Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

90 butter
4 large diced carrots,
4 large chopped onions,
8 large peeled and diced potatoes,
2 sticks diced celery,
3 litres chicken or beef stock
salt & pepper to taste
1 cup cream
2 tblspns chopped parsley

Melt butter in a saucepan, add vegetable and cook for 15-20 mins - stirring occasionally (this step is not essential but greatly enhances the flavour). Place vegetables in Slow cooker, add stock and seasonings. Cover and cook on 1 (low) for 6-8 hours. Just before serving, add cream and parsley.

Serves 16

Slow cooker pot roast

POT ROAST

2kgish brisket, rump roast, or pot roast
2 to 3 potatoes, peeled and quartered
2 to 3 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 onion, peeled and quartered
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup of beef stock
2 or 3 cloves of garlic..finely chopped.

Put vegetables in bottom of crockpot. Salt and pepper meat, then put in pot. Add liquid. Cover and cook on low 10 to 12 hours. (High 4 to 5 hours). Meat can be browned first prior to placing in crockpot.

Another option is to also add about half a cup of either red wine or a dark ale. Delicious served with cabbage and pumpkin.

Braised Beef Delight

1kg. boneless chuck steak, diced
1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. butter
1 onion, sliced
1 tsp. salt and. pepper to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
1can beer
1/4 c. flour

Coat beef cubes with the 1/2 cup flour. Brown in melted butter. Drain off excess fat.

In crock pot, combine browned meat with onion, salt, pepper, garlic and beer.

Cover and cook on low 5-7 hours until meat is tender.

Turn control to high. Dissolve remaining 1/4 cup flour in small amount of water.

Stir into meat mixture, cook on high 30-40 minutes.

Serve with rice or mashed potatoes and a salad

Mango Chicken

1kg skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into 1/2-inch strips
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 cups mango nectar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

In a large pan, cook chicken in oil until brown on all sides, about 5 minutes.
Transfer chicken to crock pot. Add onion, ginger, nectar and sugar. Stir to blend. Cook on low until chicken is tender about 4 - 5 hours.
If desired, serve over hot fluffy rice.

Garlic pork roast and sweet potatoes

1 .5 kilo pork boneless loin roast
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 cups peeled sweet potato pieces
1 medium onion, sliced
6 cloves garlic, peeled
1 cup chicken stock

1. Remove fat from pork. Heat oil in pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Cook pork in oil about 10 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides.

2. Place sweet potatoes, onion and garlic in slow cooker. Place pork on vegetables. Use small amount of the chicken broth to deglaze skillet. Pour drippings and remaining broth over pork.

3. Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours or until pork and vegetables are tender.

Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore

10-pieces of chicken-…thighs, legs, wings.
2-large onions slices thinly
5-large potatoes-cut in quarters
4 mushrooms sliced
1-can crushed tomatoes
4-tsp. salt
4-tsp. black pepper
4-tsp. oregano
1 TBSP olive oil
1 cup water
Olives to serve

Mix all these ingredients in a bowl until well blended. Pour into
crockpot and cook 6 hours on low
Before serving add a handful of tasty olives. Serve with some nice crusty Italian
bread and a tossed salad.

See our other Slow Cooker Recipes

Beef and Potato Stew

1kg. beef cubed
4 peeled and diced potatoes
1red onion diced (large dice)
2 sliced carrots
2 beef cubes dissolved in half cup of hot water
1 cup red wine
1 clove garlic
salt and pepper to taste
crushed rosemary to taste

Throw it all in the crockpot and cook on high about 4-5 hours then
mix about 1/4 cup of corn flour with 1/4 cup cold water, mix well and add
to stew. Let cook and thicken about 20 minutes. Serve with fresh hot bread and salad.

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Slow cooker recipes

With the cooler weather arriving soon, it might be time to pull the good old slow cooker (sometimes called Crockpot) out of the cupboard and make some delicious winter warming favourites. A new and tasty recipe (all taste tested by my family!) will be added every week.

Slow Cooker Sweet & Sour Chicken

1 medium onion, diced
1 medium carrot, peeled, sliced
1 medium celery stalk, sliced
6 boneless skinless chicken thighs (around a kilogram or so.), cut into bite-size pieces
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup KRAFT Italian Dressing
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp. grated ginger
1 can pineapple pieces, drained, (juice reserved)
1 Tbsp. corn flour
1 medium green capsicum, sliced
1 medium red capsicum, sliced
4-1/2 cups hot cooked rice

PLACE onions, carrots and celery in slow cooker; top with chicken.

ADD combined brown sugar, dressing, soy sauce and ginger. Cover with lid.

COOK on LOW for 7 to 8 hours (or on HIGH for 3-1/2 to 4 hours). During last 30 min. of cooking time, increase to HIGH. Stir corn flour into reserved pineapple juice; add to slow cooker along with the pineapple and capsicums.

Then cook further 30 min. or until capsicums are tender and sauce is thickened. Serve over the steaming hot rice.

Enjoy!

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