Five of the best slow cooker recipes
As the dark, cold, winter nights draw in then there’s nothing better than coming home to your dinner bubbling away filling the house with culinary goodness. Enter the slow cooker!
I LOVE my slow cooker, when else can you prepare dinner in the morning (by prepare, I mean chop everything up and chuck it all in a pot!) and come in to find your dinner ready to serve, with minimal washing up?
I thought I’d share some of my favourite one pot, slow cooker recipes!
Diet Coke Chicken [or gammon]
You will need:
- Lean chicken breasts/skinless thighs or a gammon joint.
- Can of diet coke
- Onion and garlic
- Passata
- Worcestershire sauce
- Cider vinegar
- Spoon full of sweetener
- Salt, smoked paprika and chilli powder
Campfire Stew
You will need:
- Gammon joint
- 2 onions and 3 cloves of garlic
- Paprika, cumin, coriander and chilli flakes
- Baked beans and Kidney beans
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes and tomato puree
- 2 large carrots chopped
- Mushrooms
- Worcestershire sauce
- Frank’s Hot Sauce
- You can also add peppers, I’m not a fan so I never do…
- Beef Steak Chilli
You will need: - Beef braising steak
- 2 onions and 3 cloves of garlic
- Kidney beans – I actually prefer to use black beans
- Big dollop of tomato puree
No prawn, Chicken and Chorizo Jambalaya
You will need:
- Chicken breasts (or boneless thigh), diced
- Red chillis (increase quantity to turn up the heat!)
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 can chopped tomatoes1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 1.5 cups long grain white rice
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons of paprika
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Once cooked, use two forks to shred the meat
All of the above recipes are lovely served with mash, rice or couscous.
What’s your favourite slow cooked recipe?
