Crockpot Recipes

[ricroc]

Hey fellow AM'ers,

I'm looking to get back into the lifting game, and more notably, eating better. I quantify eating better as not eating out (fast food) or processed foods (frozen foods.)

I always jump start everything with my diet so I figured I'd pose a thread that I would imagine would be helpful to anyone to put together some crockpot recipes. I'm looking for quick and dirty recipes, you know, throw these things in there and finito.

I'm just not good at knowing what stuff to put in; I'm too much meat and potatoes.

So, any good crockpot recipe ideas out there?

Can be any favorite for any type of meal.

 

[McCrew530]

Chicken enchiladas ( chicken and enchilada sauce)
Slow cooked pork bbq sliders (Pork butt and BBQ sauce)
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/easy-slow-cooker-recipes-00100000074444/#4
Have fun

 

[Sean1332]

Chicken+Coke+BBQ sauce.

Classy

 

[mtinsideout]

Chicken+Coke+BBQ sauce.

Classy

Try root beer in place of coke next time, trust me you won't be disappointed.

 

[ricroc]

Soda/root beer with bbq sauce? Never heard that one before.

 

[ricroc]

Chicken enchiladas ( chicken and enchilada sauce)
Slow cooked pork bbq sliders (Pork butt and BBQ sauce)
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/easy-slow-cooker-recipes-00100000074444/#4
Have fun

Sweet!

 

[Sean1332]

grape jelly and BBQ goes good too

 

[McCrew530]

grape jelly and BBQ goes good too

Are you just naming random things in your kitchen now? LOL but for real that sounds good with some pork shoulder

 

[2011Roush]

grape jelly and BBQ goes good too

X2

Bbq sauce, grape jelly, and little smokies in the crock pot make great finger food for get togethers

 

[mtinsideout]

Soda/root beer with bbq sauce? Never heard that one before.

A burger place in NY makes a root beer BBQ sauce that was really good, it was the first time I heard of it myself but it was awesome.

 

[Sean1332]

Are you just naming random things in your kitchen now? LOL but for real that sounds good with some pork shoulder

lol I'm serious. Grape jelly/BBQ sauce basted on any meat is amazing

 

[TheMovement]

HOLY HELL IVE FOUND A JACKPOT THREAD!!! ROOT BEER LLS!!!!

 

[The Solution]

Diet Soda + Pork Loin + BBQ Sauce = Amazing Pulled Pork
Chicken + Soy/Hot Sauce = Easy
Chicken + Walden Farms Ranch + Hot Sauce = BUffalo Chicken
Same for both above with fish works well

you can make alfredo in a crockpot,
Big Meatloaf + Potatoes + Carrots = Beef Stew

It does not take much.

 

[cubsfan815]

One of my favorites lately has been chicken stroganoff in the crockpot.

Ingredients:

1 can Campbell's 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup
12oz plain Greek yogurt
4oz FF sour cream
1 envelope of Lipton onion soup mix
1 lb of frozen boneless skinless chicken breast

Directions:

Put chicken breast in crockpot.
Mix all other ingredients in a bowl and pour over chicken.
Cook on low for 7 hours.
Shred the chicken and stir back into sauce.

 

[KrisL]

This thread might be helpful.
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/chaos-pain/239740-stew-riods.html
The CnP blogspot has some bangin' recipes, but here's just some articles off their company page, as they're work-safe:
http://blog.chaosandpain.com/?p=44
http://blog.chaosandpain.com/?p=85

 

[ricroc]

You guys use any weights and measures on any of this or just eyeball it, i.e. cover the bottom with chicken, fill up coke to cover chicken, add bbq. . .

I'm just cautious as to using cola and bbq in a slow cooker. Don't want it to caramelize.

Lovely. This are some solid tips. And simple, just my style!

 

[mtinsideout]

You guys use any weights and measures on any of this or just eyeball it, i.e. cover the bottom with chicken, fill up coke to cover chicken, add bbq. . .

I'm just cautious as to using cola and bbq in a slow cooker. Don't want it to caramelize.

Lovely. This are some solid tips. And simple, just my style!

I actually use this recipe for the BBQ, just leave out some of the sugar since the soda will add sweetness to it anyways. As for the amount of soda and sauce i'm not sure since it depends how much stuff you plan on cooking? I kinda just eyeball it but i always end up with to much sauce which I end up putting on everything I'm eating lol.

http://bbq.about.com/od/barbecuesaucerecipes/r/Memphis-Barbecue-Sauce.htm

 

[The Solution]

You guys use any weights and measures on any of this or just eyeball it, i.e. cover the bottom with chicken, fill up coke to cover chicken, add bbq. . .

I'm just cautious as to using cola and bbq in a slow cooker. Don't want it to caramelize.

Lovely. This are some solid tips. And simple, just my style!

Mostly Eyeball
but honestly i dump the entire jar of BBQ Sauce in
1 coke
huge pork butt or chicken breasts
cover and cook.

 

[ricroc]

Pork butt....dat ass!

 

[mtinsideout]

Pork butt....dat ass!

Just a note on that recipe, you can skip out on the 1/2 cup of water. I don't use it because it just waters the flavor down and also you can use truvia in place of brown sugar. I didn't notice much of a difference in flavor using the brown sugar or the truvia. I can't speak for the other artificial sweeteners out there.

 

[JCarney]

Bunch of chicken breasts
Bunch of buffalo sauce
Packet of ranch dressing mix

Leave in crock pot for 5-6 hours on high.

It's quite amazing.

 

[Uberschwanz]

Apricot Chicken

2lbs chicken drumsticks or whatever you want
2x sachets of French onion soup or apricot chicken mix if you can get it
1x 400g tin of apricots - strained.
1x large onion sliced.

Dumps ingredients in crock pot, cover with water . leave for 4 hours. Serve with mash potatoes or rice etc.

 

[Johnston]

Does it make a difference to cooking time or end result if meat is frozen or not before you put it in?

 

[McCrew530]

Does it make a difference to cooking time or end result if meat is frozen or not before you put it in?

Cooking time with be a bit longer but I doubt that you will notice a difference in the end result. Freezing meat will sap a lot of the moisture out so regular clocking will some times taste dry but in a crock pot since you are cooking the meat in liquid it is a different story.

 

[burpees]

Can never get the season to stick to the meat on a crock pot

Always taste bland

 

[The Solution]

Does it make a difference to cooking time or end result if meat is frozen or not before you put it in?

May take longer because its frozen
also remember the final product when cooking will release a lot of water due to being frozen which may thin out your sauce you cook it in, and it will come out watery compared to thicker in the end.
Think about that.

 

[AntM1564]

Bunch of chicken breasts
Bunch of buffalo sauce
Packet of ranch dressing mix

Leave in crock pot for 5-6 hours on high.

It's quite amazing.

I do this all the time, but cook on low for 8-12 hours. Shred it up and use it on sandwiches and in wraps.