Crockpot Recipes

[kentgirl]

I'm sure this topic has been covered before, but when I did a search I didn't come up with much.

I just rediscovered my crockpot. In the last week, I've used it twice, and just love the convenience. A little bit of preparation in the morning, and I come home to a wonderful home-cooked meal!

Please share your tried and true delicious yummy crockpot recipes.

Thanks!!

[MrsReber]

Hi Kentgirl- I just made this last week. We have a rectangular crockpot. My husband and I really enjoyed the chicken and the sauce (gravy?) was very good and light, too! I thickened it up a little bit with some flour and added a little bit of onion and seasoned salt to it. I am not sure who originally posted this one. The garlic made the house smell wonderful, but it was not overpowering in the chicken itself. I have lots of fresh rosemary growing in my garden, too, which makes it all smell even better!

Slow-Roasted Rosemary-and-Garlic Chicken

10 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 (5- to 6-pound) roasting chicken
5 garlic cloves
4 (3-inch) rosemary sprigs
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1. Combine minced garlic and chopped rosemary. Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Rub garlic mixture under loosened skin over breast and drumsticks. Place 5 garlic cloves and rosemary sprigs into the body cavity. Place chicken, breast side down, in an electric slow cooker. Cover with lid; cook on high heat for 1 hour. Reduce heat setting to low; cook 7 hours. Remove chicken from slow cooker, reserving drippings. Discard skin from chicken.

2. Place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 2-cup glass measure. Pour drippings into bag; let stand 10 minutes (fat will rise
to the top). Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag. Drain drippings into a small saucepan, stopping before fat layer reaches opening; discard fat. Add orange juice and vinegar to saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 3 ounces chicken and 1/3 cup sauce).

CALORIES 175 (33% from fat); FAT 6.4g (sat 1.7g, mono 2.3g, poly 1.5g); PROTEIN 25g; CARB 3g; FIBER 0.2g; CHOL 76mg; IRON 1.3mg; SODIUM 74mg; CALC 27mg

[lorilei]

kentgirl,
You might want to check out these websites. There are "a zillion crockpot recipes"...
www.saraskitchen.faithweb.com/index4.html (http://www.saraskitchen.faithweb.com/index4.html)
www.simply-recipes.com/crock_pot_recipes.htm (http://www.simply-recipes.com/crock_pot_recipes.htm)


[This message has been edited by lorilei (edited 08-16-2000).]

[Gail]

No recipes, I'm afraid. Actually I clicked in here because I misread the topic and thought it said, "Crackpot recipes."

Time for new reading glasses... http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/redface.gif

[Ohioan]

Originally posted by Gail:
Actually I clicked in here because I misread the topic and thought it said, "Crackpot recipes."

Hey, Gail, I think you've just come up with a great topic for a new thread! I'm going hunting through my files for some crackpot recipes of my own, just in case. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

Phoebe

[kentgirl]

Thanks MrsReber and lorilei for the recipe and website. The Slow-Roasted Rosemary-and-Garlic Chicken recipe sounds wonderful. I wish I had fresh rosemary in MY garden. Betty yet....I wish I had a garden!!

Lorilei---every time I click on a link in the zillion recipes website, my computer crashes. Oh well, I'll keep trying.

Thanks!!