35 Crockpot Recipes With 5 Ingredients or Less
Some of these easy Crockpot recipes are less than 5 ingredients. Easy Crockpot meals from chicken to a Corned Beef dinner and even dessert recipes.
If you don’t have any other appliance in your kitchen, a Crockpot is a necessity for working folks. Along with it lots of Crockpot recipes to make your evenings around the table something to look forward to.
As I was collecting these Crockpot recipes, I just wanted to rush out to the grocery store to grab ingredients and get started cooking right away! Instead, I created a menu and plan to treat my sweet hubby to some really good meals, with little effort on my part. Shhh, don’t tell him how easy these meals are.
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Easy Crockpot Recipes with few ingredients you will find in the list below include:
- 3 Ingredient Meatballs is a super easy recipe. Serve with rice for a weeknight meal or as an appetizer.
- Slow Cooker BBQ Beef uses only a few simple ingredients.
- Beef Tips & Gravy is an easy dinner ideas the entire family enjoys. Shared over 167k times so far.
- Crockpot Pierogi and Meatballs, an easy Slow cooker recipe with only five ingredients.
- Crockpot Shredded Beef Fajitas are an easy slow cooker meal for Taco Tuesday.
- Crockpot Corned Beef & Cabbage, one of those easy slow cooker meals you will enjoy making several times each year.
- Queso with Beef & Sausage, the easy way to make Queso dip for parties or game day.
- Flat Iron Steak & Mushroom Gravy made with only a few simple ingredients.
- Not Quite Mississippi Crockpot Roast, a pepper free twist on the super popular Mississippe Crockpot Roast
- Crockpot Cube Steak & Mushroom Gravy, another great way to to whip up a tender meat and gravy recipe.
- 3 Ingredient Maple Glazed Apple Pork Chops
- Big Red Pulled Pork
- Easy Slow Cooker Carnitas
- Crockpot Brown Sugar & Pineapple Glazed Ham
- 3 Ingredient Crockpot Chicken Tacos
- Crockpot Whole BBQ Chicken
- 2 Ingredient Zesty Italian Leg Quarters
- 3 Ingredient Crockpot BBQ Chicken Wings
- 3 Ingredient Ranch Chicken for Sliders
- Black Beans & Corn with Chicken
- Slow Cooker Mushroom Chicken
- Maple Beans & Franks
- Sweet & Spicy BBQ Chicken
- Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken with Lime and Melted Mozzarella
- Cheesy Ranch Slow Cooker Chicken
- Slow Cooker Cherry Dump Cake
- Crockpot Strawberry Brownies
- 3 Ingredient Crockpot Apple Dumplings
- Crockpot Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake
- Crockpot Vanilla Latte
- Apple Chai Latte
- Crockpot Caramel Apple Cider Starbucks Copycat Recipe
- Easy Crockpot Nutella Hot Chocolate
- Crockpot Pumpkin Butter
- Slow Cooker Maple Applesauce
I hope you found a few easy Crockpot recipes to save and make for your family again and again. Cooking in the Crockpot is one of my favorite ways to make life in the kitchen easier. Although I do enjoy cooking, sometimes life is busy and a good Slow Cooker recipe with few ingredients just helps, doesn’t it?
Easy Crockpot Chicken recipes like; 3 Ingredient Chicken Tacos, 2 Ingredient Zesty Italian Leg Quarters, Black Beans and Corn with Chicken, and Crockpot Whole BBQ Chicken.
Easy Tailgate Slow Cooker Recipes like BBQ Wings, Ranch Chicken for sliders, 3 Ingredient Meatballs, and a yummy Queso with Beef and Sausage.
Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes you simply must try include Apple Dumplings, Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake, Cherry Dump cake, and Strawberry Brownies.
Crockpot Beef recipes include; Not Quite Mississippi Crockpot Roast which melts in your mouth, the super-popular Beef Tips & Gravy recipe, and a Steak Dinner in the Crockpot, and even a recipe for Flat Iron Steak with Mushroom Gravy.
My Crockpot Clean Up Trick
Oh my goodness, y’all. Just treat yourself to one box of these Slow Cooker liners and you will never allow yourself to run out of them. Buy them on Amazon right here.
THIS Crockpot found on Amazon remains my all-time favorite. Mine is years old and I cracked the crock one time. You should never put a hot crock into a cold refrigerator. I contacted the Crockpot company and they shipped me a new Crock at no charge. I paid shipping which was only $10. Excellent customer service.
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No Bake Dessert Recipes
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Includes tips for melting chocolate.
- Easy Homemade Hot Fudge, use it for ice cream topping or drizzle on a Bundt cake or top any dessert with it.
- No-Churn Ice Cream Chocolate Toffee Flavor. You won’t believe how easy this is to whip up.
- No Bake Triple Berry Cheesecake Parfait. Don’t you love a fruity dessert too?
- Homemade Vanilla Milkshake, a nice treat on a hot day.
- Sweet & Salty Chocolate Caramel Nut Clusters. Make this candy for your sweetheart or for special occasion parties like the holidays.
- Classic Watergate Salad is nice to serve for Mother’s Day, brunches, Thanksgiving or summer or anytime.
Updated 5/19/2022
The excitement of fall for me definitely includes grabbing my slow cooker for all sorts of comfy food meals! Thanks for the list!
Great collection! Thank you for sharing your delicious recipe at the #RecipeSharingParty. I look forward to what you will share next week!
Can’t beat a crockpot and just 5 ingredients. Congratulations on being featured on #overthemoon. Great post!
Thanks so much for sharing your post at the Over the Moon Link Party. Come on back Sunday evening through Thursday evening and grab your Featured Blogger badge. You’re my choice this week! Congratulations!
Me and my crockpot are best friends! Seriously, I use it at least 4 times a week! Thank you for the new ideas, and linking up with us at the tips and tricks link party!
It is a wonderful rounding up post. I am really sure it will be very helpful for the mommies. Those menus look very yummy. Thank you very much for sharing with us.
What a great round up! My crock pot is my best friend most of the time, and I love the ability to set it and forget it when I go to work. Thank you!
I absolutely love my crock pot in the Fall and winter. This roundup is great! I’ll be pinning it for later! Thanks!
Ooh I love my slow cooker. I can’t wait to add some of this to my arsenal.
I hope you find some you will enjoy!
I’ve been wanting more easy recipes for the crockpot, but I’ve been to lazy to look. Thanks for the ideas! Can’t wait to try the vanilla latte one.
I completely understand! It took me several weeks to collect recipes for this list! I stretched out the process 😉 That Vanilla latte sounds so good!
I’m right there with you, seeing all this yumminess makes me want to meal plan…maybe if I sit here a little longer, the feeling will pass! 😉
LoL. That’s about what I did…if you wait long enough that idea won’t seem quite as good! I meal plan for only a couple days at the time, usually while walking through the grocery store. 🙂
Great round-up of slow cooker recipes. I am always looking for new ideas of something to toss into the crock on a busy day. I am sure some of these will be quite tasty.
Sue, I’ve already made several of these recipes! They are great. I hope you find some your family will enjoy!
I love using crock pots, can’t wait to try these only 5 ingredients recipes that looks absolutely delicious.Thanks for sharing.
You sure can make a yummy meal with 5 ingredients or less! These are some wonderful recipes! Thanks for stopping by.
I love slow cookers meals! I once made a dessert in a slow cooker and it was amazing! So cook and so easy and the smell that fills the house.. is so yummy.
Your Big Red Pulled Pork has been getting attention from this list. I know you are a good cook! I’d like to make that Cherry Dump Cake. That looks like a wonderful Crockpot dessert!
I really need to use my slow cooker more. Thanks for sharing this collection at the #AnythingGoes Link Party.
I rely on the slow cooker quite often especially on busy days! I hope you find some recipes in this collection!
This is great – only 5 ingredients and you have a delicious meal. Thanks for linking up with us at #WednesdaysWisdom and see you next week!
I love the crockpot and simple recipes are wonderful! thanks for sharing these with us!
I love using Crockpots in the summer! They are the best. Thanks so much for this recipe round up. It’s a great collection! I found your post through Waiting on Wednesday.
Yum! Your site is making me very hungry!
I came over on Turn it up Tuesday, and I’m glad to find your website.
Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions for crock pot cooking. I may have to try the dump cake in a crock pot. Looks so good~
I pinned your pin here: https://www.pinterest.com/melredd/blog-link-parties-and-blog-link-ups/ and tweeted your tweet @MelanieRedd.
Hope you have a blessed day~
Melanie
What a great collection of recipes! Thanks for sharing at the Weekend Blog Hop (myflagstaffhome.com).
Jennifer
Hi Shirley, Just wanted to let you know I saw you on Create and Share, which I found from Monday Madness. Crazy small world, huh?
Oh boy, I can tell I am going to have to jump on to this bandwagon! 5 ingredients–sounds wonderful. Quick prep, easy to cook, tasty meal. Love it. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorleai
This is a great round-up. I’m all over these types of recipes that don’t use a ton of fancy recipes. Pinned.
This is a fantastic round-up, Shirley! Especially since it’s so hot these days – cooler to use the crock pot rather than the oven! Thanks for including my post!
Such a great list! Especially when all my friends are having babies and need easy crockpot meals. Found your post on the Friday Family Fun link party. Glad I did – your list is super helpful!
5 ingredients or LESS?!?! Sign me up! 😀
What an amazing collection. And 5 or less ingredients! It is almost time for lots of crockpot cooking again. Pinning! Well, I have used mine twice this past week. So glad you decided to create a menu first …wise decision!
Great collection of slow cooker recipe ideas! Thanks for including my recipe.
What a great roundup of slower cooker recipes! I have several slow cookers and they get used year round. I especially look forward to stews and soups in the slow cooker once cooler weather arrives.