The Meat Lover's Slow Cooker Cookbook: Hearty, Easy Meals Cooked Low and Slow

by Jennifer Olvera

Overview

Calling all lovers of shanks and shoulders, rumps and roasts! Bring everyone to the table with The Meat Lover’s Slow Cooker Cookbook for meals featuring delicious, tender meat—even on your busiest days.

For years, food writer and recipe developer Jennifer Olvera dedicated her weekends to making stovetop meals for the week—until the slow cooker revolutionized her weeknight dinners. She began converting her favorite recipes to the slow cooker and found herself being asked for those recipes again and again.

In The Meat Lover’s Slow Cooker Cookbook Jennifer has handpicked her most-requested recipes that will surely become mainstays in your home, too. This slow cooker cookbook offers:

• VARIETY—From sliders and stews to roasts and ribs, more than 100+ thoughtfully selected family slow cooker recipes cover a wide range of meaty mainstays
• FLEXIBILITY—Spend a little extra prep time to achieve the deepest flavor, or skip the prep to get cooking right away
• CUSTOMIZATION—Pair your protein with the perfect side—whether you’re craving nourishing greens or classic baked beans, you’ll find plenty of options to choose from
• AFFORDABILITY—Let the slow cooker make edible magic of cheap cuts of meat

The Meat Lover’s Slow Cooker Cookbook is your complete resource for hearty slow cooker recipes that deliver the quality (and quantity!) that your family craves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943451388
Publisher:	Arcas Publishing
Publication date:	12/06/2016
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	702,518
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

JENNIFER OLVERA is a food writer, recipe developer, and author of the definitive Food Lovers' Guide to Chicago. Having written her first recipe on an index card when she could barely hold a pencil, she’s dedicated her life and career to cooking and enjoying food. Never one to be told “Eat your veggies,”—or, frankly, meat—she’s traveled the globe sampling ingredients and stuffing her suitcase with edible souvenirs along the way. For years she penned the popular “Sunday Supper” column for Serious Eats and currently contributes features to the Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, Frommers.com, and more. This is her fourth book.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Favorite Meals Cooked Slow

2 Broths, Stocks & Sauces

Chicken Stock 30

Fish Stock 31

Scotch Broth 32

Beef Bone Broth 34

Pho Stock 36

Rich Marinara 37

Meaty Italian Gravy 38

Pepper Steak Sauce 39

Bordelaise Sauce 40

Buffalo Wing Sauce 42

Alfredo Sauce 43

Nacha Cheese Sauce 45

Barbecue Sauce 46

Cinnamon Applesauce 47

3 Beef

Red Wine Pot Roast 50

Mexican Pot Roast 51

Sauerbraten 52

Guinness Beef Stew 54

Korean Beef Stew 55

Barbacoa 56

Classic Beef and Bean Chili 57

Italian Meatballs 58

Swedish Meatballs 60

Corned Beef and Cabbage 61

Zesty Beef Brisket Sliders 62

French Dip 63

Beef Bourguignon 64

Mississippi Beef Roast 66

Chicago-Style Italian Beef 67

Paprika-Spiked Beef and Sweet Potato Stew 69

Beef Stroganoff 70

Osso Buco-Style Beef Shanks 71

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls 72

4 Pork

Italian-Style Pork Shoulder 76

Barbecue Pulled Pork 77

Pork Chili Con Carne 78

Pork and Beans 79

Pork Chops with Potatoes 80

Pork Paprikash 82

Sausage Jambalaya 83

Ham and Scalloped Potatoes 84

Ham with Root Vegetables 85

Pork Carnitas 87

Split Pea Soup with Ham 88

Lasagna Soup 89

Smoky Baked Potato Soup 90

Balsamic Pork Roast 91

Chinese Char Sui Ribs 92

Chinese-Style Pork Chops 94

Szechuan Baby Back Ribs 95

Smothered Pork Chops 96

Hawaiian-Style Kalua Pig 97

Italian Sausage Sandwich with Sweet and Hot Peppers 98

Brazilian Pork Feijoada 99

5 Lamb

Lamb Stew with Cherry Tomatoes and Cilantro 102

Garlicky Leg of Lamb with Lemon 103

Tomato-Rosemary Braised Lamb Shanks with Chickpeas 105

Easter Lamb 107

Greek Lamb with Oregano and Olives 108

Lamb Shoulder with Smashed Root Vegetables 110

Red Wine-Braised Lamb Shoulder 112

Bone-In Lamb with Apricots and Green Olives 114

Sticky Cumin Lamb 116

Lamb Vindaloo 117

6 Poultry

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic 120

Chicken Tortilla Soup 121

Chicken Cacciatore 122

Chicken Gumbo 123

Chicken Noodle Soup 125

Orange Chicken 126

Chicken and Dumplings 127

Chicken Sausage and Kale Soup 128

Coq au Vin 129

Chicken Tikka Masala 130

Thai Red Curry Chicken 132

Butter Chicken 133

Chicken Chili Verde 134

Carolina Barbecue Chicken 135

Chicken Adobo 136

Sweet and Sour Chicken 138

Chicken Tinga Tacos 139

Chicken Fricassee 140

Turkey Tetrazzini 141

Hearty Turkey Chili 143

7 Fish & Seafood

Seafood Stew 146

New England-Style Clam Chowder 147

Fish Chowder 148

Tuna Casserole 150

Cioppino 151

Shrimp Creole 152

Lemony Salmon with Fresh Herbs and Dill Cream 154

Seafood Pot-au-Feu 155

Low Country Seafood Boil 156

White Beans with Tuna and Tomatoes 157

8 Vegetables, Sides & Dips

Cheesy Creamed Com with Bacon 160

Corn Pudding with Poblanos 161

Balsamic Beets 162

Hash Brown Casserole 163

Loaded Mashed Potatoes 164

Sausage and Apple Stuffing 165

Tangy-Sweet Glazed Carrots 166

Smoky Baked Beans 168

Tangy Collard Greens 170

Artichoke-Parmesan Dip with Crostini 171

Reuben Dip 172

Bean Dip 173

Taco Dip 174

Southern-Style Green Beans 175

Creamed Kale 176

Measurement Conversions 179

Recipe Index 180

Index 182

Acknowledgments 189

About the Author 190