Cooking Method: Slow Cooker / Crock Pot
Bean Cassoulet – Slow-Cooker Meal Prep
Slow-cooker Meal Prep
Want to get ahead for the week without spending hours cooking? Prep all your meals with this simple freezer bag hack. Simply throw all your prepped ingredients into a freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Then when you are exhausted and don’t feel like cooking, pour the prepped meal into a slow-cooker and relax!
This Bean Cassoulet is a classic, hearty French stew that's perfect for a comforting meal. Most cassoulet recipes have sausage and meat, but this is a satisfying vegetarian version.
By - Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 3 hrs
- Yields: 4 Servings
Coca-Cola Carnitas
Coca-Cola Carnitas is a popular way to make carnitas. The Coke adds a unique sweet and slightly tangy flavor to the pork. The acidity in the soda helps to tenderize the pork, making it incredibly flavorful and easy to shred and the sugar in the coke helps to caramelize it to help make it crispy. You can use it for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, or even salads. Serve in warm corn tortillas with toppings like chopped onions, cilantro, salsa, and lime. This recipe uses a slow cooker, which makes it easy.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 8 hrs
- Yields: 12 Servings
Chili Crisp Orange Chicken
Enjoy a healthier take on Orange Chicken with this slow cooker recipe. This Chili Crisp Orange Chicken is a non-fried twist on a classic, featuring an out-of-this-world sauce. You've got to try it.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 4 hrs
- Yields: 4 - 6 Servings
Slow Cooker Honey-Soy Braised Pork With Lime and Ginger
Slow Cooker Honey-Soy Braised Pork With Lime and Ginger takes 5 minutes to throw together and then you add it to a slow cooker. The pork is rich and flavorful with the sweet-salty soy and honey sauce. You can serve it in lettuce cups, or rice, or even tortillas.
By - Prep: 25 mins
- Cook: 8 hrs 20 mins
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Meatballs with Gnocchi
This Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Meatballs with Gnocchi recipe combines juicy chicken sun-dried tomato laced meatballs, gnocchi, spinach in a Tuscan-inspired sauce, cooked in a slow cooker, which requires minimal prep and cleanup, leaving you with more time to relax and enjoy.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 4 hrs 30 mins
- Yields: 4- 6 Servings
Chicken Tortilla Soup
This Chicken Tortilla Soup is from The New York Times. This is a nontraditional method. There are many variations of tortilla soup. This one is made in a slow-cooker, but I have also included the stovetop version. The soup gets its depth of flavor from roasting the tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, and garlic until they become charred. It's then put in a slow-cooker with the chicken for about 5 hours. To me the toppings are key. I like adding fried tortilla strips, avocado, cheese, cilantro, etc. I also have another version on this blog here.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 5 hrs 30 mins
- Yields: 4 - 6 Servings
Jalapeño Popper Chicken Chili
This Jalapeño Popper Chicken Chili is made with ground chicken, jalapeño peppers, corn, black beans, cream cheese, and a variety of spices. The chili can be cooked in either a pressure cooker or a slow cooker; I have given instructions for both.
The chili gets its heat from the jalapeño peppers, but you can adjust the spiciness to your liking by removing the seeds from the peppers or by adding more or fewer peppers. The cream cheese adds a richness and creaminess to the chili, and the spices give it a depth of flavor.
The chili can be served with a variety of toppings, such as shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, chopped bacon, and additional jalapeños. It is also great for meal prep, as it can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge or freezer.
- Prep: 25 mins
- Yields: 7 Servings
Beef & Barley Stew (Slow Cooker or Instant Pot)
This Beef & Barley Stew couldn't be any easier for a cozy weeknight dinner. Whether you make it in a Slow Cooker or Instant Pot, the results are delicious.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Yields: 12 Servings
Grape Jelly Meatballs
Suspend your disbelief and get out your slow cooker! These Grape Jelly Meatballs use frozen meatballs (I used IKEA meatballs), Concord grape jelly, and chili sauce (or BBQ sauce). It's a southern recipe and is sometimes called hillbilly meatballs. I promise you they are absolutely delicious!
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 3 hrs
- Yields: 12 Servings
Slow-Cooker Chicken Breasts with Creamy Mustard-Leek Sauce
Last week I had to pick up my husband at the airport in the late afternoon and I wanted dinner ready when we got home. I made this Slow-Cooker Chicken Breasts with Creamy Mustard-Leek Sauce, which was delicious. You marinate the chicken overnight, which adds loads of flavor, and then add it to a slow cooker. I served it on a bed of noodles, you could also serve it with rice.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 2 hrs 45 mins
- Yields: 2 - 4 Servings
