Recipes

Borracho Beans

Borracho Beans

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups dried pinto beans
  • 3 quarts water
  • 12 oz dark beer
  • Salt
  • 3 garlic cloves – minced
  • 2 serrano peppers – seeded and minced
  • 1 lb bacon – cut
  • 1 onion – chopped
  • 3 Roma tomatoes – chopped
  • 1 cup cilantro – minced

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients except cilantro in crock pot on low for 8-9 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve with:
Flour or corn tortillas
Serves 6-8 | Total time: 3 hrs 20 mins

Nutrition values

Calories: 721.8 kcal
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Pork / Side Dish / Vegetables

Curry Lentils and Chicken

Curry Lentils and Chicken

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients except cilantro and rice in crock pot
  • Cook on low for 7-9 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve with fresh cilantro and rice
Serves 6 | Total time: 5 hrs 10 mins
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup

Tangy Greek Chicken Soup

Tangy Greek Chicken Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in crock pot
  • Cook 1 hour on high
  • Reduce to low heat for 5-6 hours
  • Break up chicken before serving

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 3-4 | Total time: 6 hrs 15 mins
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup
Cuisine; European / Greece

Polish Sausage and Cabbage Soup

Polish Sausage and Cabbage Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

  • 2 cups potatoes – cubed and peeled
  • 4 cups cabbage and carrot coleslaw mix
  • 1 onion – chopped
  • 2 tsp caraway seeds – crushed
  • 1 lb Polish sausage – cooked
  • o Halved lengthwise and cut into ½ inch slices
  • 4 cups chicken broth

Instructions

Combine in crock pot in this order:

  • Potatoes
  • Coleslaw mix
  • Onion
  • Caraway seeds
  • Sausage
  • Broth
  • Cook on low for 10-12 hours ,Or high 5-6 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 10 hrs 15 mins

Variation

Homemade Red Coleslaw:
Ingredients
• ½cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tsp celery seed
• Salt & pepper
• ½ head red cabbage – cut
o About 1 ½ inch chunks
• 2 carrots – grated
• 1 red onion – chopped
Directions 
1. Whisk vinegar and sugar in large bowl.
2. Slowly whisk in:
1. Oil
2. Celery seed
3. Salt and pepper
2. Toss in and let sit 1 hour:
1. Cabbage
2. Carrots
3. Red onion
4. Raisins
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Pork / Soup
Cuisine; European / Polish

Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients, excluding the grated cheese, in slow cooker
  • Cook on low 6-8 hours
  • Serve with grated cheese

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 6 hrs 20 mins

Variation

Add ½ cup cut green beans, ½ cup diced red pepper, 1 can of diced red tomatoes, and only 1 diced onion. Also add a mix of beans: 1 cup red kidney, ½ cup garbanzo, 2 cups white beans. Finally, blend a generous splash of soy sauce at the end to make it creamier.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup
Diets; Vegetarian

Salmon Chowder

Salmon Chowder

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

  • 12 oz Alaskan salmon – drained and flaked
  • 3 oz onions – chopped
  • 6 oz celery – chopped
  • 4-5 oz shoestring carrots
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 8 oz cream cheese – cubed
  • ¼ cup brown rice
  • 1 tbsp dill weed
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ cup water

Instructions

Combine in slow cooker:

  • Onion
  • Celery
  • Carrots
  • Chicken broth
  • Rice
  • Cook on low 4-5 hours

Once vegetables soften:

  • Turn slow cooker to high
  • Add cream cheese
  • Stir until melted
  • Stir into slow cooker:
  • Salmon
  • Spices
  • ¼ cup water
  • Cook 10-20 minutes on high, stirring occasionally.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 4 | Total time: 5 hrs 10 mins

Variation

Use ¾ cup celery, ½ cup carrots, ¼ cup onion, ¼ cup corn, 4 cups broth, and leave out rice. Also add black pepper, garlic powder, 2 cups leeks, and 1 skinned baked potato.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Fish / Soup

Cream of Sweet Potato Soup

Cream of Sweet Potato Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Peel and slice sweet potatoes.
  • Add broth and sweet potatoes to slow cooker
  • Cook on high for about 3 hours
  • Remove once sweet potatoes are tender and place in food processor
  • Blend until smooth
  • Replace into slow cooker
  • Add all other ingredients to slow cooker
  • Cook on high 1-2 hours, Or on low for 3-5 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 5 hrs 10 mins

Variation

Use 5 sweet potatoes, 1 onion, 1 apple, 1 can condensed chicken stock, and top with water. Once cooked, remove liquid until you reach desired consistency. Finally, add cream to taste, and a nice sprinkle of allspice.
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup / Vegetables

Carrot Orange Soup

Carrot Orange Soup

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Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Skin and cut carrots to make ¼ inch slices

Add to slow cooker:

  • Carrots
  • Onion
  • Broth
  • Orange juice
  • Ginger
  • Salt & pepper
  • Heat on high for 4-6 hours, Or low for 101 hours
  • Once carrots are tender remove and add to blender
  • Blend until smooth and add back to slow cooker
  • Add whipped cream and stir

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6-8 | Total time: 11 hrs 15 mins

Variation

Fry onion in butter with fresh dill and add to crockpot along with the other ingredients. This softens the taste of the onion. Substitute 1 cup of the stock with a ½ cup of water and ½ cup of white wine. When serving, swirl plain yogurt in each bowl along chopped fresh dill to add both color and fresh flavor.
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Course; Chicken / Crockpot / Slowcooker / Soup / Vegetables

Crock Pot Pozole

Crock Pot Pozole

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cube ribs and brown pork in oiled pan
  • Sauté onion
  • Drain fat
  • Combine in crock pot all ingredients
  • Cook on low for 5-6 hours

Notes & Wine Advice

Serves 6 | Total time: 5 hrs 30 mins

Variation

Chicken Pozole:
Use chicken breasts instead of pork. Add extra olive oil when browning to enhance richness. Add 12 oz chicken broth to reduce thickness.
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Course; Crockpot / Slowcooker / Pork