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Quick And Easy Crockpot Recipes
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I thought I’d share some quick and easy crockpot recipes with you. The term may be a little misleading though. While they don’t necessarily cook very quickly (nothing in a crockpot does), they are fast and simple to put together. Then just leave the actual cooking to your slowcooker.
What I like about the recipes below is that I don’t have to think too much about them and there aren’t dozens of ingredients to hunt for to get the meal started. I was talking to my good friend Tracy yesterday and since I just finished my crockpot cooking guide, the topic of using a slowcooker came up. She mentioned that her biggest challenge is to plan ahead and actually get something cooking in this nifty little appliance. That’s what got me thinking about these recipes. You don’t have to do a lot of planning and shopping. You just add everything early in the day and cook it until it’s time for dinner.
Crockpot Chicken
This is my favorite way to cook a whole chicken. Just add it to your crockpot, along with some water and a few chicken bullion cubes. Cook on low for about 8 to 10 hours or on high for about 6 hours or until the meat starts to fall off the bone. Take out the meat and shred.
Simple Beef Roast
This beef recipe is just as simple. Pick up whatever beef roast is on sale that week, add it to your crockpot along with some beef broth (water and bullion is fine as well) and a package of dry onion soup mix. Cooking times vary depending on the size of the roast but are similar to the chicken ones. You’ll know it’d done when the roast falls appart.
Pinto Beans
When you’re not in a rush, but don’t want to babysit a pot of beans cooking on the stove, put the dry beans (no soaking needed) and plenty of water to cover them in your crockpot. If you’d like add a piece of ham or a few slices of bacon. Cook all day on low.
By the way, you can find more crockpot recipes here.
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October 21st, 2009 at 5:20 pm
we do the beans in the crockpot then hubby throws them in the blender and smashes them pretty good…then…he refries them and cans them for later use….we find this is WAY cheaper than the bought kind…he loves to put just a dash of Tequilla in when frying up the beans …gives it a little different taste..maybe a squeeze of lime too….this way i pay maybe $1 for 4 quarts of beans!!!!
October 21st, 2009 at 6:43 pm
When I crockpot my pinto beans, I add 1 medium onion, chopped, about 2 cloves garlic, chopped or a generous sprinkle of garlic powder, 1/2 to 1 pkg of the real bacon bits or I dice up some smoked hock (only about 69 cents/lb in my grocery store). This makes them sooo yummy. I reserve adding salt, just because they say it makes the beans tough, so I just wait till the last hour or so of cooking to add the salt.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 am
I see a lot of crock pot recipes for roasts that call for dry onion soup mix, but my husband hates the taste when I use it. Is there possibly a homemade alternative?
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
Do not add salt to dry beans/beans while cooking, or they may get tough. No amount of cooking will make them soft, either! Add salt to taste before serving. For a Mexican flavor, look in the Latin American section for Goya brand “sofrito” sauce. Half a jar in with a pound of pintos or other beans makes them taste like your favoirte Mexican restaurant cooked them! Sofrito sauce is a sauce/paste blend of tomatoes, bellpeppers, onions, celery, and garlic.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I have been cooking beans in the crockpot for thirty years and adding everything I want to put in them at the start, including salt, and have never had a hard bean, not one.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I never use onion soup mix when I make a roast, I just add some red wine and a ton of veggies! The hubby has never liked roast but he eats mine! The leftover veggie/wine/roast juice mixture after the roast is done I toast on french bread for leftovers the next day!
October 31st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
We use a chuck roast, Campbell’s Double Beef Broth, 1 packet of brown gravy mix, and one diced onion. Put it all in the crockpot and cook 8-10 hours on low. We then shred the meat to use on po-boy buns.
November 12th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I use some Candian Steak Seasoning sprinkled on the roast and a little water in the bottom of the pan. Wonderful. I also use salt and pepper and put a couple of onions celery, carrots and potatoes on it. A complete meal. I use the juices to make gravy on the stovetop if I feel like gravy.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
My mother sticks a cheap potroast in the crockpot with a peeled and quartered onion and a packet of italian dressing mix. No added liquid is necessary because the onion cooks down into “juice” fairly quickly.
Cook all day on low and the shred the roast and serve on hardrolls with a little creamy horseradish. Apparently, its yummy. (I’m a vegetarian, so I wouldn’t know….but my husband says they’re delish.)