Slow Cooker Spicy Beans with Smoked Turkey Sausage

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Posted on July 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
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This is a great one dish recipe if you want to free up some time. There is very little prep time and once it’s in the slow cooker it will take care of itself until supper time.

This recipe uses salsa as one of the ingredients, I used mild, but if you want to turn up the heat a little bit use medium or hot.

Slow Cooker Spicy Beans with Smoked Turkey Sausage
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 package smoked turkey sausage (12-16 ounces cut into 1 inch pieces)
  • 1 can kidney beans (16 ounces drained and rinsed)
  • 1 can black beans (16 ounces drained and rinsed)
  • 1 can great northern beans (16 ounces drained and rinsed)
  • 1 ½ cups frozen corn
  • 1 ½ cups salsa
  • 1 large green pepper (chopped)
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • ¾ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • Teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 5-6 hours or until vegetables are done and sausage is cooked through.
  2. Serve hot.

Adapted from tasteofhome Slow Cooker cookbook

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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe for Two

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Posted on June 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
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This Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe for Two has very little prep time and doesn’t require many ingredients.

You can have the pork in the slow cooker , ready to cook, in a matter of minutes.

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe for Two
 
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • ½ cup chicken broth
  • 2 slices bacon
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 pound boneless county style ribs
  • ¾ cup barbecue sauce
Instructions
  1. Lightly spray slow cooker with cooking spray. Pour the broth into the slow cooker and add the bacon.
  2. In a medium size bowl mix together the brown sugar, chili powder, paprika, ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper.
  3. Rub the seasoning mixture into the ribs and arrange them into the broth in the slow cooker.
  4. Cook until pork is tender. 5-6 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high.
  5. Remove pork from the slow cooker, let cool slightly, and pull apart into bite size pieces using a fork.
  6. Pour broth into a fat separator and reserve ½ cup of the broth. Mix together the broth and the BBQ sauce. Place the pork back into the slow cooker and gradually mix in the BBQ sauce mixture to desired consistency. (I used all the sauce with a little over a pound of pork)

Adapted from Cooks Country Cooking for Two Cookbook.

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Slow Cooker Turkey Chili for Two

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Posted on May 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
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If you’re cooking for two, and in the mood for chili, but you want to get away from the red meat give this Slow Cooker Turkey Chili for Two recipe a try.

By slow cooking the turkey on low the turkey burger stays nice and moist and the flavors blend perfectly.  If you are cooking for more people just double the recipe.

Slow Cooker Turkey Chili for Two
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1 pound ground turkey (not ground turkey breast)
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 3 garlic cloves (crushed and minced)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 can pinto beans (15 ounces drained and rinsed)
  • 1 can tomato sauce (15 ounces)
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 ounces)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon minced canned chipotle in adobo sauce
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook the turkey, chili powder, tomato paste, garlic, and cumin in a large skillet over medium high heat stirring and breaking the turkey into chunks as it cooks; cook until no longer pink inside.
  2. Place the burger mix into a slow cooker lightly sprayed with cooking spray and mix in the beans, tomato sauce, chipotle chili, and tomatoes. Season with ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper.
  3. Cook covered 4 hours on low. (cooking on low keeps the turkey moist)
  4. Serve hot garnished with the cheese.

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Adapted from Cooks Country Cooking for Two

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Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Chicken Thighs Recipe

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Posted on November 18, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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This Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Chicken Thighs Recipe is very simple, but big on flavor. Get this into the slow cooker early in the day and all you have to do is cook the rice at supper time. There is plenty of sauce so there is room to add additional chicken thighs if needed.

This is a great recipe if you want to free up some time to do a little Christmas shopping while supper is cooking. Enjoy

Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Chicken Thighs Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Slow Cooker
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (trimmed of any excess fat)
  • ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • Rice to serve chicken over – I think this would also go good with hash browns.
Instructions
  1. In a medium size bowl mix together the soy sauce, ketchup, honey, garlic, and basil.
  2. Arrange chicken thighs on bottom of slow cooker and pour the sauce over the top of the chicken.
  3. Cook on low for 6 hours or until thighs are fork tender
  4. If serving with rice, start rice about 30 minutes before chicken is done.
  5. Serve chicken and sauce over rice.

Adapted from Allrecipies.com

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Slow-Cooker Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Chili

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Posted on October 18, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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If you are looking for a simple and delicious one dish meal this Slow-Cooker Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Chili recipe is it. It takes almost no time to put together and frees up 8 hours of your time while it cooks.

This Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Chili would also make a great game day recipe to serve you guest. It’s not only a great tasting chili, but makes for a delicious dip.

Slow-Cooker Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Chili
 
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Recipe type: Slow - Cooker
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 package (20 oz) boneless skinless chicken thighs (trimmed of excess fat and cut into 1-inch pieces)
  • 1 can whole kernel corn (15.5 ounces drained)
  • 1 can black beans 15 ounces drained and rinsed
  • 1 can mild enchilada sauce (10 ounces)
  • 1 package taco seasoning mix
  • 2 cups shredded Colby-Monterrey Jack cheese blend
  • Chopped green onions and sour cream
  • 4 cups tortilla chips
Instructions
  1. Lightly spray slow cooker with cooking spray. Place the corn, black beans, and enchilada sauce in the slow cooker and then mix in the taco seasoning; and then add the chicken.
  2. Cook on low for 7 – 8 hours.
  3. Stir in one cup of the shredded cheese stirring until melted.
  4. Top with the green onions and the remaining cheese and serve with dobs of sour cream. (instead of topping with the remaining cheese I served the dishes individually with the remaining cheese
  5. and green onion with the tortilla chips on the side.

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Adapted from Betty Crocker

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Slow Cooker Pork and Beans with Kielbasa

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Posted on October 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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This Slow Cooker Pork and Beans with Kielbasa recipe makes a hearty and delicious super. There is a lot of cooking time involved. If there are things you need to get done during the day this recipe is a perfect fit. To finish it off all you need to do is mix in the parsley.

Be sure to keep in mind the beans need to be soaked overnight.

Slow Cooker Pork and Beans with Kielbasa
 
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Recipe type: Slow Cooker
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • ½ pound navy beans
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • 3 garlic cloves (crushed and minced)
  • 1 generous tablespoon of tomato paste
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 ounces)
  • 8 ounces kielbasa sausage (sliced into ½ inch pieces)
  • 1 ½ cups low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 ½ pounds country style bone-in ribs
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
Instructions
  1. Soak beans over night in cold water.
  2. Rinse beans and place in the bottom of the slow cooker.
  3. In a large skillet over medium high heat using the oil cook the onion, garlic, thyme, and tomato paste until onion is soft and starts to brown. Mix in the wine and scrap any droppings from the bottom of the pan; add the onion mixture to the slow cooker.
  4. Mix in the diced tomatoes, chicken broth, Kielbasa, and add the bay leaf. Salt and pepper the pork ribs and work them into the sauce in the slow cooker.
  5. Cook on low for 9 to 11 hours or on high for 6 to 7 hours.
  6. Off heat and let liquid settle for about 5 minutes. Gently turn the slow cooker to its side to bring liquid to the surface and spoon off any excess fat.
  7. At this time I removed the ribs and took out the bones. While the ribs are getting cool enough to handle mix in the parsley. Return the now boneless ribs to the slow cooker and serve hot.

Inspired by Cooks Country

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Slow Cooker Rabbit Stew

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Posted on September 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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This Slow Cooker Rabbit Stew recipe is great for wild or domestic rabbit meat. This rabbit stew is cooked in a slow cooker so the meat is guaranteed to turn out tender.

I boned out the rabbit, and cut the meat into cubes, but you can you use whole rabbit pieces if you would like to shorten the prep time, but it was nice not having to deal with the bones after it was cooked.

If you have wild or domestic rabbit meat on hand give this one a try; it’s delicious.

I served the rabbit stew with homemade buttermilk biscuits – recipe here.

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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 rabbit cut into serving size pieces-or cut into stew meat
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (15 ounces)
  • ¾ cup red wine
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 8 ounces fresh mushrooms (sliced)
  • 7 slices bacon (cut into half inch pieces)
  • 2 medium carrots (sliced crosswise)
  • 2 stalks celery (sliced crosswise)
  • 3 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into bite size cubes)
  • 1 large onion chopped or 2 medium
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup water
Instructions
  1. Place rabbit meat in the bottom of the slow cooker and season with the pepper. If you are using boneless rabbit pieces you can mix the rest of the ingredients except for the flour right in the slow cooker. If you are using cut up rabbit (legs, back and ect.) mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl, except for the flour, and pour the mixture over the rabbit.
  2. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is fork tender.
  3. minutes before done in a small bowl mix the flour and ½ cup water together until smooth. Stir the flour mixture into the stew and continues cooking for 30 minutes or until thickened.
  4. Let rest 10-15 minutes before serving.

This recipe was inspired by Food.com

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Slow Cooler Thai Pork with Peppers Recipe

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Posted on June 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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It has been raining so much I haven’t had time to get much outdoor work done. There is a little bit of a break in the rain so I decided on this Slow Cooler Thai Pork with Peppers Recipe so I could get some work done while supper is cooking.

This recipe was prepared as written – I thought it was pretty good but the next time I would add the peppers to the pork mixture later in the cooking process so they don’t get over cooked. The original recipe called for red bell peppers, I used yellow, because that is what I had on hand. The red obviously would give the dish a little bit of color.

I you’re looking for a Slow Cooker Asian recipe give this one a try.

Slow Cooler Thai Pork with Peppers Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • ⅓ cup soy sauce
  • ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter (if you want to add a more nutty texture to the dish use chunky)
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 6 cloves garlic (crushed and minced)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh ginger (minced)
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 red bell peppers (sliced into lengths) or what colors you have available.
Instructions
  1. In the slow cooker mix together the chicken broth, soy sauce, peanut butter, honey, garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes until thoroughly combined; add the peppers (I warmed the slow cooker to help combine the honey and peanut butter)
  2. Work the pork chops into the slow cooker mixture.
  3. Cook for 5 -6 hours or until pork is tender. Remove pork from the slow cooker and when cool enough to handle shred with a fork. Add the pork back into the slow cooker and continue cooking until heated through.
  4. Serve over cooked rice

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Adapted from allrecipes.com

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Chinese Barbecued Pork Steak Recipe

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Posted on January 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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Wow!; these Chinese Barbecued Pork Steaks are really good. Those were the first words out of my wife’s move when she tasted them. These pork steaks are a little bit of work, but well worth the effort.
The pork steaks start out in the slow cooker, coated with a spice rub, consisting mainly of Chinese five spice powder. They are slow cooked to just fork tender, transferred to the boiler, and coated with the Chinese BBQ sauce to form a sticky and delicious glaze.
The next time you are in the mood for Chinese, give this Chinese Barbecued Pork Steak Recipe a try; it’s really good.

Chinese Barbecued Pork Steak Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Serves: 6 tom 8
Ingredients
  • 1 boneless pork butt roast (5 to 6 pounds (excess fat trimmed and cut into 1 inch slices crosswise to form steaks)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Chinese five spice powder (divided)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • ⅓ cup hoisin sauce
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons dry sherry
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon ginger (grated)
  • 2 garlic cloves (crushed and minced)
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl mix together the salt, pepper, and ¾ teaspoon of the 5 spice powder. Rub the mixture into both sides of the pork steaks. Place the steaks in the slow cooker, and slow cook on low until fork tender about 5 – 6 hours (you don’t want them done to the fall apart stage because you need to be able to handle them)
  2. While the pork is cooking in a medium size bowl mix together the hoisin sauce, honey, sugar, soy sauce, sherry, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, and the remaining ¾ teaspoon of five spice powder; set aside.
  3. Line a broiler pan with aluminum foil, and pour about a cup of water into the bottom of the pan, and spray the grated top with cooking spray; set broiler on low with rack adjusted about 4 inches from the broiler element. Place the pork steaks in a single layer on broiler grate and brush each steak generously with the reserved sauce. Broil until steaks are lightly caramelized, flip, and repeat the process. (About 5 minutes on each side.) Coat the stakes again and continue cooking until the steaks reach a deep mahogany color, and are slightly charred on the edges. (I flipped them one more time during this process and used up all of the sauce.)
  4. Serve hot.

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Adapted from Cook’s Country

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Slow Cooker Beer Brats

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Posted on January 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
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With the Super Bowl coming up I thought this would be a good time to post this Slow Cooker Beer Brats recipe. Because they are cooked in the slow cooker they turn out super tender and eliminate any possibility of tough and chewy casings. If you want to you could take this recipe a step farther and finish the brats on the grill.
I you’re looking for a really good game day recipe give these Slow Cooker Beer Brats a try; enjoy.

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Recipe type: Main
Serves: Makes 10
Ingredients
  • I you’re looking for a really good game day recipe give these Slow Cooker Beer Brats a try; enjoy.
  • 1 pound onions (peeled and sliced into ¼ inch thick slices)
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 10 brats
  • 3 cups beer
  • ¼ cup Dijon mustard (plus extra for serving)
  • ½ teaspoon Caraway seeds
  • 1 cup sauerkraut
  • 10 Brat buns or hoagie buns
Instructions
  1. In a medium microwave safe bowl mix together the onion and soy sauce. Microwave for 5 minutes or until onion is softened. (Stir half way through the cooking cycle)
  2. Spread the onion mixture over the bottom of the slow cooker and arrange the brats in a single layer on top. In the same bowl whisk together ¼ cup Dijon mustard, beer, and caraway seeds; pour the mixture over the brats. Cook for 6 – 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
  3. Remove the brats to a serving platter and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm, add the sauerkraut to the onion mixture in the slow cook, and cook until warm. Pour the mixture though a colander and discard the juices.
  4. Serve brats on the buns covered with the onions, and sauerkraut, and additional mustard.

 

Adapted from Cook’s Country

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