What's in Your Crock Pot

[BeardedClam]

Alaskan chili

2 cans diced tomatoes(full)
1 can corn(rinsed)
1 can black beans(rinsed)
1/2 small bottle bbq sauce
~1 cup salsa
2-4 anaheim peppers
1 onion, half diced half cut to strips
1 bottle alaskan amber
1 package bacon, fried and dried,
1-2 lbs smoked salmon
cumin, black pepper, paprika, cayenne, chili pepper flakes, garlic powder

top with cheddar, sour cream, and cilantro

[HotCarl]

Any suggestions on what i should do with 1.5 lbs of Beef round tip roast?

[stuckathuntermtn]

^^^^
large can of crushed tomatoes, sauteed onions and mushroom.
brown it.
leave it in there a while
use whatever other seasonings you like.
Works great for brisket, pot roast, any of those lower end cuts.


Just put one of those 16 bean mixes in with chicken stock, diced tomatoes (canned. meant to buy stewed but it works the same), carrots, celery, cilantro, seasonings, some beer.
Not bad.
Left it on low over night so it would come out more stew-like. ate some of it over couscous and got some rise in the make right now.

[RockBoy]

****Super Easy****

Chicken Breasts
Sliced Carrots
Chopped White or Yellow Onion
Sliced Celery
Chopped Yukon Gold Potatoes
Fresh Tyme
Fresh Rosemary
Salt, Pepper, etc.
Chicken Stock
Pees (if you like)
Beer (if you like)

or... (if you like)

1 ounce chem dawg
3 sticks of butter

[Bobby Stainless]

Chicken Noodle Soup getting started.

[pepperdawg]

^^^^A thing of beauty......the soup and your avavtar

[Danno]

Just made some of this. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/pu...ed_onions.html Haven't eaten dinner yet, but I tasted it and it's pretty damn good. Serving over brown rice.

[concretejungle]

Just made some of this. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/pu...ed_onions.html Haven't eaten dinner yet, but I tasted it and it's pretty damn good. Serving over brown rice.

I'm guessing you didn't use Heinz and dried your own oregano?

[Danno]

I'm guessing you didn't use Heinz and dried your own oregano?

I didn't use heinz, actually.

As for the oregano, I flew to Italy, cut down some herbs there, vacuum sealed them, and flew back. Nothing but top notch quality for my crock pot!

[Tye 1on]

3 pounds chuck roast
chopped onion
shitload garlic
can chipotles
can diced tomatoes
can water
salt/pepper

Ten hours on low. Took out beef, strained, skimmed fat, fine chopped vegies, back into saucepan. Thickened. Over whole wheat pasta. Not too bad, not the best ever. Hot as fuck. Half can next time.

[nutcase]

Anyone tried making a pho in the crockpot?

[cramer]

cream of mushroom soup, a couple packets of onion soup, full onion cut in 4, tons of garlic cloves, roast sliced up but not seasoned (mexican stores have them pre sliced or if you have a winco) a pack of fresh sliced mushrooms and add about any other vege you want. Salt and pepper after a couple hours to taste it up a little. Leave some room for people like me who cover their shit in pepper. Half cup of water and add flower too it in a measuring cup. wisk that up to a half paste and pour in. Excellent gravy now for your mashed potato's you just made. Add the flower/water mixture about 45min before. Its best to be on the not enough of this end then put too much. You just want to thicken up the juice the pot. So id start with 1/4 cup. I did half cup my first try and it was right on. With that said, add ass needed.

Mashed recipe"
boil potato's and garlic cloves. Once ready, bust out the mixer and mix them with butter, sour cream, green onion and little garlic salt. I tend to stick to the standard brown taters and leave the skin on. Adds a little texture. If you want super creamy ones, go red or white if you prefer the skin on. Anyways, will be digging through this thread when i have some time. Crockpots fucking rule.

[grskier]

Just received a crock pot for Christmas... I'm really STOKED!!!!

My wife works nights right now, I can cook, come home, and long cooked food will be done. As opposed to all the quick meals I've been cooking lately.

That all said, there are some crazy ass salt fiends on this thread.. sweet jebus.

Also, for all those not knowing why to soak the game meats in milk or water..... it's about the "game" flavor for 1, and for the stringiness 2. Not sure about all of the physics/chemistry.. but, a soak in whole milk (fats and water) then a quick brown before it gets cooked makes it less mealy and for some reason helps break down the connective tissue... which make things much more succulent and palatable for many. I don't mind most "gamey" meats though...

I'm not a recipe guy, but I cook every day after work to wind down. I'll start writing down some shizzle once I get some dishes close to dialed.
Some of the chiles look pretty tasty on this thread, but not much I wouldn't just cook in my dutch ovens.

edit to add:
All this pre sliced pre whatever (minus a few of the tomato products) veggies and whatnot... just slice it yourself, you should and will notice a difference... EVEN after 8 hours cooking.

[hafilax]

Just got a CrockPot for Xmas. Guess it's time to read this thread.

[Tye 1on]

start at the beginning. Just made another batch of Skibee's peanut stew from page 3, best ever, caught one detail she snuck in there about 'browned chicken bits'. I had just tossed thighs in the first couple times, ended up all shredded and gloopy.

[BraddA]

Also, for all those not knowing why to soak the game meats in milk or water..... it's about the "game" flavor for 1, and for the stringiness 2. Not sure about all of the physics/chemistry.. but, a soak in whole milk (fats and water) then a quick brown before it gets cooked makes it less mealy and for some reason helps break down the connective tissue... which make things much more succulent and palatable for many. I don't mind most "gamey" meats though...

Its an enzyme thing.

[Diesel]

Just got my first slow cooker, and I'm a convert. After skiing all day, and then sitting in traffic for nearly 3 hours, I drooled as soon as I walked into the house.

Bastardized the Crockpot365.com recipe for Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken).

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 onion, sliced
6 garlic cloves, chopped
4 T butter
23 cardamom pods (yes, 23)
3 tsp curry
1 tsp cayenne pepper (probably could have used a little more)
3 tsp garam masala
2 tsp fresh grated ginger
1 can coconut milk
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
2 T lemon juice
Salt
1 cup plain yogurt (to add at the end)
Fresh Cilantro

Add everything but salt, yogurt and cilantro to crockpot. Stir to mix. Cook on low 8 hours. Add yogurt 15 minutes before you eat. (The chicken shredded as I stirred in the yogurt) Add salt to taste (I think we added about a tsp), remove cardamom pods. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with naan or over basmati rice.

Neither of us said a word while eating. It was that good.

[Danno]

must try.

where do you buy the pods? not familiar with them, is it a spice store thing or a whole foods thing?

[Diesel]

Either would have them, I'm sure. I'll bet the bulk spice section at WF would be a great place to get some. They're kind of like bay leaves...they flavor the dish while it's cooking but you want to fish them out before eating. You could always stuff them in a cheesecloth pouch, I suppose. A necessity if you cook much Indian food, imo.

[4FRNT]

Read the first ten pages, but I'm getting too hungry to continue, so I apologize if this has been covered.

Here's the bratwurst recipe I've been concocting lately.

10 brats
2 green peppers
1 onion
couple cloves of garlic
2 beers

Cut up peppers and onion and put them in the bottom of the crock. Add garlic and layer the brats on top of that. Add the beers and then add enough water to cover the brats completely (make sure it's at least a 1-1 water/beer mix).

Cook on high for 3-4 hours. Pull them out and brown them in a hot pan, or on a grill.

Serve them with the peppers/onions mix on top along with sauerkraut and some good mustard.

Best/easiest Packers game food ever.

[hafilax]

How many can openers have you folks gone through? Never read so many recipes that use canned goods, packets and ketchup.

[hafilax]

Made a pulled pork from a nomnompaleo recipe.

4 lb Pork Shoulder
4 tsp course salt
garlic cloves stuffed into the meat
5 pieces of bacon at the bottom of the crock

Low for 16 hrs. Came out pretty damn good even though I dumped the whole thing on the floor while I was trying to shred it. Don't overdo the salt and shred it out of the liquid. What's not to like; cheap and easy.

[MakersTeleMark]

16 hrs. A new record for killing a pig with pig, one ingredient, and salt.

It dumped you for crockpot fail.

Don't ever again disgrace the porcine. You are lucky you didn't slip on the bacon grease and blow your A and MCl.

And lay off the salt, man.

[Bobby Stainless]

Italian Beef.

Rump Roast
garlic
onion
salt
pepper
onion powder
garlic powder
oregano
parsley
basil
bay leaf
package of italian dressing mix

all ingredients in 3 cups of water

12 hours on low.

Shred and and put on crusty bread with mayo and cheese.

[hafilax]

I realized that I wrote tbsp instead of tsp above.