10 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes Anyone Could Make

Friends and family, gather round — I’d like to tell you all a magical tale. Once there was a woman named Nancy, who had very little time to make dinner (DO YOU RELATE?) so she bought a slow cooker in hopes that it would help. Nancy poured her heart into many a recipe, and found that there was still too much prep work involved, and her family passed out from hunger pains before she could put dinner on the table.

So she huffed and she puffed and she scoured the internet and found all the best slow cooker recipes with five ingredients or less (SHOCK!). These recipes have now been passed down generation through generation and I’m very happy to report that I’m now in possession of this mighty list. BEHOLD!

Be like Nancy and make this chili for dinner! It’s warming and comforting and all you need is like, chicken stock and chicken and some other pantry stuff.

This soup looks like it has more than five ingredients, but it doesn’t! How cool is that? You need some chorizo (duh), some kale (double duh), and then some garlic, diced tomatoes, and veggie broth.

During the cold winter months, Nancy liked to make her family a huge thing of oatmeal. How quaint!

The other three ingredients that are not in the title of this recipe are salt and pepper. THAT’S IT, YOU GUYS.

Nancy’s daughter Kristy used to love when she made this for her on a school night. It felt special. She felt whole.

Family, amiright? If you gotta feed ’em, this sandwich recipe will do.

Stuff this spicy chicken into a store-bought tortilla and call it dinner, okay?

When Nancy’s husband got back from a long voyage for work, she would make this hearty meal and he would be happy. He’d feel whole.

Nope, you’re wrong, this recipe only has five ingredients. I swear! Even the black olives are accounted for!

Hell yeah there’s a five-ingredient mac and cheese recipe on Nancy’s list!