# Iren Pins

> Slow cooker recipes with the cut, the pot size and both settings

Author: Iren Pavlenko — Compares the top-ranked published recipes for each dish side by side and reports the cut, pot size and both LOW and HIGH times the sources omit or disagree on.
Topics: slow cooker and crockpot cooking, cuts of meat, cook times, freezer meals
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What we offer: Free slow cooker and crockpot recipes with the cut of meat, pot size and both LOW and HIGH cook times stated, plus freezer meal ideas
Not this site: Not a kitchen appliance shop or meal delivery service: no slow cookers, crockpots or prepared meals are sold, only recipes to cook yourself
Facts: Top-ranked published recipes for each dish are compared side by side, reporting the cut, pot size and both LOW and HIGH times that the sources omit or disagree on
Ask us about: How long a cut takes on LOW versus HIGH, what size slow cooker a recipe needs, when slow cooked meat is safe to eat, how to stop dinners tasting like the same brown stew

## Guides
- [28 Easy Crockpot Recipes for Cozy Fall Nights](https://irenpins.com/easy-crockpot-recipes/): These easy crockpot recipes turn a cool fall evening into dinner that is ready when you walk in the door. They are easy crockpot meals
- [25 Lazy High Protein Crockpot Recipes for Busy Weeknights](https://irenpins.com/high-protein-crockpot-recipes/): These high protein crockpot recipes are made for the nights when you are tired and dinner still has to happen. They are easy high protein
- [25 Easy Fall Sangria Recipes for Thanksgiving and Cozy Nights](https://irenpins.com/fall-sangria-recipes/): These fall sangria recipes are easy red, white or sparkling wine pitchers soaked with apples, pears, cranberries and warm spices, from an apple cider sangria
- [10 Slow Cooker Cincinnati Chili Recipes for Spaghetti Night](https://irenpins.com/10-slow-cooker-cincinnati-chili-over-spaghetti/): Slow cooker Cincinnati chili is a thin, cinnamon-scented meat sauce poured over spaghetti, and it only tastes right when the raw beef is stirred into
- [6 Corned Beef Recipes Slow Cooker Style, Sliced or Shredded](https://irenpins.com/corned-beef-recipes-slow-cooker-point-vs-flat-and-the-slice-line/): Corned beef in a crockpot slices neatly or falls into strings depending on which half of the brisket is in the package, not on the
- [5 Dutch Oven Chuck Roast Recipes That Shred, Not Stay Tough](https://irenpins.com/chuck-roast-dutch-oven-recipes-sear-then-300f-until-it-shreds/): The card said 3 hours, you lifted the lid, and the chuck roast pushed back. Dutch oven chuck roast stays tough until it quietly isn’t,
- [4 Crockpot Noodles Recipes With Ground Beef](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-pasta-recipes-ground-beef-add-the-noodles-in-the-last-hour/): The beef smelled right, the sauce looked right, and the noodles were soft enough to stand a spoon in. I had put everything in at
- [6 Ground Beef Comfort Food Recipes That Don’t All Taste the Same](https://irenpins.com/ground-beef-comfort-food-recipes-that-do-not-all-taste-the-same/): It was the third ground beef dinner this month, and it looked like the first two: brown crumble, some sauce, a side. The name on
- [4 Inspiring Crockpot Steak Bite Ideas](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-steak-bites-why-cube-steak-needs-half-the-time/): You followed a crockpot steak bites card to the minute, and the pot gave you either chewy cubes or beef that fell into threads. The
- [4 Rump Roast Crock Pot Recipes That Stay Moist](https://irenpins.com/rump-roast-crock-pot-recipes-lean-cut-shorter-cook-more-liquid/): The roast sat in a pot full of juice for the whole day, and it still came out dry on the plate. The gravy was
- [5 Crockpot Beef Tips Recipes for Stew Meat and Sirloin](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-beef-tips-stew-meat-vs-sirloin-and-the-hour-that-splits-them/): You bought a tray labelled beef tips, followed a card, and the pot gave you meat that was either tough or dry. The gravy was
- [6 Crockpot Shredded Beef Tacos Recipes That Pull Into Strands](https://irenpins.com/shredded-beef-tacos-crockpot-the-cut-that-pulls-into-strands/): Shredded beef tacos in a crockpot come out dry when the cut is wrong or the meat is pulled before it reaches 195°F, not because
- [5 Italian Beef Sandwiches Crockpot Recipes That Stay Juicy](https://irenpins.com/italian-beef-sandwiches-crockpot-juice-that-soaks-without-soaking/): You pulled the Italian beef at the card time and the roll was gone in a minute. The juice is the whole point of this
- [10 Short Ribs Slow Cooker Recipes: Bone-In vs Boneless and What Changes](https://irenpins.com/short-ribs-slow-cooker-bone-in-vs-boneless-and-what-changes/): Bone-in and boneless short ribs for the slow cooker are two different packages with two different clocks. Bone-in runs toward 8 hours on LOW, boneless
- [5 Beef Stroganoff Crockpot Recipes Where Sour Cream Won’t Split](https://irenpins.com/beef-stroganoff-crockpot-when-sour-cream-goes-in-without-splitting/): You want to know when to add sour cream to beef stroganoff in the slow cooker, because your last pot split. The answer: in the
- [10 Crockpot Roast Beef Recipes and Roast Beef Crock Pot Times](https://irenpins.com/roast-beef-crock-pot-recipes/): “They’re all just dry to me.” That is the most common complaint about crockpot roast beef, and it comes down to the cut. A lean
- [7 Crockpot White Chicken Chili Recipes That Stay Creamy](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-white-chicken-chili/): Why did my cream cheese curdle? That is the question after the lid comes off and the crockpot white chicken chili is thin, with pale
- [6 Crockpot Potatoes Recipes That Never Turn Mushy](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-potatoes/): Potatoes are the only crockpot dish where the answer depends more on how full the pot is than on what setting you chose. A half-full
- [4 Crockpot Pasta Recipes: Add the Noodles Late](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-pasta-recipes/): Pasta is the one ingredient a slow cooker cannot be trusted with for eight hours. Everything else on this page can wait for you; the
- [7 Crockpot Meatball Recipes for Parties and Dinner](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-meatballs/): How long to cook frozen meatballs in the crockpot, and can you put raw meatballs in a slow cooker? Crockpot meatballs look like the easiest
- [6 Mississippi Pot Roast Recipes That Shred](https://irenpins.com/mississippi-pot-roast/): A Mississippi pot roast turns out tough when it is pulled at the temperature a steak is done at. Chuck does not work that way:
- [10 Crockpot Casserole Recipes for Dinner](https://irenpins.com/casserole-recipes-for-dinner/): A casserole in the crockpot can go two ways. It comes out in firm, cheesy layers you can scoop, or it turns watery on top
- [10 Healthy Crockpot Recipes: Dinners With Portions Stated](https://irenpins.com/healthy-crockpot-recipes/): A healthy slow cooker dinner comes down to lean-but-collagen-rich protein, vegetables added in the right order, dairy stirred in at the end and a stated
- [6 Easy Crockpot Chili Recipes for a Busy Weeknight](https://irenpins.com/chili-recipe-crockpot/): Easy crockpot chili should mean ten minutes in the morning and a full pot at night, yet half the “dump and go” recipes still ask
- [6 Crockpot Pork Chops Recipes That Stay Juicy](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-pork-chops/): You put crockpot pork chops on in the morning and by dinner they are chalky, gray and tough, even though the recipe said to cook
- [5 Instant Pot Recipes Converted From the Slow Cooker](https://irenpins.com/instant-pot-recipes/): Can you use a crockpot recipe in an Instant Pot, and how do you convert the time? Most recipes are written for one machine, so
- [5 Inspiring Crockpot Soup Recipe Ideas](https://irenpins.com/crockpot-soup-recipes/): Soup is the one thing a slow cooker cannot really ruin, except in the four ways it reliably does: split dairy, dissolved pasta, grainy potato
- [6 Cheap Crockpot Dinners for a Family](https://irenpins.com/cheap-dinners-for-a-family/): Cheap family dinners get expensive in one specific way: ten recipes that each need their own cut, their own jar, their own half-bunch of something.

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