Do you love beef stroganoff in your slow cooker but you feel too rushed in the mornings to get it thrown together? We have a solution that you will love. Crock Pot Freezer Packs!
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I am three weeks into my freezer pack series where we are converting some of our favorite slow cooker recipes from Recipes That Crock into convenient freezer packs and I am absolutely hooked.
Freezer Packs for Crock Pots
Freezer packs solve so many issues for both freezer cooking AND slow cooking.
- Freezer Packets can be thrown together without a lot of pre-cooking and prep, unlike many freezer cooking casserole meals.
- You can freeze the packs flat in freezer bags with very little hassle come cooking time AND it saves TONS of freezer space.
- Many crock pot freezer pack meals do not require you to thaw them (or fully thaw) before tossing in the slow cooker.
- Placing frozen food in the slow cooker lengthens the time the food can cook and helps prevent overcooking, one of the downfalls of a lot of crock pot meals.
- Freezer packs can allow you to divide up huge crock pot recipes (a tendency with a lot of slow cooker recipes) into more appropriate sized meals for your family (read: less leftovers). NOTE: You will want to cook in a smaller slow cooker or use a bowl/dish inside of your large slow cooker if your reduced recipe does not fill your crock at least halfway.
- It is incredibly easy to make multiple crock pot freezer packs quickly. Making freezer cooking much more manageable.
Crock Pot Freezer Packs: Beef Stroganoff
I love this creamy comforting Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff over on Recipes That Crock. But know what I love even more? That I can throw these freezer packs together in a snap on the weekend and have them ready anytime I need them to toss into the slow cooker.
I like tossing these packs into my iStir Crock Pot with the stew attachment. The stirring attachment waits two hours before it starts its auto-stirring cycle which just so happens to be the perfect amount of time for it to thaw out and start to cook.
Crock Pot Freezer Packs: Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1 lb beef sirloin cut into cubes or stew meat
- 1.35 oz Onion Soup Mix
- 10 3/4 oz can Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 8 oz Can of Mushrooms- Drained
- 1 clove garlic OR 1/4 tsp Freeze Dried Garlic
- 8 oz Sour Cream
- Cooked Egg Noodles
Instructions
- Mix together all the ingredients except sour cream and noodles and place in a freezer bag..
- Freeze.
- Run bag under water to loosen from bag and place in slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours or until beef is tender.
- Before serving, stir in sour cream.
- Serve over noodles.
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