Easy Southern Slow Cooker Recipes

These easy Southern slow cooker recipes are perfect for busy weeknight meals or even holidays when you are short on time. Although the Crockpot itself is a shortcut, I share even more shortcuts in this collection of simple slow cooker recipes.

From Christmas ham to summer purple hull peas to apple butter for gift giving all year round, these easy recipes with very few ingredients will become your favorites, too!

Let your Crockpot do the work while you enjoy more time doing what you want to do! Each recipe in this collection of Southern comfort food combines convenience with flavor to make sure you get home-cooked dishes and food gifts without the fuss.

Did you know the Instant Pot multi function cooker also has a slow cooker function? If you are new to the Instant Pot in general, check out my collection of easy Instant Pot recipes.

1. Easy Slow Cooker Apple Butter

Make your own apple butter in the crockpot! Apples are mixed with a warm spices, brown sugar, and molasses to create a spread that you can enjoy on my 2 Ingredient Biscuits or No Knead Dutch Oven Artisan Bread. It's also gluten-free.

Easy Slow Cooker Apple Butter

This slow cooker apple butter recipe makes it simple and easy to make your own spiced fruit spread! Store in the fridge or can in a water bath for a longer shelf life.

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2. Slow Cooker Chicken Spinach Lasagna

Add this to your list of easy one-pot slow cooker recipes with chicken! It's an easy-to- make dinner and you don't even have to cook the noodles ahead of time! Just layer the ingredients and let the crockpot do all of the work for you! Now that's a shortcut!

Slow Cooker Chicken Spinach Lasagna

For Slow Cooker Chicken Spinach Lasagna, there's no need to cook the lasagna noodles before placing them in the Crockpot! Now that's a shortcut!

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3. Slow Cooker Fig Jam

Fig Jam is one of those set-it-and-forget-it Crockpot recipes. It only takes a few minutes of prep and it simmers in the slow cooker giving you a hands-off recipe. Enjoy the jam on cornbread, toast or my favorite way to eat it is on a bagel with peanut butter!

Homemade Fig Jam (Slow Cooker)

The hybrid green figs on my trees are in peak season around mid August.. I don’t usually have enough ripe figs at the same time to make this jam so I bought one container of brown turkey figs when they went on sale to supplement. When they cook down into jam, you never know the difference! Since figs are fragile, jam is a great way to use your ripe figs.

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4. Purple Hull Peas

You can easily cook purple hull peas or black eyed peas in the slow cooker. This method allows you to use fresh or frozen peas and doesn't take much prep time. It's one of my favorite southern style slow cooker recipes.

How to Cook Purple Hull Peas: Stove, Slow Cooker, Instant Pot

Cooking fresh or frozen purple hull peas three ways is super easy! I’ll show you how to cook them on the stove, in the slow cooker and in the Instant Pot-Southern style. The seasonings are the same, but the cooking time and amount of liquid varies a little for each method.

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5. Slow Cooker Pineapple Brown Sugar Ham

Just 3 ingredients! You'll love this slow cooker ham because it's so easy and frees up space in your oven during the holidays so you can concentrate on making Christmas cookies and candied sweet potatoes.

Slow Cooker Pineapple Brown Sugar Ham

With just 3 ingredients, this Slow Cooker Pineapple Brown Sugar Ham is an easy holiday dinner main course! Stir together a pineapple brown sugar glaze using pineapple preserves. It's a simple recipe for how to cook ham in a Crockpot with pineapple and brown sugar.

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6. Easy Crockpot Pear Butter

Great for spreading on your toast or using it in your favorite baking recipes, this pear butter is slow cooked and easy to make and has all the fall feels. It's a great way to use pears if you have a pear tree or visit a U-Pick farm.

Easy Crockpot Pear Butter

Hands off and easy to make, this Crockpot Pear Butter recipe is a great way to make your own homemade pear butter with just 5 ingredients in your slow cooker!

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7. Crockpot Chicken and Dressing

An easy dinner for special occasions or weeknights, this chicken and dressing dish is made in the slow cooker. It's a flavorful easy slow cooker recipe for a crowd. See how simple it is to make with my shortcut tips!

Crockpot Chicken and Dressing

Crockpot Chicken and Dressing, an easy slow cooker chicken casserole for your Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter dinner using rotisserie chicken and cornbread stuffing mix.

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8. Easy Hamburger Vegetable Soup

I'd call this vegetable soup one of those easy cheap slow cooker recipes everyone needs in their recipe box. Made with ground beef, fresh or frozen vegetables and pantry ingredients, it's a comforting weeknight dinner idea that is easy on the wallet. It serves a crowd or tastes even better the next day.

Easy Hamburger Vegetable Soup (Shortcuts and Variations)

Easy Hamburger Vegetable Soup is the ultimate comfort soup made with what you have on hand in the pantry, fridge or freezer. I give you plenty of shortcuts and variations so you can make it quickly and inexpensively on the stovetop, Instant Pot, and slow cooker.

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9. Turnip Greens Soup (Beans and Greens)

One of my favorite easy slow cooker soup recipes, this beans and greens recipe is a dump and go dinner that's perfect for busy weekdays or lazy weekends. It's a classic Southern food slow cooker recipe that I've made even easier with mostly canned vegetables!

Shortcut Turnip Greens Soup

We Southerners love our greens-turnip greens. This dump and stir soup gets you in and out of the kitchen but tastes like you cooked them low and slow all day.

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10. White Bean and Chicken Chili

This recipe for "white chicken chili" is a filling dish that's perfect for when you're craving a bowl of hearty chicken stew or soup using rotisserie or leftover chicken. You'll love this easy slow cooker soup recipe on cooler days or when you just want something comforting and delicious!

Shortcut White Bean and Chicken Chili

Shortcut White Bean Chicken Chili has all the flavor of slow cooked beans and chicken but uses canned beans so you can get dinner on the table quicker!

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From dinners that will feed the whole family to making jams and fruit butters at home, these easy slow cooker recipes will help you create flavorful Southern dishes everyone will love.

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