Fix-It and Forget-It Revised and Updated: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes (48 page)

1 cup water

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.

2. Cover. Cook on Low 6-7 hours.

3. Shred meat using two forks. Strain liquid and return liquid and meat to slow cooker.

Serving suggestion: Serve meat and au jus over mashed
potatoes
,
noodles
, or
rice
.

Deep Pit Beef

Kristina Shull

Timberville, VA

Makes 6-8 servings

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Marinating Time: 8 hours minimum

Cooking Time: 6-7 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

1 tsp. garlic salt,
or
powder

1 tsp. celery salt

1 tsp. lemon pepper

1½ Tbsp. liquid smoke

2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

3-4-lb. beef roast

1. Combine seasonings in small bowl. Spread over roast as a marinade. Cover tightly with foil. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

2. Place roast in slow cooker. Cover with marinade sauce.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 6-7 hours. Save juice for gravy and serve with roast.

Note:

This is also good served cold, along with picnic foods.

Barbecued Roast Beef

Kim Stoltzfus

New Holland, PA

Makes 10-12 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-8 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

4-lb. chuck roast

1 cup ketchup

1 cup barbecue sauce

2 cups chopped celery

2 cups water

1 cup chopped onions

4 Tbsp. vinegar

2 Tbsp. brown sugar

2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. chili powder

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. salt

1. Combine all ingredients in large bowl. Spoon into 5-quart cooker, or 2 3½-quart cookers.

2. Cover. Cook on Low 6-8 hours, or on High 3-4 hours.

Serving suggestion: Slice meat into thin slices and serve in barbecue sauce over mashed
potatoes
or
rice
.

Italian Roast Beef

Elsie Russett

Fairbank, IA

Makes 6-8 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 8-10 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

flour

4-lb. beef rump roast

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1 large rib celery

2-oz. salt pork,
or
bacon

1 onion, sliced

1. Lightly flour roast.

2. In blender, grind onion, garlic, celery, and salt pork together. Rub ground mixture into roast.

3. Place sliced onion in slow cooker. Place roast on top of onion.

4. Cover. Cook on Low 8-10 hours.

Diane’s Gutbuster

Joyce Cox

Port Angeles, WA

Makes 10-15 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10-12 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 6½-qt.

5-lb. chuck roast

1 large onion, sliced

2 tsp. salt

¾ tsp. pepper

28-oz. can stewed tomatoes

1 Tbsp. brown sugar

1 cup water

half a bottle barbecue sauce

1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1. Combine all ingredients except barbecue sauce and Worcestershire sauce in slow cooker.

2. Cover. Cook on Low 6-7 hours. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

3. Shred meat and place in slow cooker. Add barbecue sauce and Worcestershire sauce.

4. Cover. Cook on Low 4-5 hours.

Serving suggestion: Serve as main dish or in
hamburger buns
.

Barbecue Brisket

Patricia Howard

Albuquerque, NM

Makes 8-10 servings

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Marinating Time: 8 hours

Cooking Time: 8-10 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

4-5-lb. beef brisket

⅛ tsp. celery salt

¼ tsp. garlic salt

¼ tsp. onion salt

¼ tsp. salt

3 Tbsp. liquid smoke

1½ cups barbecue sauce

1. Place brisket in slow cooker.

2. Sprinkle with celery salt, garlic salt, onion salt, and salt.

3. Pour liquid smoke over brisket. Cover. Refrigerate for 8 hours.

4. Cook on Low 8-10 hours, or until tender. During last hour pour barbecue sauce over brisket.

Easy Barbecued Beef or Pork Ribs

Moreen Weaver

Bath, NY

Makes 7-8 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 8-9 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5- to 6-qt.

beef,
or
pork, ribs to nearly fill a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker

1
or
2 18-oz. bottles of your favorite barbecue sauce

1. Cut ribs into pieces that lay flat in your slow cooker.