Slow Cooker Crock Pot

The crock pot is a home appliance used in the kitchen and was invented primarily to cook stew dishes. Aside from that fact, the crock pot was also invented to make the lives of busy people easier. With the crock pot, busy people will be able to prepare meals conveniently without suffering their health. In other words, even busy people will be able to prepare healthy dishes with the use of the crock pot because such kitchen appliance can safely operate without the need to be monitored every minute or every hour of the day. The users simply have to set the cooking time and voila! It can already be left unattended without worrying whether the food will be overcooked or will not be cooked well.

Yes, we know of a lot of crock pot stew recipes but there are some stew recipes that we have not heard of yet and this is what we would want to discuss with you now.

Have you heard of the Apple Cider Stew in Crock Pot dish? This crock pot stew recipe is one of the easiest recipes to prepare. This is a beef stew dish that is composed of apple cider, carrots, and potatoes. The exact ingredients for this recipe are two cups of apple cider, half a cup of chopped onion, half a teaspoon of thyme, two teaspoons of salt, two chopped apples, six medium-sized potatoes that are sliced thinly, eight carrots that are also sliced thinly, and at least two pounds of lean beef stew meat.

The first three ingredients that must be placed in the crock pot are the apples, potatoes and carrots. The lean beef stew meat should then be added before sprinkling it with onion, thyme, and salt. The apple cider should then be poured over the lean beef stew meat. On low temperature, let the dish be cooked for not lower than eight hours. In most cases, the maximum cooking time for such crock pot stew recipe is ten hours. The juice created should be thickened with a mixture of flour and water. Once the flour and water mixture is added, the crock pot should now be set on high temperature and wait until the juice thickens.

Another unusual crock pot stew recipe that we will inform you about is the recipe for Greek-Style Beef Stew. This delectable dish gets its taste from garlic, cinnamon, raisins, apple juice, and red wine. The exact ingredients for this recipe are two whole cloves, two tablespoons of chopped dried apples or apricots or two tablespoons of raisins, a bay leaf, half a teaspoon of cinnamon, a teaspoon of pepper, a teaspoon salt, four small cloves of garlic, half a teaspoon of cumin, half a cup of red wine, a tablespoon of red wine vinegar, a tablespoon of brown sugar, six-ounce can of tomato paste, and 1 ½ pounds of lean stew beef that is half an inch cubed. In the event that there is no red wine, apple juice will do. And in the event that there is no red wine vinegar available, cider will do as a substitute.

The procedure for this crock pot stew recipe is as easy as combining all ingredients in the crock pot, setting the crock pot on low temperature and letting the food be cooked for a maximum of nine hours. There are instances when such dish gets cooked in about seven hours.

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