in a frying pan and then put in the slow cooker. Top it off with the tomatoes, potatoes, green peas, carrots and sprinkle with coffee, adding in the salt and pepper last.

Cook this pot roast in the slow cooker for about 10 hours (on low). If sauce is too light add some flour and water to make it thicker.

These are just some of the filling dishes that you can have using your slow cooker. As you gain more experience, you will be able to satisfy your cravings for great food more quickly and easily.

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There are all kinds of soups but the French onion soup is considered one of the finest of them all. With your slow cooker, you can serve this classic appetizer up in many ways, including the following.

Basic Slow Cooker French Onion Soup

You will need 4 large onions (minced), 2 tablespoons of melted butter, olive oil (1 tablespoon), 4 tablespoons of flour, a couple of teaspoons of sugar, pepper (one half tablespoon), and 4 cans of beef broth.

Get some of the butter, sugar, olive oil and some onions and put it in the slow cooker. Cook this for about 45 minutes (high). Add some flour, beef broth and spray some pepper and in another 15 minutes this slow cooker French onion soup is done.

Slow Cooker French Onion Soup with Mozzarella

The ingredients are: onions (5 small pieces, minced), flour (2 tablespoons), butter (3/4 cup), beef stock (8 cups), salt (2 teaspoons), 2 cups of Mozzarella cheese, and a couple of tablespoons of chives.

In a frying pan, sauté the butter, flour and the onions; continue until the onions become somewhat translucent in color. Put this in the slow cooker and pour in the beef broth along with some salt. Set it to high (this will take about 5 hours).

Get the slow cooker French onion soup  and pour into several bowls and place on top of the oven. Add the bread and the Mozzarella cheese and heat on the oven (let the cheese melt). Spray some chives, and it’s done.

Slow Cooker French Onion with White Wine

Prepare the following: butter (3 tablespoons), onions (2 lbs), beef stock (5 cups), sherry (half a cup), white wine (2 cups), Worcestershire sauce (a tablespoon), 1 garlic clove, shredded cheese (half a cup), and some bread.

Cook the onion and butter on a medium heat skillet; now transfer them into the slow cooker and add in the Worcestershire sauce, beef stock, garlic, white wine and sherry. You may either set it to low or high. At the former it will take 7 hours to cook, and in the latter 4 hours.

Serve this slow cooker French onion soup with the sliced bread, and sprinkle more cheese if necessary. If you like you may crumble the breads and spray them with the cheese.

The French are known for their love of fine food, and this soup is a fine example. Serve on the side, and enjoy more satisfying meals.

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With slow cookers around in the kitchen, people can enjoy a lot of different tasty slow cooker meals. The meal varieties range from stewed, roast, broiled, boiled, and casseroles, to sauced, baked, barbecued, and steamed. Here is a summary of some tasty slow cooker meals possible.

Beef and pork stews are popular tasty slow cooker meals that go well with vegetables. The meats end up super tender and scrumptious and the vegetables are flavorsome. The stew itself is full of delicious meat juice goodness and veggie succulence. Average cooking time is 9 hours. With beef, pork, or chicken roasts, among tasty slow cooker meals would be spicy thick-sauced concoctions of tomato pastes or cornstarch dissolved water, with potatoes and red bell peppers, or bread crumbs.

Broiling tasty slow cooker meals like plump fish or beef, pork, or chicken is possible when ingredients are wrapped in aluminum foil, or banana leaves for a tropical touch, and then simmered in some amount of water. Onions and tomatoes may be included in the wrapped recipe. Broiled fish goes well with crushed ginger pieces.

Baked food in casseroles are also possible tasty slow cooker meals. Bake potatoes, fish, lasagna, cakes, or pies with thick creams or fillings. Pocketed beef or pork loins stacked with special creamy or spicy fillings may be steamed or baked for at least 8 to 10 hours.

Then, there’s the famous barbecued tasty slow cooker meals everybody loves. Just place the meat and the barbecue sauce in the slow cooker, throw in some pepper, ketchup, fresh pineapple juice, and Chinese cooking wine or non-cola soda, simmer till almost dry, slice and enjoy.

Purely veggie meals are also possible with slow cookers. Vegetarians can enjoy tasty slow cooker meals that retain the crisp and nutritious quality of vegetables. Try simmering a few cauliflower, beans, broccoli, cabbage, and lettuce. Also put in some celery, bell pepper, some salt to taste, and butter. Simmer for 30 minutes. This makes for a cruciferous and tasty slow cooker meal.

Finally, here’s a super tasty slow cooker meal that cooks only for an hour. Place pork and chicken pieces in the slow cooker along with some onions, crushed garlic, a half cup of soy sauce and vinegar, a fourth cup of water, black pepper, and Laurel leaf. Don’t stir. Simmer for an hour and then warm until only an oily sauce remains with the food.

There are more varieties of tasty slow cooker meals we may try or discover with a little culinary imagination. With slow cookers, almost anything is possible.

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Do you have a crock pot at home? Do you like dishes that are made of chili? Do you like to prepare chili foods yourself? If your answer to these three questions is yes, then read on as we teach you how to prepare different kinds of chili dishes that are cooked in the crock pot.

The first easy crock pot recipe that we will teach you is called the Black Bean Chili with Beef. This dish is composed of ¾ cup of cooked black beans, 1 pound of cubed stew beef, two tablespoons of vegetable oil or bacon drippings, ¼ cup of chopped onion, ¼ cup of chopped green peppers, ½ cup of diced green chile peppers, 3 tablespoons of tomato paste, three to four pieces of beef bouillon cubes, ¼ teaspoon of ground cumin, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, ½ teaspoon of salt and pepper, and a cup of mild Cheddar cheese or Monterey Jack cheese that is shredded.

The primary step for this easy crock pot recipe is to brown the stew beef with green pepper and onion using vegetable oil or bacon drippings. Aside from the cheese, all the other ingredients should be combined in the crock pot including the browned stew beef. Cooking time should not be less than six hours and should not be more than eight hours on low setting. To make the dish look more inviting, present it in bowls with cheese sprinkled on top of each serving.

The Crockpot Chili Beef is another easy crock pot recipe for chili lovers. This dish is not only for people who love to cook chili but of course, it is also for people who love to eat chili. This easy crock pot recipe needs such ingredients as a pound of ground beef, a fifteen-ounce can of pinto beans that are drained, a ten-ounce can of enchilada sauce, an eight-ounce can of tomato sauce, a cup of shredded process American cheese, a tablespoon of instant minced onion, a cup of water, four cups of corn chips, a cup of sour cream, and one half cup of shredded process American cheese.

The primary step for this easy crock pot recipe is to brown the ground beef and drain. After draining, transfer the ground beef into the crock pot or slow cooker. Stir a cup of water, onion, a cup of cheese, tomato sauce, enchilada sauce, and beans into the crock pot. Crush three cups of corn chips which should be added into the mixture. This should be cooked in no less than eight hours, making sure that the crock pot is on low setting. Before serving, present it with sour cream poured on top, with a cup of corn chips and the remaining cheese sprinkled all over.

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Ground beef often results to dishes with more beefy tastes because more meat flavors are brought out in the cooking process. More so when it’s a ground beef slow cooker cuisine. Here are two great recipes.

Unique Chop Suey with Ground Beef

For this ground beef slow cooker dish, prepare 1 and a half pounds of lean ground beef, a medium sized chopped onion, a medium chopped green pepper, a half teaspoon garlic powder, and a half teaspoon paprika. This ground beef slow cooker special also needs a cup of processed and shredded cheese, a 6 ounce can of tomato paste, a 15 ounce can of undrained diced tomatoes, 2 cups of macaroni (cooked), a cup of uncooked macaroni, and salt and pepper to taste.

In a separate non-stick skillet, fry the ground beef till brown along with the onion and green pepper. Drain and place them in the slow cooker. Add all the spices and seasonings in this ground beef slow cooker recipe, including the tomato paste and cheese. Mix everything well. Cover the pot and cook on low heat for some 6 to 8 hours. Serve this ground beef slow cooker dish hot.

Meatloaf Barbecue

This special ground beef slow cooker roll or loaf recipe needs 2 and a half pounds of ground lean beef, a can of tomato soup, a slightly beaten egg (as paste), 3 tablespoons of honey, a cup of crushed crackers, some Worcestershire sauce, some sliced onions, and a half teaspoon of salt. Also add some pepper, a half cup of water, 2 teaspoons of prepared mustard, and 2 spoons of brown sugar for this ground beef slow cooker recipe.

To cook this ground beef slow cooker special, mix well in a bowl the ground beef and the tomato soup, egg, honey, and crackers. Add also some Worcestershire sauce, some onions, pepper, and salt. Mix until everything becomes a big single loaf of beef lump. Form in rolls in aluminum foils and place in the slow cooker.

An inch or so of the aluminum wrapper should jot out of the pot. Use this for easy handling. The use remaining soup of this ground beef slow cooker recipe, some Worcestershire sauce, mustard, water, and sugar by pouring them over the meat loaf. Cook for 8 to 10 hours on low heat.

Ground beef slow cooker dishes always come out super tasty and rich with beefy aroma the whole family would love. Besides, they are so easy to prepare.

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