Any kind of meat with a can of Campbell’s cream of whatever flavour of soup, 1 pack dry onion soup mix and potatoes always turns out good.
Do spices count as ingredients? My mother always pressed into me so much to have a stocked spice…drawer? Rack? Thing? that I don’t think of them as a number for the recipe. “Of course I have black pepper, salt, oregano, bay leaves, etcetc” but I realize maybe I should count them before giving recipes!
Personally I think spices aren’t the usual ingredient. Like a secondary that most people have on hand. I think ingredients are like bulkier items if that makes sense lol
Under 5 ingredients? Farikal.
3 kg lamb meat 3 kg cabbage 8 tsp whole, black peppercorns 4 tsp salt 600 ml water
That’s 5 ingredients. Including salt, pepper and water. As an asian, I was dubious about this, but it packs and amazing amount of flavour from so few ingredients. Serve with baked/boiled/mashed potatoes, or bread, and a cold beer.
Curry.
- curry paste
- coconut cream
- whatever veggies and legumes you have
- a side of rice
Love that idea. Not sure why I never thought of making curry in the slow cooker! Do you used dried beans/legumes? Or canned/soaked?
Beans take a really long time to cook, so I like lentils better. But I do have cans of beans and of chickpeas sometimes
In my country we are used to eat every part of the animals so I have many recipes, but non you would like lol. Once I said my favorite dish ever was oxtail and people freaked out. Btw, Oxtail and potatoes in the pressure cooker is enough. Omg so goooooooood
That’s bizarre. Oxtail is pretty common in the states these days. At least in California. So good indeed!!
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Oxtail soup is amazing. I make it with a whole bottle of wine, and never eat it the first day. Unfortunately oxtail is very expensive here right now.
wow rrally? here is really cheap
So pricey I used short ribs instead the last time I made the soup, because it worked out cheaper! I don’t know what is going on but they are. Enjoy it while you can, all the odds and ends that used to be cheap are not anymore, here.
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We should have a “what should i cook tonight?” community! Deciding what to make is the hardest part!
You can make one:))
A change that was truly freeing for our family was to decide on just a few repeating standard meals. We did one night for tacos, one for some kind of fish, and one for some frozen food. Depending on how quickly you get bored, you can make the same or different things within those general outlines, but it helped narrow the decision tree at least for those nights.
After some time, we expanded to an even more thoroughly planned schedule, but that’s not where I would try to start. Just a loose schedule for some go-to meals that aren’t too repetitive but also don’t require too much energy to plan, prep, and make. Then you have more energy for deciding on other nights, or some basis for planning the other nights if that’s what you want.
Pulled pork:
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced, on the bottom layer
- A piece of pork (shoulder is probably best but I’ve also done tenderloin), trimmed
- 1/2 cup BBQ sauce poured over the meat
Cook about 3-4h on high or 6-8ish on low. Remove pork, shred with a fork, return to slow cooker & stir everything up together before serving.
As an alternative to the bbq sauce: hot sauce (cayenne based usually), spicy brown mustard, and some (apple cider) vinegar
Chicken soup.
Chicken stock, chicken, carrots, onion, celery. Add noodles if you like.
I like making the noodles fresh and adding them after, lets you get away with low quality noodles that would turn to paste sitting in the soup too long otherwise
don’t even need chicken stock. If you cook the onions on bottom of pot first to brown, add chicken in and brown if you want then add all the other stuff + water. Add salt/pepper let it cook a while. This is literally how chicken stock is made. Onions + celery + carrots are called the holy trinity.
Red chili stew. Onions, tomatoes, beef, broth and chili flakes
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Salsa chicken. It’s chicken, a bit of taco seasoning, then salsa. Cooked for 4 hours on high.
I have a variant of this I love. 2-3 lbs Chicken breast coated in taco seasoning and enough chicken broth to cover most of it. Cook on high for 3 hours. Drain the liquid, add half a block of cream cheese and half a cup of salsa, shred the chicken and add it to the now melted goo in the pot. Stir and eat. You might need some time for it to heat back up.
My other favorite is a chuck roast and a big jar of pickled peppers. Cook it for 8 hours on low. Shred it, strain it onto toasted ciabatta rolls with a couple slices of provolone and Dijon mustard.
Carnitas
- Pork shoulder
- Oranges
- Limes
- Salt
- Oregano
Dump it all in a pot, come back in 4 hours. Optionally, crisp it up in a pan or under broiler.
That’s perfect for the multi device with airfryer. You can get nice crispy tips.
Few more ingredients but my carnitas have always been a crowd pleaser
- Pork shoulder
- Coke
- Orange juice
- Chicken stock
- Canned Chipotles in adobo
- Onions
- Garlic
- Spices - I mix it up a bit, but salt, pepper, cumin, cayenne, and oregano will usually get you there. Packet or two of taco seasoning would probably do the trick as well
I tend to eyeball everything, but usually about a 12oz can of coke, oj and stock until it looks right, one onion chopped up, however many cloves of garlic I feel like peeling and chopping
If the pork shoulder fits I do it in a pressure cooker on high about 2 hours, if it doesn’t I do it significantly longer in a slow cooker
When it’s falling apart, pull the bones out, shred (I like to use a mixer)
Then like you, crisp it up under the broiler, and maybe mix in some of the cooking liquid
Ground beef and gravy over mashed potatoes. Simple and delicious. Open a cam of beans and you got a meal. Alternatively, ground beef and teriyaki sauce over rice.
