Fix-It and Forget-It Revised and Updated: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes (67 page)

Wellsville, KS

Makes 4 servings

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 6-8 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt.

4 pork chops

6 potatoes, sliced

10¾-oz. can cream of mushroom soup

water

1. Brown pork chops on both sides in skillet. Transfer to slow cooker.

2. Add potatoes. Pour soup over top. Add enough water to cover all ingredients.

3. Cover. Cook on High 6-8 hours.

Variation:

Combine 1 envelope dry onion soup mix with mushroom soup before pouring over chops and potatoes.

Trudy Kutter

Corfu, NY

Pork Chop Casserole

Doris Bachman

Putnam, IL

Makes 4-6 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-8 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4- to 5-qt.

4-6 pork chops

3 cups water

1 cup rice, uncooked

10¾-oz. can cream of mushroom soup

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. dried parsley

¼ tsp. pepper

1. Sauté pork chops in skillet until brown. Transfer to slow cooker.

2. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over chops in cooker.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 6-8 hours, or on High 3-4 hours.

Jean’s Pork Chops

Jean Weller

State College, PA

Makes 6 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 3½-8 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5- to 6-qt.

½ cup flour

1 Tbsp. salt

1½ tsp. dry mustard

½ tsp. garlic powder

6-8 1-inch thick pork chops

2 Tbsp. oil

15½-oz. can chicken and rice soup

1. Combine flour, salt, dry mustard, and garlic powder. Dredge pork chops in flour mixture. Brown in oil in skillet. Transfer to slow cooker. Add soup.

2. Cover. Cook on Low 6-8 hours, or on High 3½ hours.

Variation:

For increased flavor, step up the dry mustard to 1 Tbsp. and add 1 tsp. pepper.

Mary Puskar

Forest Hill, MD

Pork and Cabbage Dinner

Mrs. Paul Gray

Beatrice, NE

Makes 8 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 5-6 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 4- to 5-qt.

2 lbs. pork steaks,
or
chops,
or
shoulder

¾ cup chopped onions

¼ cup chopped fresh parsley,
or
2 Tbsp. dried parsley

4 cups shredded cabbage

1 tsp. salt

⅛ tsp. pepper

½ tsp. caraway seeds

⅛ tsp. allspice

½ cup beef broth

2 cooking apples, cored and sliced ¼-inch thick

1. Place pork in slow cooker. Layer onions, parsley, and cabbage over pork.

2. Combine salt, pepper, caraway seeds, and allspice. Sprinkle over cabbage. Pour broth over cabbage.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 5-6 hours.

4. Add apple slices 30 minutes before serving.

Ham and Scalloped Potatoes

Penny Blosser

Beavercreek, OH

Jo Haberkamp

Fairbank, IA

Ruth Hofstetter

Versailles, MO

Rachel Kauffman

Alto, MI

Mary E. Martin

Goshen, IN

Brenda Pope

Dundee, OH

Joyce Slaymaker

Strasburg, PA

Makes 6-8 servings

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 4-10 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

6-8 slices ham,
divided

8-10 medium potatoes, thinly sliced,
divided

2 onions, thinly sliced,
divided

salt to taste

pepper to taste

1 cup grated cheddar,
or
American, cheese,
divided

10¾-oz. can cream of celery,
or
mushroom, soup

paprika

1. Put half of ham, potatoes, and onions in slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and cheese. Repeat layers.

2. Spoon soup over top. Sprinkle with paprika.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 8-10 hours, or on High 4 hours.

Variation:

If you like a lot of creamy sauce with your ham and potatoes, stir ¾ soup can of milk into the soup before pouring it over the layers.

Alma Z. Weaver

Ephrata, PA

Ham and Cabbage Supper

Louise Stackhouse

Benten, PA

Makes 4 servings

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 8-10 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5½- to 6-qt.

1 medium-size cabbage head, cut into quarters

4-lb. smoked picnic ham

¼ cup water

1. Place cabbage quarters in bottom of slow cooker. Place ham on top. Pour in water.

2. Cover. Cook on Low 8-10 hours.

Variation:

To cabbage quarters, add 2 sliced carrots, 1 sliced onion, 2 potatoes cut into cubes, and 2 bay leaves for additional flavor and nutrition.

Miriam’s Scalloped Potatoes with Ham

Miriam Christophel

Battle Creek, MI

Makes 6 servings

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-7 hours

Ideal slow-cooker size: 5-qt.

6 cups raw potatoes, cut into small cubes

1 medium onion, minced

1 tsp. salt

½ lb. cooked ham, cubed

4 Tbsp. butter

4 Tbsp. flour

1 tsp. salt

2 cups milk