21 Meaty Slow Cooker Recipes for Dinner (2024)

By: Amy Finn for RecipeLion

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With this free eCookbook, 21 Meaty Slow Cooker Recipes for Dinner, you will receive a great number of amazing slow cooker recipes. If you are looking for something easy for dinner tonight, look no further than this collection. Discover some great slow cooker meals, including slow cooker chicken, slow cooker pork, and even slow cooker beef recipes. Your family is sure to love these awesome dinner recipes, and you will be happy with how quick and easy they are.

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Dear Cooking Enthusiast,

Whoever invented the slow cooker was a genius. This cooking appliance allows you to continue on your day, doing all your chores and having fun while your meal cooks happily. The recipes gathered in this amazing collection will show you some of the best ways to utilize your slow cooker. From awesome slow cooker chicken recipes to slow cooker pork recipes, these dinner recipes are sure to have your family full and happy without keeping you stuck in the kitchen.


Take full advantage of this new eCookbook, 21 Meaty Slow Cooker Recipes for Dinner, by making all the great recipes included. You’ll discover some really great dinners that are sure to become new family favorites. Since all of these recipes are created in your slow cooker, you will have an easy time making the dishes as well as a super easy clean up. Print out this awesome eCookbook so that you can refer back to it while cooking and again weeks from now when you want to create another recipe from this collection.

Happy slow cooking!

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Slow Cooker Beef Recipes

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Perfect Slow Cooker Swiss Steak (pg. 5) - A mushroom sauce adds great flavor to this beef recipe, and using blade steaks ensures that they don't fall apart after a long cooking period.

Incredibly Simple Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak (pg. 8) - Cooking Salisbury steak in your slow cooker means you can practically let the machine cook dinner for you! This easy dinner recipe requires just a few minutes of preparation time.

Slow Cooker Melt-In-Your-Mouth Short Ribs (pg. 10) - The name says it all...short ribs become exceedingly tender when slow-cooked in a flavorful combination of French onion soup, ale, garlic, brown sugar and seasonings.

Slow Cooker Creamy Beef Stroganoff (pg. 12) - Beef slow cooks to tenderness in a delicious creamy mushroom sauce that will have you eating bite after bite. The only thing you need to worry about is making enough so you can have some for leftovers the next day, and trust us, you’re going to want leftovers.

Slow Cooker Pork

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Stupid Pork Chops and Gravy (pg. 17) - This budget-friendly meal proves that your ingredients list doesn't have to be long in order for your meal to taste great!

Slow Cooker Pork Roast and Gravy (pg. 18) - This pork roast recipe is perfect for Sunday dinner or a weeknight meal. It's a full meal of pork, carrots and potatoes that all cooks together, so you can feed the entire family with very little effort.

Slow Cooker Honey Glazed Ham (pg. 23) - Cooking a ham in the slow cooker is great because you can easily lift off the lid for basting and it stays super moist.

Slow Cooked Chicken Dinner Recipes

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Dump and Go Cowboy Chicken (pg. 25) - This recipe couldn’t be easier to make. All you need are a few basic, Southwestern-inspired ingredients like black beans, corn and tomatoes and you're ready to start cooking.

Slow Cooker "Rotisserie" Chicken (pg. 29) - No rotisserie? No problem. Simply spice a whole chicken, place it in the slow cooker, and let it cook all day. This is one slow cooker dinner you'll want to make again and again.

Dump and Go Hawaiian Chicken (pg. 31) - Chicken is a slow cooker dinner recipe for chicken in a deliciously sweet Hawaiian sauce. With ingredients like pineapple, mandarin oranges, soy sauce, ginger and more, this chicken dish is bursting with flavor.

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FAQs

What is the best meat to cook in a slow cooker? ›

Choose the right cut: Chuck roasts, short ribs, pork shoulders and lamb shanks (think fatty and tougher meats) become meltingly tender with the moist, low heat of a slow cooker. Leaner cuts like pork tenderloin tend to dry out. Likewise, dark meat chicken — thighs, drumsticks, etc.

Do potatoes go on top or bottom of meat in a Crockpot? ›

Slow cooker recipes have (obviously) long cook times, and it's the meat—not the carrots—that benefit from it. By placing the protein at the bottom (closest to the heating element), and vegetables at the top, you can keep your plant parts a little more toothsome, while ensuring your meat is fall-apart tender.

What is the most tender meat for a crockpot? ›

Chuck roast is one of the more popular slow-cooker options because of how tender and flavorful it becomes after several hours of cooking on low.

Can you put raw meat straight into a slow cooker? ›

Can you put meat straight into a slow cooker? Meat can be added directly unseared and not browned. However, browning meat and caramelising the beef is a great way to add depth of flavour and improve the visual appearance of the final dish.

Should liquid cover meat in a slow cooker? ›

When cooking meat or poultry, the water or liquid level should cover the ingredients to ensure effective heat transfer throughout the crock. Some manufacturers of slow cookers recommend adding liquid to fill the stoneware 1/2 to 3/4 full.

Should liquid always cover meat in slow cooker? ›

To keep a pot roast from drying out, your slow cooker needs liquid to create a moist environment, and that can include meat or vegetable stock, wine or water. This doesn't mean the meat should be submerged; a cup or two of liquid will be enough, since the cooker is covered and liquids stay trapped inside.

Can I put frozen meat in a slow cooker? ›

Information. It is best to thaw meat or poultry before putting it into a slow cooker. Frozen pieces will take longer to reach a safe internal temperature and could possibly result in foodborne illness. Frozen or partially frozen foods can also cool everything else in the slow cooker.

What is the difference between a slow cooker and a crockpot? ›

However, Crockpots generally have ceramic or porcelain pots, while most slow cookers have a metal pot. As with a lot of cooking appliances, the biggest difference comes from the distribution of heat.

What can you not put in a slow cooker? ›

10 Foods You Should Never Make in a Slow Cooker
  1. Raw Meat.
  2. Seafood.
  3. Pasta.
  4. Rice.
  5. Delicate Vegetables.
  6. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts.
  7. Dairy.
  8. Wine and Other Liquor.
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Is 4 hours on high the same as 8 hours on low in a slow cooker? ›

The difference between "High" and "Low" on slow cookers seems to differ with every brand and model. One thing that is consistent, though, is that food takes seven to eight hours to reach a simmer point (around 210°) on low; versus three to four hours on high.

What is the healthiest meat to slow cook? ›

common lean roasts found in the grocery store
  • chuck tender roast. A lean roast that requires slow cooking to tenderize.
  • shoulder roast. An inexpensive chuck cut with good flavor and good for roasting or slow cooking.
  • rump roast. A boneless and lean cut ideal for slow cooking.
  • eye of round roast.

What is the best cut of beef for slow cooked stew? ›

Go for the chuck

The most common beef used for stew is chuck steak, also known as gravy beef or braising steak. Beef chuck comes from the forequarter of the animal consisting of parts of the neck, shoulder blade and upper arm. It is easy to find and it's affordable, making it a great choice for your stew.

What is the best cut of beef for slow cooking and shredding? ›

Chuck roast is arguably the best cut to use for pulled beef. Similar to the front shoulder of pork (or the pork “butt”) chuck roasts, being from the front shoulder of the steer, are chock full of fat, collagen, and marbling. This is the stuff we need to make delicious juicy pulled beef.

Which cut of beef is most tender? ›

The most tender of all cuts of beef, tenderloin steaks are lean and known for their delicate, butter-like texture and thick cut. These mouthwatering steaks are so tender they can be “cut with a butter knife.” Tenderloin steaks are commonly known as filets or filet mignon.

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