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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
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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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Just looking through these great sounding recipes! Can’t wait to try several of them.
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
which specific recipe were you looking at?
For the sloppy joe, do you cook the meat before or do you put it in the bag/freezer raw? Thanks!
you just put it in the bag raw!
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!
Thanks, Emily!
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!
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.
this is exactly what I need at this busy time of year!
Heather, I know. it's the best.
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!
I hear ya!