Crockpot Slop
Crockpot Slop
Me, I like this name, it is what you do with a slow cooker, load it up and let it cook, slow cooker meals are normally not the most attractive dishes. Not a attractive name but this sounds really good! This is a load the slow cooker and forget meal, for about 4 to 6 hours anyways. Think Kielbasa (that would be Spicy Smoked Pork Sausage in Makro), regular pork sausage (Bangers), Italian sausage, and chicken sausage. If you are making the sausage, think meatballs! This is a rewrite from what I seen to make it less processed.
Ingredients
- 2 cups yard beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 6-8 potatoes, washed and cut into large pieces
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 Kielbasa sausage, cut into bite size pieces, see Step 2 for these notes
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons powdered chicken stock
Instructions
- Add to the slow cooker pot in this order, yard beans, potatoes, sausage, onion. Add water to just cover over the potatoes. add chicken stock powder and salt and pepper to taste.
- Note for the sausage, Thai Kielbasa is a spicy (mild) smoked pork sausage, I have had this a number of times and it is excellent. I think pork sausage (Bangers) would also work well but leave a links until cooked. Italian, pork, or chicken sausage, homemade and in bulk, rolled into meatballs would be ideal as well.
- Cover, and no peeking, for 4-6 hours on High setting. At the 4 hour mark, quickly check the potatoes for being tender and done and sausage (regardless of type used) for the liquid to run clear. Stir and serve with a green salad.
Notes
Sausages are not a show stopper, if you buy sausage from Makro, perfectly acceptable, a 8 pack of bangers is about 250 Baht, this recipe calls for 2, if you buy the Spicy Smoked Pork
Sausage (very muck like Kielbasa) that is about 200 Baht for 8 sausages. If you get the Sausage Scraps pack (still Spicy Smoked) these can be chili sausages, garlic sausages, etc, and would be a great option, this is only about 180 Baht for a pack about 1 kilo. Now, if you make the sausage yourself in bulk, either pork, Italian, or chicken, roll into meatballs (use an egg or two for a binder) and add to the pot, these would be excellent. Regardless of what you use, this is easily under $1 per serving. Adapted from an internet recipe.
Sausage (very muck like Kielbasa) that is about 200 Baht for 8 sausages. If you get the Sausage Scraps pack (still Spicy Smoked) these can be chili sausages, garlic sausages, etc, and would be a great option, this is only about 180 Baht for a pack about 1 kilo. Now, if you make the sausage yourself in bulk, either pork, Italian, or chicken, roll into meatballs (use an egg or two for a binder) and add to the pot, these would be excellent. Regardless of what you use, this is easily under $1 per serving. Adapted from an internet recipe.
Good idea! I get really good eggs, often complete with chicken poo on the shell… real eggs. š
Yep, stateside folks would shy away from real eggs that sit on a shelf and are not refrigerated, the poo, verifies it is an unwashed egg, which is more hygienic for the egg itself.
The chicken sausage patties that I make should go nicely in this dish. I’ve been thinking about making the sausage into meatballs instead of patties… that would work better in this dish I think.
Dave, spot on! Use some egg as a binder as they will be at the top of the crock pot, the egg will help held them together while they cook from the steam and heat.