Braised Short Ribs

7 to 9 hours

3 lbs. Beef Short Ribs ½ cup Flour

1 teaspoon Salt

½ teaspoon Pepper

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

½teaspoon Ground Allspice 2 Onions, sliced thin

1 Bay leaf

Mix flour, salt and pepper and coat beef ribs. Heat vegetable oil in skillet and brown flour coated ribs. Place ribs on meat rack in ovenproof dish. Sprinkle ground allspice over short ribs, place sliced onion on ribs and crumble bay leaf over top. Cover and Slo-Cook7 to 9 hours on second oven rack level from the bottom.

Chuck Roast Stroganoff

7 to 8 hours

3 lbs. Chuck Roast

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

1 cup hot Water

1 Beef Bouillon cube ½ cup Catsup

1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce

4 oz. sliced Mushrooms, drained

1 medium Onion, chopped

1-½ teaspoons Salt

¼ teaspoon Caraway Seed

2 tablespoons Butter or Margarine

2 tablespoons Flour

1 carton 8 oz. Sour Cream

Heat vegetable oil in skillet and brown chuck roast. Dissolve bouillon cube in 1 cup hot water and pour into a deep ovenproof dish. Add other ingredients except butter, flour, and sour cream. Place browned chuck roast in dish with combined ingredients. Cover and Slo-Cookon lowest oven rack level 7 to 8 hours. After cooking, remove roast from the juices. Keep roast warm.

In a saucepan, melt butter, add flour, and ½ cup juices from the cooked roast. Mix these ingredients until blended. Stir in sour cream. Put these blended ingredients into the remaining juices of the roast. Stir well. Pour this sauce over the cooked chuck roast.

Swedish Meat Balls

3-½ to 4 hours

1 cup Milk

1-½ cups Bread crumbs

2 lbs. lean Ground Beef

2 eggs, beaten

1 Onion, medium, finely chopped

1-½ teaspoon Salt

11/8 teaspoon Allspice

11/8 teaspoon Nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon Pepper

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil ¾ teaspoon Dill Seed

1 can - 10-¾ oz. Beef Broth

If desired add ¼ cup chopped mushrooms to broth

Add bread crumbs to milk and let stand 4 minutes. Combine crumb mixture with meat, eggs, onions, salt, pepper, allspice, and nutmeg. Shape into meat balls.

Heat vegetable oil in skillet and brown meat balls. After browning, place meat balls into an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle with dill seed. Add beef broth and mushrooms. Cover and Slo-Cook3-½ to 4 hours on lowest oven rack level.

Brown Bagged Barbecue Chicken

3-½ to 4 hours

3 lbs. Chicken, cut into pieces

1 brown medium size grocery sack or bag

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil or Shortening

Barbecue Sauce

2 teaspoons Catsup

2 teaspoons White Vinegar

2 teaspoons Butter or Margarine, melted

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

4 teaspoons Water

2 teaspoons Lemon Juice

1 teaspoon prepared Mustard

1 teaspoon Paprika

1 teaspoon Chili Powder Salt

Pepper To Taste

Salt and pepper chicken pieces to taste. Combine barbecue sauce ingredients for making a sauce. Grease inside of brown grocery bag with vegetable oil or shortening. Dip each chicken piece in the barbecue sauce. Put chicken pieces in bag and squeeze or fold top of bag so ingredients can be held in bag. Place bag of chicken in flat ovenproof dish. Slo-Cook3-½ to 4 hours on third oven rack level position from the bottom.

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Amana AOCD2770 owner manual Braised Short Ribs, Chuck Roast Stroganoff, Swedish Meat Balls, Brown Bagged Barbecue Chicken

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