Recipes

Chicken marinated overnight in orange juice, tomato paste, soy sauce, and brown sugar, then slow-cooked all day with mushrooms and mandarin oranges until fall-apart tender.

Tender beef chuck braised all day in a slow cooker with onions and beer, then thickened into a rich gravy. Serve with rice and salad.

Crockpot all day crockpot delight

Crockpot all day macaroni and cheese

Pork steaks or chops smothered in a tangy ketchup, vinegar, and Worcestershire barbecue sauce with chili powder and paprika, slow-cooked all day.

Layered Bavarian sauerkraut and Polish kielbasa slow-cooked all day with onion and celery seed — a hearty, hands-off Central European dinner.

Skinless chicken thighs slow-cooked with mushrooms, onion, garlic, and teriyaki sauce all day; finished with bean sprouts or canned Chinese vegetables and served over rice.

Tender cube steak browned in flour and slow-cooked all day in a simple onion gravy with cream of mushroom soup, perfect over mashed potatoes or rice.

Tender lamb slow-cooked in a simple Japanese-inspired sauce of soy, honey, vinegar, sherry, garlic, and ginger all day on LOW for a meltingly rich result.

A tender crockpot meatloaf with egg, milk, breadcrumbs, and chopped vegetables, cooked on low all day with ketchup glaze and potatoes nestled around the sides.

A classic navy bean soup simmered all day with a ham bone and jalapeños, served with chopped tomato and onion.

Filipino chicken adobo made in the crockpot — chicken slow-cooked in a tangy vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic broth all day and served over steamed rice.

Simple slow cooker pot roast with vegetables. The meat falls apart after simmering all day on low. Optional onion soup mix or tomatoes add variation.

Ultra-easy smothered chicken simmered all day in cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, and French onion soups with fresh mushrooms.

Copycat Steak 'n Shake restaurant chili — ground beef simmered all day in a slow cooker with kidney beans, tomato, cola, cocoa, and cumin for a deep, complex flavor.

Thin round steaks rolled around a filling of chopped onion and bacon, tied and slow-cooked in the crockpot all day until meltingly tender. Optional pan gravy at the end.