Slow Cooker Recipes

[strongmanjoe]

For a guy getting ready to play div 2 ball, learning to utilize the nutrition benifits of slow cooker is a wise choice.
While everybody else is scarfing down fast food you will have a ready made, faster meal , not just the pot roasts etc.
Oh on sun afternoon while your watching your nfl games, you can cook chili, and even hot wings in slow cooker, the wing meat falls off bone.

[timetoball123]

@Chris_Colucci

@timetoball123

What are some of your go to recipes?

There’ve been a ton of threads about crockpots/slow cookers on the forum over the year. Hit the Search box and you should be able to find a ton of recipes to check out, even if the threads are 10+ years old, recipes are recipes. This is one of the threads from last year.

My go-to is still just a bunch of loin of pork, sauerkraut, and diced apples.

How do you get the dish to not be too watery?

Mostly trial and error based on how much “stuff” (meat, veg, and liquid) you’re using and how long it’s cooking for. A “quick” slow cooker recipe for 4-6 hours would need a bit less liquid than something cooking overnight for 8-10 hours. You can always use a thickener like cornstarch-in-water before serving (a little goes a long way).

How many meals should I be able to get out of a crock pot?

“More than one” is about as specific as you can get with that. Too many variables involved.

Thank for you the reply! I’ll take a look at the other threads for sure!

[timetoball123]

@strongmanjoe

For a guy getting ready to play div 2 ball, learning to utilize the nutrition benifits of slow cooker is a wise choice.
While everybody else is scarfing down fast food you will have a ready made, faster meal , not just the pot roasts etc.
Oh on sun afternoon while your watching your nfl games, you can cook chili, and even hot wings in slow cooker, the wing meat falls off bone.

You have a good chunky chili recipe by chance?

[MarkKO]

Not really, more a pot roast. It’s great over pasta for some reason.

[strongmanjoe]

One pound chuck or bread and butter steak, cut up into around 20 peice, 3 roma or a pound regular tomato quarter, one yellow or white onion quarter , mixed together, add one green pepper cut up, put on low four hours.
Open top add small can chill beans , one can black beans add chilli seasoning, stir a little, i throw in jalapeños myself, cook on low 4 hour’s done then can keep on low and eat at will.
Instead of chees i like some fat free greek yogurt,
Crackers for texture.
This should cost about 15 bucks.

[Californiagrown]

If you want to thicken the stew, use a little powdered mashed potatoes. Much better tasting option than cornstarch.

[mackison]

Eye of round roast (it’s pretty lean) 2-3 lbs
Butter- not margarine
Pack of Au Jus gravy mix
Pack of Ranch dressing mix
Jar of sliced Pepperoncini peppers
Large can of cream of mushroom soup

Add roast to crock pot and place stick of butter directly on top of it. Pour jar of peppers all over roast and butter. Dump both packs of gravy and ranch in on top of it all. Cook on low about 6 hours, add can of mushroom soup, cook and additional 1-2 hours. Serve with rice and steamed vegetables.