A savory dinner made easy with a crock pot. Using frozen cooked meatballs, beef gravy, garlic, and onion soup mix, this dish is perfect for serving over rice or...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Crock Pot Dinner
The main dish, the star of the show: Dinner. This is the recipe that the rest of the meal is planned around so make it the best. And make it in your crockpot. You can cook all kinds of entrees from meatballs to duck to tofu to scallops in your slow cooker.
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Meatballs In A Beefy Onion Sauce
Pork Roast and Sauerkraut In Beer
Made with beer, soy sauce, pork roast, garlic pepper, sauerkraut
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Maui Chicken
If you had a hunch that Maui chicken might include pineapple, good call. Reminiscent of sweet and sour chicken, this slow cooker dish tastes like a bit of paradise.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Spicy Chipotle Beef Brisket
This spicy chipotle beef brisket is not just a meal; it's an experience. A perfect blend of heat, spice, and everything nice, slow-cooked to create a brisket that's simply...
Method: outdoor grill, stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Spinach and Pesto-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Red Potatoes
Tender chicken is filled with a spinach, onion, and pesto stuffing, and slow cooked on top of seasoned red potatoes.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Chinese Soy Braised Chicken
This slow-cooker soy chicken is full of fresh spices that combine to make a super-flavorful chicken. Try it on rice or sliced up over ramen.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Rustic Short Ribs With Mustard Sauce
Rich, complex flavors of French cuisine meet the ease of a crockpot in this recipe. Braised short ribs paired with vegetables make up a hearty plate of countryside...
Method: crock pot, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Beef and Bourbon
If you've ever sipped a neat, high-quality bourbon with a steak, you'll understand what's so phenomenal about this pairing.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Jim's Tex-Mex Chili Mac
Ground beef is browned and mixed with onion, tomatoes, chili beans, taco seasoning, and pasta for a Tex-Mex style chili-mac dinner.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Beef And Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers With Tomato Sauce
A slow cooker version of stuffed peppers made with green bell peppers, ground beef, rice, onion, carrot, and topped with tomato soup.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Garlic Chicken Alfredo
Fix and forget with this easy recipe made with boneless chicken, Alfredo sauce, garlic, mushrooms, and fettuccine pasta.
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Southwestern Chicken Stew
Cheap, tasty, and low-fat. This stew is as versatile as it is simple. You can switch up the salsa variety to change the flavor or throw toppings like cheese or sour cream on...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Cajun Chicken, Sausage & Rice
It's not Cajun if it doesn't start with peppers, celery, and onion! The holy Cajun vegetable trinity is here, alongside sausage, chicken, and rice for a yummy...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Chicken Pizza Hot Dish
This dish is more chicken than pizza, and more tasty than complicated. Crockpot chicken layered with pasta sauce and cheese takes on a pizza-esque flavor.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Sesame Seed Chicken
You'll want to bookmark this foolproof slow-cooker sesame chicken. Chicken thighs cooked with brown sugar, soy sauce, and toasted sesame seeds are an effortless main dish.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Moroccan Lamb And Rice
Why fly to Marrakesh when this Moroccan lamb and rice brings the bazaar to your bowl? A slow-cooked treasure that's both hearty and heartwarming.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Barbecue Beef and Pork
Beef and pork simmered with brown sugar, vinegar, and chili powder make a sweet and tangy sandwich filling, and hopefully some leftovers too.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Chuck Roast Barbecue
This chuck roast barbecue is a delicious and easy way to feed a crowd. The beef is cooked slowly in the crock pot until it is tender and shredded, and then simmered in a flavorful...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
The Best Beer-Basted Pot Roast
This crock pot beef roast gets both a flavor boost and tenderizer from cooking in the beer and tomato broth.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Spanish Chicken With Garbanzo Beans And Olives
Made with chicken breast halves, garbanzo beans, white rice, onion, green bell pepper, tomatoes, water, garlic powder, saffron threads, pimiento stuffed...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ground chicken is cooked in the crock pot with spices and soy sauce and served in lettuce wraps with a tangy dipping sauce.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Chicken Alfredo Lasagna
If you've got a slow-cooker addiction, lasagna is the next dish you can tackle in your crockpot. Not just any lasagna, either--creamy chicken alfredo lasagna.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Asian Chicken
Give your wrist a rest from all the tossing and stir-frying and let the crockpot do the work for you. Fresh ginger and orange peel bring a lovely aromatic flavor to the chicken.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Cheesy Ham Au Gratin
Ham au gratin made in the crockpot for an effortless dish. The duo of scalloped potatoes and creamy cheddar soup makes this dish a guaranteed hit with cheese lovers.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Philippine Chicken
Chicken is slow cooked in a tangy vinegar and soy sauce mixture which makes it both flavorful and extra tender.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Turkey Sloppy Joes
These sloppy joes have two twists to them. First, they are made with turkey instead of beef. And second, they are made in the crock pot.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Pork Tenderloin With Plum Sauce
A little Chinese plum sauce mixed with white wine makes a delightful drizzle over seasoned, slow-cooked pork tenderloin.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Shepherd's Pie With Creamed Corn
Shepherd's pie is a great way to use up leftover vegetables and potatoes. This slow cooked version is very flexible and lets you use a wide variety of ingredients.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Down Home-Style Ribs
Absolutely flawless, fall-apart ribs. The key is browning them in a hot skillet before letting them simmer away in the crockpot with the sweet, homemade sauce.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Easiest Chicken
Seriously, the easiest. Nothing to chop, nothing to measure. Yet, your zero-effort chicken dinner has lots of flavor and can be served over rice, pasta, or used in another recipe.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Easy French Dip
The French dip is, without a doubt, the fanciest roast beef sandwich out there. And now you can make the beef and the savory au jus in a slow cooker with half the work.
Method: crock pot, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Pineapple-Cranberry Pork Loin
Made with cloves, cranberry sauce, nutmeg, pork loin roast, salt, black pepper, crushed pineapple
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Italian Roast Beef Sandwiches
Made with Italian salad dressing mix, chuck roast, beef consomme, beef au jus
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Turkey Breast With Cranberry Stuffing
Crockpot turkey breast recipe with simple pantry ingredients. Stuffing cubes, butter, onion, mushrooms, and cranberries form the base under the turkey. Carrots...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Pulled Pork With Root Beer Barbecue Sauce
Root beer isn't just for floats anymore. This pulled pork recipe uses root beer twice: once to tenderize and again in a tangy sauce.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Apricot-Honey Glazed Turkey
Made with barbecue sauce, paprika, ground black pepper, salt, dried rosemary, dried thyme, turkey legs, apricot jam, honey, lemon juice
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Chicken Terrific
Made with chicken breast halves, brown sugar, vegetable oil, soy sauce, tomato juice, garlic
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Ham In Cider
If your dinner routine needs a dash of drama, allow this ham slow cooked in apple cider to steal the show - juicy, sweet, and mildly extravagant, just like the perfect party guest.
Method: crock pot, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Mexican Meatballs
Looking for a recipe that is easy to prepare but with tons of flavor? These zesty Mexican meatballs in a rich vegetable sauce are delicious over rice or pasta.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Thai Red Curry Chicken
Thai curry anything is usually good, but Thai curry in the crockpot makes it even better. This coconut milk chicken curry is mixed with fresh cauliflower, green beans, and bamboo...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Onion And Wine Braised Brisket
If you think brisket is a work-intensive dinner, then it's time you got the slow-cooker involved. A red wine sauce keeps the brisket moist.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Slow Cooked Chicken and Dumplings From Scratch
Scratch-made dumplings in scratch-made chicken soup is as made-with-love as it gets. No shortcuts here, just a rich, slow-simmered broth made from fresh...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Beef, Bean, And Brown Rice Taco Filling
An all-purpose taco filling made with ground beef, refried beans, brown rice, and salsa. Freezes well.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Beefy Braised Short Ribs
Making a dish as rich and flavorful as red wine-braised short ribs with just one pot (read: one dish to clean) is a stroke of genius.
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Veal And Tomato Stew
Easiest veal ever. Just brown the meat in a pan before tossing it in the slow cooker with mushrooms, peppers, and tomatoes. Perfect with some wilted greens on the side.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Cola Spareribs
These spareribs are slow cooked until they are wonderfully tender. The glaze is a mixture of ketchup and cola which gives them a tang with a hint of sweetness.
Method: outdoor grill, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Polynesian Chicken
This delicious Pacific Island style recipe is made with chicken thighs that are seasoned and cooked in the crock pot with pineapple, soy sauce, sherry, brown sugar, and snow peas.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Stuffed Lamb Shoulder
Made with salt and freshly ground black pepper, carrots, lamb shoulder, bulk sausage, parsley, oregano or marjoram, garlic, onion, celery
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Bbq Short Ribs
Get the most tender short ribs by slow cooking them in a honey-barbecue sauce.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
French Pot Roast
Made with water, green pepper, boneless round or chuck roast, flour, oil, condensed onion soup
Method: electric skillet/wok, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
This Italian cheese is so versatile that it can be used in both sweet and savory recipes from cheesecakes to lasagnas.
Beer makes batters better, meat more tender, and sauces more flavorful.
Ah, the unassuming envelope of onion soup mix. It's more than just for onion soup (or dip). It adds tremendous flavor (and convenience) in all these recipes.