Long simmering crock pot recipes

[thekarens]

Indy, I admire you taking on the cooking "later" in life. For various reasons it's always been my responsibility. It's a little ironic since my partner is an excellent cook and loves it, but she rarely has time. I do think though I'm going to try some of your suggestions.

Tangentgirl, we leave the house at 6 and the vampire child leaves at 6:30. Thank you for the recipes. They sound great!

[Veronica]

It's not a crock pot recipe, but I just finished prepping jambalaya to cook on the grill. The prep is easy and the cook time on the grill is pretty fast.

Veronica

[Owlie]

Pulled pork is my favorite. Pork shoulder is cheap, especially if you get it on sale. Put shoulder in crockpot, add liquid (I like beer or broth; I've seen some recipes that use soda and have tried one--it's still pretty good and not overly sweet or anything) and seasonings of your choice. Put lid on crockpot, turn crockpot on, wait. I've left it in overnight and it's been good.

Serve with salad or something.

[indysteel]

I like crockpot pulled pork, too. I use root beer as my liquid. Just don't cook it for 12 hours. That would be serious overkill. Oh, and it's not particularly healthful!

But here's the thing. Yes, it's easy enough to make, but in the time it takes you to pull the pork apart, you could grill a lean pork tenderloin. Crockpots are not necessarily time savers in my opinion.

[Veronica]

I LOVE pulled pork. I can tell you it's not good pre ride up a mountain food though.

Veronica