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Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken & Ham (So Good!!!)

By truebrit on December 22, 2004

Photo by kiwidutch

28 Reviews

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• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins
• Servings: 6-8

About This Recipe

"This creamy crock pot meal is comfort food at its best! It reminds me of chicken cordon bleu, without the fuss!"

Ingredients

• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
• 8 ounces fully cooked diced ham ( 1 cup)
• cooked rice or pasta

Directions

1. Dice chicken, and place in crock pot.
2. Cut butter into pieces, and distribute evenly over chicken.
3. Sprinkle Italian seasoning and white pepper over top, and place lid on crock pot.
4. Cook on low for 7-8 hours.
5. At end of cooking time, cut up the cream cheese, and drop into crock pot, together with the diced ham and chicken soup.
6. Stir, then replace lid.
7. Cook on high until cheese is melted.
8. Serve hot over rice or pasta.

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Crock Pot Apple or Cherry Cobbler

By Mary Parker on June 29, 2001

Photo by morgainegeiser

19 Reviews

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• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins
• Servings: 4-6

About This Recipe

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Ingredients

• 1 (21 ounce) cans cherry pie filling or 1 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling
• 1 (18 ounce) packages yellow cake mix or 1 (18 ounce) packages white cake mix
• 1/2 cup melted butter or 1/2 cup melted margarine

Directions

1. Place pie filling into crock pot.
2. Mix butter and cake mix- will be crumbly.
3. Place cake mix mixture in crock pot over pie filling.
4. Cook on low for 2-3 hours .

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Crockpot Pork Chops & Rice

4 pork chops

1 c. uncooked long grain rice

1 envelopes onion soup mix

1 can cream of mushroom soup

2 c. water

Pour rice into crockpot.  Sprinkle with 1/3 onion soup mix. Place pork chops over rice.  Pour mushroom soup over all.  Sprinkle remaining onion soup mix over soup.  Add water.  Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.

Serves 4

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Slow Cooker Pepper Steak

• 3 lb. beef steak (sirloin or round) cut into strips
• 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 c. soy sauce
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 2 large or 3 medium bell peppers (mix of green and red or just green), cut into strips
• 1/4 c. cold water

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

hot cooked rice

Place steak, garlic, onion, soy sauce, sugar, salt, ginger and black pepper in crockpot.  Cover and cook on low for 8 to 9 hours.

Add pepper strips during the last hour of cooking.  Blend water and cornstarch until smooth, stir into crockpot.  Cook on high until thickened.  Serve over rice.

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Crockpot Old Fashioned Beef Stew

• 2 lb. beef stew meat
• 1/2 c. flour
• 2 Tbsp. oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 c. beef bouillon or broth
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 6 carrots, peeled and cut into slices
• 1 c. sliced celery
• 4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 12 small white onions
• 2 medium turnips, peeled and cubed (optional
  
• 4 c. water
• 1 c. cooked okra (optional)
  

Coat meat with flour; set excess flour aside.  Heat oil in large skillet and brown meat in skillet on all sides.  In crockpot, combine browned beef, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, chopped onion, bouillon or broth, pepper, salt, sugar, and veggies.  Pour water over all.  Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.  Add okra.  Turn control to high; thicken with flour left over from coating beef that has been dissolved in small amount of water.  Cover and cook on high for 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly thickened.

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Chili Macaroni (Crock Pot)

By Bluenoser on August 22, 2005

1 Reviews

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• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 6 hrs 10 mins
• Servings: 12

About This Recipe

"a recipe that never fails to please"

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained
• 2 (15 ounce) cans hot chili beans, undrained
• 2 large green peppers, chopped
• 1 large onions, chopped
• 4 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon chili seasoning mix
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 7 ounces elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. In slow cooker, combine first 8 ingredients and mix well.
2. Cover and cook on LOW heat for 6 hours or til heated through.
3. Stir in macaroni and mix well.
4. Season to taste.

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Crock Pot Rice Pudding

By Lennie on February 04, 2002

Photo by ctcuppycakegirl

33 Reviews

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• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 5 hrs 5 mins
• Servings: 8

About This Recipe

"This Company's Coming recipe for rice pudding is by far the easiest one I have ever made. I might add an extra tablespoon or so of sugar next time, and maybe top the vanilla up to a full 2 teaspoons. However, it did taste just fine as is. The cinnamon taste is VERY mild, so you may want to sprinkle more cinnamon on top of individual servings."

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup short-grain rice
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) cans evaporated milk ( skim is fine, 385ml)
• 2 cups water
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker; stir well.
2. Cover and cook on Low for 4 to 5 hours or on High for 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
3. Stir twice during cooking period.

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Crockpot Beef And Beans

· 1 pound Beans, pinto, dried
· 6 cups Water, cold
· 1/2 pound Salt pork, cut up
· 1 pound Beef, chuck steak, 1" cubed
· 1/2 teaspoon Pepper, red, crushed
· 1 Onions, chopped
· 1 1/3 tablespoons Garlic cloves, minced
· 6 ounces Tomato paste
· 1−1/2 tablespoons Chili powder
· 1 teaspoon Salt
· 1 teaspoon Cumin seed
· 1/2 teaspoon Marjoram leaves

Soak beans in water overnight. Brown salt pork in skillt or in the corckpot
if you have that type. Combine the soaked beans with water into the crockpot
along with the browed salt pork and remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on
low for 9−10 hours.

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Crockpot Home−Style Bread Pudding

· 2 Eggs, slightly beaten
· 2 1/4 Cup Milk
· 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
· 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
· 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
· 2 Cup 1−inch bread cubes
· 1/2 Cup Brown sugar
· 1/2 Cup Raisins or chopped dates

In medium mixing bowl, combine eggs with milk, vanilla, cinnamon, salt,
bread, sugar, and raisins or dates. Pour into 1 1/2−qt. baking dish. Place
metal trivet or rack in bottom of crockpot. Add 1/2 cup hot water. Set
baking dish on trivet. Cover pot; cook on high for about 2 hours. Serve
pudding warm or cool.

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Crockpot Apple Brown Betty

Having a crowd over for dinner but don't have time to bake? Throw this Apple Brown Betty into the crock-pot and have dessert piping hot just as your guests finish their meals.

Serves: 5

Cooking Time: 2 hr 30 min

Ingredients
• 4 cup small bread cubes (1/2 inch thick)
• 1/2 cup butter/margarine, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 4 cooking apples, peeled and chopped

Instructions
1. Mix bread cubes with butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and brown sugar.
2. Arrange in alternate layers with apples in crock-pot.
3. Cover and cook on high for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours or until apples are tender.
4. Serve warm with cream, hard sauce or ice cream.