1,540 slow cook recipes

Traditional Polish sauerkraut pierogi filling slow-cooked with bacon, onions, and butter until mellow and sweet. Enough filling for a big batch of homemade pierogies.

Farmer's breakfast skillet with sliced potatoes, diced ham, green peppers, and eggs topped with melted cheddar. A hearty one-pan breakfast cooked low and slow, then cut into wedges.

Crock-pot BBQ chicken slow-cooks a whole chicken in a homemade barbecue sauce of tomato passata, molasses, brown sugar, and vinegar until fall-off-the-bone tender. Hands-off, no bottled sauce required.

Slow-simmered pinto beans with smoky ham hocks, onion, and garlic. Soaked overnight and cooked low until creamy and tender, this Southern classic is comfort food at its most honest and satisfying.

Gajar ka halwa (carrot halva) is a traditional Indian dessert made by slow-cooking grated carrots in milk for hours until thick and fudgy, then enriched with sugar, powdered milk, and nuts.

Rich chocolate cream pie with a hint of cinnamon, cooked slow in a double boiler and crowned with golden meringue. Old-fashioned diner-style pie from scratch.

Crock-Pot chicken cacciatore slow-cooked in tomato paste, red wine, mushrooms, and Creole seasoning until the meat falls off the bone. A set-it-and-forget-it Italian-Cajun fusion served over pasta.

Southern hog jowls and turnip greens slow-cooked with smoked pork, seasoned with red pepper, and served with poached eggs and cornbread. Down-home soul food.

Stewed California figs cooked low and slow in water, with variations using orange, lemon, sherry, ginger, or cinnamon. Serve warm or chilled for breakfast or dessert.

San Fernando Valley pinquitos are slow-simmered pinto beans cooked with raw sausage, sliced apples, tomato juice, and brown sugar. A sweet-savory Southern California classic.

Pureed pinto bean soup with New Mexican red chile, cream, fresh herbs, and toasted pine nuts. Velvety, rustic Southwestern soup with deep slow-cooked bean flavor.

Fall-off-the-bone ribs slow-cooked with a tangy barbecue sauce that practically tends itself. Set it and forget it method delivers tender, flavorful ribs while you relax, perfect for lazy weekend cookouts.

Slow-simmered puttanesca sauce cooked 6 to 8 hours with plum tomatoes, a whole head of garlic, anchovies, kalamata olives, and capers. Dark, rich, and deeply concentrated.

Slow cooker turkey and tomato pasta cooks everything in one pot, including the dry fusilli. A no-fuss weeknight dinner that uses up leftover turkey and pantry staples.

Sauerbraten meatballs: cooked beef meatballs simmered in a tangy-sweet German-style gravy thickened with crushed gingersnaps. A 30-minute weeknight riff on the slow-braised classic.

Slow-simmered spaghetti sauce with ground beef, three types of tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, and chili powder. Two hours of uncovered cooking builds deep, rich flavor.