Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes

Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes

This is the recipe I used to serve a family of 6.  It gives me plenty of leftovers for lunches and leftover night.

Ingredients:

3 lbs. ground beef
1 cup onions diced
1 cup celery diced
1 cup green pepper diced
1 1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 6 oz. can tomato paste
3/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon paprika
3 tablespoon vinegar
3 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
salt and pepper (to taste)

Directions:

1. In a LARGE skillet brown ground beef. Breaking it  up into small pieces.

2. Drain beef and place in slow cooker.

3. Dump all the remaining ingredients in and give it a good stir!

4. Turn slow cooker on low and cook for 6-8 hours.  Serve on Hamburger buns.

~Enjoy!~

Mom’s Running on Empty Chicken (Crockpot)

Mom’s Running On Empty Chicken

Printable Version

For those times when you just don’t have the energy to cook!

Ingredients:

• 1 whole Chicken
• 1 bottle (18 ounces) BBQ Sauce (I use Cattleman’s Mississippi Honey BBQ Sauce)
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 3 shakes Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• squirt of Lemon Juice
• Sprinkling of Paprika

Directions:

1. Wash and pat dry chicken and place the chicken legs up in slow cooker.
2. Combine all remaining ingredients in a small to medium bowl.
3. Poor sauce over and inside chicken.  Cook for 8 to 10 hours on low or 4 to 6 on high.
4. When it is about an hour and half a way from being done I spinkle paprika over the top.
5. The meat falls easily off the bone.  Poor the sauce over rice or mashed potatoes.

~Enjoy~