Wonderful Chicken, Potato, and Gravy Crock Pot

This delicious chicken crockpot recipe was developed after experimenting with quite a few ingredient compositions. I the cream of celery soup gave a better flavor than the cream of mushroom soup usually used. The other ingredient that helped in the flavor department is the smoked sausage. Most of my own recipes use chicken or fish as the base "meat" ingredient, but in this case I think this is a case where "less is more" because of the high flavor concentration of the sausage. Having worked in many labs during my career, it's a great feeling to be making experiments you can eat, something you can't do in most chemlabs.

Ingredients:

3 chicken drumsticks, skin on, bone in

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cans cream of celery soup

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 medium potatoes, prebaked, cooled and peeled

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 chicken bouillon cube

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1/2 tsp ground thyme

1 bay leaf

3 oz smoked sausage, sliced crossways about 1/8" thick

1 cup chicken broth (or water)

Instructions:

1 - Add the olive oil to a skillet, then saute' onion until translucent.

2 - Add garlic and cook for no longer than 1 minute. (gets bitter if you don't)

2 - Remove with slotted spoon and put in slow cooker.

3 - Add chicken pieces to same skillet and lightly brown for about 5 minutes.

4 - Add the chicken and all the other ingredients to the crock

pot and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender.

Comment - Words to describe this crock pot meal are hard to find but scrumptious comes to mind, along with unbelievably delicious!

I know you'll just love this one! - Frank

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The author is a retired chemical engineer who in retirement has become the chief and only cook and bottle cleaner in the family. After watching hundreds of cooking shows and reading thousands of cookbooks I am generating and publishing my own plus lots of other already published recipes, mostly pre WWII. I do this on my website which also includes cryptogram puzzles, reform political commentary, auction stuff and UFO (Used Furniture Outlet). We live near Hecla, PA but this is a different UFO. Hope you like the recipes and that you will visit my site to find the over 600 recipes (and rising) free of charge. I hope you will click on some advertising links while there to help me maintain the website and continue to make it grow. The website is http://www.frankernhart.com

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Crockpot Macaroni Cheese Recipe and 3 More Delicious Crockpot Recipes

I know that a lot of you have at least one of these efficient and time saving appliances hidden away somewhere in your kitchen collecting dust. You probably thought that the Crockpot was just for making soups or stews.

Well, below are some easy to prepare and delicious Crockpot recipes you can try at home:

1. 16 Bean Soup

Ingredients:

- 1 package 16 Bean Soup
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon crushed oregano
- 2 cans no-fat chicken stock
- Additional water to cover
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 3 carrots diced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 pound turkey Italian sausage sliced
- 2 cans stewed (or diced) tomatoes

Directions:

- Combine first 5 ingredients (liquid should cover mixture by 1"-2") in Crock Pot Cook on high for 2hours.
- Add remaining ingredients and shift cooker to low and cook for additional 3 hours

- For more zing, add cayenne or crushed red pepper when adding second set of ingredients.

Serve as complete meal or over rice.

Freezes well.

2. All Day Crockpot Delight

Ingredients:

- 2-3 lbs. boneless chuck, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1/2 c. flour
- 1/4 c. butter
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 c. beer
- 1/4 c. flour

Directions:

- Coat beef cubes with the 1/2 cup flour.
- Brown in melted butter.
- Drain off excess fat. In crock pot, combine browned meat with onion, salt, pepper, garlic and beer.
- Cover and cook on low 5-7 hours (all day) until meat is tender.
- Turn control to high.
- Dissolve remaining 1/4 cup flour in small amount of water.
- Stir into meat mixture, cook on high 30-40 minutes.
- Serve with rice and salad.

3. All Day Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients:

- 8 ounces elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
- 4 cups (16 ounces) shredded sharp Chedder Cheese
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
- 1 1 /2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Directions:

- Place the cooked macaroni in crockpot that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add the remaining ingredients, all except 1 cup of the cheese, mix well.
- Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup of cheese and then cover and cook on low setting for 5 to 6 hours or until the mixture is firm and golden around the edges.
- Do not remove the cover or stir until it has finished cooking.

4. Apple Brown Betty

Ingredients:

- 3 lbs. cooking apples
- 10 slices of bread, cubed (about 4 cups)
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 3/4 c. brown sugar
- 1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted

Directions:

- Wash apples, peel, core, cut into eighths; place in bottom on crock.
- Combine bread cubes, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, sugar, butter; toss together.
- Place on top of apples in crock. Cover.
- Place crock into outer shell.
- Cook on low setting 2 to 4 hours.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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Vegetarian Crock Pot Recipes - One Dish Meals

The slow cooker is ideal for vegetarian meals. Most vegetables benefit from the slower cooking process, especially pulses, grains, and beans making it the perfect tool to use for your vegetarian crock pot recipes. Slow-cooking is an easy, convenient way to have the scrumptious flavors and aromas of home cooked stews, soups, and other favorites. Just use your favorite vegetarian recipe and let your meal slowly cook throughout the day and then come home to the irresistible aroma of your supper cooked and ready to be served.

Crock pot cooking, also called a slow cooker, can give you varied and delicious meals without a lot of hassle. By just using a good vegetarian recipe book and whatever ingredients you have handy, you can just throw everything into the pot and let it simmer away.

First time cooks might find using a slow cooker a little easier than conventional ovens. The temperature in a cooker is low enough to avoid badly overcooking food even if cooked for far longer than necessary. Cooking the meal in a single pot reduces washing up, and the low cooking temperature and glazed pot make cleaning it very easy, which we all appreciate. Ovens and stove tops are more dangerous than your slow cookers, because of the lower temperatures used for cooking and there secure, closed lids.

So if you have a slow cooker on the shelf collecting dust, then its time to take it down, dust it off, and find yourself a good vegetarian crock pot recipe. You will start to enjoy all the leisure time you can have when your not tied to your range.

To make the most of your crock pot you should have a few good vegetarian crock pot recipes and plenty of veggies and flavorings on hand.

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Crockpot Cooking - Advantages and Disadvantages

In my 'un-biased' opinion, the crockpot / slow cooker
is one of the most convenient and easy to use appliances
in my kitchen. The time savings features of the
slow cooker and the delicious dinners that have
resulted more than offset any minor drawbacks.

Before I list my top reasons why the crockpot is the
most useful appliance in any kitchen, I will list
a few of the areas where it does not perform as well.

- Large cuts of meat such as boneless prime rib or
leg of lamb are still best when oven roasted.

- Except for stews and chowders, the slow cooker
does not cook fish very well.

- The slow cooker collects a lot of the juices
since the steam does not escape during cooking and these
juices can become diluted and watery, which can affect
the flavoring of the food.

- If not careful, a slow cooker can overcook food -especially
some of the more tender meats and poultry.

These drawbacks are relatively minor compared to the
positives which I will list now.

- The slow cooker needs virtually no tending while
it cooks, freeing you up to do other chores or recipes.

- The slow cooker will tenderize less expensive, tough
cuts of meat and make great stews out of them.

- The slow cooker allows you to be out of the kitchen
for extended periods of time -sometimes even all day.

- Burning your food is rarely a problem. The slow cooker
will make many dishes for you better than any other
appliance -especially those that tend to stick to
the bottom of a pan.

In my opinion the slow cooker is one of the most
under-utilized and yet superior of kitchen appliances.
When used for what it does best, you will find that you
are able to prepare great dishes in less time than you
though possible!

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