40 Super Cozy Slow Cooker Recipes To Make This Fall

Recipe: Slow Cooker Lentil Soup

Tasty, filling, and meat-free, this comforting soup recipe is both simple and satisfying. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Pork Roast

Flavorful pork and tender vegetables make up a hearty meal that is easy for any weeknight. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Texas Chili

This chili makes the Lone Star state proud. It's got brisket in a spicy tomato-based sauce with tons of chiles and absolutely no beans. All in the ease of your slow cooker. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Pot Roast

We'll take pot roast any day of the week, and this one is made even simpler in the slow cooker. 

Recipe: Meatball Sliders with Tomato Sauce

This fun dish is two recipes in one: delicious, easy meatballs and a slow-simmered tangy tomato sauce. If you have any extra sauce, toss it with your favorite green vegetable, spoon it over a bowl of creamy grits, or pair it with pork chops or other meats.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Chipotle-Tomato Soup

Pair this creamy soup with grilled cheese sandwiches and the whole crew will be in warm and cozy heaven. 

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos

We recommended serving this no-fuss shredded chicken on corn tortillas with fresh toppings like red cabbage, tomatoes, radishes, and cilantro.

Recipe: Uncle Jack's Mac-and-Cheese

Classic cafeteria-style goodness, this recipe yields enough to serve as a side for a crowd, or it could be dinner for a family of four. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Peas-and-Greens Soup with Turkey Sausage

Lucky for any busy home cook, this recipe is substitute-friendly. You can swap out the turkey sausage for pork or chicken sausage, as well as use your favorite frozen pea or bean instead of the black-eyed peas.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole

All the sweet comfort of the classic Thanksgiving casserole, but without having to fill up your baking dish. 

Recipe: Creamy Potato-and-Ham Hock Slow-Cooker Soup

With chunky pieces of potato and chopped ham hock, this soup is every bit of delicious that you want on an autumn night. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Chicken Cacciatore with Spaghetti

Spend 20 minutes in the kitchen prepping this gorgeous, hearty sauce. Once the sauce simmers in the cooker, all that's left to do is cook a pound of pasta and serve.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Cowboy Beans

Flavored with bacon and delicious when served with rice, these cowboy beans are a leveled-up version of barbecue beans. 

Recipe: Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage

This traditional New England dish is basically a spicy brisket with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. Bam—a whole dinner right out of the crockpot. 

Recipe: Chicken and Cornbread Dumplings

Make a classic chicken and dumplings recipe even more Southern by topping the vegetable-and-chicken-packed stew with cornbread dumplings.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Sweet Potatoes with Bacon

Orange juice gives this dish a little sweetness, while pieces of crumbled bacon will give you something to savor and rosemary delivers an aroma all its own. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Short Ribs With Rosemary Potatoes

This recipe is just fancy enough to serve when you have company—and no one will know that you threw it all in the slow cooker and forgot about it. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Carnitas Tacos

Make taco night even more hands-free with this recipe for slow-cooked pork carnitas flavored with orange juice. Serve with all the fixings. 

Recipe: New Orleans Red Beans And Rice

You read that right: Even classic red beans can be made in the crockpot, and this recipe is as authentic as it gets. 

Recipe: Spaghetti Casserole

All your favorite ingredients are featured in this easy slow-cooker version of spaghetti casserole.

Recipe: Crock-Pot Salsa Chicken

Homemade burrito bowls are packed with protein, fiber, and flavor. Make a big batch of chicken and use it for days. 

Recipe: Hard Cider-Braised Pork

Autumn calls for cider, and we're taking it from doughnuts to this wonderfully savory braised pork recipe with carrots, celery, and apples served over egg noodles.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Goulash

Made with a boneless chuck roast, fire-roasted tomatoes, and aromatic vegetables, this goulash recipe lets the meat cook down until it makes a thick and flavorful sauce that doesn't need any additional broth. 

Recipe: Beef-and-Bean Chili

This classic red chili has chunks of stew meat and ground beef along with tomatoes, red beans, and spices. Fire-roasted tomatoes add a note of smokiness to the mix. If you can't find fire-roasted, use plain tomatoes and add a pinch of smoked paprika.

Recipe: Peppered Beef Soup

Freeze leftovers in an airtight container up to three months. Add a bit of canned broth when reheating to reach desired consistency.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Bolognese Sauce

This is a sauce that will impress any guests, and this recipe makes it way easier than it looks on the plate. 

Recipe: Beer-Braised Pot Roast

This is no ordinary pot roast. First, it's rubbed with coffee, then it simmers in dark stout beer and beef stock, yielding a deeply delicious gravy. Small carrots with tops and pearl onions elevate it further. 

Recipe: Turkey Breast and Herb-Cornbread Stuffing

This comforting slow cooker dish is perfect for Thanksgiving or an easy supper.

Recipe: Mexican Stew

Classic posole, a delicious slow-simmered Mexican pork stew often reserved for special occasions, is typically a time-consuming labor of love. But this one gives you all the comfort and flavor of the old-world version made in your slow cooker.

Recipe: Pork Chili Verde

Fresh tomatillos look like small green tomatoes wrapped in thin papery skin. Remove skin and rinse before chopping. If you can't find fresh, look for canned at the grocery.

Recipe: Smoky Turkey-and-Sweet Potato Chili

Chipotle chiles add a kick, but sweet potatoes balance the heat. Adjust the spice in this homey chili by increasing or decreasing the amount of chipotle to suit your taste. 

Recipe: Shrimp-and-Sausage Gumbo

Enjoy a smoky and spicy classic that takes just a couple of minutes to prepare. When it's ready, serve over a bed of herbed rice.

Recipe: Good Luck Greens and Peas with Ham

Spread the good fortune with this tasty dish, and don't forget to serve it with a skillet of cornbread on the side.

Recipe: Spicy-Sweet Ribs and Beans

Slow cookers don't brown food, so here we broil the ribs for extra flavor before adding them to the pot. Serve with cornbread and a simple green salad.

Recipe: Chicken Thighs with Carrots and Potatoes

All you need is 20 minutes to get this dish in the slow cooker, then you have a hearty chicken and veggie supper waiting for you when you get home.

Recipe: Pork with Apples, Bacon, and Sauerkraut

Thinly sliced pancetta (unsmoked Italian bacon cured with salt and spices) and a few quick twists of kitchen string turn an inexpensive pork loin into a party-worthy dish.

Recipe: Cornbread Dressing

Spoon this fantastic casserole-turned-crockpot dish into pretty bowls, and top with fresh sage.

Recipe: Slow-cooked Barbecued Chicken

Enjoy this slow-cooked chicken by itself or as a sandwich piled with Pickled Peppers & Onions atop Sweet Potato Cornbread.

Recipe: Chicken Sausage and White Bean Stew

On a cold evening, come home to a simmering slow cooker filled with rustic white bean stew with chicken sausage. 

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Sloppy Joes

With prep times of 15 minutes or less, these sloppy slow-cooked sandwiches are even better when topped with coleslaw.