Unleash the power of your crockpot with these sausage pepper sandwiches. They're a no-fuss, all-flavor kind of meal that brings a bit of Italian zest right to your doorstep -...
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 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.
Sausage Pepper Sandwiches
Roast Stuffed Turkey In a Crockpot
Roast stuffed turkey is a classic and delicious holiday dish. This recipe uses a crock pot to cook the turkey, which is convenient and frees up your oven for other...
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken Enchiladas
Discover the ease of making delicious chicken enchiladas in a crock pot. This dish combines shredded chicken, corn tortillas, and a flavorful sauce, topped with melted Cheddar...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Spicy Tomato Juice
Whip up your own spicy tomato juice with fresh ingredients! Tomatoes, celery, horseradish, and a little hot sauce make this drink a standout.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Turkey Meatloaf
Prepare to rethink your meatloaf game with this turkey sensation. It's everything you love about the original with rich flavors and satisfying texture, just a bit lighter.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Bandito Chili Dogs
Chili dogs with a hint of Tex-Mex. Green chiles, cheese soup, and beanless chili are cooked in the crock pot with hot dogs. Serve on buns along with chopped onion, shredded cheese...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Fiesta Chicken With Rice And Beans
Made with taco seasoning mix, boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes with mild green chiles, rice, chicken broth, pinto beans
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Shredded Chicken Sandwiches
Get ready for some comfort food. Made with tender shredded chicken, easy seasonings, and a simple slow-cooker technique, this shredded chicken sandwich recipe is perfect for...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Dump Lemon And Garlic Chicken
Throw some chicken thighs into a bag with oil, garlic and lemon and freeze it until you need it, then just thaw it overnight and leave it in the crockpot all day with no...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Easy Minestrone Soup
Looking for a convenient and hearty soup? This easy minestrone combines chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, veggies, and Italian seasonings in a slow cooker, creating a delicous meal...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Chocolate Rice Pudding
Take rice pudding to the next level. Cocoa powder gives this slow cooked recipe just the right amount of chocolate flavor and a pinch of cinnamon spices things up.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Mile-High Shredded Beef Sandwiches
Ditch the deli line and whip up these mile-high shredded beef sandwiches. Packed with flavor and piled high on a roll, they're a DIY project with delicious dividends.
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Beef Stew With Mushrooms
A traditional style slow-cooked beef stew with button mushrooms
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Sweet And Tangy Hot Dogs
A bit of brown sugar in the sauce really gets the sweet and savory combo going for these crowd-pleasing hot dogs.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Low Fat Apple Butter
Made with ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, apples, apple juice
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Parmesan Risotto
Love risotto but don't have time to stand around stirring? Try this delicious crock pot recipe that uses arborio rice, white wine, chicken broth, and parmesan cheese.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Barbecued Turkey Cutlets
Add this to your list of go-to crockpot meals. Turkey breast slow-cooked with a sweet and tangy sauce and served over rice.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Asian Pork Strips
Strips of lean pork stewed in the crockpot with soy sauce, garlic, and BBQ sauce get the perfect complement from little bursts of tropical pineapple flavor.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Beef And Mushroom Goulash
If you're in the mood for something hearty and satisfying, this beef and mushroom goulash has got you covered. With a handful of ingredients, you can create a dish that's both...
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Fish Stew
Snapper or flounder in a white wine broth with tomatoes, mushrooms, and zucchini nails the balance between warming, hearty soup and light, veggie-based meal.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Change up your crock pot routine and try making a pineapple upside down cake in your slow cooker!
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Hot Faux Crab Dip
A creamy dip made with milk, salsa, cream cheese, imitation crab, green onions, and green chiles. Heat it in the crock pot and serve warm with your favorite dippers.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Mom's Home-Style Bread Pudding
Made with raisins, brown sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, salt, bread
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Okra and Black Eyed Peas
Looking for a hassle-free side dish option? This savory okra and black-eyed peas crock pot recipe mixes frozen vegetables, ranch beans, and zesty tomatoes for an...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Boston Baked Black-Eyed Peas
Made with water, sage, black-eyed peas, molasses, mustard, thyme
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Beef Sandwich Au Coke
This distinctive recipe calls for pot roast slow-cooked with a surprising mix of cola, ketchup, and onion soup mix. Once the meat is tender, it's shredded and served on warm...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Cowboy Meatballs
Made with chili powder, paprika, brown sugar, ground beef, rice, onion, egg, seasoned salt, tomatoes, vinegar
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Taco Soup With Black Beans
Made with sour cream, cheese, taco seasoning, ground beef, onion, crushed tomatoes, corn, black beans, red kidney beans, ranch salad dressing mix
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Black Bean and Potato Soup
This crock pot soup mixes ham, potatoes, and black beans in a spiced beef broth for a hearty meal. Perfect with some cool sour cream on top!
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken Sausage Jambalaya
Cooked in a crock pot, this savory jambalaya combines chicken, smoked sausage, Creole seasoning, veggies, and rice, creating a flavorful and hearty dish.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Sausage And Butternut Squash Stew
This hearty and flavorful stew has lots of veggies like squash, potatoes, carrots, and green beans. Using a lighter sausage helps keep the calories down without...
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken And Angel Hair Pasta
Chicken and mushrooms are slow cooked in an onion soup sauce. Sour cream and cooked pasta are stirred in, making a creamy and flavorful dinner with little effort.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Cajun Sausage Soup
Made with salt and pepper, Cajun sausage, frozen black-eyed peas, water, onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, green beans
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Pork Stew With Cornmeal Dumplings
Made with beer, quick-cooking tapioca, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, dried thyme, salt, ground nutmeg, black pepper, tomatoes
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken A La King
Enjoy an approval-worthy chicken a la king. Cubed chicken combines with a simple creamy sauce and fresh veggies, all simply cooked in a crock pot and served over warm rice.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Amish Style Chicken and Corn Soup
Chicken is slow-cooked with corn and egg noodles for a warm bowl of Amish-style goodness.
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Easy Pork Roast with Veggies
Made with black pepper, pork roast, oil, apples, potatoes, baby carrots, water, salt
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Green Chili Pork
Pork cubes are browned and slow cooked with onion, cumin, oregano, green chiles, tomatoes and garlic.
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Oxtail Stew
The crockpot is perfect for this stew because oxtails need a long cooking time with low heat to become tender.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Creamy Potato Leek Soup
Leeks with potatoes, carrots, and onions slow-cooked with butter and finished with some evaporated milk for a creamy touch.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Tomato Cabbage Soup
This hearty soup has more than just cabbage and tomatoes. It's also loaded up with green beans, carrots, celery, and onion with some spicy chili sauce for an added kick.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Fresh Manhattan Clam Chowder
Manhattan clam chowder is made with a tomato-based broth instead of the creamy, New England version. It's savory and a little spicy. And all kinds of delicious!
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Orange Zinger Cheesecake
This orange zinger cheesecake may be just the recipe you need. Its combination of cream cheese and tofu in the filling, paired with the zesty kick of fresh orange juice...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Belgian Beef Stew
The key to this mushroom and carrot packed Belgian stew is the beer, which adds an element of depth you just can't get with broth or water.
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Cheese Enchilada Chowder
Made with Monterey jack cheese, milk, black beans, diced tomatoes, frozen whole kernel corn, onions, bell peppers, jalapeno pepper, enchilada sauce, cream of chicken soup
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Shredded Beef Fajitas
Tough flank steak turns into tender fajita meat when it's slow cooked in the crock pot.
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Cranberry BBQ Chicken
Made with onion soup mix, boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cranberry sauce
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Beef Taco Filling
The slow-simmered mixture of ground beef, onions, taco sauce, pinto beans and seasonings makes for some delicious and easy tacos!
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
White Chili With Hominy, Black-Eyed Peas, White Beans and Corn
A hearty crock pot chili made with hominy, black eyed peas, great northern beans, white corn, chicken or turkey, green chiles, lots of...
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
Asian Chicken And Noodles
Using instant ramen in stir-fry is smart, but using it in crockpot Asian cooking is downright brilliant. Those humble ramen packets never had it so good.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
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This iconic whiskey is a "Jack of all trades" when it comes to cooking. Toss it in some pasta, as a savory dipping sauce, and even bake it into something sweet.