Slow Cooking Easy Slow Cooker Recipes

Slow Cooker Recipes

Slow cooker hamburger stew in a ladle over the slow cooker

Want to maximize your time AND money? Slow cookers and Crock Pots are your friend. Make big batches of delicious soups, stews, or slow-cooked meats to stash in your freezer or eat all week. These slow cooker recipes will keep your fridge stocked with little effort or expense. (pictured: Slow Cooker Hamburger Stew)

Subcategories:

- Beef Slow Cooker Recipes
- Chicken Slow Cooker Recipes
- Pork Slow Cooker Recipes
- Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

$12.65 recipe / $1.58 serving

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken is tender, juicy, tangy, and rich all at the same time! Perfect for sandwiches, nachos, salads, pizza, and more.

There's nothing quite like a slow-cooked, tender, juicy shredded pork. It's versatile and freezes well, so I love making a big batch of this Chili Rubbed Pulled Pork to keep on hand for quick...

Overhead view of mashed potatoes in the slow cooker with melted butter

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

$2.99 recipe / $0.50 serving

It's not even Halloween yet, but it's never too early to start planning for Thanksgiving, so I'm going to throw you this little tip to save for later. There are so many moving parts...

Slow cooker hamburger stew in a ladle over the slow cooker

Slow Cooker Hamburger Stew

$9.88 recipe / $1.65 serving

Y'all. I am SO ready for sweater weather and cozy slow cooker stews! To kick the season off, I made this super simple Slow Cooker Hamburger Stew this week. It's nothing fancy, it's just...

This Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili is the perfect example of why people love slow cookers so much. You literally just dump everything in the slow cooker, give it a quick stir, then turn...

Homemade chicken noodle soup from scratch is one of my absolute favorite comfort foods. Not only is it incredibly easy, but even just the smell of it simmering away is soothing and totally gives...

A plate with spaghetti, marinara, and a giant slow cooker meatball.

Giant Slow Cooker Meatballs

$8.00 recipe / $2.00 serving

I don't know what it is with me and meatballs lately, but here we are again. #sorrynotsorry This weekend I made these deliciously Giant Slow Cooker Meatballs, which are a fun way to change...

I love simplifying recipes and making them accessible for the average everyday American cook, with simple ingredients and simple prep, but I think went too far with the original version of this Slow Cooker...

Yeah, I know, it's 90 degrees outside and most people don't want to be eating chili right now, but I'm a year 'round chili eater. Especially back in the day when I worked in...

I was having one of those days today, y'all. The kind where your have a mile long to-do list but your body is just telling you to curl up and watch Netflix all day....

It's always very exciting when my friends publish cookbooks, but the new cookbook Easy Culinary Science for Better Cooking by Jessica Gavin is one that I'm extra stoked about. You see, science is one of...

Spring is kind of a strange time of year to be making soup, but I know at least some of you are still experiencing freakish January-style winter blizzards. Plus, this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla...

What do you do when you've got a lot of apples on your hands and they're looking like they might not have that much longer to live? Make Slow Cooker Hot Buttered Apples! 👏👏👏

This tender, rich, and flavorful Slow Cooker Sesame Beef is extremely versatile and only requires a few ingredients that can be found at most grocery stores. BudgetBytes.com

Slow Cooker Sesame Beef

$10.27 recipe / $1.71 serving

Y'all know how much I love slow cooked meat, right? It's always so tender and full of flavor, yet nearly effortless. While I usually opt for a southwest blend of spices, a couple of...

Warm spices, fresh orange essence, and a low slow cook time makes this Slow Cooker Carnitas tender, juicy, and full of flavor. BudgetBytes.com

Slow Cooker Carnitas

$7.80 recipe / $0.98 serving

Okay, this might be the best thing I've ever made in my slow cooker. No joke. The combination of the subtle spices, orange essence, and richness of the slowly cooked pork is absolutely to die for....

I had a craving for the aromatic spices of Chinese five spice blend this week, so I picked up a pork loin, mixed up a super simple marinade with the five spice, and let...

This week I played around with the concept for my classic Taco Chicken Bowls and made a "green" salsa version, or Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken Bowls. Salsa is kind of a secret weapon when...

Use your slow cooker to make these low fat and incredibly flavorful (not) refried beans and barely lift a finger. BudgetBytes.com

(Not) Refried Beans

$2.51 recipe / $0.28 serving

Have you ever had refried beans that were so good that you wanted to just eat them plain out of a bowl? If you've been getting your refried beans out of a can, I'm...

Slow Cooker Jambalaya has all the big flavor of the classic Louisiana dish with half the effort. BudgetBytes.com

Slow Cooker Jambalaya

$10.52 recipe / $1.32 serving

I really wanted to have this recipe ready for y'all yesterday, because it really is one of those "weekend day-cooking" sort of recipes, but I have been glued to social media since late last week,...

It's HOT outside, so I'm experimenting a lot with my slow cooker this week. Slow cookers are awesome not only because they're mostly hands-off, but also because they contain their heat well and don't...