A nourishing dish full of ham, diced potatoes, carrots, and cabbage. Let your crock pot do the work for this flavorful, easy-to-make meal.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Crock Pot Cooking
Don't overlook the slow cooker as being just as valuable a kitchen tool as your stove or oven. While it's long been recognized as an ideal way to cook roasts and stews, it can do so much more - and we'll show you how.
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Pro Tip:
The crock pot should be filled 2/3rds full when cooking for best results. Scale recipes up or down to fit your size crock pot.
Crock Pot 101
A properly working crock pot uses as about as much electricity and resources as a light bulb - making it more economical than using your stove! Also, it won't heat up your kitchen in the summer months.
crock pot cooking time conversion chart
| Crockpot | ||
| Oven Or Stovetop | High Temp 300F | Low Temp 200F |
| 15-30 minutes | 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours | 4 - 8 hours |
| 35-45 minutes | 3 - 4 hours | 6 - 10 hours |
| 50 minutes - 3 hours | 4 - 6 hours | 8 - 16 hours |
Cooking Times
Times listed with the recipes are guidelines - actual cooking times may vary based on the brand of crock pot, size, amount of liquid or food, how full your crock pot is, how dense the ingredients are, and the temperature of the foods when you add them.
Ham and Vegetable Soup
Ground Beef Chili With Cornmeal Dumplings
Made with enchilada sauce, tomato sauce, black olives, chili powder, dried oregano, salt, cumin, water, yellow cornmeal, cheddar cheese
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Bean, Ham And Pasta Soup
Made with salt, spaghetti, dried pinto beans, olive oil, smoked ham hocks, onion, garlic, chicken broth, water, tomato paste
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Lamb Mulligatawny
Made with sugar, lamb stew meat, butter, onion, curry powder, flour, lentils, tart apples, bell pepper, carrots
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Method: crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
Hearty Turkey Chili With Wild Rice
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Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
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Time: 1-2 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: under 30 minutes
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Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot, stovetop, outdoor grill
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Time: over 5 hours
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Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: oven, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: under 30 minutes
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Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: oven, stovetop, crock pot, microwave
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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Time: 2-5 hours
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