Slow Cooker (Crock Pot) Recipes? - Page 2

SteveDallas · 07-23-2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

because browning improves the flavor and texture.

I understand that, but it defeats the purpose of minimal prep time and effort. (At least that's MY purpose in using the crock pot.)

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-23-2007, 09:45 PM

With baked beans, that you parboil them at the beginning of a six-hour cooking process hardly matters, time- or effortwise. Presoak beans, no effort; parboil them, hardly any.

Stew, though, is highly reliable. Things-in-a-sauce recipes also.

dar512 · 07-24-2007, 01:33 PM

Crock-pot Chicken and Dumplin's

2 to 4 cans cream of chicken soup (depends on the size of your crockpot)
chicken breasts - enough to feed your family
Bisquick

Turn the crockpot on low. Add the soup and whisk it around a bit.
Add the same number of cans of hot water and mix it up well. Remember to leave room in the crockpot for the dumplings.
Add ground pepper to taste. Add the chicken. Cover and leave.

When you return home, mix up dumplings according to the recipe on the side of the Bisquick box. Drop globs of this into the crockpot. They will expand quite a bit. When they firm up a bit, they're done - about 5 minutes.

This is a good quick dinner on a cold day.

wolf · 07-25-2007, 01:34 AM

Having recently purchased a new slow cooker, I have one major piece of advice ... buy the bigger one.

DucksNuts · 07-25-2007, 05:06 AM

Why do you say that wolf?

wolf · 07-28-2007, 01:01 AM

Experience.

What you want to make does not fit in the little one, but you try anyway, and then it boils over onto your counter, and you have to spend an hour trying to scour the burnt mess off the inside of the heating element part.

DucksNuts · 07-28-2007, 05:53 AM

Ohhhh, ok.

I have a huge one and everything I make looks woeful in the bottom, and doesnt taste as good as when I make a huge big batch and it comes half way up the sides.

limey · 07-28-2007, 04:09 PM

ALWAYS make a huge-big-batch. Freeze the leftovers in package-sizes that make sense to your household. Home-made TV dinners are SO much nicer ...

Clodfobble · 07-28-2007, 04:37 PM

The only crock pot recipe I can ever remember off the top of my head:

Crock Pot Chicken Curry

1-2 lbs. chicken, chopped
1 16-oz. jar of mild salsa
1/2 to 1 TBS curry powder, as preferred
1 8-oz. container sour cream

Mix together chicken, salsa, and curry in crock pot. Cook on High 4-5 hours or Low 8-10 hours. Just before serving, mix a small amount of hot liquid from the crock pot into the sour cream, then add sour cream mixture to the crock pot and stir well. (The first step greatly helps the sour cream combine smoothly.) I personally cut back on the curry and add some garam masala or other Indian spices, but above is how I originally learned it.

Weird Harold · 07-29-2007, 08:01 PM

Here are the 591 search results for slow cooker on Chow Hound

http://www.chow.com/search?search%5B...ooker&x=47&y=8

DucksNuts · 07-29-2007, 08:15 PM

I have your recipe in the slow cooker today Clod

Thanks Harry!

SteveDallas · 07-29-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabRat

Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook

Damn, that's big!! It just came from the library. I'll have to pick something out to try while Mrs. Dallas is away.

LabRat · 07-29-2007, 10:07 PM

Yeah, I got that one ...For Two at the library first, bought it on amazon later. Most books I've bought have origianlly been from the library first.

Clodfobble · 07-29-2007, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

I have your recipe in the slow cooker today Clod

So how was it?

07-30-2007, 12:02 AM

I used to just put a whole chicken, carrots, very small creamer potatoes, fresh ground pepper, little kosher salt, white wine, a couple of kinds of mushrooms (dried shitakies do really well in this), fresh rosemary, fresh basil and dried oregano in with enough unsalted chicken broth (water works fine) to reach 1/2-way up the chicken (it makes more as the fat cooks off the chicken.
When you are done, drain the liquid into a large sauce pan and reduce, make gravy out of that an put that on some rice, and the chicken if you like.
The chicken will fall off the bone.
You can also do this with a roast, beef ribs, or rack of ribs... hell, just about anything really.
You don't have to make the gravy if you don't want and can change or leave out the spices as you like.
Use very little salt, add more when you are done to taste.
I don't use celery for long cooking, does not agree with me for some reason, you can if you like.

You can add egg noodles or rice near the end and turn it up if you like.

This was a staple of mine in college.

I have a crock pot big enough for a turkey. It is amazing.

07-23-2007, 09:45 PM	#17
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	With baked beans, that you parboil them at the beginning of a six-hour cooking process hardly matters, time- or effortwise. Presoak beans, no effort; parboil them, hardly any. Stew, though, is highly reliable. Things-in-a-sauce recipes also. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-24-2007, 01:33 PM	#18
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Crock-pot Chicken and Dumplin's 2 to 4 cans cream of chicken soup (depends on the size of your crockpot) chicken breasts - enough to feed your family Bisquick Turn the crockpot on low. Add the soup and whisk it around a bit. Add the same number of cans of hot water and mix it up well. Remember to leave room in the crockpot for the dumplings. Add ground pepper to taste. Add the chicken. Cover and leave. When you return home, mix up dumplings according to the recipe on the side of the Bisquick box. Drop globs of this into the crockpot. They will expand quite a bit. When they firm up a bit, they're done - about 5 minutes. This is a good quick dinner on a cold day. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-25-2007, 01:34 AM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Having recently purchased a new slow cooker, I have one major piece of advice ... buy the bigger one. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-28-2007, 01:01 AM	#21
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Experience. What you want to make does not fit in the little one, but you try anyway, and then it boils over onto your counter, and you have to spend an hour trying to scour the burnt mess off the inside of the heating element part. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-28-2007, 04:09 PM	#23
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	ALWAYS make a huge-big-batch. Freeze the leftovers in package-sizes that make sense to your household. Home-made TV dinners are SO much nicer ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-25-2007, 05:06 AM	#20
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Why do you say that wolf?

07-28-2007, 05:53 AM	#22
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Ohhhh, ok. I have a huge one and everything I make looks woeful in the bottom, and doesnt taste as good as when I make a huge big batch and it comes half way up the sides.

07-28-2007, 04:37 PM	#24
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	The only crock pot recipe I can ever remember off the top of my head: Crock Pot Chicken Curry 1-2 lbs. chicken, chopped 1 16-oz. jar of mild salsa 1/2 to 1 TBS curry powder, as preferred 1 8-oz. container sour cream Mix together chicken, salsa, and curry in crock pot. Cook on High 4-5 hours or Low 8-10 hours. Just before serving, mix a small amount of hot liquid from the crock pot into the sour cream, then add sour cream mixture to the crock pot and stir well. (The first step greatly helps the sour cream combine smoothly.) I personally cut back on the curry and add some garam masala or other Indian spices, but above is how I originally learned it.

07-29-2007, 08:01 PM	#25
Weird Harold Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 199	Here are the 591 search results for slow cooker on Chow Hound http://www.chow.com/search?search%5B...ooker&x=47&y=8 __________________ I don't need a whole lottsa money. I don't need a big fine car.

07-29-2007, 08:15 PM	#26
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I have your recipe in the slow cooker today Clod Thanks Harry!

07-29-2007, 10:07 PM	#28
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Yeah, I got that one ...For Two at the library first, bought it on amazon later. Most books I've bought have origianlly been from the library first. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

07-30-2007, 12:02 AM	#30
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I used to just put a whole chicken, carrots, very small creamer potatoes, fresh ground pepper, little kosher salt, white wine, a couple of kinds of mushrooms (dried shitakies do really well in this), fresh rosemary, fresh basil and dried oregano in with enough unsalted chicken broth (water works fine) to reach 1/2-way up the chicken (it makes more as the fat cooks off the chicken. When you are done, drain the liquid into a large sauce pan and reduce, make gravy out of that an put that on some rice, and the chicken if you like. The chicken will fall off the bone. You can also do this with a roast, beef ribs, or rack of ribs... hell, just about anything really. You don't have to make the gravy if you don't want and can change or leave out the spices as you like. Use very little salt, add more when you are done to taste. I don't use celery for long cooking, does not agree with me for some reason, you can if you like. You can add egg noodles or rice near the end and turn it up if you like. This was a staple of mine in college. I have a crock pot big enough for a turkey. It is amazing.

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