Bub Hub Slow Cooker Cookbook

[Pobblebonk]

How are you?

This thread is for slow cooker recipes ONLY! Another thread will be created for discussion/feedback.

I've pinched (and 'quoted') all the recipes from the other thread. So you no longer have to trawl through the other thread just for the recipes! Yay!

Please post ONLY RECIPES in this thread.

Cheers and, your welcome!

[Pobblebonk]

Brown beef onion and mushrooms in a pan
chuck into slow cooker
cut up into small pieces potato and carrot
chuck in
2 cups of stock
little bit of wostershire sauce
little bit of BBQ sauce
Cook for 6 to 8 hours

Thicken when in last hour with a little cornflour

Then I usually make it into individual pies (just with the pastry on the top)

grease little pie dishes with olive oil spray scoop cassorole in
cover with puff pastry (just the frozen type)
brush top with a beaten egg(makes it really golden)
Bake until golden and crisp

Nice with tomato chutney!!!

Apricot Chicken

1.5 kilo skinless/ boneless chicken Marylands
1 tin apricot nectar
1 pkt French onion soup mix
flour

Coat chicken in flour and brown in frypan
arrange chicken in slow cooker and cover with combined apricot nectar and soup mix
Cook for 6-8 hrs on slow

serve on a bed of rice with some vegies on the side, this last us 2 nights

Yumm and the kids love it because the chicken just falls to peices in your mouth, so they dont have to chew too much, even my 15mnth old loves it

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Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Meatballs

1 kilo mince
3 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 cup dry breadcrumbs

in a bowl combine all above ingredients and form into small (2cm) balls

you can either shallow fry these to brown the outside or put them on a tray and bake in 180 oven for 15 mins
Arrange these in the Crock Pot

Sauce

1 tin pinapple pieces
1 1/2 cups of water
3 tablespoons tomato sauce
2 tablespoons cornflour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon brown vinegar

combine juice from pineapple and cornflour then add all other ingreidents
(I just taste it and see what i think maybe add a bit more of whichever you think it needs)
Pour this over the Meatballs and cook on low for 6 - 8 hours

Serve with rice, The kids love this one too

Bolognaise Sauce

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 kilo mince
2 onions diced
3 cloves garlic or 1 tablespoon crushed garlic (even more if you love garlic like me)
2 x 410g tins diced roma tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram

1 cup of beef stock made with beef stock powder

heat oil in frypan and cook onions and garlic until tender, then add mince and brown

Put this in the Crock Pot and add all other ingriedients give it a quick stir cover and cook for 6-8hrs on low

serve with your favourite pasta and shaved parmesan cheese

This is also a winner with the kids and the best thing is it lasts us 2 nights

Spice Lamb Casserole

1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2cm piece ginger, grated
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tbs plain flour
1.2 kgs diced lamb shoulder or leg (although given the price of lamb I often use less - probably closer to the 800gm mark)
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 tbs tomatos paste
100ml red wine
1L lamb or beef stock (although I actually normally only use about 500ml - dn't want it too sloppy)
2 tbs quince paste (optional extra really)
2 tbs flat leaf parsley (optional extra too!)
Olive oil

Cook onion in a large fry pan with a splash of olive oil for about 5 minutes on medium heat, then add garlic and ginger and fry for a few seconds, then remove from pan.
Combine spices with flour in a bowl, then dust lamb with the mixture to coat. Keep the left over flour mixture. With another splash of oil in the pan, cook the lamb in batches until browned, then put all the lamb and onion and remaining flour in the pan, add carrots, paste, wine, stock and enough water to cover (I normally find that only about 2 cups of stock is enough to cover) bring it to the boil then transfer to the crock pot and let it all simmer away for a few hours. (you can skip the bringing it to the boil step and just put it all straight into the crock pot too!) Just before you serve the lamb you can stir through the quince paste and parsley.

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Chicken Parisienne
(serves 6)

6 medium chicken breasts or chicken pieces
salt, pepper and paprika to taste
1/2 cup dry white wine or vermouth
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 small can mushrooms sliced (drained)
1 cup sour cream

Sprinkle chicken breasts lightly with salt, pepper and paprika. Place chicken breasts in the crock pot. mix white wine, soup, mushrooms and sour cream until well combined and pour over the chicken breasts. Sprinkle with paprika, cover and cook on low for 6 - 8 hours, or high for 4 - 6 hours. 30 minutes before serving thoroughly blend in the sour cream. Stir occasionally. Serve the sauce over rice or noodles.

This is best in a big cooker - if you have a smaller one you might have trouble getting the 4 shanks in - I have been known to sit a weighted bread board on top of the lid to keep it closed! Haven't tried it on the kids but the adults have always loved it!

Spiced Lamb Shanks

4 lamb shanks
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
1 small dried red chilli crushed (or 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chilli)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon dried marjoram or oregano
1 tablesppon flour
olive oil
1 clove garlic crushed
1 large carrot, finely diced
6 sticks of celery quartered and finely sliced
2 medium onions, quartered and finely chopped
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
170 ml dry white wine
6 anchovy fillets
1 x 400g tinsn of tomatoes
1 handfu fresh basil or flat leaf parsley roughly chopped

Season lamb with salt and pepper. Mix coriander rosemary and marjoram and chilli and roll lamb in mixture then dust labm with flour. In large pan heat 1 tblspn olive oil and brown the meat on all sides then place in crock pot. In fry pan sweat garlic, carrot, celery, onions and salt until soft, add vinegar and allow all to reduce to syrup, pour in white wine and let simmer for 2 minutes. Pute mixture, anchovies, tomatoes in crock pot with lamb then cook on low for 7 - 8 hours or high for 4 -5 hours. Skim off any fat and stir in fresh herbs before serving.

Fruity Lamb Casserole

1/2kg cubed lamb
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp olive oil
1 med red onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
400g can chopped tomatoes
2 tbs tomato paste
125g dried apricots
1 tsp caster sugar
300ml (1 1/4 cups) vegetable stock
salt & pepper
fresh coriander

Place the meat in a mixing bowl and add the spices & oil. Coat the lamb in the spices.

Brown the spiced lamb in a fry pan for 4 /5 minutes. Remove the lamb & place in the cooker. In the same frying pan, cook the onion, garlic, tomatoes & tomato paste for 5 minutes. Season to taste. To this mix, add the apricots & sugar, and the stock and bring to the boil. Then spoon the mix over the lamb. Mix well. Cover & cook away - in a normal oven for 1 hour, removing the lid for the last 10 minutes, so adjust the times for your slow cooker.

Roughly chop the fresh coriander & serve with rice, or steamed couscous.

Always dElicious!

Try it - you'll love it ... those plumped up apricots with the sweet, spicy lamb will keep you coming back for more.

[Pobblebonk]

I made Lasagne in the slow cooker last week,

just browned my mince and onion stirred though a jar of past sauce( I like five brothers portabello mushrooms and garlic)
layered meat, lasagne sheets and white sauce(with cheese) in the slow cooker. I finished with white sauce with a bit of cheese sprinkled on top

and turner it on low for about 6 - 8 hrs
it turned out great, like a slow baked italian restaraunt one, even my eldest daughter who wont normally eat lasagne ate it.

Stew

2 carrots peeled and sliced chunky
2 potatoes peeled and diced
1/2 sweet potato peeled and diced
1/2 cup peas
1/2 cup beans
1 can butter mushrooms
1 can diced tomatoes
1 packet of 'Hot Pot' casserole base (I use the curry one)
500g diced steak

Chuck everything in the crock pot (chuck the meat in raw). Give it a stir. Turn pot on by 12 noon and dinner is ready by 6pm. I usually give it a stir a couple of times a day as I walk past it. Damn I love my crock pot, lol.

I need a bigger pot now because I have trouble fitting dumplings in this pot, and DH love dumplings. I hate making them so I usually make up a big batch of the dough and freeze it in portions and then just defrost it when I need it. Don't put the dumpling dough in until the stew is boiling though, or you'll just end up with slop, lol (speaking from experience ). If you want the recipe for the dumplings dough let me know and I'll post it.

Bon Apetite gals

Stuffed Capsicums

5 red capsicums (chose ones that will stand up)
1 onion
1 green capsicum
500g beef mince
teaspoon of vegetable stock powder
1/2 cup of raw long grain rice
sprinkle of mixed herbs
1 tin of big red condensed tomato soup
2 sachets of cream of mushroom cupasoup
4-6 short cut rashers of bacon (diced)
teaspoon of sugar

Take the tops out of the red capsicums and remove seeds and membranes.

Put onion and green caps into blender or mincer and mush to a pulp.

Mix together onion, green caps, mince, stock powder, rice and herbs. Stuff inside the red capsicums and stand in slow cooker

Combine soups, bacon and sugar and pour over the top of capsicums.

Cook on Low for 6 hours.

Even my 2.5yo and 9mo eat this.

Edited as not worded clearly: Mix the tomato soup, mushroom soup powder, bacon and sugar and pour over the top of the capsicums

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Irish Stew

500g lean lamb, cubed 1 onion, cubed
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 carrots, peeled and cubed
1 glass red wine 2 cups water
1 tblspn worcestershire sauce 1 tblspn mixed herbs
1 heaped tsp cornflour
1 packet/sachet of Gravox Lamb Roast with Rosemary gravy mix

Chuck all the meat and veggies into a casserole or slow cooker. In a mixing jug mix all the other ingredients together so they are blended. Pour over the meat and veggies. In a slow cooker cook on slow for 5 hours, or cook at 150C in the oven for at least 3 hours
Check half hour before serving: if it needs thickening use a teaspoon of cornflour blended with some of the liquid to thicken.


Pineapple Chicken

4 pieces of Maryland Chicken, skinned 1 large tin pineapple (crushed or pieces)
1 large tin whole peeled tomatoes 1 medium chopped onion
1 tsp crushed garlic (optional) dash of sherry (optional)

Shove all in, turn on low, walk away till the smell makes you eat it! Can be cooked either overnight or all day.


Lamb Shank Casserole

lamb shanks (however many you are cooking for)
1 onion, coarsely chopped choice of vegies chopped
1 pk french onion soup salt & pepper to taste
dash of tomato sauce dash of Worcestershire sauce
approx 750ml of water

Add onion, lamb shanks & vegies to slow cooker. Mix all other ingredients together and pour over meat and veg. Cook on low for 8-9 hours and serve over mashed potato.

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Fruity Lamb Casserole

720g trim lamb, cubed 2 beef stock cubes
2 cups water 2 small onions
8 prunes, pitted and halved 1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger freshly ground black pepper

Spray a large non stick pan with cooking spray. Cook meat quickly until well browned. Dissolve stock cubes in water add to meat along with everything else. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour or until meat is tender. Serves Six.
Slow cooker - dump it all in (if you don’t brown meat first) cook on low 8 hours (check your cooker instructions)


Steak, Onion & Tomato with Gravy

1kg blade steak, cubed 2 onions, sliced
4 tomatoes, thickly sliced chopped basil and parsley
seasoning to taste 2 tblspns gravy mix
½ cup water ½ cup red wine
1/3 cup tomato sauce 2 tblspns Worcestershire sauce.

Layer meat, onion and tomatoes with herbs and seasonings in dish. Whisk gravy mix with water, wine and sauces. Pour over meat and vegetables. I usually put in on auto for the day. Serve with mashed potatoes and other vegies of choice.


Veal Winter Warmer

500g veal stew meat, cut into cubes 1/3 cup flour
1 onion, chopped 3-4 large carrots, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup green olives, rinsed and chopped juice of 1 lemon
½ tsp dry white wine ¾ cup chicken stock
2 tblspns dried capers

Coat the veal cubes with flour. Put the veal cubes, onion, carrots, tomatoes, garlic, olives, lemon juice, rosemary, wine and chicken broth into the stoneware. Mix well. Cook on Low for 6 – 6½ hours. Add the capers just before serving.


Beef Casserole

500g cheap steak, cubed 4 potatoes, peeled & cut into quarters
2 carrots, peeled & cut into thick slices 1 large onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped thinly 1 can whole, peeled tomatoes
1 can Heinz Big Red tomato soup a dash of Worcestershire sauce
a dash of white vinegar

Brown the steak in a frying pan until just brown. Place everything in the slow cooker, making sure everything is covered with liquid. Stick the lid on top and put the slow cooker on to auto. Cook for at least 6 hours, but 8 is best. (I like to add more vegetables than listed above, you can add anything you like).

Chilli Con Carne

1 tin of washed kidney beans
500g mince
1 tin tomatoes
1/2 can water
1 beef oxo cube
1 chopped onion

add a packet of taco seasoning mix or other spices such as chilli, tabasco whatever you like. Turn on in the morning and ready for dinner!

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Slow-Cooked Pumpkin & Apple Dessert

415g Tin apples
1 cup SR Flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup mashed pumpkin
2 Eggs
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Icecream to serve

1. Spray cooker with oil and spoon in apples into base

2. Using electic mixer, beat remaining ingredients on low speed till well combined then beat on med for 2 mins.

3. Spoon batter over apples, cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours depending on slow cooker or until dessert is cooked through. Serve with icecream.

Very yummy and i hate pumkin normally.

Hungarian Goulash

1 Packet of Hungarian Goulash mix
3/4 Potatoes
2 Onions
Broccoli
Carrots
Peas
Corn
1 tray of stewing beef (prediced stuff from Woolworths is what we get)

Chuck the meat, potatoes (diced to whatever size you like) and onions in. Mix up hungarian goulash mix with water as per instructions on pack then chuck that in.
If the meat & veges are not covered then add a bit more water.

Cook all day on low

1-2hrs prior to eating put in remaining veges.
1hr prior to eating add cornflower if it needs thickening (ours normally does).

Enjoy!!

This thread got me thinking of more recipes I would love to try so I did a bit of a search.

http://southernfood.about.com/library/crock/blcpidx.htm


has a few links there I am going to check them out now.

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Beef Stroganoff

500 gm - 1kilo of diced beef (I used oyster blade because I had some in the freezer)
1/4 cup tomato paste
1 1/2 cups beef stock
3 cloves garlic
potatoes
sweet potatoe
carrots
corn
1 onion
1 300ml tub of sour cream
mushrooms


coat beef in flour and brown in frypan
cook diced onion and garlic until opaque (you can put in raw but I prefer cooked)
layer vegies on bottom of Crock pot
them put beef, onion and garlic on top
pour over beef stock and tomato paste

cook for 6 - 8 hrs on low
add sour cream 20 mins before serving

serve with pasta and some green vegies if desired

The kids nearly licked the bowl, only the eldest picked out the mushrooms, they were nearly hidden but she found them

Curry Chicken

diced chicken breasts
1 tin cream of chicken soup
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp curry powder
½ cup bread crumbs
1 cup grated cheese
Vegies – mushrooms, carrots & capsicum or anything you want

Method
1. Cut up and place vegetables on the bottom of the crockpot and cover with raw chicken pieces
2. Mix soup, mayonnaise and curry powder together and pour over chicken and vegies.
3. Cover with breadcrumbs
4. Cover with grated cheese
5. Cook on high for4-5hrs.
6. Put in the over for 15 mins or so at the end to make the top go crispy (optional)

Crock Pot Lemon Garlic Chicken

4 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
2 teaspoons oregano leaves (ithink I will use powder)
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper
Spray cooking oil
¼ cup chicken stock
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
4 cloves garlic crushed
¼ cup white wine


~ Wash chicken and dry on paper towels.
~ Combine oregano, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle on the chicken and rub it into the chicken breasts
~ Fry the chicken breasts until browned with the spray cooking oil.
~ Transfer the browned chicken to the crockpot.
~ Combine the stock, lemon juice, wine, garlic and add to the crock pot.
~ Cover and cook on High for 3 hours or on Low for 6 hours.

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Slow Cooked Tomato Stew

500gm beef diced (use more for bigger family)
1 tin crushed tomatos
2 tablspoons tomato paste
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
And a range of mixed vegies including
capsicum
brocoli
peas
corn
mushrooms
carrots
(I use all of them in my stew)

Directions:

Put beef in slow cooker. Add the crushed tomato and paste. Add chopped onion and chopped garlic.
Cut up all veges smallish and add. Add peas and corn.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Cook in slow cooker for 5 - 8hrs, the longer the better.
Serve on rice or mashed potato.
I also like to add herbs like rosemary etc.
You can also add 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder for a taste variation.

Slow Cooked Chicken Supreme Stew


500gm chicken breast diced (big families may need more)
1 can cream of chicken condensed soup
500gm mushrooms diced
1 capsicum diced
1 onion diced
2 cloves garlic
1 carrot diced
1/4 - 1/2 packet frozen peas and corn
salt
pepper
cornflour
rice

Put all ingredients in the slow cooker, EXCEPT rice and cornflour. Cook on high for 2 - 3hrs then on low for the remaining time (about another 5hrs).
Thicken at the end with corn flour
Serve with rice.

Tastes awesome and is a winner

If u are in a real hurry, here's what I do and it is yum!

500g chicken
1 can of Campbells cream of chicken and corn soup
vegies of your choice (I usually use onion, carrots, capsicum and broccoli)
and...that's it!

You don't even need to brown chicken, although it is probably nicer if you do (only more cleaning up though if your'e in a hurry!)

Also, I use any jar of stir-fry sauce or packet Maggi and they turn out great. A huge time-saver!

Found a good site for slow cooker recipes yesterday. There are 99 pages.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...l?t=4273&pp=10

Hope this link worked.