Recipies

9/24/2006

Crock Pot Recipies

Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredients:
3-4 lbs boneless/skinless thighs and breasts
1 large onion, thinly sliced
2 large red or green bell peppers, sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon each basil and oregano
1 (6oz) can tomato paste
fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 bay leaves
1 8 oz can stewed tomatoes with chiles
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups burgundy wine
Parmesan cheese, for sprinkling before serving

Instructions:
Place sliced onions on bottom of crock pot. Add chicken. Stir together remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Cook on low 7-9 hours or high 3-4 hours. Serve over pasta, with a salad on the side.


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Sweet & Sour Crock Pot Pork

Ingredients:
1 pound pork chops (diced into bite size pieces)
1 can tomato soup
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 can water
2-3 cups frozen broccoli

Instructions:
Cook pork in frying pan until browned on all sides. Add all ingredients to crock pot, including pork. Cook on low for 7-8 hrs or on high for 3-4 hours. Serve on a bed of rice.


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A Very Special Pot Roast for the Crock Pot

Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless beef chuck roast
1 tablespoon cooking oil
salt
ground black pepper
1 (7 ounce) package mixed dried fruit
2 cups thinly sliced onions, wedges
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 (5 1/2 ounce) can apple juice

Instructions:
Trim fat from meat and if need be, cut the meat to fit the cooker (3 1/2 to 4-quart cooker). Brown meat on top of stove in a Dutch oven. Brown on all side using the 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Cut up any large pieces of dried fruit; place the fruit in the slow cooker; add the onion wedges. Place the meat on top of the fruit and onion; sprinkle with allspice and pour in the apple juice. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hour.