30 Best Slow Cooker Recipes | The Modern Proper (2024)

We’ve rounded up our 30 Best Slow-Cooker recipes! From meals that are perfect for cozy nights in, or to bringing to a party, or impressive enough to for company—there’s something for everyone here.

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A Slow-Cooker Recipe for Every Occasion.

These 30 Best Slow-Cooker Recipes are the perfect way to celebrate the change in seasons and the start of the school year. We’ve searched far and wide to find the very best slow-cooker recipes that promise to get your Crock-Pot working hard—so you don’t have to! This wide-reaching list of the very best Crock-Pot recipes includes ideas for comforting dinners, shareable appetizers, desserts and a few classic cold-weather drinks.

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Curry is Simmering in the Crock-Pot and We Are Here for It!

  • Y’all know how much we love a good curry dish, and this Slow Cooker Chicken Pumpkin Curry is a forever-favorite.
  • Slow Cooker Indian Lamb Curry is the perfect meal to warm your belly at the end of a long, cold day. It’s a hearty, one-dish meal filled with cozy spices that’s always a crowd-pleaser.
  • We’ve been gawking at this Slow Cooker Basil Chicken In Coconut Curry Sauce on Pinterest for over a year now and it’s moment has finally come! Yum.
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4 Better-Than-Takeout Slow-Cooker Meals.

  • Find yourself reaching for that Thai food takeout menu one too many times in a given week? This simple and flavor-packed version of Slow-Cooker Swimming Rama made at home may just have you saying “so long” delivery and “hello” to at home Thai food once for all.
  • This Indian-inspired Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken comes together with just 10 minutes of prep, and is beyond flavorful. Your whole family will love it.
  • This Crock-Pot Teriyaki Chicken is quick to prep, delicious, healthy, and so much better than takeout!
  • Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken looks like a weeknight dinner game-changer. It’s definitely on our to-make list.
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Healthy Crock-Pot Meals the Whole Family Will Love.

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Chili & Soup for When it’s Cold Outside.

  • This Green Verde Chicken Chili is comforting, healthy, and satisfying. Serve with corn tortillas, avocado, rice and/or beans for a paleo-friendly dinner.
  • Let’s get the party started with this Crock-Pot Paleo Chili. Paleo and Whole30 compliant, and it’s delicious, too.
  • Soothing and sweetly fragrant with warm spices, this Slow-Cooker Apple and Butternut Squash Soup is sure to become a harvest season tradition.
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Your Favorite Mexican Meal, Made in a Slow-Cooker.

  • Time is the secret to perfect, crispy, juicy carnitas, which is why Carnitas and Crock-Pots are a match made in heaven.
  • Slow-Cooker Barbacoa Beef Tacos will make your whole family happy, trust us on this one!
  • We’ll just go ahead and add this Easy Mexican Shredded Chicken to our weekly rotation and use it on everything!
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Classic Dishes Turned into Crock-Pot Meals

  • This Slow-Cooker Beef Stew literally melts in your mouth.
  • Is that a chill the air? Okay, maybe not yet, but I’ll be ready when fall finally hits with this Pot Roast!
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Our Favorite Crock-Pot Flavors From Afar

  • On St. Patrick’s Day—or any day, really—this Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe makes for a feast that’s sure to put everyone in a celebratory mood.
  • This Moroccan Sweet Potato Lentil Soup is a soul-warming soup made in the slow cooker and requires hardly any work at all. Plus, it will make your whole house smell warm and cozy!
  • Cozy and spicy, Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Soup promises to dirty only one dish—your Crock-Pot!
  • This Slow-Cooker Jerk Chicken is full of bold flavor and is so tender, you’ll be going back for seconds for sure.
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Slow-Cooker Dishes That Are Ready to Party.

  • We all need those easy and delicious go-to recipes to serve to company and this Pineapple Pulled Pork topped with caramelized pineapples is a great place to start.
  • Tender, juicy Slow-Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs simmered in a delicious sauce are sure to be a meal or appetizer that everyone goes crazy for this football season!
  • This Slow-Cooker Spinach Artichoke Dip looks extra creamy, super delicious and really easy. What could be more simple than throwing all the ingredients into the slow cooker?
  • These Center Stage Slow-Cooker Fudge Brownies might just be the fudgiest, gooiest brownies you will ever make.
  • Want the cheesy, tomato-y goodness of chicken Parmesan without all the breading and frying? Yes, please! Slow-Cooker Chicken Parmesan Meatballs to the rescue!

Crock-Pot Recipes for All!

We hope you enjoy making these recipes, and we’d love to hear about it when you do, but we’d love to hear your favorite slow cooker meal ideas! If you try these recipes, let us know! Snap a photo and tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper. Happy eating!

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