Crock Pot Tzimmes Recipes

CROCK POT TZIMMES

Steps:

• Toss your carrots, sweet potatoes and onion chunks into your crock pot.
• Add brown sugar, honey and cinnamon.
• Then cover with orange juice, wine, and broth.
• Cook on high for 6 hours or until vegetables and soft but not mushy and sauce is thick and coats the vegetables. Add the dates after 5 1/2 hours and continue cooking.
• VERY IMPORTANT: if the vegetables are soft and the sauce is not thick yet, remove vegetables and continue to cook the sauce in the crock pot or a sauce pan until it is thick. Pour over vegetables.

SLOW COOKER TZIMMES

Steps:

• Place the first seven ingredients in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. Combine orange juice, honey, ginger, cinnamon, pie spice, orange zest and salt; pour over top and mix well., Cover and cook on low until vegetables are tender, 5-6 hours. Dollop servings with yogurt if desired.

CARROT TZIMMES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add carrots, raisins, orange juice, honey, brown sugar, salt, and pepper; bring it to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until carrots are tender, about 25 minutes. Uncover, raise heat to high, and cook until sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle parsley on top before serving.

TZIMMES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, combine sweet potatoes, carrots and plums. Combine orange juice, water, honey, brown sugar and cinnamon; pour over vegetables. , Cover and bake for 1 hour. Uncover; dot with butter. Bake until vegetables are tender and sauce is thickened, 45-60 minutes, carefully stirring every 15 minutes.

SLOW COOKER BEEF AND VEGETABLE TZIMMES

Steps:

• Place onion, beef, garlic, sweet potatoes, carrots, new potatoes, prunes, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of honey in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Add salt, pepper, cinnamon and broth; stir well.
• Cook on low setting for 7 to 8 hours. About 5 minutes before serving, stir in remaining 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and remaining 2 teaspoons of honey; cover and cook on low for 5 minutes.
• Yields about 1 1/2 cups of solids and gravy per serving.

SIMPLE SLOW-COOKER TZIMMES

Steps:

• Combine sweet potatoes, carrots, squash and dried apples in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker and toss.
• In a bowl, whisk together broth, honey, cinnamon, salt and pepper.
• Pour over vegetables and fruit.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours or on high for 3 to 3 1/2 hours, until vegetable mixture is just tender.
• Add prunes and raisins, cover and cook on low for 1 hour more.
• Serve warm.

GLAZED TZIMMES (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large slow cooker and cover.
• Cook on low for 10 hours.

TZIMMES - A SWEET & SAVORY JEWISH STEW

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a pot.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 1 hour. Stir frequently.
• Cook until carrots are soft but not mushy.
• Tzimmes should have the consistency of a thick stew with very little liquid left in the pot.
• Serve hot.

"TZIMMES" CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS, PRUNES, AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Arrange racks in top and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 400°F. Season chicken pieces with 2 tsp. salt.
• Whisk honey, oil, lemon juice, pepper, cinnamon, cumin, cayenne, and remaining 2 tsp. salt in a large bowl. Add chicken pieces, carrots, onion, garlic, apricots, prunes, and thyme and toss to combine. Divide everything but chicken between 2 rimmed baking sheets. Stir wine and 1/2 cup water in a 2-cup measuring cup, then pour half over each sheet.
• Cover sheets tightly with foil. Roast 15 minutes, then remove from oven. Remove foil, divide chicken between sheets, and continue to roast, rotating sheets top to bottom halfway through, until carrots are fork-tender, chicken is golden brown, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast registers 165°F, 30-35 minutes (if some pieces of chicken are finished before others, transfer them to a serving platter).
• Transfer chicken mixture to serving platter. Pour pan juices over. Top with carrot greens or parsley before serving.