CROCK-POT

Slow Cooker Smoky White Bean Chicken Chili

Ingredients

1 pound boneless chicken breast or turkey breast cooked and shredded

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 cup red and green bell pepper chopped

1/2 cup chopped celery

4 tablespoon Bacon dripping

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon dried cilantro

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 cans 15 ounces each white kidney beans, rinsed and drained

4 cups chicken broth

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 tablespoon tomato paste

Directions

Saute the chopped veggies in bacon dripping and toss everything into the crock pot. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hour

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket Recipe

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket Recipe
By Amy Wisniewski


Beefy brisket is transformed into tender morsels of barbecue goodness. Rub the beef with a combination of chili powder, cumin, brown sugar, cayenne, and garlic, then slow-cook it in a sweet-savory sauce that includes smoky chipotle chiles. After 10 hours of gentle cooking, the meat can be sliced or shredded, tossed with the sauce, and stuffed into a sandwich

For the barbecue sauce:

• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 chipotles in adobo sauce, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

For the brisket:

• 1/4 cup paprika
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon packed dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed
• 1 (5-pound) beef brisket

Place all of the barbecue sauce ingredients in a 3-quart or larger slow cooker and stir to combine.

Place all of the measured brisket ingredients except the brisket in a medium bowl and stir to combine.
 
Place the brisket on a cutting board and cut it in half widthwise. Evenly coat it with the spice rub and place the 2 brisket pieces in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low until fork-tender, about 10 hours.
 
Transfer the brisket to a clean cutting board. Pour the barbecue sauce from the slow cooker into a medium heatproof bowl and set it aside.
 
Remove the excess fat from the brisket and discard it. Slice the meat against the grain into 1/4-inch-thick pieces and return it to the slow cooker. (Alternatively, you can shred the meat with 2 forks.)

Use a spoon to skim and discard the fat from the surface of the barbecue sauce. Return the sauce to the slow cooker and stir gently to combine it with the meat. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.

 

Country Style Apple Butter

When I was a child my Daddy bought apple butter to the table every morning. That apple butter warm our hearts with love and sharing a good thing. At our table bacon or sausage or sometime both was serve with eggs fix with a lot of black pepper and with those hot homemade biscuits waiting for that good old apple butter to be put on them.

Those mornings will always be deep into my soul when my family was all together eating breakfast with my Dad and the apple butter ...Love you Daddy and you are truly miss.

Home Made Apple Butter:

Start with 14 peeled-sliced apples (core for worms) . Place these in your crock pot pouring 2 cups of apple juice cover and cook on High for 4 hours.

Add 6 cups of sugar, 6 tsp. of cinnamon, 3 tsp. of cloves and 3 tsp. of allspice. Stir and cover.  Cook on High for 6 hours.  Stirring every 2 hours.  For the last 3 hours remove the lid from your crock pot as this allows the butter to really cook down. add 2 tablespoon vanilla extract blend in well.

Ladle the apple butter into jars and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Or you can freeze the apple butter In freeze bags. (Keep In refrigerator when open).