I'm having the boyfriends family over for dinner and need a good slow cooker recipe to wow! them.?

Question

I will be feeding around 8-10 people. Last time they came over i cooked the perfect winter beef stew off of the kraft website, and they were amazed, im almost tempted to cook it again since it was such a hit, but figured ill mix it up a little. I looked through a few here on the internet and figured people on here would have better ideas for me than going through all those recipes. Thank you in advance. I prefer a simple type recipe but either way is good i just want to impress them again with my cooking.

Answer 1

I will give you the recipe for 2 pounds of chicken, you can double, triple or quadruple as needed.

Put 2# of chicken pieces in the crockpot. Combine the ingredients below & pour over the chicken.
1 c. brown sugar; 2/3 c. vinmegar; 1/4 c lemon lime soda (like Sprite or 7-up); 3Tablespoons chopped garlic; 2 Tablespoons soy sauce; i teaspoon black pepper.
Cook for 8 hours on low, or 6 on high.

Serve with fluffy white rice, and a quick stir-fry of frozen oriental veggies.


You can also put a large batch in a roasting pan & bake at 400 (covered) for about an hour.
The smell will drive you wild!!!!

Answer 2

Make Over 200 Juicy, Mouth-Watering Paleo Recipes You've NEVER Seen or Tasted Before?

Answer 3

this sounds weird, but sloppy joes from scratch in a slow cooker are AMAZING, and super simple. Sometimes, the simplest foods are the best. Get some awesome buns, roast some redskin potatoes (cut up in little cubes, toss with olive oil and your favorite spice mix, spread on a baking sheet and roast for about 35 minutes, stirring once. ) The sloppy joes are in the Good Housekeeping Book of Slow Cooker recipes and your house will smell soooo good.

Answer 4

Beef With Red Wine Sauce
--Southern Living, FEBRUARY 2006

Prep: 15 min., Cook: 6 hrs.

3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 medium onion, sliced
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 (1.61-ounce) package brown gravy mix
1 (10 1/2-ounce) can beef broth
1 cup red wine
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
1 bay leaf
Hot cooked egg noodles or rice
Garnish: chopped fresh parsley

Place first 3 ingredients in a 6-quart slow cooker.
Whisk together gravy mix and next 3 ingredients; pour evenly over beef and vegetables. Add bay leaf.
Cover and cook on HIGH 6 hours, or LOW for 9 hours. Remove and discard bay leaf. Serve over noodles. Garnish, if desired.

Yield: Makes 6 servings
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Easy Crockpot Beef Roast

1 chuck or rump Beef Roast (sized for your crockpot)
1/2 Cup of Water
1 Packet of Ranch Dressing Mix
1 Packet of Italian Dressing Mix
1 Packet of Brown Gravy Mix

Put roast in crockpot, pour water around the base. Sprinkle all 3 dry seasoning packets over roast. Cover and cook for 6-7 hours on low. Remove roast to cutting board and let sit 15 minutes; slice thinly across the grain (electric knife works best).

It makes great tasting gravy too, that tastes like you browned it and simmered it all day on the stove. Doesn't taste AT ALL like salad dressing!!!

Answer 5

An awesome easy meal to prepare for that size family is a good roast with small halved potatoes, carrots, and some onions if you like in a crockpot. Start it in the morning and let it cook on medium till about 4:00 or so. Throw some easy bake bisquits in the oven before the meal and i,ll guarantee you will get a lot of compliments. Trust me. It,s one of my favorites and with a crockpotted meal you will not go wrong.

Answer 6

This is my pot roast:

1 pot roast (your choice of poundage
2 cans vegetable broth
1 can tomato sauce
carrots
celery
1 med onion
1 envelope of french onion soup
Horseraddish sauce

What you do:

1. Cut the onion to the size you want (chunks, minced, etc). But in bowl and set aside.
2. Wash the carrots, remove the outside skin, and cut 2-3 to width of crock pot and cut the rest to the size you want.
3. Wash the celery, remove head and bottom, and cut 2-3 to width of crock pot and cut the rest to the size you want.
4. If you want potatoes, simply wash and peel and cut to the suze.

5. Put ALL vegetables at the bottom of the crock pot--you want circulation on that end of the meat.

6. Put roast in and smear horseraddish sauce over the sides. You won't taste it, but it will keep in the juices.

7. Dump in the broth and tomato sauce. If you're going to leave it in for more than 8 hours, put in an extra cup of water.

8. Dump in french onion mix and sprinkle garlic, onion powder, and a dash of pepper. You can use garlic salt if you wish.

Cover and have fun.

It smells delicious and will fall apart on your plate.Serve with some rolls and maybe some wild brown rice, and you've got yourself a winner!

You can also add--fresh tomato, mushrooms, etc if you like. It depends on your taste buds.

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I'm a dumper if you can't tell. I don't measure much.
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Answer 7

Try this simple lamb stew recipe:

Lamb roast...Hind or shoulder cut. 2-4 lbs
1 large red onion, large dice.
1 1/2 cups of halved baby bella mushrooms.
1 good handful of fresh sugar snap peas, or frozen peas if unavailable.
3 sticks of celery, large dice,
2 large carrots, large dice,
1 cup of red wine.
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups of beef stock
2 bay leafs
1 sprig of fresh rosemary
s & p to taste

Pan sear the roast on all sides until browned over high heat. Add roast and other ingreds to the slow cooker, turn it on, call it a day!

Answer 8

CROCK POT CHICKEN CACCIATORE

3-4 lbs boneless/skinless thighs and breasts
1 large onion, thinly sliced
2 large red or green bell peppers, sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon each basil and oregano
1 (6oz) can tomato paste
fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 bay leaves
1 8 oz can stewed tomatoes with chiles
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups burgundy wine
Parmesan cheese, for sprinkling before serving

Place sliced onions on bottom of crock pot. Add chicken.
Stir together remaining ingredients and pour over chicken.

Cook on low 7-9 hours or high 3-4 hours. Serve over pasta, with a salad on the side.
recipe may be doubled if you need a larger recipe.

CROCK POT ROAST BEEF

4 pound pot roast
1 package of Lipton Onion Soup Mix
1 can stewed tomatoes
1/2 cup flour
1 can whole mushrooms
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 tablespoons Kitchen Bouquet
3 tablespoons olive oil

Roll roast in flour. Sear roast in 3 tablespoons olive oil. Place in Crock-pot along with soup, tomatoes, mushrooms, the package of onion soup mix and Kitchen Bouquet. Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.

BEEF STROGANOFF

INGREDIENTS:
3 lb. beef round steak, 1/2 inch thick
1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
2 med. onions, thinly sliced and separated into rings
2 (4 oz. each) cans sliced mushrooms, drained or 8 ounces fresh sliced mushrooms
1 (10 1/2 oz.) can condensed beef broth
2 to 4 tablespoons dry white wine, optional
1 1/2 c. sour cream
1/4 c. flour

PREPARATION:
Trim all excess fat from steak and cut into-3 inch strips about 1/2-inch wide. Combine 1/2 cup flour, the salt, pepper and dry mustard; toss with steak strips to coat thoroughly. Place coated steak strips in Crock Pot; stir in onion rings and mushrooms.
Add beef broth and wine; stir well.

Cover and cook on low setting for 8-10 hours. Before serving, combine sour cream with 1/4 cup flour; stir into slow cooker. Serve stroganoff with hot cooked rice or noodles.

hope these help. enjoy.

Answer 9

I made this beef shank stew from Emeril's show. It was absolutely fabulous. The only thing that I did differently (and it worked well) is that I tripled the mushrooms.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_16750,00.html

Answer 10

check out rachel rae's thirty minute dinner site. emeril too! do they like lamb? might be a nice follow up. how about pork roast?