These easy slow cooker recipes are the best for busy weeknights! The perfect dump-and go crockpot meals that deliver flavorful dinners when life gets hectic.
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Easy Recipes For A Slow Cooker
I’m all about making recipes as easy as possible. Especially during busy weeknights – simplicity is key! That’s why I love to make easy slow cooker recipes, as well as sheet pan dinners, 30-minute meals and freezer meals. Quick, simple and delicious!
Dinner is the one time every day our entire family gets to gather together and catch up. While having a meal together is something I look forward to, I don’t necessarily want to spend an hour prepping, chopping, and cooking dinner every evening.
Days like that are when these easy crockpot recipes comes into play. I particularly love easy recipes for a slow cooker because I can dump-and-go the ingredients into the crockpot and come home to dinner.
Here are some of the best slow cooker recipes—give them a try and you’ll love them too!
Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes
Chicken is by far the most frequently consumed meat in our home. I particularly love slow cooker chicken recipes. Unless you are making something with ground chicken, you don’t need to cook the chicken beforehand–the crockpot will do all the work for you.
Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Bowls
A delicious taco bowl loaded with cilantro lime rice, seasoned chicken, black beans and corn. Easily made in the slow cooker and dinner is ready when you are!
Total Time: 4 hours
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Crockpot Shredded Chicken Recipe
Easy shredded chicken made in the crockpot or instant pot. One of the most simple, versatile and tasty recipes out there. Perfect to put on salads, tacos, nachos…you name it!
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
Slow cooker honey garlic chicken is one of my favorite crockpot chicken recipes that's quick, flavorful and absolutely delicious. It comes out perfectly tender every time!
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
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Crockpot Creamy Italian Chicken
This creamy Italian chicken is made in the crockpot with just 4 simple ingredients. A family favorite meal that's perfect for busy weeknights.
Total Time: 5 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Crack Chicken Recipe
This crockpot crack chicken is creamy and comforting. Made in the slow cooker with chicken, ranch, cream cheese and bacon, each bite is addicting and a family favorite.
Total Time: 5 hours 5 minutes
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BBQ Pulled Chicken
This crockpot BBQ chicken is only 3 ingredients and 5 minutes prep! Tender, flavorful and juicy shredded BBQ chicken that's perfect for sandwiches, salads, tacos, pizza and more.
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Mexican Chicken
This crockpot Mexican chicken is made in the slow cooker with black beans, corn and salsa. Serve the tender shredded chicken over rice, in burrito bowls or in tacos!
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
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Ranch Chicken Tacos
These ranch chicken tacos are made with slow cooked shredded chicken and an irresistible combination of taco seasoning and ranch seasoning!
Total Time: 6 hours
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Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
This easy crock pot teriyaki chicken is a family favorite with only 5 minutes prep. A homemade teriyaki sauce slow cooks with chicken breasts for a flavorful weeknight meal.
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
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Crockpot Chicken Fajitas
This dump-and-set recipe is an effortless way of making a flavorful Mexican-style dinner any night of the week. Easy crockpot chicken fajitas are made with juicy chicken, taco seasoning, and tender crispy veggies cooked low and slow until the flavors marry and it's ready to serve!
Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
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Crockpot Chicken Tinga Tacos Recipe
A delicious crockpot chicken tinga tacos recipe that tastes like it came straight from a Mexican restaurant. So easy and only takes 5 minutes to prep. These tinga tacos are authentic and amazing!
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Shredded Chicken Salad Recipe
Slow cooker chicken salad is a delicious make-ahead recipe that is perfect for lunches and potlucks. Made with some of the classic chicken salad ingredients but with a new spin!
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
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Salsa Chicken Recipe
Dinner is easy with this crockpot salsa chicken that is made with only 2 ingredients! Chicken is slow cooked in salsa until tender and perfect to use in tacos, burritos or bowls.
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Hawaiian Haystacks Recipe
These Hawaiian haystacks are a family favorite dinner that's easy, inexpensive and completely customizable. Made in the crockpot and perfect for busy weeknights.
Total Time: 6 hours 5 minutes
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Salsa Verde Chicken Recipe
The easiest salsa verde chicken made in the crockpot or Instant Pot. Use the flavorful, tender and juicy meat in tacos, tostadas, enchiladas or bowls!
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Mississippi Chicken Recipe
There's nothing quite like the savory flavors of this Mississippi chicken! It's easy to make with chicken, zesty pepperoncini, ranch and Au Jus gravy slow cooked in the crockpot until tender.
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Chicken and Potatoes
This crockpot chicken potatoes and green beans is an easy, home-cooked dinner that comes together in one pot with almost no effort!
Total Time: 6 hours 5 minutes
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Easy Beef Slow Cooker Recipes
Beef is one of the most versatile ingredients out there—just think of the difference between ground beef and shredded beef. Each one of these recipes uses a cut of beef to create a filling (and tasty!) meal.
Insider’s Tip: Once I find a slow cooker recipe with beef that my entire family loves, I keep a close eye out to see when that cut goes on sale and stock up to make freezer meals.
Crockpot Lasagna Recipe
This crockpot lasagna recipe is the easiest way to make lasagna! Simple to assemble with tender pasta noodles, meat sauce and cheese then it cooks hands off for busy days.
Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
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Shredded Beef Tacos
These shredded beef tacos are flavor-packed and easy to make with a roast and a few Mexican pantry staples. Slow cook until tender, then just shred and pile into a tortilla!
Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
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Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe
Simple and delicious crock pot Mississippi pot roast is made with just 6 ingredients! This family favorite is an easy dump and go recipe that cooks low and slow until juicy and tender.
Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Beef and Broccoli Recipe
This crockpot beef and broccoli is easy to make with minimal prep! Let your crock pot do the work for this dinner full of tender, flavorful and hearty beef and broccoli.
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
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Slow Cooker BBQ Brisket Sandwiches
These easy slow cooker BBQ brisket sandwiches are made with tender beef brisket simmered in the crockpot with BBQ sauce. Top with coleslaw for a rave-worthy meal!
Total Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
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Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe
This corned beef and cabbage recipe is an easy dinner for St. Patrick's Day made with tender corned beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes simmered in the slow cooker all day for the best results!
Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
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Slow Cooker Taco Lasagna
Layers of tortillas, cream cheese, beans, taco meat, enchilada sauce and cheese. This slow cooker taco lasagna is perfectly creamy, cheesy and has tons of flavor.
Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
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Crockpot Brisket Recipe
This crockpot brisket recipe is fall-apart tender with crispy caramelized edges smothered in tangy BBQ sauce! Pile high on a bun or serve with mashed potatoes.
Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
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Hawaiian Meatballs
These Hawaiian meatballs are easy, tasty and always a crowd pleaser. Meatballs are cooked in BBQ sauce with pineapple and ginger for the perfect appetizer or main dish.
Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
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Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff
This crock pot beef stroganoff only takes 5 minutes to prep and is made with less than 10 ingredients! A classic comfort food dish that's packed with flavor in a creamy sauce.
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Green Chili Burritos
Warm flour tortillas filled with tender slow cooker shredded beef and finished off with your favorite toppings. These green chili burritos are delicious, easy, and perfect for a weeknight dinner for busy families!
Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Chili
This easy crockpot chili is a hearty and flavor-loaded recipe with ground beef, beans and tomato sauce and Rotel cooked nice and slow.
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Barbacoa Recipe
The best beef barbacoa is effortless to make in your slow cooker with tender results. It's perfectly seasoned with chipotle spices and ready to pile high on a tortilla!
Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
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Beef Tips and Gravy
These beef tips and gravy are hearty comfort food easily made in the crockpot. This slow cooker recipe delivers tender meat smothered in a rich gravy!
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
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Pork Recipes
Pork slow cooker meals are definitely underrated. In fact, these are some of the best recipes out there! Pork is another meat that can be used in so many different ways and with so many different cuisines.
Pulled Pork Recipe
This easy BBQ pulled pork takes just 5 minutes to prep with 5 simple ingredients. It's perfectly juicy and tender, with delicious BBQ flavor. Make it in the crockpot OR instant pot!
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Slow Cooker Carnitas Recipe
These easy slow cooker carnitas are made with pork cooked low and slow until fall apart tender! A quick trip under the broiler ensures edges are crispy and caramelized.
Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
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Instant Pot Kalua Pork
Perfectly tender and juicy instant pot kalua pork with the best smoky Hawaiian flavor. So easy to make with only 3 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep!
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Slow Cooker Ribs
Easy baby back ribs smothered with a homemade rub and sweet and tangy barbecue sauce. Cooked to perfection in the crockpot and fall off the bone delicious. These are the best slow cooker ribs!
Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
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Slow Cooker Spiral Ham
Learn how to cook crockpot spiral ham with only 5 minutes prep! With the best juicy and tender results, cooking a spiral ham has never been easier for the holidays.
Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
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Slow Cooker Sweet Pork
This slow cooker sweet pork is made with 5 ingredients and only takes 5 minutes of prep work! Tastes great in tacos, burritos, salads and enchiladas!
Total Time: 8 hours
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Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Recipe
This copycat Cafe Rio sweet pork combines sweet marinated pork with a red enchilada sauce that is slow cooked until tender. This sweet pork is perfect for salads, tacos, burritos and more.
Total Time: 9 hours 5 minutes
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Easy Slow Cooker Soup Recipes
Over the cooler months, these easy crockpot recipes are in constant rotation at my home. There is truly nothing like a steaming bowl of homemade soup to warm you right up!
Plus, this is a great way to add lots of fiber and protein to your day in an easy-to-digest form. The vegetarian crock pot recipes on this list are absolutely incredible and are just the thing to make for Meatless Mondays.
Crockpot Potato Soup
The ultimate comfort food in a bowl! This simple crockpot potato soup takes just 5 minutes of prep and turns out absolutely amazing. Just throw it all in the slow cooker and forget it!
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Chicken Enchilada Soup
This chicken enchilada soup is creamy, warm, and full of delicious Mexican flavors! One of my favorite 'set it and forget it' crockpot meals for busy weeknights.
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Cabbage Soup
This crockpot cabbage soup is not only delicious and flavorful but chock full of vegetables with lots of fiber and is very satisfying. All you need to do is dump everything in the slow cooker and let it do the work for you!
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
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Mexican Chicken Soup
This Mexican chicken soup is made with tender chicken in a seasoned zesty broth! It's easy to prep in the slow cooker then come home to a warm meal on a cold night.
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot White Chicken Chili
This creamy and flavorful crockpot white chicken chili is the best with tender chicken, beans, corn and salsa. A hearty and easy recipe that is a weeknight favorite!
Total Time: 3 hours 35 minutes
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Slow Cooker Seafood Stew
A delicious seafood recipe cooked in a tomato-based broth with potatoes. This slow cooker seafood stew is comforting and is an easy-to-make dinner idea!
Total Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
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Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon
An easy and hearty meal made with beef, burgundy wine, fresh vegetables, and herbs, all cooked to perfection within the slow cooker! In this beef bourguignon recipe, the alcohol is cooked out, leaving a rich and thick liquid for the beef and vegetables to cook in.
Total Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
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Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
This crockpot chicken noodle soup is nourishing, flavorful and easy to make on a cold winter day. Nothing beats the taste of from scratch, homemade chicken noodle soup!
Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes
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Chicken and Rice Soup
This easy chicken and rice soup is a nourishing soup recipe made with chicken, tender vegetables, rice and a flavorful broth.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Chicken Vegetable Soup
This chicken vegetable soup is a simple yet hearty recipe that is easy to make in the slow cooker! Made with chicken breasts, vegetables, a flavorful broth and seasonings, it's comfort food in a bowl.
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Green Enchilada Chicken Soup
This slow cooker green enchilada soup has everything you love about classic green chile chicken enchiladas in soup form. It's creamy, flavorful and easily made in the crockpot!
Total Time: 5 hours
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Crockpot Lasagna Soup
This easy crockpot lasagna soup is made with the hearty flavors of a classic lasagna but in an effortless slow cooker recipe. Brown sausage then let the crock pot do the work!
Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
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Crockpot Beef Stew
The crockpot beef stew is a hearty soup made with tender beef, vegetables and savory seasonings simmered in the slow cooker. It's a comforting dinner on a chill day!
Total Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
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Crockpot Side Dishes
These are perfect to make for the holidays or for a dinner party where you don’t want to leave meal prep to the last minute. These slow cooker side dishes are completely portable too—just let it cook all day, then when it’s time to go take your crockpot with you, and plug it in to keep it warm.
Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese Recipe
Creamy slow cooker mac and cheese with cream cheese is a family favorite that is easy to make in the crockpot with elbow macaroni noodles cooked in a cheesy sauce!
Total Time: 2 hours
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Crockpot Mashed Potatoes Recipe
These crockpot mashed potatoes are easy to make in your slow cooker and result in creamy, smooth and velvety mashed potatoes! Best of all there is no boiling on the stovetop involved.
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
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Crockpot Creamed Corn
This crockpot creamed corn is easy to make in the slow cooker with canned sweet corn in a rich and creamy sauce. It's the best creamed corn side dish for the holidays!
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes
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Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes
These crockpot cheesy potatoes are a simple and quick, fix and forget potato side dish recipe that are a crowd pleasing favorite for holiday potlucks or weeknight family dinners!
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots Recipe
Using only 4 ingredients, these easy brown sugar glazed carrots are a definite crowd-pleaser. Coated in a butter and a brown sugar glaze, it's the perfect balance of tender and crunch in every bite!
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
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If you aren’t pulling your crockpot out of your cabinet right now, what are you waiting for? Give yourself a break and reach for any of these easy dump-and-go crock pot recipes.
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
awesome recipe’s thank you !!!
Looks amazing
Can’t wait to try these recipe
All I can say is – tasty, tasty, tasty! Images look awesome and mouth watering, I will try every single recipe as soon as I can!
LOVE using my slow cooker- especially in the fall! Pinned!