101 Slow-Cooker Recipes (18 page)

Sloppy Joe Chicken

Kathi Downey
Lompoc, CA

Super for any game-day meal...it cooks up while you’re waiting for the next touchdown!

6 skinless chicken thighs

8-oz. can tomato sauce

1-1/2 oz. pkg. Sloppy Joe mix

2 T. honey

cooked rice

Place chicken in a slow cooker. Combine remaining ingredients except rice; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low setting for 6 hours. Discard bones. Serve chicken and sauce over cooked rice. Serves 4.

Slow-Cooker Cola Ham

Elsie Mellinger
Annville, PA

Baking a ham basted with cola produces a delicious gravy...guests will never guess your secret!

3 to 4-lb. fully cooked ham

1/2 c. brown sugar, packed

1 t. dry mustard

12-oz. can cola

Place ham in a slow cooker. Combine brown sugar and mustard; stir in enough cola to make a glaze consistency. Pour glaze over ham, coating well. Cover and cook on low setting for 8 to 10 hours, basting occasionally with juices. Serves 8 to 10.

Scalloped Pineapple

Carol Smith
West Lawn, PA

It isn’t a potluck to us until someone brings the Scalloped Pineapple! It’s so good with ice cream.

1 c. sugar

3 eggs, beaten

3/4 c. butter, melted

3/4 c. milk

20-oz. can crushed pineapple, drained

8 slices bread, cubed

Garnish: vanilla ice cream

Mix all ingredients except ice cream in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours. Reduce heat to low; cook for one additional hour. Garnish portions with scoops of ice cream. Makes 8 servings.

Calico Beans

Judy Schlosser
Shubert, NE

This is an old family favorite, requested at all of our family reunions.

2 lbs. ground beef, browned and drained

1/2 to 1 lb. bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled

1 onion, chopped

3 15-oz. cans pork & beans

2 16-oz. cans kidney beans

2 16-oz. cans baby butter beans

16-oz. can navy beans

1 c. catsup

1/2 c. brown sugar, packed

2 T. prepared horseradish

2 T. Worcestershire sauce

hot pepper sauce to taste

Add all ingredients to a slow cooker; do not drain beans. Mix well. Cover and cook on low setting for 6 hours. Stir again before serving. Serves 20.

Southern Pork Barbecue

Vicki Chavis
Fort Myers, FL

My whole family loves this recipe and my friends ask for it by name. It’s a great way to serve a picnic crowd.

3-lb. boneless pork loin roast, trimmed

1 c. water

18-oz. bottle barbecue sauce

2 T. Worcestershire sauce

1 to 2 T. hot pepper sauce

1/4 c. brown sugar, packed

1 t. salt

1 t. pepper

16 to 20 mini hamburger buns, split

Place roast in a slow cooker; add water. Cover and cook on high setting for 7 hours. Shred meat; return to slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients; cover and cook on low setting for one hour. Serve on buns, topped with coleslaw. Makes 8 to 10 servings, 2 buns each.

Coleslaw:

1 head cabbage, shredded

3 carrots, peeled and shredded

1 c. mayonnaise

1/3 c. sugar

1/4 c. cider vinegar

Combine cabbage and carrots. Blend remaining ingredients; toss with cabbage mixture. Makes 10 servings.