For home cooks craving hearty comfort, Hairy Bikers’ slow‑cooker dishes offer rich stews, aromatic tagines, smoky casseroles and even pies. This roundup covers beef, pork, lamb and game recipes along with bean‑packed casseroles and goulash variations, showing how low‑and‑slow cooking delivers succulent meat and deep flavour with minimal effort.
1. Slow Cooker Spanish Chicken Recipe
Succulent bone-in chicken thighs are browned then slow-cooked with Spanish chorizo, smoked paprika, red and yellow peppers and chopped tomatoes for a rich stew.
The smoky sausage renders its fat into the sauce, creating tender meat and a paprika-spiced broth in this slow cooker Spanish chicken recipe.
2. Slow Cooker Beef Goulash
Tender chunks of braising beef are browned and simmered for hours with mild paprika, onions, garlic, peppers and chopped tomatoes.
The long, low simmer yields a hearty Hungarian-style goulash with fall-apart meat and a rich paprika gravy, perfect as a slow cooker beef goulash dinner.
3. Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole
Juicy pork sausages are browned then nestled into a slow cooker with chopped onion, garlic, tinned tomatoes, cannellini beans, carrots, cumin and sweet smoked paprika.
After hours of simmering, the sausages become fork-tender in a smoky tomato sauce with creamy beans – a comforting sausage casserole for busy nights.
4. Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon
Chunks of well-marbled braising steak are browned then slow-cooked in a bottle of red wine with bacon lardons, onions, garlic, thyme, bay leaves and mushrooms.
The low-heat braise yields tender beef in a velvety Burgundy sauce, making this slow cooker beef bourguignon a rich French classic.
5. Slow Cooker Liver and Onions
Thin slices of lamb’s liver are dusted with flour and quickly seared before being layered over sweet caramelised onions and garlic.
Simmered in beef stock with Worcestershire sauce and thyme, the liver becomes meltingly tender in a thick gravy – a slow-cooked British classic served with creamy mashed potatoes.
6. Slow Cooker Beef Stifado
This aromatic Greek stew combines cubed stewing beef with sliced red onions, carrots, garlic, mixed spice, oregano, tomato purée and red wine vinegar.
Slow cooking for eight hours produces fragrant, tender beef in a tangy tomato sauce redolent of cinnamon and cloves; a perfect slow cooker beef stifado for a family feast.
7. Slow Cooker Campfire Stew
A gammon joint is nestled in a pot with chopped onion, garlic, tinned tomatoes, baked beans, tomato purée, cumin, smoked paprika and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.
After long simmering, the meat shreds easily into a smoky bean stew; added green peppers bring a fresh crunch to this campfire-style meal.
8. Slow Cooker Goulash with Potatoes
Cubes of beef chuck are coated in sweet paprika, browned and simmered with onion, garlic, carrots, potatoes, red peppers, tomato paste, diced tomatoes and beef stock.
The slow simmer produces tender meat and soft potatoes in a paprika-spiced sauce, yielding a hearty one-pot goulash perfect for busy nights.
9. Slow Cooker Pheasant Casserole
Oven-ready pheasant pieces are browned in butter, then slow-cooked with bacon, onions, celery, juniper berries and ginger.
A cider-based sauce enriched with double cream and finished with sautéed apples transforms the tender pheasant into an elegant stew; perfect for a special occasion yet effortless thanks to the slow cooker.
10. Slow Cooker Steak and Kidney Pudding
A suet pastry encases diced stewing steak, ox or lamb kidney and onion seasoned with salt and pepper.
The pudding basin is steamed in the slow cooker for hours, producing a melt-in-the-mouth filling and fluffy pastry. This old-fashioned steak and kidney pudding delivers classic British comfort in slow-cooker form.
11. Slow Cooker Steak and Ale Pie
Chuck beef cubes are dusted with seasoned flour, browned and simmered in beef stock, dark ale, Worcestershire sauce and herbs until fall-apart tender.
A separately baked puff-pastry lid tops the rich, malty stew at serving, giving this slow cooker steak and ale pie its flaky crust without sogginess.
12. Slow Cooker Pork Goulash
Pork shoulder pieces are floured, seared and combined with peppers, onions, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar, paprika, fennel and cumin seeds.
A long simmer with chopped tomatoes and thyme yields a thick, aromatic stew where the pork becomes tender and absorbs the sweet-smoky spices – an enticing slow cooker pork goulash.
13. Slow Cooker Rabbit Stew
Quartered rabbits are floured and browned then left to simmer with carrots, onions, celery, thyme, prunes and beef broth.
Slow cooking melts the meat off the bones, and the prunes dissolve into the broth, adding subtle sweetness to this rustic rabbit stew; it’s tender, savoury and slightly sweet.
14. Slow Cooker Lamb Tagine
Cubed lamb neck or shoulder is browned then simmered with onions, carrots, cumin, paprika, coriander, dried apricots, chickpeas, grated ginger, garlic and a cinnamon stick.
The slow cooker transforms these ingredients into a fragrant Moroccan tagine with meltingly tender lamb and a sweet-savory sauce.
15. Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne
Lean beef mince is combined straight in the pot with onion, chopped tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato purée, cumin, cayenne pepper, oregano, garlic granules and a square of dark chocolate.
After hours of cooking, the chilli develops deep, rich flavour and tender meat – a fuss-free slow cooker chilli con carne.
