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Freezing and cooking instructions
Follow instruction #1 here. And instead of putting everything in the slow cooker, place ingredients in a gallon size freezer zipper bag. When ready to cook, pour ingredients into slow cooker. If thawed, cook on low for 2-3 hours. If frozen, cook on low for 4-5 hours. Then follow instruction #3.
2. Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
Ingredients you’ll need:
1 cup chicken broth
1 (15 oz) can black beans
1 (15 oz) can corn
1 (4 oz) can diced green chiles
1 (10 oz) can enchilada sauce
1 (14.5 oz) can petite diced tomatoes
1 tsp cumin
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts
1 (16 oz) can refried beans
Salt and pepper
Optional toppings: sour cream, chopped cilantro, sliced avocado, grated cheddar, tortilla or corn chips
Freezing and cooking instructions
Follow instruction #1 here, except add everything into gallon size freezer zipper bag. Freeze. When ready to cook pour ingredients into slow cooker. If thawed, cover and cook on low for 6 hours. If frozen, cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Then follow instructions #3-#5.
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Follow instructions #1 and #2 here except add everything into gallon size freezer zipper bag. Freeze. When ready to cook, pour ingredients into slow cooker. If thawed, cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours. If frozen, cook on low for 6-8 hours. Then follow instructions #3 (the second part) and #4.
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5. French Onion Beef Stroganoff
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6. Cheesy Chicken, Rice and Broccoli Casserole
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7. Garlic Lime Chicken
Ingredients you’ll need:
2 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or you can use 6 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 Tbsp minute tapioca
Freezing and cooking instructions:
Add all ingredients to freezer zipper bag. Freeze. When ready to cook dump contents of bag into the slow cooker. If thawed, cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours. If frozen, cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Shred up chicken and serve with rice.
8. Coconut Chicken Curry
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Salt and pepper
9. Korean BBQ
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11. Cream Cheese Chicken Sandwiches
Ingredients you’ll need:
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup chili sauce
1/4 cup apricot preserves/jam/spread
4 oz cream cheese
8 buns or rolls
Freezing and cooking instructions:
Add chicken, chili sauce, apricot preserves to gallon zipper freezer bag. Freeze. When ready to cook dump contents into the slow cooker. If thawed, cover and cook on low for 2-4 hours. If frozen, cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Remove chicken and shred. Cut up cream cheese into cubes and stir into the slow cooker. Stir chicken back in. Serve chicken on toasted buns or rolls.
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13. Pizza Soup
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Do instructions #1 and 2. Except instead of adding ingredients to slow cooker add them to a gallon freezer zipper bag. Freeze. When ready to cook, dump contents into the bottom of a slow cooker. If thawed, cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours. If frozen, cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. Do instruction #4.
15. Parmesan, Sausage and Kale Soup
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16. Crockpot Roast
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Freezing and cooking instructions:
Do instructions 1, 2 and 3. Except instead of putting the ingredients into the slow cooker put them into a freezer zipper plastic bag. Freeze. When ready to cook dump the contents of the plastic bag into the slow cooker. In thawed, cover and cook on low 8-12 hours. If frozen, cover and cook on low for 10-14 hours or on high for 6-8 hours. Do instructions #5 and 6.
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Karmen says
Just looking through these great sounding recipes! Can’t wait to try several of them.
Mary Kathleen says
Your post states do instructions #1-6, but I found no actual instruction on any of you hyperlinks. can you explain each of these 6 instructions
Karen says
which specific recipe were you looking at?
Gina A. says
For the sloppy joe, do you cook the meat before or do you put it in the bag/freezer raw? Thanks!
Karen says
you just put it in the bag raw!
Emily R. Smith says
These recipes look great! Most freeze-ahead slow cooker meals that I’ve found are really processed-food heavy (canned soups, ranch spice mixes), but these are not and they are interesting flavors! Can’t wait to try them!
Karen says
Thanks, Emily!
Kristine Abat says
I love slow cooked meals, but often times running out of time to cook it the traditional slow cooked way, so I use a pressure cooker (it is the best for kitchens!) if I am in a hurry. I will try your suggestion to cook in large batches and freeze it, I never thought of that!
[email protected] says
Believe it or not I haven't used a pressure cooker before. BUt I'm tempted to buy one. They can speed up cooking so much. My friend Barbara writes a blog called Pressure Cooking Today…you should check it out.
Heather Kinnaird says
this is exactly what I need at this busy time of year!
[email protected] says
Heather, I know. it's the best.
Unknown says
Thanks for posting this. I'm going to make several of these and freeze them. When it's cold as cold as it is right now, I just want to read and not cook but want a good hot meal for dinner. These recipes are perfect for that!
[email protected] says
I hear ya!