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Freezer to Crockpot Cooking | Pork Recipes and Instructions!

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Welcome back to Freezer To Crockpot Cooking – Pork Week!

See all of the other weeks in this series:

You had a few days to get all the ingredients for these pork recipes together and now it is time to prep your ingredients.

As a reminder, I suggest thawing these bags in your refrigerator overnight before dumping them in your crockpot the day you want to eat them. The chicken crockpot recipes that we made 2 weeks ago can be put in the crockpot frozen solid, but pork recipes tend to cook better in the crockpot when the meat is not frozen! Additionally, since these recipes take a bit more prep work, I would strongly suggest doubling the ingredients list and make 8 meals (instead of 4).

Let's begin by prepping your ingredients:

  1. Dice ham steak about ½” x ½”
  2. Cook and chop 6 pieces of bacon
  3. Dice 2 onions
  4. Peel, core and chop 2 apples
  5. Remove excess fat from pork ribs
  6. Peel (if desired), and slice 8-10 potatoes to ⅛ “ – ¼” thickness

Next Step – Get the Instructions on the Bags

The next step is to write your cooking directions on each of your freezer bags before filling, grab a sharpie and you will need 4 1-Gallon freezer bags and a single Quart-sized bag.

Cranberry-Apple Glazed Tenderloin

  • Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray
  • Pour contents of bag into crockpot
  • Cook on low 7-9 hours, to an internal temperature of 160°

Smothered Pork Chops

  • Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray
  • Pour contents of bag into crockpot
  • Cook on low 8 hours

Ham and Scalloped Potatoes

  • Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray
  • Pour contents of bag into crockpot
  • Cook on low 8-10 hours

Boneless Country Ribs w/ homemade BBQ Sauce

  • Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray
  • Pour contents of bag into crockpot
  • Cook on low for 8 to 9 hours
  • Drain liquid from crockpot
  • Pour in contents of bag #2
  • Cook on low 1 more hour

Finally we are going to bag our yummy freezer meals – here are the lists of what to put in each bag:

Cranberry-Apple Glazed Tenderloin

  • ½ cup apple juice
  • 2 peeled, cored, diced apples
  • 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp.black pepper
  • 1 can cranberry sauce
  • Pork loin

Smothered Pork Chops

  • 1 diced onion
  • 1 cup vegetable or chicken broth
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 6 pieces crumbled bacon
  • Pork chops

Ham and Scalloped Potatoes
Alternate your ingredients in the following way:

  • 1 can cream of potato soup
  • 1 can chicken broth
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • ½ sliced potatoes
  • ½ bag shredded cheese
  • ½ cubed ham
  • Repeat potatoes, cheese, ham

Or -once you’ve put everything in the bag, massage bag to mix ingredients.

Boneless Country Style Ribs with Homemade BBQ Sauce

In a Gallon Bag

  • Boneless Ribs
  • ½ cup apple juice
  • 1 ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp.pepper

Quart – Bag #2

  • 1 ½ cups ketchup
  • 1 Tbsp. Worcestshire
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 3 cloves crushed garlic

And that’s it! You now have 4 homemade and healthy healthy meals, ready to go in your crockpot on those busy days!

Need more slow cooker recipes that are great for freezer cooking? See all of the other weeks in this series:

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