Recipes

[wolfy999]

Morrigoon, have been looking for one myself and found this.....going to try it next weekend.

Old Fashioned Chicken Soup for Crock Pot

INGREDIENTS:
2 onions, chopped
3 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
dash dried leaf thyme
3 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
1 package frozen peas (10 oz.), about 1 1/2 cups
1 2-1/2 to 3 lb. whole fryer
4 cups chicken stock
1 cup noodles
PREPARATION:
Place all ingredients in slow cooker except noodles, in order given. Cover and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours, or HIGH 4 to 6 hours. One hour before serving, remove chicken and cool slightly. Remove meat from bones and return meat to slow cooker. Add noodles. Turn to HIGH. Cover and cook 1 hour.

[Morrigoon]

Nice!

I'm a little concerned about my "crock pot". It's one of those dinky ones basically useful for keeping items warm at a party. I'm doubting its ability to actually cook anything as it doesn't even get the ceramic pot hot to the touch (warm yes, but I can literally pick it up with my bare hands). Are they supposed to be that cool or is mine not getting hot enough?

I'm actually making a bastardized version of that bean soup right now using what I had around: I used a can of (drained) white beans, a can of diced tomatoes (with garlic and onion, poured in water and all), some chopped carrots, half a red onion chopped, about 15 tater tots thawed and chopped up, and about 4 slices of bacon, diced.

Since I don't trust my crock pot, I put it in a saucepan and brought to a good boil for a couple minutes before pouring into the crock pot. Just to make sure the bacon is good.

[wolfy999]

Time to buy a new Crock Pot....maybe?

[katiesue]

Watch the sales - you can usually get one for around $20 or less.

[Morrigoon]

Actually, the soup's at a pretty nice hot temp now Oh, and it's awesome

[Ghoulish Delight]

On the soup theme, came up with this one on the fly the other night. Easy and delicious:
Chicken meatball soup

Meatballs:
1/3 cup uncooked rice
1lbs lean ground chicken
2 Tblsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 egg
1/3 cup bread crumbs
2 tsp corriander
salt and pepper to taste

Soup:
3 cans broth (I did 2 cans fat-free veggie and 1 can fat-free chicken)
3-4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
2 Tblsp butter
1 Tblsp all purpose flour
1/2 cup white wine
2 carrots, chopped into 1/4 inch thick discs
8 oz. mushrooms (oyster mushrooms worked nicely), coarsely chopped
2 Tblsp dried cilantro leaves
salt & pepper to taste

PREPARATION:
Begin cooking the rice according to instructions on package. When done, drain and rinse with cold water.

In a soup pot, melt butter over med-high heat. Saute garlic and onions until onions wilt and begin to change color (~3-4 minutes). Add salt and pepper, stir, then add flour stirring until it's well incorporated into the butter. Add broth, wine, and carrots. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and cover, keeping a fast simmer.

While that simmers, mix all meatball ingredients, including rice. Form into balls ~1.5-2 inches in diameter. Add to the simmering soup. (I ended up not putting the last 4 meatballs' worth of meat into the soup, it was getting full. We set it aside and fried up little chicken patties later on, made a nice snack.) Add the mushrooms at this time as well.

Return soup to boil, cover again, reduce heat and simmer for ~30 minutes. Serve.

Makes about 6 servings.

[libraryvixen]

I went to Target the other night and the red crock pot was on sale for $20! I have to get one too. There ain't nothing better than warm happy food waiting when I walk through the door.

[Morrigoon]

Totally... I've used my Crock Pot every night since Sunday

Tonight I stuck a chicken breast in there with some seasonings sprinkled onto it, (garlic powder, seasoned salt, poultry seasoning), then at the last minute threw in a spring of Rosemary I plucked from the bush in my front yard and rinsed really quick.

Even if dinner doesn't rock, my house will smell AMAZING

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by libraryvixen

There ain't nothing better than warm happy food waiting when I walk through the door.

Don't forget to actually turn the crockpot on before you leave (or plug it in). Nothing better than being all excited coming through the door waiting for that great smell only to find kinda luke warm uncooked food in the crockpot. Not that I'd know or anything.

[Morrigoon]

This sounds horrible: http://www.recipe.com/recipe.php?sb_id=2111