A crock-pot is a modern multifunctional kitchen equipment designed for automatic or semi-automatic cooking. It can replace several electrical appliances at once and is suitable for baking, frying and stewing a wide variety of products. Today's article presents an interesting selection of the most relevant recipes for meat dishes in a slow cooker.
Solyanka
This is a traditional Russian soup, characterized by a rich, spicy taste with a pleasant acidity. It is prepared from several varieties of meat, sausages, fresh and canned vegetables. To make it at home, you will need:
- 200 g boneless lean pork.
- 200 g of beef pulp.
- 200 g smoked chicken.
- 200 ml of cucumber brine.
- 2 onions.
- 2 carrots.
- 2 pickled cucumbers.
- 1 lemon.
- 1 can of olives.
- 4 tbsp. l thick tomato paste.
- Salt, clear water, spices and oil.
Having dealt with the list of required, you need to find out in what sequence is it right to cook pork hodgepodge. In a slow cooker, a little vegetable oil is heated and the chopped onion is passerized in it. As soon as the vegetable changes color, grated carrots are poured to it and continue to heat. After three minutes, add pork and beef slices to the total capacity. All this is fried within a quarter of an hour, and then supplemented with smoked chicken, cucumbers, lemon, olives, tomato paste, brine, water and spices. Prepare a hodgepodge for 60 minutes in the "Soup" or "Stew" mode.
Boiled tongue
This meat delicacy will be an excellent addition to any buffet and will serve as a good alternative to shop sausage. It can be served as a cut, as a component of multi-component salads or sandwiches. To cook it, you will need:
- 1 raw beef tongue.
- 1 onion.
- 1 carrot.
- 5 cloves of garlic.
- 2 lavrushki.
- 5 peas of pepper.
- Salt and water.
How to cook beef tongue in a slow cooker? Previously, it is stripped of everything unnecessary, washed and cut in half. After that, it is placed in the bowl of the device, poured with water and cooked within two hours. After the designated time, the contents of the multicooker are washed and returned back. Spices, garlic, salt and peeled vegetables are placed there. All this is poured with filtered water and boiled in the "Soup" mode for about 50-60 minutes.
Boiled pork
This festive dish of Russian national cuisine is a whole piece of meat, baked in a special way. It is characterized by extraordinary juiciness and exquisite taste. To cook it, you will need:
- 200 ml cream (10%).
- 100 g of mustard.
- 2 kg of pork pulp.
- 1 small head of garlic.
- 1 carrot.
- Salt, paprika, turmeric, vegetable oil, red and black pepper.
The selected piece of pork is stripped of all excess, washed and greased with a mixture of half crushed garlic, salted mustard and spices. The meat processed in this way is placed in a hermetically sealed container and cleaned for a day in the refrigerator. After the designated time, it is poured with cream, rubbed with red hot pepper, turmeric and paprika. Pork is prepared from pork in a slow cooker (Redmond, for example), operating in the Baking mode, within half an hour.
Chicken fillet in batter
This delicious and very simple dish will surely appeal to lovers of fried foods. It is a tender white bird meat, covered with a delicious crispy crust. To prepare it specially for dinner, you will need:
- 2 chicken breasts (without skin and bones).
- 2 eggs.
- According to 2 tbsp. l plain flour and breadcrumbs for breading.
- Salt, ground pepper and vegetable oil.
Even an inexperienced housewife, who has basic culinary skills, can fry breast in a slow cooker. Washed meat is cut into small pieces and sprinkled with ground pepper. After that, it is dipped in a bowl with salted beaten eggs, sprinkled with breadcrumbs of breadcrumbs and flour, and placed in a greased multicooker operating in the "Frying" mode for several minutes.
Stewed pork with vegetables
This delicious and very tasty dish does not need additional side dishes and, if necessary, will replace a full meal for the whole family. The meat makes it reasonably satisfying, and vegetables add juiciness. To treat them to your family, you will definitely need:
- 500 g chilled lean pork.
- 450 g of frozen vegetable mix.
- 1 cup of drinking water.
- 2 tbsp. l fresh sour cream.
- Salt and vegetable oil.
Preparing stewed pork with vegetables in a slow cooker, in several stages. To begin with, the washed meat is cut into large pieces and fried in vegetable oil. When it is browned, it is supplemented with vegetables and heated all together within a quarter of an hour. After the designated time has elapsed, the contents of the device are flavored with sour cream, poured with water, salted and cooked in the “Stewing” mode until the pork is soft.
Beef Goulash
This popular dish consists of pieces of meat stewed in a gentle tomato sauce. It is cooked not only on the stove, but also in the slow cooker. Beef goulash with gravy goes well with any crumbly cereals and mashed potatoes, which means it will add variety to the daily menu. To make it in your own kitchen, you will need:
- 320 ml of meat broth.
- 800 g beef tenderloin.
- 75 g of tomato paste.
- 1 onion.
- 2 tbsp. l ordinary flour.
- Salt, seasonings and vegetable oil.
The selected piece of meat is cleaned from films and veins, rinsed, dried, cut and fried in a greased multicooker bowl. At the next stage, it is sprinkled with flour, stewed for a short time and laid out on a plate. In the empty container, the onions are sautéed, not forgetting to stir it periodically. After a short time, the vegetable is supplemented with pieces of meat, salt, seasonings and tomato paste. All this is poured with broth and cooked in the “Stew” mode until the beef is soft.
Pork in mustard honey marinade
For those who plan to organize a family holiday, we recommend including an interesting and moderately spicy meat dish in the solemn menu. In a slow cooker, it turns out to be very soft and juicy, and while it languishes there, you will have time to do something else. To cook it, you will need:
- 1.5 kg chilled pork tenderloin.
- 5 cloves of garlic.
- 2 tbsp. l honey (necessarily liquid).
- 4 tbsp. l mustard.
- Salt and pepper.
Washed and dried meat is stuffed with chopped garlic, and then salted and pepper. The piece processed in this way is coated with a mixture of honey and mustard, packed in polyethylene and put into the refrigerator. Not earlier than after 60 minutes it is freed from the film, laid out in a slow cooker and cooked within three hours in the "Extinguishing" mode.
Baked turkey
This recipe will surely fall into the collection of each owner of a multicooker. The poultry meat dish is moderately spicy and relatively low-calorie, especially if you use low-fat sour cream for its preparation. To serve it in time for dinner, you will need:
- 100 ml of soy sauce.
- 100 g of fresh sour cream.
- 800 g turkey fillet.
- 70 g of butter.
- 4 cloves of garlic.
- Salt and ground pepper.
It is necessary to start the process with processing the fillet. It is washed, dried, salted, pepper and coated with a marinade of sour cream, soy sauce and crushed garlic. Not earlier than half an hour later, the meat is stuffed with pieces of frozen oil, packaged in several layers of foil and sent to a slow cooker. Prepare it in the “Baking” mode within 50 minutes. A quarter of an hour before the designated time has elapsed, the turkey is carefully freed from the foil so that it can brown.
Baked chicken
A whole bird carcass, covered with a crispy golden crust, is equally suitable for both a regular and a festive table. Therefore, any modern housewife should know how to bake chicken in a slow cooker. To do this, you will need:
- 4 cloves of garlic.
- 1 chilled chicken.
- 50 g of mayonnaise and sour cream.
- Salt, aromatic spices and vegetable oil.
Fully plucked, gutted and washed carcass is coated with a mixture of garlic, seasonings, mayonnaise and salted sour cream. All this is left for at least half an hour, and then laid out in a greased multicooker bowl and cooked in the “Baking” mode for forty minutes. After the designated time, the carcass is turned over and left in the switched on device a little more than half an hour.
Chicken fillet with potatoes
According to the methodology described below, a very tasty and satisfying meat dish is obtained. In a slow cooker, the products manage to not only be thoroughly stewed, but also soaked in each other's aromas. To cook chicken with potatoes, you will need:
- 500 g of fresh bird fillet.
- 270 g sour cream (20%).
- 1.5 kg of potatoes.
- 1 onion.
- 5 cloves of garlic.
- Salt, curry, a mixture of ground peppers and vegetable oil.
Thoroughly washed chicken is pickled in a mixture of salted sour cream, crushed garlic and seasonings, and then laid out in a multicooker bowl, previously greased with vegetable oil. Slices of potatoes and onion half rings are distributed on top. All this is covered with a lid and cooked within 45-50 minutes in the "Baking" mode.
Braised meat with cabbage and mushrooms
The recipe below will be a real find for lovers of champignons and vegetables. According to it, a universal dish is obtained, which can become both a full-fledged dinner, and a filling for unsweetened yeast cake. To cook it yourself at home, you will need:
- 700 g of white cabbage.
- 400 g of any lean meat.
- 200 g of raw champignons.
- 200 ml of pure water.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- 1 carrot and onion.
- Salt, ground pepper and vegetable oil.
Pre-cleaned, washed and chopped onions passer in a greased multicooker bowl. When it changes color, add mushroom plates to it and continue cooking. Ten minutes later, pieces of meat and grated carrots are poured into the general container. All mix well and fry for a short time. After a short time, the contents of the multicooker are supplemented with finely chopped cabbage, water, salt and spices. At the next stage, all this is covered with a lid and cooked within an hour in the "Extinguishing" mode. The resulting dish is served hot with boiled potatoes or a piece of freshly baked rye bread.