Slo-CookMenu Meals

Chuck Roast, Green Beans, Baked Potatoes

8 to 10 hours

Chuck Roast

3 lb. Beef-Chuck Roast

Vegetable Oil small amount cover bottom of skillet Flour

Salt Season to taste Pepper

¼ cup Water

1 Onion, medium

Coat chuck roast with flour that has been seasoned with salt and pepper to taste. Add small amount of cooking oil to skillet. When oil is hot sear each side of roast until desired browning is obtained. Place roast in 13-½ x 9-½ x 2-½-inch dish, add ¼ cup water. Slice onion over top of roast. Cover. Cook on lowest oven rack level.

Green Beans

1-½ to 2 lbs. Green Beans

*Frozen or blanched Green Beans retain better color when Slo-Cooked

1 slice Bacon - uncooked

½teaspoon salt

½cup liquid - water

Put beans in 2 qt. casserole dish. Add ½ teaspoon salt. Place uncooked bacon slice on top of beans. Add ½ cup water. Cover and Slo-Cookon lowest oven rack level.

Baked Potatoes

4 to 6 medium baking potatoes. Pierce each potato one time with knife and wrap each potato tightly in foil. Slo- Cookon lowest oven rack level.

Swiss Steak, New Potatoes, Chocolate Chip Brownies

7 to 9 hours

Swiss Steak

2 lbs. Round Steak ¾" thick

1 Onion, large,sliced thin

1 can 15-½ oz. Tomatoes ¼ teaspoon Salt

1/8 teaspoon Pepper

Trim fat on steak. Cut into serving pieces. Place flat in ovenproof dish. Salt and pepper. Arrange thin slices over steak. Pour tomatoes over top. Cover and Slo-Cook7 to 9 hours on lowest oven rack level.

*New Potatoes

1 pkg. 1 lb. 4 oz. New Frozen Potatoes

*Fresh potatoes Slo-Cooked have a tendency to turn dark. ½ teaspoon Salt

4 tablespoons or ½ stick Butter or Oleo

1 cup Water

Put new frozen potatoes in a 1-½ qt. dish. Add salt, oleo, and water. Cover and Slo-Cookon lowest oven rack level. After cooking, garnish with parsley flakes.

Chocolate Chip Brownies

1 Double Fudge Brownie Mix 15-½ oz.

¼cup Cooking Oil

1 Egg

2 tablespoons Water ½ cup Chocolate Chips ½ cup chopped Walnuts

Mix first 4 ingredients in small bowl for 2 minutes. Add chocolate chips and nuts. Mix. Pour into buttered and floured 8” x 8” baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil. Slo- Cookon top oven rack level.

Barbecued Country Ribs, Baked Beans, Peanut Delight Bars

8 to 10 hours

Barbecued Country Ribs

3 to 4 lbs. Country style or thick cut Spareribs

¼teaspoon Salt

¼teaspoon Pepper

¾ cup Barbecue Sauce

Place ribs on slo-cook roasting rack in 3 quart baking dish. Add salt and pepper. Pour barbecue sauce over meat. Cover. Slo-Cookon lowest oven rack level.

Baked Beans

1 can 31 oz. Pork and Beans

1 Onion - medium - grated

3 tablespoons Brown Sugar

1 tablespoon prepared Mustard

1 tablespoon Molasses

3 slices Bacon - uncooked

Cut bacon slices in 1- inch pieces. Add all ingredients and stir together well. Slo-Cookuncovered on lowest oven rack level.

Peanut Delight Bars

1 jar (12 oz.) crunchy Peanut Butter

1 can (15 oz.) sweetened Condensed Milk

2 Eggs

1-½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract

1 pkg. (13-½ oz.) Graham Cracker Crumbs

1 cup dry roasted or other type whole Peanuts

Combine crunchy peanut butter, condensed milk, eggs, and vanilla. Stir these ingredients with a spoon until smooth.

Blend graham cracker crumbs. Mixture will be stiff. Pat evenly into a greased dish.

Sprinkle peanuts evenly over top. Pat down firmly into dough. Leave uncovered.

Slo-Cookon top oven rack level.

After cooking the top may be glazed. Make glaze by mixing together 1 cup confectioners sugar, 2 tablespoons hot water, and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.

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Amana AOCD2770 owner manual Slo-CookMenu Meals, Chuck Roast, Green Beans, Baked Potatoes

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