20 slow-cooker recipes with six ingredients or fewer

We’ve got some meals and major dishes on this listing, however let’s begin with a facet: apple-brown sugar-glazed carrots. And sure, they’re simply as scrumptious as they sound. Fortunately, they’re a lot simpler than they sound, and this recipe from Taste of Home solely requires six substances.

We promise this isn’t only a listing of 20 apple-centric recipes—however come on, who may resist making a batch of this delicious apple butter from The Magical Slow Cooker? You’ll must peel, core, and slice the apples (which is a breeze with the suitable equipment), however after that, your gradual cooker and blender will do the remainder of the work making this topping for toast, ice cream, or anything to which you’d like so as to add tastiness.

These child again ribs are really easy a child may make them. (However please don’t let your child close to your gradual cooker.) You’ll want ribs, bbq sauce, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper, and your gradual cooker will want about 4 hours on excessive or eight hours on low. We’d advocate following the advice from All Recipes and caramelizing your ribs within the oven for 10-Quarter-hour, too. It’s value the additional equipment.

The title of this Supergolden Bakes recipe says three substances, however the full factor is definitely six substances together with a teaspoon every of baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. You can additionally add a seventh—chocolate chips, or nuts, or each!—however we gained’t stress you into that form of a dedication.

This one from Home Made Lovely couldn’t be simpler. Rooster breasts, bbq sauce, and cola go into the gradual cooker for 4 hours on low or eight hours on excessive till the hen virtually falls aside. Put it on a bun with some coleslaw and you continue to solely want a complete of 5 substances!

This isn’t a simplified recipe— ham actually solely wants 4 substances. Ham, brown sugar, maple syrup, and pineapple juice go into the gradual cooker…and a scrumptious glazed ham comes out three hours later like a extremely lengthy magic trick.

Making buffalo wings within the gradual cooker is more healthy and simpler, because of this recipe from Spend with Pennies. Based on them, you actually solely want wings, buffalo sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and onion—and after tasting the outcomes, we agree!

Not solely does this recipe solely require three substances, nevertheless it’s a dessert! Even crazier, it solely takes two hours within the gradual cooker, and there’s no mixing concerned. Say what?! Laborious to imagine, nevertheless it’s all true, and Blogghetti deserves the credit.

You actually solely want 5 substances for hen soup: hen, onion, carrots, celery, and parsley. You can add salt and pepper in the event you want, however that is actually all you want for this comforting dish. Paleo Grubs has a paleo-friendly recipe, which you’ll completely add pasta to in order for you hen noodle soup.

Our absolute favourite Thanksgiving/Christmas/anytime facet dish may be made utterly within the gradual cooker. And naturally, this version from The Magical Slow Cooker solely comprises six substances: inexperienced beans, milk, cream of mushroom soup, black pepper, onion powder, and—our favourite half—crispy fried onions.

Succulent sirloin goes into these delicious sandwiches, and in the event you use this recipe from Taste of Home, you’ll solely want 5 substances—together with the rolls! However in order for you multiple sort of pepper, go loopy!

Mac & cheese is a straightforward crowd-pleaser. Elbow macaroni, cheddar cheese, eggs, milk, and butter are all you want except you need to add some salt, pepper, and/or paprika. Get the rest of the info from Cutefetti.

Carrots, potatoes, steak seasoning, beef broth, and an enormous ol’ roast are all you want for this five-ingredient version from Fit Slow Cooker Queen. There’s even a recipe for the steak seasoning if you wish to make it at residence—however that half alone requires greater than six substances!

Okay, technically this potato soup from Borrowed Bites solely has six substances in the event you don’t embrace the “elective toppings” (which aren’t elective for us). However that’s nonetheless fairly easy, particularly with the six substances being potatoes, onion, butter, milk, and salt & pepper.

This recipe from Eating on a Dime doesn’t embrace any sides, however the principle course solely requires three substances! And it’s simple, in fact, as you can also make all of it in your crockpot on high-and-fast for 3-4 hours or low-and-slow for 6-8.

We frequently use this one once we’re brief on prep time and want an ingredient for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, or another Mexican/Southwestern dish. It’s simply hen breast and salsa, with elective salt, pepper, and limes. You can most likely determine this one out, however simply in case, Gimme Some Oven has the recipe and some tips.

Jambalaya sounds difficult, nevertheless it’s really quite simple. In actual fact, it may be made with fewer than six substances, because of your gradual cooker. Foodie Crush will show you how simple it may be.

One thing for the seafood-lovers: a easy poached salmon with white wine, onion, lemon, dill, and salt. And though you make it in your gradual cooker, it heats up quick, solely requiring about 20 minutes of cooking time. Get the recipe and some helpful tips from Epicurious.

Folks go loopy for this well-liked social gathering appetizer! All you want are frozen pre-cooked meatballs, chili sauce, cranberry sauce, orange juice, and brown sugar. After 4 hours on low, these meatballs from Dinner at the Zoo shall be able to devour!

You don’t must soiled each a pot and saucepan simply to make a scrumptious pasta dinner. Simply layer sauce (jarred or selfmade), tortellini or ravioli, mozzarella cheese, garlic powder, and basil leaves in your crockpot, and cook dinner the entire thing for 90 minutes. The Frugal Girls will show you how it’s done.