Busy Day Brunswick Stew Crock Pot Recipes

BUSY DAY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place roast in a 5-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with soup mix, browning sauce if desired, salt and pepper. Pour water over meat. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender., Remove roast to a cutting board; let stand for 5 minutes. Add vegetables to slow cooker. Cube beef and return to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 1-1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender. , Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into stew. Cover and cook on high for 30-45 minutes or until thickened.

SLOW COOKER BRUNSWICK STEW

Steps:

• To prepare in a slow cooker: Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and celery and cook until the onions are soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 to 60 seconds. Transfer to a slow cooker. Add the diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. Fill the tomato sauce can with water and add to the cooker, as well. Add the chicken, pork, corn, butterbeans and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Turn the cooker on high and cook for 4 hours, or cook on low for 8 hours. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper.
• To prepare on the stove: Heat the oil in a large heavy-duty pot over medium heat. Add the onions and celery and cook until the onions are soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 to 60 seconds. Add the diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. Fill the tomato sauce can with water and add to the pot, as well. Add the chicken, pork, corn, butterbeans and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to simmer and cook uncovered, stirring often, until the potatoes and butterbeans are tender and the mixture is thick, about 45 minutes. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper.

BUSY DAY BRUNSWICK STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• 1. In a heavy skillet, heat shortening or oil and brown the rabbit or chicken pieces very well, until they are turning golden brown on the outside.
• 2. Remove the meat to a slow cooker set on high.
• 3. In the same skillet, cook onion in the salt pork (chopped fine) until salt pork is turning crispy and onion is golden brown.
• 4. Put this into the slow cooker.
• 5. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes with juice, lima beans, corn, potatoes, and tomato sauce (if desired) to the slow cooker. Add water if necessary to fill slow cooker at least 3/4 full. Cook on high power, covered, for about 1-2 hours, then turn to low and cook 6 or more hours stirring ocassionally. NOTE: Tomato sauce is not traditional in this recipe, but can be added if you like a stronger tomato flavor.
• 6. Remove the chicken pieces from the Crock Pot. Take the pieces off the bone, shred with a fork and return to the Crock Pot.
• 7. One hour before serving, stir in black and red peppers to taste, cider vinegar, and salt to taste. Heat through to blend flavors. May heat about an hour or longer if desired. This is good now, but really better heated up the next day.
• 8. NOTE: I sometimes make this using pre-cooked leftover chicken meat from a rotisserie chicken or another source. Use at least 3-4 cups of meat, and omit the shortening/browning stage. Just put the meat in the slow cooker. Proceed with browning the salt pork. Some cooks will put about 1/2 pound of cooked crumbled sausage in, too. It really depends on what you have on hand. Sometimes they add okra, but my father always said okra makes it Gumbo, not Brunswick Stew.

EASY CROCK POT BRUNSWICK STEW

Steps:

• Add onions, chicken, beef, pork, corn, BBQ sauce and hot sauce to a crock pot or slow cooker.
• Break up whole tomatoes into chunks and add along with all liquid to mixture.
• Add crushed tomatoes to mixture.
• Add 2 cups water and stir.
• Cover and set cooker on low. Cook for 4 to 5 hours.
• Add diced potatoes (drained) and cook for 1 more hour.
• Serve with buttermilk cornbread or garlic bread.
• If listed brands are not available in your area, use local brands you can find.

BRUNSWICK STEW FOR YOUR CROCK POT

Steps:

• In a 3 1/2- to 4-quart crock pot place onion.
• Top with chicken and ham.
• In a small bowl combine undrained tomatoes, broth, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, thyme, pepper, and hot pepper sauce; pour over chicken and ham.
• Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
• If desired, remove chicken; cool slightly.
• (Keep lid on the crockery cooker.) Remove meat from chicken bones; cut meat into bite-size pieces.
• Return chicken to crock pot; discard bones.
• Add okra, lima beans, and corn to crock pot.
• If using low-heat setting turn to high-heat setting.
• Cover and cook 45 minutes more or until vegetables are tender.
• Makes 6 servings.