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Crock Pot

QVCkitty1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:34:15 GMT

I'm sure that I'm the last person in America to purchase a slow cooker, but I'm on board. I've googled recipes and ordered a slow cooker cookbook fro .Amazon. What I'm asking is do any of you have a slow cooker recipe that you are especially fond of, and that you make often . If you would like to share this recipe, I would appreciate it. That chili recipe another poster just posted sounds great.

Re: Crock Pot

ECBG — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:01:53 GMT

I love to make beef stew in the crock pot. I do mashed potatoes on the side since refrigeratered potatoes turn mealy from the starch changing to sugar.

I also prefer freshly steamed carrots.

I have the large oval crock pot.

Crock Pot Stew

1 1/2 lbs lean stew beef

1 can beef broth

1 C burgundy wine

1 1/2 Tbs Worcheschire sauce

Garlic powder to taste (mine is roasted garlic powder)

1 C roughly cut mushrooms

2 large onions quartered so they don't cook away

In a sprayed crock pot, place stew beef.

Add mushrooms sprinkled over

Place onion wedges around edges and in center.

Pour over beef broth, wine, adding Worcheschire sauce and garlic.

Cook on low 7 hours. It makes a wonderful liquid. I serve it in a bowl.

Re: Crock Pot

QVCkitty1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:13:03 GMT

@ECBG , That sounds great, do you Brown the meat before slow cooking ?

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ECBG — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:18:25 GMT

Crock Pot Turkey Breast

Large Turkey breast (I try for 8 or 9 lbs.)

1/2 stick melted Butter

2 Tbsp Poultry seasoning

2 Tbsp Marjorum

1/2 Tbsp Celery Seed

Spray inside of crock

Remove back from turkey breast (so the crock lid will close)

Place turley breast in crock

Rub with butter

Rub mixture of spices over

Place back on side of breast, cover with any spices on hand.

(No liquids)

Cover and cook on low 5 1/2 hrs.

Rest 1/2 hr before carving. (If you over cook, the meat will chip, not carving easily)

You will get a lot of broth which I seperate with a fat seperator.

Re: Crock Pot

ECBG — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:20:05 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
@ECBG , That sounds great, do you Brown the meat before slow cooking ?

@QVCkitty1

I find it doesn't need to be browned. Fewer calories without browning too!

Re: Crock Pot

walker — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:25:31 GMT

Once you get your cookbook, you will enjoy trying a lot of recipes. What do you like to eat....beef, chicken, pork, other? Great way to cook....fix in morning...done in evening! If you have had a long day, it is nice to know dinner is ready.

Re: Crock Pot

godi — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:26:55 GMT

Sante Fe Chicken

2 chicken boneless breasts

2 cans black beans rinsed and drained

1 can pinto beans rinsed and drained

1 jar of Salsa ( I use Chi Chi's 16 oz mild)

1 packet Mc Cormick Fajita mix (mild)

Put chicken in crockpot, in a bowl mix up the other ingredients. Pour over chicken. Cook on low 8 hours or high 6 hours. Serve over rice and sprinkle cheddar cheese on top.
If I have left overs I shred the chicken and stir into the bean mixture. The next day I wrap this mixture in tortilla wraps place in pan cover with red enchilada sauce and cheese and bake 425 for 45 minutes or so. Two meals in one. Enjoy your crockpot.

Re: Crock Pot

m0rgan — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:27:22 GMT

I belong to a blog for slow cookers.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKJWJLhwcbJFWLqlBcBkDSrqgqkxJkNBGjnWRZtlcCSsLlMxsgBzXkqsZKflBpPsmrGB

Re: Crock Pot

Lali1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:38:54 GMT

I buy the chicken fajitas meat that is already seasoned and throw that in for several hours. i also like thin pork chops with dry ranch dressing mix dry onion dip mix and cream of mushroom soup. The chops fall apart but are so yummy. You can also add small potatoes. There are so many things pork roast cook and make pulled pork.

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:48:30 GMT

@ECBG I never thought of slow cooking a turkey breast, I will try that for sure !

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KKWA — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:52:21 GMT

@godi that SantanFe Chicken sounds great.I've had my crock pot for about 50 years. I make a lot of soups, be brave, put in all kind of stuff you like. My husband loves my bean soup with a ham hauk, very good. I've done the turkey breast thing, with just onions and celery and spice, makes great sandwiches. For stew and pot roast you can brown it or not. If I have the time I do because that carmalized flavor is good, but you don't have to. Spagetti sauce from scratch is easy and good. Anything you cooked slow in the oven will work. From experience, you can over cook. I accidently over cooked some pork and we couldn't eat it. It was my falt I turned it on too early. Enjoy

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:55:39 GMT

@KKWA , See this is great info, I love poster's personal experience.

@KKWA wrote:
@godi that SantanFe Chicken sounds great.I've had my crock pot for about 50 years. I make a lot of soups, be brave, put in all kind of stuff you like. My husband loves my bean soup with a ham hauk, very good. I've done the turkey breast thing, with just onions and celery and spice, makes great sandwiches. For stew and pot roast you can brown it or not. If I have the time I do because that carmalized flavor is good, but you don't have to. Spagetti sauce from scratch is easy and good. Anything you cooked slow in the oven will work. From experience, you can over cook. I accidently over cooked some pork and we couldn't eat it. It was my falt I turned it on too early. Enjoy

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patbz — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:57:50 GMT

I was a young single woman when I got my first crock pot. A friend summed up the c.p. appeal perfectly when she said " coming home to a c.p. meal is like coming home to someone who loves you"; I've never forgotten that.

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Harpa — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:27:20 GMT

Beef, Potatoes & Onion

Stew beef chunks - marinate w/ S&P, EVOO, bay leaf, apple pie spice, allspice & onion.

Golden potatoes - scrubbed & chunked (skin on)

Vidalia onion - chunked

Turn pot on H (so nothing sticks). Add stock & a twist of dry sherry + splash of raspberry balsamic vinegar. Potatoes on bottom, beef chunks on top.

Cook on H starting early a.m. to eat for lunch.

or Cook on L for overnight to eat for lunch.

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software — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:22:14 GMT

My 2 favorites in a slow cooker are pork butt & chicken thighs

Bone in, skin on chicken thighs, seasoned with your favorite seasoning. Salt & pepper, or seasoned salt or whatever you have that you know you like. Add 1 can of a condensed soup, whatever one you like, celery, mushroom, onion, bacon etc plus a half can of water or broth. Cook on low at least 6 hours. I don't eat the skin but the skin & bones impart flavor.

I don't do anything to the pork butt. It already has lots of moisture as well as fat for flavor. I season it when I eat it. I don't do any other kind of pork in a slow cooker. For my taste, pork should be cooked fairly quickly & slightly underdone. Also I always brine my pork

This is the slow cooker I use