Crockpot - Korean Ground Turkey

I found a korean beef recipe on the internet about six or seven years ago. I printed it out and saved it. The original version used ground beef, but I switched it for ground turkey. In our house this is a must! I doubled the recipe and stored some in the freezer, for those days when you just don't want to cook. We eat it with pasta, rice, in lettuce wraps (like in the photo) and burritos. Hope you guys enjoy it! Until the next one! 

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground turkey 

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp ground red pepper

1 tsp minced ginger

1 Tbsp tomato paste

Procedure:

Put the ground turkey in slow cooker and break it up into small chunks with a spoon.

Put the brown sugar in a small bowl.

Add the soy sauce.

Add the Sesame Oil.

Add the garlic powder.

Add the ground red pepper.

Add the minced ginger.

Add the tomato paste.

Stir everything together until well mixed.

Pour the mixture over the meat.

Cover all of the meat, put the lid on and cook on low for 3 to 4 hours.

Stir, breaking the meat up into chunks.

Serve or freeze it, as desired.

Spicy Crock Pot Pull Pork

Updated photograph of the recipe. 

My husband has been nagging me about making him pulled pork for a while so I decided to finally make it. I decided to take advantage of the fact that it was the holiday. I invited my family over to celebrate New Year's Eve at our house and made this awesome recipe. After waking up at 5:00 am and groggily starting the whole process I realized that I hadn't taken pictures of the process. So I will be posting the recipe, but I'll have to make it again so I can post the photographs of the process. As you can imagine my hubby was "so sad" when he found out he was gonna have to eat pulled pork again... lol. On the photo above I'd made a double recipe for my family. The leftover pork was used to make some amazing sloppy joe's the next day (with a little cheese and bbq sauce!) I promise I will be uploading the photos pretty soon!

This is the original picture of the post. Double recipe.

 Update: I added pictures of the procedure. When I first made the post, it was for a family reunion, so I doubled the recipe. In the procedure photographs you'll see only one pork, except in the last one. That quantity of pulled pork is of two porks. Enjoy!


Ingredients:

Mix of spices:

3 Tablespoons of paprika
2 Tablespoons of salt
2 teaspoons of ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme

Paste mixture:

1/2 cup of honey
1/4 cup of white vinegar
3 Tablespoons of olive oil

Additional ingredients:

1 onion, cut in half
3 to 3 1/2 pounds of pork shoulder


Procedure:

1. In a mixing bowl, add the spices.
2. Add the honey, vinegar and olive oil.
3. Spread the onions along the bottom of the slow cooker.
4. Place the pork on top.
5. Pour the honey paste over the pork.
6. Set the slow cooker on low, and let it cook for 7-8 hours.
7. Enjoy!

Step by Step Photographs:

In a bowl, add the salt.

Add the paprika. (I used in this recipe the sweet paprika.)

Add the ground black pepper.

Add the cayenne pepper.

Add the garlic powder.

Add the dried thyme.

Mix all the spices.

Add the honey.

Add the red wine vinegar.

Add the olive oil.

Mix everything.

Put the onion along the bottom of the slow cooker.

Place the pork on top.

Pour the honey paste over the pork. 

Set the slow cooker on low, and let it cook for 7-8 hours.

After 8 hours is done!

Enjoy!!

Doubled recipe. (Original Post photograph)

Doubled recipe. (Original Post photograph)

Once again, enjoy!!

Pork and Beans

I’ve never used a slow cooker in my life, but I found some amazing recipes and wanted to give them a try. I found this recipe in the same book I’ve been writing about these last few days, Taste of Home: Best loved recipes. The only thing I don’t love is that I have to wait 9 to 10 hours to have the food ready… I guess the reason I have never used a slow cooker before is because they are too slow for me. I’m used to making food to be served the moment, only waiting the absolutely necessary time to have my food on the table and ready for the family to eat.

With this recipe I learned that I need to develop more patience. Even though it took a long time to cook I decided to enjoy myself and spent part of that time looking for more recipes while listening to Frank Sinatra. But let’s face it, the wait was really long, and even with Sinatra there to smooth it out… there is a reason why they say a slow cooker is used so you can throw everything in there and forget about it. My problem is that I can’t forget about it. I just know it’s there on the countertop, cooking for me. I may have some control issues (hahaha). Oh well, in the end I guess the important thing is the result, and I must say it was an exquisite result. Oh my God, I’m even improving my “writer” skills… hahaha. Well, hope you guys enjoy this recipe too!

Ingredients:

1 boneless whole pork loin roast

1 medium onion sliced

3 cans of pork and beans

1 ½ cups of barbecue sauce

¼ cup of brown sugar

1 teaspoon of garlic powder

Procedure:

Place thee pork loin  in the slow cooker.

Top with the onions.

In a large bowl combine the beans,

With the barbecue sauce.

Add the brown sugar.

Add the garlic Powder.

Mix all the ingredients.

Pour the mixture over the meat.

Spread it well.

Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until the meat is tender.

Remove the roast and shred with two forks.

Leave the meat in the slow cooker and heat through.

Honey Glazed Thighs

 On August I made a recipe extremely similar to this one... well to tell you the truth I just changed the protein. Last time I used drumsticks, now I'm using thighs. This glaze is just amazing and deserves being used more than once!  Tomorrow's recipe will be the awesome garlic mashed potatoes you guys see in the photo above. I just love cooking and gathering the people I love at home. I love seeing how much they love the food I make. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you guys love this recipe and make it for someone you love.

 

Ingredients:

Thighs (I use 5 but you can add up to 2 pounds)

3 Tablespoons soy sauce

2 Tablespoons Honey

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil

½ Tablespoon of hot sauce (If you like it really spicy you can add more)

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

1/8  teaspoon garlic powder

Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients for the glaze. Put the thighs in a bowl. (I prefer a Ziploc bag.)

Pour the glaze over the thighs. Let it refrigerate at least 1 hour. (I leave it at least 6)

Preheat the oven at 375 degrees 

Take out the thighs from the refrigerator and put the thighs in a ceramic Dutch oven or you can put it in a broiler pan lined with foil. Pour the rest of the glaze over the thighs.

Put them in the oven for 50 – 60 minutes.

Enjoy!!