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Slow cooker feijoada

Feijoada is a hearty pork and bean stew from Brazil. It’s the perfect dish to simmer in your slow cooker. Serve with rice, baked potatoes or greens.

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We love these crock pot chicken meatballs. We cook them in our simple slow cooker marinara sauce, which you will make first, then drop the meatballs into later an hour before you plan to serve them. Serve these meatballs with pasta, spiralized noodles, vegetables, bread, or as an appetizer.

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Perfect Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

This slow cooker pulled pork recipe guarantees juicy and tender pork. Serve the pork as is or feel free to stir in your favorite barbecue or other sauces at the end of cooking. I especially love this homemade BBQ sauce.

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Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken Thighs

These slow cooker chicken thighs are so easy and delicious. The chicken comes out incredibly tender and flavorful. We call for 8 thighs, but feel free to fit as many pieces (thighs or breasts) as you can in a single layer in your slow cooker (they’ll shrink while cooking). I always brown my chicken first for extra flavor and beautiful color, then use the same skillet to make our quick lemon gravy.

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Tender Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken

Gently cooking chicken in a flavorful cooking broth helps it become tender and juicy. We go the extra step to make sure the chicken is as juicy and flavorful as possible. Once the chicken is cooked, we transfer the cooking liquid from the slow cooker to a small saucepan and simmer the liquid down by one-third. Spoon some of the concentrated broth over the chicken and save the rest for a light soup later.

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Slow Cooker Fire Roasted Tomato and Beef Tacos

Using a slow cooker makes the beef for these tacos easy. Add spice-rubbed boneless beef chuck, onions, tomato, chiles, and broth into a slow cooker then cook until the beef falls apart.

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Easy Shredded Chicken

This is our favorite method for making shredded chicken. Gently simmering boneless chicken thighs in a flavorful cooking broth helps them become tender and stay super juicy and moist. We go the extra step to ensure the chicken is as juicy and delicious as possible. Once the chicken is cooked, we simmer the cooking liquid by one-third and then spoon the concentrated broth over it before using the chicken in other dishes or serving. You can also enjoy the leftover liquid as a light broth!

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Easy Chicken Enchiladas

These red chicken enchiladas are easy to make with a simple filling of shredded chicken, cheese, and our favorite homemade enchilada sauce. We roll the chicken filling up in tortillas–corn tortillas are the most authentic, but if you prefer flour tortillas, use them! We link to two enchilada sauce recipes in the recipe. We love the quick and easy sauce when we are short on time and use the more authentic sauce when we have dried whole chilies available.

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Weeknight Taco Soup

My family loves this taco soup made with ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, and turkey all work), veggies, beans, and a simple homemade taco seasoning. It has everything we love about taco night made into a delicious soup! The dill in the recipe is a substitute for store-bought Ranch seasoning (a common ingredient in taco soup). It really does make the soup delicious! If you’d like to use a slow cooker, see the tips below the recipe.

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Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs

Our easy sheet pan chicken thighs recipe is fuss-free and perfect for busy nights. We keep the seasoning simple, but feel free to throw your favorite spice blend on top of the chicken and potatoes.

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Tomato Basil Baked Chicken Breasts

For juicy, tender baked chicken breasts remember these three things: marinate, bake loosely covered, and use a meat thermometer. In our photos, we show baking 2 chicken breasts, but the marinade shared below is enough for 4 chicken breasts. The chicken does not need to be completely immersed in the marinade, just coated by it. If you plan to double the recipe, simply double the amount of chicken, tomatoes, and the mozzarella.

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Easy Shredded Chicken Tacos

These easy shredded chicken tacos are a mix up of two of our favorite things — tender shredded chicken and our creamy cilantro sauce. You can make both the chicken and the sauce in advance. The chicken will keep in the fridge up to 3 days and in the freezer up to a month. The sauce keeps in the refrigerator for about a week and is delicious spooned onto salads, rice bowls, and eggs.

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Crispy Carnitas

How to make carnitas that are unapologetically porky, juicy, and tender with crisped-up edges. This Mexican slow cooked pulled pork is surprisingly simple to make and delicious. I use an oven, but tips for using a slow cooker are below the recipe.

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Hot Honey Chicken Meatballs

These ground chicken meatballs are juicy, tender, and coated in spicy honey butter. It’s impossible to eat just one. The hot sauce you use is up to you! We love original Tabasco and Crystal hot sauces, but I’d imagine almost anything will work. We recommend one tablespoon of hot sauce, but you can adjust this based on how spicy you’d like them. If you need to substitute for honey, try maple, golden, or brown sugar.

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Perfect Beef Stew

Our homemade beef stew with potatoes and root vegetables is so good that you’ll make it again and again! The beef is incredibly tender, the vegetables are perfectly cooked, and the sauce is rich and flavorful.

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Easy Turkey Meatballs

We love these easy turkey meatballs cooked in our homemade tomato basil sauce. Instead of searing or baking the meatballs in this recipe, we simmer them in our simple Italian tomato basil sauce, making them incredibly tender and delicious. Use a light touch when mixing and forming the meatballs. When adding these to the sauce, be careful not to stir it for 10 minutes so the meatballs can firm up. You can stir them once they’ve cooked and firmed up a bit.

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