Three Best Crockpot Recipes

What dinner meal takes normally fifteen minutes to prepare but tastes delicious? A meal made in a slow cooker of course. If you really want to save time but still make a great dinner for your family, then take a few minutes in the morning to get the ingredients ready, toss them into the cooker and go.

There are tons of good recipes available now days, but how do you know which are the best crockpot recipes? Should you select chicken or beef, soup or stew, spaghetti or pizza?

We've taken some of the guess work out of it all and provided a few of the best crockpot recipes (in our opinion anyway.)

Easy Crockpot Beef Stew

6 large potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
6 large carrots, peeled and cut in 1 1/2 inches
3 lbs of beef stew meat
1/3 cup soy sauce
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 Tbsp of flour
1-12 oz bag of onions
1 cup condensed beef broth
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 tsp. salt

Layer potatoes, then carrots on the bottom of the slow cooker, line top with beef. Sprinkle with soy sauce, salt, pepper, and flour. Mix the beef broth and tomato sauce and pour over everything and cook on high setting for 5-7 hours.

Tortilla Chicken

1 doz. corn tortillas
3 cans cream of mushroom soup or cream of celery soup
1 (8oz) pkg. Jack cheese, grated
1 (8oz) pkg. Cheddar cheese, grated
2 cans (4oz each) chopped chiles
1 boiled de-boned chicken (3 to 4 cups chopped)
1/2 med. onion, diced

Layer in a slow cooker the soup, tortillas, cheese, chicken, chiles, onion, soup; repeat using all of the ingredients. Cook on low setting for 6-7 hours.

Spaghetti Slow Cooker Recipe

2 lbs. ground chuck, browned and drained
1 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (15 ounces each) tomato sauce
2 to 3 tsp. Italian seasoning
2 cans (4 ounces each) sliced mushrooms, drained
6 cups tomato juice
1 package (16 ounces) dry spaghetti, broken into 4 to 5- inch pieces

Mix all ingredients, except dry spaghetti, in slow cooker. Stir well. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-5 hours. If cooking on low setting, turn to high during last hour and add dry spaghetti.

Find even more of the best crockpot recipes at Family Crock Pot Recipes.

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