Barbecue Beef Brisket - Crockpot Method

This is an easy and quick version of Texas Barbecue Beef Brisket. All the preparation is done in a Crockpot. The brisket is marinated and refrigerated for several hours or overnight in the liner of the Crockpot. It will cook on either Auto, high or low settings and needs no watching. Great to fix in the morning and serve that evening. You can find the full recipe here: maryahearn.com

3 Easy Crockpot Pork Recipes

Creating a meal with a crockpot is easy. If you have pork on hand, try these crockpot recipes for dinner!

Recipe #1 - APPLE GLAZED PORK ROAST

4 lb. pork loin roast

6 apples

1/4 cup apple juice

3 T. brown sugar

1 t. ginger, ground

Rub roast with salt and pepper. Brown pork roast under broiler to remove excess fat; drain well.

Core and quarter apples. Place apple quarters in bottom of crockpot. Place roast on top of apples. Combine apple juice, brown sugar, and ginger. Spoon over top surface of roast, moistening well. Cover and cook on Low for 10-12 hours, until done.

Recipe #2 - BARBECUE PORK ROAST

1 pork roast (or beef)

Juice of 1 lemon

1 small onion, cut up

1 teaspoon sugar

1 bottle barbecue sauce

Cook roast covered in water (start with hot water) in crockpot overnight on low 10-12 hours. Pour off water and pull meat into shredded pieces. Saute onion in a little butter. Combine barbecue sauce, onions, sugar and juice of lemon with meat in crockpot and cook on high for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours, or on low for 3 to 6 hours.

Recipe #3 - CAJUN BREW PORK N BEANS

5 cans Pork-n-Beans (2nd to smallest size)

2 8oz cans tomatoe sauce

2 onions (chopped)

6 hot links (sliced)

1/4 bottle barbeque sauce (average size)

The following are "to taste"

Worcestershire sauce

Hot sauce (I like Crystal hot sauce)

Cajun Seasonings (I like Tony Chacere's seasonings)

Liquid smoke

Mustard

Brown Sugar

Mix all ingredients in a crockpot and crank it up to high. Let it cook all day, stirring occasionally. Can also be made on the stove top, but let it simmer for several hours stirring occasionally.

Enjoy!

Sloppy Joes For a Backyard Picnic - Crockpot Style

You may think of sloppy Joes as a "kid" food but I still love to eat them and I serve them to my family on a regular basis. I recently held a picnic style gathering at my house for my family and friends. I didn't  want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen so I have decided that I would use my crockpot and make my famous Large Crowd Pleasing Sloppy Joes. This recipe has been a favorite at many covered dish events.  It is so simple to prepare and it will serve 24 hungry diners.

Ingredients

3 pounds ground beef
1 cup coarsely chopped onion 
3/4 cup celery
1 cup barbeque sauce
1 can (261/2 ounces) sloppy Joe sauce
24 hamburger buns

Directions

* Cook beef and onion in a large skillet over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Stir occasionally until beef is brown.
* Drain.
* Transfer beef mixture to 31/2 to 6 quart crockpot.
* To beef mixture, add chopped celery, barbecue sauce, and sloppy joe sauce. Mix thoroughly.
* Cover and cook on low heat setting for 7 to 9 hours (or cook on high heat setting for 3 to 4 hours) or until vegetables are tender.

Quick Tips

1. Spray crockpot with cooking spray for easier cleaning.
2. Buy onions and celery already chopped.
3. Sloppy Joes will stay warm for about 2 hours. Stir occasionally to prevent mixture from getting too brown around the edges.

You can serve any side dish with the sloppy Joes.  To keep preparation simple I usually serve potato chips.

This recipe only takes about 15 minutes to prepare but your guests will think that you spent all day in the kitchen. Be prepared for compliments!

My Grill and My Crockpot

In warm weather, my grill and my crock pot are like feuding siblings vying for my attention at dinnertime. I love cooking with my crock pot and find it perfect during any season, but during the warmer months there's nothing like the unique taste of food from the grill.

Much like my crock pot, I don't limit my grilling to meat. Vegetables, potatoes, I love to grill everything! And, much like any other type of cooking, grilling can be as easy or as complicated as you choose.

Quick and Easy Recipes for the Grill

One of my favorite quick and easy grilling recipes is to marinate chicken breasts in Italian dressing. Throw the dressing and the chicken in a container in the morning, and at dinnertime throw them on the grill. Within 30 minutes (less or more depending upon the thickness of the chicken breasts) you'll have dinner on the table. Pair it with pre-made pasta salads from your grocer's deli and you've created a quick and easy stress free meal.

Do you like to make barbeque chicken? I love it on the grill, but hate the wait. I boil my chicken beforehand, cooking it fully. Then I marinate in my favorite barbeque sauce. When ready for dinner, I grill for 30 minutes. Knowing the chicken is pre-cooked, I don't worry; I am simply grilling for flavor.

Kabobs are another summertime favorite. I cut up the veggies and meat, marinate in bottled marinade sauces, skewer, and grill. Rather than use bamboo skewers where I have to worry about soaking them for hours, I use metal skewers.

I also love grilling vegetables. Cut veggies into bite size chunks, marinate in olive oil, black pepper, and seasoned salt, and grill. Once again, in 25-30 minutes, you have a tasty side dish to serve and haven't heated up your kitchen and house cooking it! I have used a combination of the following vegetables: red and yellow onion, red, green, or yellow bell pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, and asparagus.

There is nothing like sweet corn on the cob in late summer. Soak the ears, husks on, in your sink for at least 45 minutes. Grill over a medium low flame for 30-45 minutes, husk, and enjoy!

Of course, there's also grilled sandwiches, but don't limit yourself to burgers. Chicken breast sandwiches, tuna steak sandwiches, get creative!

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Grilling and Your Crockpot

Although grilling can be an elaborate event, like all my other recipes I like to keep it quick and easy. Use ready made marinades, rubs, and steak sauces. Start your marinade in the morning before leaving for work. By doing this you're not waiting for hours once you get home for the food to marinate; most meats don't suffer from marinating a few extra hours.

Rather than choosing between your grill and your crock pot, choose both. If making barbeque chicken and you don't want to boil it, use your crock pot. Place the chicken in your crock pot with 1-2 cups of water, cover and cook on low 8-10 hours. When you get home, remove the chicken from the crock pot, brush with barbeque sauce and grill, continually brushing with sauce the entire grilling time.

I have mentioned brats before; where I am from they're a staple that must be prepared correctly. I use my crock pot and my grill, cooking the brats in 1-2 cans of beer with one chopped onion and 2-3 cloves of minced garlic in my crock pot on low for 8 hours, then grilling for flavor and color right before serving.

Better yet, use your grill and your crock pot side by side. Use one for meat and the other for sides, but literally use them side by side. To keep the heat out of your kitchen in the summer months, plug your crock pot in outdoors! Try Grilled Chicken Breasts with Creamy Herb Potatoes or Crock pot Lemon Chicken with Grilled Asparagus. Find these recipes and more at Natalie's Recipes.

Although you may not have the desire to cook when it's hot, using your grill and your crock pot can make dinnertime quick and easy while beating the heat of your stove and your oven.

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Barbecue in Your Crockpot - Easy Shredded Barbecue Pork Recipe

Save money on dinner tonight by using your crockpot to make your own shredded barbecued pork. This recipe, along with my special homemade barbecue sauce, is not only delicious but easy to prepare.

Slow cookers are great for budgeting both time and money. Cooking in a crockpot will tenderize less expensive cuts of meat and energy use is low too because a crockpot takes less energy to create a tasty meal than baking it in your oven.

With a little planning ahead, crockpots can save you lots of time in answering that age-old question ; "What's for dinner?"

How to Make Shredded Barbecue Pork

Start with a four pound pork roast. Place it in your crockpot with a sliced onion and enough water to fill 2/3 of the slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper, Cover and cook pork on low for 8 to 10 hours.

While the pork roast is cooking, prepare this homemade barbecue sauce, a favorite recipe of my grandmother's.

Ingredients for Barbecue Sauce

2 tsp margarine
1 medium onion chopped
1 Tbs Worcheshire sauce
2 Tbs vinegar
4 Tbs brown sugar
4 Tbs lemon juice
1 tsp dry mustard
1 c catsup

Melt margarine or butter over low heat. Add other ingredients and blend.

Once you've made your barbecue sauce, refrigerate until the meat is done.

When your pork roast is finished cooking, take it out of the slow cooker and throw away the water and onions.

Let the pork cook and then, using a fork, pull the meat apart. Once you've shredded all the meat, return it to the crockpot. Add the homemade barbecue sauce and mix thoroughly with the shredded pork.

Cook on medium for 1-3 hours, or until the onions are soft.

Serve the shredded barbecued pork on a large, whole wheat bun with baked beans and a salad for a complete dinner idea.

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