Recipes; Beef Vegetable Soup; Chili; Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup - West Bend Slow Cooker Care And Use Instructions Manual

Beef Vegetable Soup

1½ pounds beef soup bones or 1 pound beef short ribs
1 ½ quarts water
1 Teaspoon salt
¼ Teaspoon pepper
2 Carrots, chopped
2 Ribs, celery, chopped
2 Potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 Small onion
1 Bay leaf
1 16-ounce can whole tomatoes, undrained
1. Place soup bone, water, salt, pepper, carrots, celery, potatoes, onion and bay leaf into slow cooking pot. Cover and slow cook at setting
#3 for 6 to 7 hours.
2. Remove soup bone and cool slightly. Remove meat from bones and return to soup with tomatoes. Cover and slow cook an additional
hour. Noodles or barley may be added if desired.
Makes 6 servings

Chili

1 ½ pounds ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 28-ounce can whole tomatoes, undrained
1 16-ounce can kidney beans, undrained
1 ½ tablespoons, chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon pepper
1. Brown ground beef with onion and green pepper in slow cooking pot over medium heat of range unit. Remove excess grease.
2. Transfer cooking pot to heating base using hot pads. Add remaining ingredients, stir to blend. Cover and slow cook at setting # 3 for 7
to 8 hours. Reduce heat to setting # 2 for serving.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup

2 pounds chicken parts, skinned if desired
5 cups water
1 medium onion, chopped
4 carrots, cut into ½ inch pieces
4 ribs celery, cut into ½ inch pieces
1 16-ounce can whole tomatoes, cut up
1 tablespoon instant chicken bouillon
1 tablespoon minced parsley
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dried rosemary
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 cup uncooked fine egg noodles
1. Combine all ingredients except egg noodles, in slow cooking pot. Cover and cook at setting # 3 for 6 to 8 hours or at Setting # 5 for 3 to
4 hours or until chicken and vegetables are tender.
2. Remove chicken pieces from cooking pot and set aside to cool slightly. Increase heat to setting # 5 and add noodles, stirring to blend.
Cover and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, remove chicken from bones and cut into bit-sized pieces. Return meat to cooking pot to heat as noodles finish cooking.
Reduce heat to setting # 2 for serving.
Makes 6 servings.

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