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O Crock Pot, joy of man's desiring

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blackdogdeek

Lifer
atot, can you deny the greatness that is the crock pot? put good stuff in, wait half a day, and in return receive something quite greater than the sum of its parts. surely, there is no greater combination of science and magic wrought upon this earth.

here is what i put in this past saturday night (in order):

10 celery hearts chopped
2 carrots chopped
10 mushrooms sliced
5 boiling onions peeled
3 garlic cloves crushed
3 lbs beef chuck roast
(mix the following 3 ingredients before adding to crock pot)
1 14.75 oz can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 1 oz packet of french onion dip mix
2 cups of water

cover and cook on LOW for 10 hrs.

this was supposed to be a roast but it turned more into a beef stew. the meat was completely melty at the touch so i used a couple of wooden spoons to break it up and let it sit more after the initial cook time. the only suggestion i would make is to cut the fat off first. it already has enough fat in it and the large extra amount was a bit much, even for my fat-loving self. still, i was overjoyed at the awesomeness. next i want to try a pork roast.

anyone have any good crock pot recipes i can shamelessly steal for my own enjoyment?
 
blackdogdeek said:
the only suggestion i would make is to cut the fat off first. it already has enough fat in it and the large extra amount was a bit much, even for my fat-loving self.
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Yeah, that's what I came up with when I hit the 'chuck roast' part of your recipe -- "Eew, chunks of chewy meat with gobs of fat." The meat's good, the fat is not.

Pork tenderloin works extremely well in a crock pot. I buy one, cut it into thirds, with two destined for the rotisserie and one for the crock pot.
 
I got some pork ribs on manager special for like 50 cents a pound. These are the ribs used for stock, not spare or baby back. Put them in with some sour kraut, white wine, chicken stock, tomatoes, brown sugar, spices on low for 10 hours. It was delicious served with roasted potatoes.
 
I'm lazy, I usually just buy the frozen pre-made crockpot meals. They are a bit salty though.
 
spidey07 said:
I got some pork ribs on manager special for like 50 cents a pound. These are the ribs used for stock, not spare or baby back. Put them in with some sour kraut, white wine, chicken stock, tomatoes, brown sugar, spices on low for 10 hours. It was delicious served with roasted potatoes.
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mouth...watering...

must...eat...

nao!
 
Next time, you might try building a little crust on the roast before putting it in the pot by browning all sides in a super hot skillet before hand (cast iron pan would work great for this).

Also, the onion soup mix and soup introduced a lot of salt to the mix. Might want to look for other ways to add those flavors.

It does sound tasty.

-KeithP
 
Made chili in the crock pot last week. It was wonderful. I like cooking but I'm absolutely terrible at multitasking - I cannot manage three different pots and pans at once, especially when I have to prep ingredients for one while cooking another! Usually one thing gets cooked and then sits, getting cold, while another thing is still raw.

Enter the crock pot. Prepare all ingredients at my own (read: very slow) pace, throw them all in, turn on, forget.

It's like magic. Any device that can turn me into a master chef would have to be!
 
Wyndru said:
Lazy enough to not worry about the portions, cutting veggies/meat, knowing what kind of spices/herbs to use and shopping for 8 different ingredients.
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my recipe above can be simplified by using celery hearts, baby carrots, pre-diced onions, crushed garlic and whole mushrooms. so all you'd have to do is (literally) throw in 10 celery hearts, 10 baby carrots, maybe 2 cups of onions, 10 mushrooms, 4 tsps of garlic, meat, soup mix, cream of mushroom, water. the bulk of the prep time would be opening the various containers.
 
blackdogdeek said:
my recipe above can be simplified by using celery hearts, baby carrots, pre-diced onions, crushed garlic and whole mushrooms. so all you'd have to do is (literally) throw in 10 celery hearts, 10 baby carrots, maybe 2 cups of onions, 10 mushrooms, 4 tsps of garlic, meat, soup mix, cream of mushroom, water. the bulk of the prep time would be opening the various containers.
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Good to know, I'll check if my supermarket has all of these items already chopped up. I'd like to start prepping better meals for myself, but the crockpot meals are tough because they need to be prepped early in the morning so they can cook for the full 10 hours. I might start prepping what I can the night before and just toss it all in when I wake up in the morning.

The frozen meals are just a matter of picking it out of the freezer, opening the package and pouring it in the pot with water. It's only 1 item I need to get from the store also, which saves some time.
 
Wyndru said:
Good to know, I'll check if my supermarket has all of these items already chopped up. I'd like to start prepping better meals for myself, but the crockpot meals are tough because they need to be prepped early in the morning so they can cook for the full 10 hours. I might start prepping what I can the night before and just toss it all in when I wake up in the morning.

The frozen meals are just a matter of picking it out of the freezer, opening the package and pouring it in the pot with water. It's only 1 item I need to get from the store also, which saves some time.
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Once you start cooking yourself most if not all of the stuff for crock pot you'll have on hand and don't need to go to the store. I can always grad some meat out of the freezer, potatoes/onions/carrots/celery/stock I always have along with spices.
 
green chicken chili

2 lbs poblanos
2 lbs tomatillos
1 large can chopped/crushed tomatoes, drained
1 large onion
2-4 garlic cloves
whole chicken
salt, pepper

throw everything in the crock pot, chicken on top
6 to 8 hours later, pull the chicken out, shred. use a stick blender to break up the veg some and then strain to get out remaining seeds and any papery skins.

put shred chicken into the veg, eat with sour cream and corn tortillas.
 
i love my crock pot. just made a big batch of stew the other day.

we use it a lot in the winter. i had a link to a women that used it every day for a year. she put the recipes online i copied a few and they were great


edit: found it!
 
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Wyndru said:
Good to know, I'll check if my supermarket has all of these items already chopped up. I'd like to start prepping better meals for myself, but the crockpot meals are tough because they need to be prepped early in the morning so they can cook for the full 10 hours. I might start prepping what I can the night before and just toss it all in when I wake up in the morning.
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what i did was prep everything and put it in the crockpot saturday night before i went to bed. sunday morning i ate breakfast, worked out and at lunch time i had awesome beef stew.
 
Frozen chicken breasts
Frozen corn
Frozen green beans
black beans
green enchilada sauce
green chiles (optional)

cook 8 hours, shred chicken, top with cheese and hot sauce
 
spidey07 said:
Once you start cooking yourself most if not all of the stuff for crock pot you'll have on hand and don't need to go to the store. I can always grad some meat out of the freezer, potatoes/onions/carrots/celery/stock I always have along with spices.
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That's the beauty of crock pots. Pretty much any sort of odds and ends can go in and a good meal comes out. Meat + veggies + liquid + spice = dinner

If you're going to cook out of a crock pot often I suggest always having the following on hand.

celery/potatoes/carrots/onions/peppers
cheap cuts of meat like pork shoulder, chuck roast, chicken thighs, etc
canned broth/stock
selection of cream soups like cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, cream of celery
Rotel tomatoes
Dry onion soup mix

Stock up when you find decent sales. If you've got those staples on hand you can cook 90% of crockpot recipes at a moments notice without needing to shop.
 
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