Gordon Rock - 34 5-Ingredient Crockpot Recipes: A Cookbook of the Easiest Slow Cooker Dish Ideas!

34 5-Ingredient Crockpot Recipes

A Cookbook of the Easiest Slow Cooker Dish Ideas!

By

Gordon Rock

Published by Gordon Rock at Smashwords

Copyright 2020 Gordon Rock

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How can you integrate 5-ingredient crockpot recipes into your repertoire at home?

Can you seek out the different varieties of ingredients youll need to make these dishes?

Are you curious about the various ways in which easy, prepared recipes can make your meals tastier?

Everyone wants to eat healthier, but it takes time to plan and shop for the most wholesome ingredients. And then when you have to prep those healthy foods, and cook them by traditional means, it all takes up a lot of time. The crock pot and these 5-ingredient recipes will allow you to serve healthy meals without planning much time in the kitchen at all.

Slow cookers can bring a healthy meal to life. Just prep the ingredients, throw them into the pot and let the appliance do the cooking while youre at work. You can still have comforting, delicious dishes.

In this cookbook, youll discover how to use 5-ingredients in 34 different dishes.

Whether youre seeking recipes for enjoyable appetizers, main dishes or desserts, youll find tasty ideas in here. You can become the next slow cooking superstar.

This recipe makes some tasty Italian comfort food, with its cheesy, rich ingredients. Youll enjoy the layers atop layers of cheese and pasta deliciousness.

Makes 5 Servings

Cooking + Prep Time: 1 hour & 40 minutes including 1 hour & 30 minutes slow cooker time

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 2 jars of creamy alfredo sauce
• 1 package of cheese tortellini, refrigerated
• 1/4 tsp. of salt, kosher
• 1/2 tsp. of garlic powder

Instructions:

1. Spray the inside of your slow cooker with non-stick spray.

2. Pour 1 of the jars of alfredo sauce onto bottom of cooker.

3. Spread 1/2 of tortellini in an even layer atop sauce.

4. Sprinkle the garlic powder over tortellini layer.

5. Spread 1 & 1/2 cups mozzarella out over tortellini.

6. Pour second jar of the alfredo sauce on top of cheese.

7. Spread remaining tortellini out in layer atop sauce.

8. Spread last of mozzarella out over last layer of tortellini.

9. Cook in crock pot on high for an hour and a half, until its done. Serve.

I always make these smoky-links bathed in BBQ sauce when I am headed to a picnic or dinner party. Its a great appetizer, and most adults and children alike love them.

Makes 8 Servings

Cooking + Prep Time: 5 hours & 5 minutes including 5 hours of slow cooker time

Ingredients:

• 1 x 28-oz. bottle of BBQ sauce
• 3 tbsp. of steak sauce
• 1 x 14-oz. pkg. of mini smoked sausages
• 3 tbsp. of Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp. of ground pepper

Instructions:

1. Combine ingredients in slow cooker. Cover. Cook on a low setting for five to six hours, until mixture heats through.

2. Serve using a slotted spoon.

When you add garlic and lemon, along with fresh herbs, the combination will add wonderful flavor to this chicken dish. Its especially welcome when its hot outside and you dont feel like turning the oven on. The chicken comes out flavorful and SO juicy.

Makes 6 Servings

Cooking + Prep Time: 4 hours & 10 minutes including 4 hours slow cooker time

Ingredients:

• 4 to 5 lbs. of chicken, whole
• 3 to 4 & 1/2 garlic heads
• 6 fresh lemons
• Steak seasoning
• Fresh herbs, your choice

Instructions:

1. Cut the lemons and garlic heads in halves. Lay at bottom of your slow cooker.

2. Add herbs of choice.

3. Remove chicken insides. Rinse the chicken and pat it dry.

4. Season the chicken with steak seasoning.

5. Lay chicken atop lemons and garlic. Stuff chicken with 1/2 garlic head and lemon cut into quarters.

6. Cover chicken with additional herbs and slices of lemon.

7. Cook for four hours on high setting. Internal temp of chicken should be 165F. Make sure you dont undercook.

8. Turn slow cooker off. Allow chicken to rest for 15 minutes or so.

9. Remove chicken from the slow cooker. Carve it and serve.

Despite the bright color of the sauce in this dish, it is certainly a takeout favorite. But when you make it at home, or, rather, when your crockpot makes it, you will have a more realistic looking meal, with fresh-squeezed sauce and orange zest. Honey brings out the oranges flavor and gives the sauce a sticky texture, and it is so delicious youll forget about takeout foods.

Makes 4 Servings

Cooking + Prep Time: 3 hours & 40 minutes including 3 & 1/2 hours slow cooker time

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces of orange sauce, jarred
• 4 chicken breasts, skinless, boneless
• 1/4 tsp. of kosher salt
• 1/8 tsp. of red pepper flakes (less if you dont want the dish spicy)
• To garnish: green onions

Instructions:

1. Place ingredients in bottom of slow cooker.

2. Cook the chicken in slow cooker, covered, on high setting for three hours.

3. Drain the juices from the slow cooker.

4. Pour orange sauce over the chicken. Cook for 1/2 hour more covered on high.

5. Serve with white rice if you like.

On busy days, this dish is so easy and quick to make. Youll use conveniently packaged gravy and salad dressing together to create a delicious, tempting sauce for this fall-apart roast. If your family likes roast, this will be a favorite.

Makes 15 Servings

Cooking + Prep Time: 7 hours & 10 minutes including 7 hours slow cooker time

Ingredients:

• 2 chuck roasts, boneless beef
• 1 envelope of gravy mix, brown
• 1 envelope of Italian flavor salad dressing mix
• 1 envelope of ranch flavor salad dressing mix
• 1/2 cup of filtered water

Instructions:

1. Place chuck roasts in crock pot.