These slow cooker one-pot meals are easy-to-make. You might choose to servesome of these dinners with a side like cornbread, rice, or biscuits, but each recipe also stands alone. If your slow cooker does not have a sauté feature, then if desired you could eliminate any sautéing or browning and adjust the cooking time as needed.
This list includes our most recent one-dish recipes. Find additional one pot dinners and other slow cooker recipes on the blog or get longer-cooking all-day recipes here. Bon appétit!
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Slow Cooker Gumbo
Gumbo is an irresistible combination of a roux, vegetables, meat or seafood, and rice. It is usually prepared on the stove, but as with most soups, you can use a slow cooker to let it simmer for hours.
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Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken with Figs
This easy slow cooker Moroccan-inspired chicken recipe calls for ras el hanout, fresh figs, and carrots. Serve over couscous and garnish with almonds.
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Ghapama (Armenian Stuffed Pumpkin)
This traditional Armenian dish is a pumpkin stuffed with cooked rice, dried fruits, chopped nuts, spices, and honey.
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Slow Cooker Nigerian Jollof Rice
An authentic Nigerian Jollof recipe converted into easy Slow Cooker Jollof Rice. You can make it as one-pot Jollof Rice with Chicken or as Vegan Jollof.
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Split Pea Soup
Split Pea Soup is a long-standing classic for a reason — it is hearty, warming, and easy. And it makes great use of a leftover ham bone.
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Bò Kho (Vietnamese Beef Stew)
Bò Kho is an easy Vietnamese beef stew with carrots, tomatoes, and lemongrass.
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Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Learn how to make authentic Southern Chicken and Dumplings. The best way to make them is from scratch. And flat rolled dumplings are easy.
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Slow Cooker Ham and Bean Soup
This slow cooker ham and bean soup is adapted from the U.S. Senate’s Famous Senate Bean Soup. Use navy beans or any creamy white bean. Great leftover ham bone recipe.
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Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice
Red Beans & Rice is an iconic Louisiana dish and Emeril’s classic recipe is easily converted to Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice.
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Slow Cooker Brazilian Feijoada
The classic and easy Brazilian Feijoada is often referred to as the national dish of Brazil and is great for feeding a crowd.
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Brunswick Stew
Traditional Brunswick stew with tomatoes, lima beans, corn, and okra. Use any proteins you prefer: chicken, pork, rabbit, venison, etc.
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Slow Cooker Greek Chicken Stew
Serve slow cooker greek chicken with crusty bread or grains for an easy Mediterranean dish.
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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
This easy slow cooker chicken recipe with honey, garlic, ginger, and sesame is a family favorite.
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Classic Slow-Cooked Chili
Quite simply one of the easiest and best chili recipes.
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Slow Cooker Lamb Stew
This easy slow cooker lamb stew with maple and mustard can be served over noodles or rice. Or add veggies and potatoes for a hearty one-pot dinner.
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Slow Cooker Lasagna
This easy slow cooker lasagna uses pantry staples for a quick weeknight dinner.
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Slow Cooker Miso Chicken Soup
Miso chicken noodle soup is quick to throw together, full of veggies, and delicious any time of the year.
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Holubtsi (Ukrainian Cabbage Rolls)
This version of Holubtsi, or Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, calls for rice and dried cranberries.
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Slow Cooker Tamale Pie
This easy and hearty Tamale Pie made of chili with a cornbread topping is popular in Texas.
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Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Curry
Red curry paste and coconut milk make an easy, delicious sauce for chicken and vegetables.
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Slow Cooker Garlic Chicken
This classic French dish mellows garlic into buttery soft cloves that are delicious spread on toast.
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Labskovs (Danish Beef and Potato Stew)
This delicious stew is Scandinavian comfort food. The one-pot dish will make your family very, very happy.
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Feel Better Soup
This immunity boosting soup recipe calls for chicken broth, ginger, turmeric, garlic, cayenne and citrus juice.
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Slow Cooker Posole
This slow cooker Pozole Rojo is simple and hearty and can be made with chicken or pork.
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Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls
Any stuffed cabbage recipe can be made in a slow cooker. Here’s an easy Asian-inspired cabbage roll that everyone will enjoy.
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Slow Cooker Pollo Guisado
This easy braised chicken stew is simple to make with carrots, potatoes, and Puerto Rican flavors. And you can even add plantains.
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Jota Triestina
Jota is a classic dish of beans, pork, and sauerkraut from Trieste, a city in the northeastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
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Chicken Sauce Piquante
Chicken Sauce Piquante is a Cajun stew that works very well in the slow cooker. If you are familiar with the dish Shrimp Creole, you’ll recognize the sauce.
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Slow Cooker Lentil Soup
This earthy lentil soup also might be called a slow cooker black lentil dal. Richness is added by whisking in butter just before serving.
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Slow Cooker Potato Soup
Baked potato soup is a hearty, satisfying meal — a perfect weeknight dinner when the weather turns cool.
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