Some other slow cooker meals we really enjoy are:

SLOW COOKER CREAMY BASIL CHICKEN -  Its amazing what you can make with only a few simple ingredients. This is creamy, tender and delicious!  Serve with rice or pasta! 

SLOW COOKER BEEF TACOS -   They are as simple to make as throwing some meat, onions, seasoning and broth into a slow cooker in the morning. Crock Pot Shredded Beef Tacos are easy to make and absolutely delicious! 

SLOW COOKER POTATO AND HAM CHOWDER - A soup which is creamy and has a high potato content to me, is a chowder. Soup or chowder, however you choose to name it, this is one delicious pot of flavours. 

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Slow Cooker Pork and Noodles

Yield: 4

Author: Marie Rayner

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 4 H & 35 MTotal time: 4 H & 45 M

An easy slow cooker recipe that is all in one combining a delicious sauce, tender pieces of slow cooked pork and noodles, all prepared right in the slow cooker.

Ingredients

• 2 TBS canola oil
• 1/4 up (35g) plain all purpose flour
• 1 (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds) pork tenderloin
• 1 envelope of dry Onion Soup mix
• 2 TBS Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 1/2 cups (360ml) beef stock
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder (not salt)
• 1/2 tsp onion powder (not salt)
• 2 TBS cold water
• 2 TBS corn starch (corn flour)
• 2 cups ( about 340g) egg noodles, uncooked (in the UK use dry egg tagliatelle, not fresh)
• 3/4 cup (180ml) water
• salt and black pepper to taste
• parsley flakes to garnish

Instructions

1. Dust the pork all over with the flour and season lightly with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and add the pork. Brown lightly on all sides. (I find it easier if I cut the pork in half crosswise.)
3. Place into the slow cooker.
4. Add the soup mix, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, and onion and garlic powders, turning the meat to coat in the mixture.
5. Cover with the lid and cook on low for 4 hours, until tender. Remove to a plate.
6. Whisk the cornflour together with the cold water and whisk into the juices in the slow cooker. Cover and let cook until thickened.
7. While you are doing that, shred the pork tenderloin with two forks. Return it to the slow cooker. Add the egg noodles and remaining water, pushing the noodles down to cover them in the water. Cover and cook until the noodles are tender, about half an hour.
8. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Sprinkle with parsley flakes and serve.

Notes

If you wish you can cook the noodles separately (according to the package directions) and then just stir them into the shredded pork and gravy at the end. In this case do not add the second amount of water once you have thickened the gravy and returned the pork to the slow cooker.

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Number six - BANGERS AND MASH - This is so popular that even songs have been written about it. Banger is a term lovingly used to describe sausages and is a term which began during World War ll.  This was attributed to the sound that sausages might make when cooked under high heat, a pop and a sizzle. 

You will find this tasty dish on offer at most pubs and restaurants in the country.  What you get here is a delicious snappy skinned thick pork sausage grilled to perfection and served with a fluffy pile of mashed potatoes and plenty of onion gravy! 

Number Seven - TOAD IN THE HOLE -  This tasty dish combines grilled sausages and Yorkshire pudding batter.  The sausages are partially cooked in a dish and once the fat has been released a pudding batter is poured around them and they are baked until the batter is all puffed and golden brown and the sausages are cooked through,

This is a favorite of one and all and delicious served with Bisto gravy and fluffy mash.  The origin of the name 'Toad-in-the-Hole' is quite vague. Most suggestions are that the dish's resemblance to a toad sticking its little head out of a hole provide the dish with its somewhat unusual name. 

Number eight - CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA - The British love their curries and Chicken Tikka Masala is a real favorite. Chicken tikka masala is a dish of pan roasted chunks of chicken in a spicy sauce. The sauce is usually creamy, spiced and orange-coloured, from the tomatoes that are in the dish. 

It was almost certainly invented in Britain and is among the country's most popular dishes, leading a government minister, Robin Cook, to claim in 2001 that it was a British national dish.

When I went to Culinary school in the UK Chicken Tikka Masala was one of the first dishes we were taught to make.  

Number 9 - APPLE CRUMBLE - So popular you could almost call it the National dessert. Usually served warm with cold cream for pouring  over top, or warm custard sauce.  

When it comes to an apple dessert you can't get much better than an apple crumble. I like the ones with the Oats in the crumble most of all.  You can find my recipe for the custard here.  This custard is also awfully good served with stewed rhubarb, another British favorite!

Number ten - THE CREAM TEA - You will find "Cream Teas" on offer throughout the UK, but they are truly a speciality of the SouthWest . . . Devon and Cornwall areas. I have seen Welsh Cream Teas as well as Cream Teas being offered in many other areas of the UK. In general nowadays, they are offered in Tearooms EVERYWHERE across the UK wherever someone wants to give an impression of British influence.

Not to be confused with high tea which is more like a meal, Cream teas are meant as a light lunch or snack and usually consist of CLASSIC SCONES, served with jam and clotted cream (a true British delicacy) and hot pots of tea.

This is by no means a complete list, but only the tip of a very delicious iceberg. I came to love many different dishes when I lived in the UK. Every region has their own specialty and all of them are endearingly delicious.  These are just a few of the things which wangled their way into my foodie heart!!

There is Sticky Toffee Pudding and Banoffee Pie for instance, but I had to draw the line somewhere. If you ever are lucky enough to travel in the UK these are some of the more traditional culinary delights which await you!   Bon Appetit!