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Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• ketchup
• beer
• worcestershire sauce
• ground beef

Instructions

1. 1 Mix ketchup, beer, Worcestershire sauce, and bay leaves together in a slow cooker (such as Crock-Pot®) set over High.
2. 2 Form ground beef into meatballs. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and cook meatballs, turning as needed, until browned, about 7 minutes.
3. 3 Place meatballs in the slow cooker. Cook on High until sauce is thick, about 5 hours. Remove bay leaves before serving.

By dolphinut

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• butter
• garlic
• chicken stock
• white wine
• baby bok choy

Instructions

1. 1 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the garlic and bay leaf until the garlic is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and white wine, and increase heat to a full boil. Cook the sauce, stirring often, until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Lay the bok choy halves, cut sides down, into the sauce, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Serve with sauce spooned over bok choy.

By Valerie Taylor

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• beef tamale
• beef broth
• water
• chili powder
• long grain rice

Instructions

1. 1 Place tamales in a large pot; mash with a potato masher. Add beef broth, water, chili powder, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Stir in rice. Reduce heat to low; cook until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Cover and let stand for about 5 minutes.

By KenderFriend

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• heavy cream
• chicken broth
• salt
• black pepper
• cardoon
• gruyere cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Combine heavy cream, chicken broth, and bay leaf in a large saucepan; season with salt and pepper. Add cardoon pieces. Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until cardoon is soft, about 1 hour.
2. 2 Transfer cardoon pieces to a 9x13-inch baking dish with a slotted spoon.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. 4 Simmer cream mixture until reduced to 3/4 cup, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour cream over cardoon pieces in the baking dish. Sprinkle Gruyere cheese on top.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until top is browned, about 30 minutes.

By Swoopadoop

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• apple juice
• apple cider vinegar
• liquid smoke
• baby back pork rib

Instructions

1. 1 Combine juice, vinegar, and liquid smoke in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot). Add bay leaves.
2. 2 Add a trivet to the pot and place ribs on top, trimming as needed to fit. Close and lock the lid; set valve to sealing. Choose high pressure and set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
3. 3 Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 15 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.

By ktskas

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• bison back rib
• water
• carrot
• celery
• onion
• bbq sauce

Instructions

1. 1 Place rib portions into the bottom of a slow cooker. Cover with water. Add carrot, celery, onion, and bay leaf. Cover and cook until tender and no longer pink in the centers, 8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High.
2. 2 Meanwhile, preheat an outdoor grill for low heat and lightly oil the grate.
3. 3 Take the cooked ribs out of the slow cooker and brush generously with the BBQ sauce.
4. 4 Cook ribs on the preheated grill just until nicely browned, 15 to 20 minutes.

By Deb C

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• mussel
• garlic
• onion
• parsley
• thyme
• white wine
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Scrub mussels. Pull off beards, the tuft of fibers that attach each mussel to it's shell, cutting them at the base with a paring knife. Discard those that do not close when you handle them and any with broken shells. Set aside.
2. 2 Combine onion, garlic, 4 tablespoons parsley, bay leaf, thyme, wine, and 2 tablespoons butter in large pot. Bring to boil. Lower heat, and cook 2 minutes. Add mussels, and cover. Cook just until shells open, 3 to 4 minutes. Do not overcook. Remove mussels from sauce, and place in bowls.
3. 3 Strain liquid, and return to pot. Add remaining butter and parsley. Heat until butter melts. Pour over mussels.

By Christine L

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• corned beef brisket
• spice packet
• beer
• peppercorn
• garlic clove

Instructions

1. 1 Place briskets into a large pot. Sprinkle one spice packet over top; discard remaining spice packet or save for another use. Pour in beer, then add enough water to cover briskets by 1 inch. Add peppercorns, garlic, and bay leaves, cover, and bring to a boil.
2. 2 Reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer, checking hourly and adding more water if necessary to keep briskets covered, until meat is tender and can be easily pulled apart with a fork, at least 4 hours or up to 5.
3. 3 Carefully transfer briskets to a cutting board; let rest until they firm up a bit, about 10 minutes. Slice or shred meat, then place onto a platter for serving. Discard cooking liquid or save it for another use.

By Suze Knisley

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• pork chop
• ketchup
• salt
• celery seed
• nutmeg
• white vinegar
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. 2 In a skillet, heat a small amount of oil and brown both sides of the pork chops.
3. 3 In a bowl combine ketchup, salt, celery seed, nutmeg, vinegar, water, and bay leaf; Pour over chops.
4. 4 Bake in oven for 90 minutes. Turn chops once during baking.

By Betty

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• dry white wine
• onion
• celery
• peppercorn
• salmon
• dill
• lemon

Instructions

1. 1 Combine wine, onion, celery, peppercorns, and bay leaf in a fish poacher. Place poacher over 2 burners on the stove.
2. 2 Rinse fish under cold water, stuff the cavity with dill and lemon slices, and place on the rack in the pot. Cover and bring slowly to a strong simmer (don't boil at any point). Cook until fish easily flakes with a fork, being sure not to overcook, about 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C). Drain and serve.

By Marvel's Kitchen

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• bacon
• smoked sausage
• onion
• garlic
• black bean
• chicken broth
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Cook bacon, sausage, onion, and garlic for 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in broth and scrape any browned bits of the bottom of the pot. Stir in beans, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Cancel saute mode. Close and lock the lid.
2. 2 Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions and set timer for 40 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
3. 3 Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper.

By Diana71

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• beef broth
• water
• tomato paste
• garlic
• beef bouillon
• black pepper
• long grain white rice
• cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. 1 In a pot over medium heat, mix the beef broth, water, tomato paste, garlic, and bay leaves. Stir in the beef bouillon until dissolved. Season with pepper. Bring to a boil, and mix in the rice. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 25 minutes, until rice is tender. Remove bay leaves, and serve warm with a sprinkling of Cheddar cheese.

By Sarah Gartland

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• corned beef brisket
• black peppercorn
• clove
• cayenne pepper
• cinnamon
• dark stout beer
• garlic

Instructions

1. 1 Place brisket, fat-side down, into a slow cooker. Cover with hot water and cook on High for 1 hour. Drain and discard water from the slow cooker.
2. 2 Add peppercorns, cloves, cayenne, and cinnamon to a tea ball or spice bag. Place in the slow cooker with beer, garlic cloves, and bay leaves. Add more water to just cover the brisket.
3. 3 Cook on Medium for 5 hours. Remove brisket carefully; it will be very tender and may fall apart or break in half. Let meat rest before slicing.

By Cynthia Cliffen

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• vegetable oil
• pork loin roast
• onion
• carrot
• beer
• salt
• black pepper
• clove

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Heat vegetable oil a heavy pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear pork in hot oil until brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove roast from pot.
3. 3 Drain all but about 3 tablespoons grease from pot. Cook and stir onion and carrots until softened, about 5 minutes.
4. 4 Stir beer, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and cloves into the onion mixture.
5. 5 Return pork roast to the pot and cover.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until pork is tender and no longer pink in the center, about 2 hours.
7. 7 Transfer roast to a platter and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Remove bay leaf from vegetables.
8. 8 Pour the beer and vegetable mixture from the Dutch oven into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the vegetables moving before leaving it on to puree until smooth.
9. 9 Bring pureed sauce to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat until thickened, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over pork roast to serve.

By Mark D Wilder

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• chicken
• beer
• poultry seasoning
• liquid smoke
• metal skewer

Instructions

1. 1 Rinse and dry chicken. Remove excess fat and leave skin on. Lift skin from breast and thigh areas; slide bay leaves under skin. Coat chicken with poultry seasoning.
2. 2 Drink 1/2 of the can of beer; pour liquid smoke into remaining beer. Raise tab on beer can until it is in the straight-up position.
3. 3 Insert beer can into chicken from the bottom until even with bottom of chicken. Insert skewer through wing, ribs, beer can tab, and out the opposite side. (This keeps the can from falling out of chicken.)
4. 4 Preheat the grill by lighting the coals. Spread the coals to form a ring around the outside edge of the grill.
5. 5 Place chicken in the center, standing up on the can to cook. Close grill; cook for 2 hours. A meat thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
6. 6 Remove chicken carefully from the grill so as not to spill the contents of the can. Remove skewer and beer can; let chicken sit for 15 minutes before cutting.

By Max

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• beef roast
• soy sauce
• beef bouillon
• black peppercorn
• rosemary
• thyme
• garlic powder
• bread

Instructions

1. 1 Remove and discard all visible fat from the roast. Place trimmed roast in a slow cooker.
2. 2 In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, bouillon, bay leaf, peppercorns, rosemary, thyme, and garlic powder. Pour mixture over roast, and add enough water to almost cover roast. Cover, and cook on Low heat for 10 to 12 hours, or until meat is very tender.
3. 3 Remove meat from broth, reserving broth. Shred meat with a fork, and distribute on bread for sandwiches. Used reserved broth for dipping.

By Giselle

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• lentil
• water
• onion
• bacon
• garlic powder

Instructions

1. 1 Rinse lentils well under cold running water. Drain and transfer to a slow cooker. Pour in water until water level is twice as high as lentils. Add bay leaf and set slow cooker to High.
2. 2 Meanwhile, heat onion and bacon in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until bacon is crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with garlic powder and transfer bacon-onion mixture to the slow cooker.
3. 3 Cook on High until lentils are tender, about 5 hours.

By Jen Vanleeuwen

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• lemon juice
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• sea bass

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Combine lemon juice, oil, bay leaf, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl; rub on fish, inside and out.
3. 3 Cook on the preheated grill until fish flakes easily with a fork, 8 to 10 minutes, flipping halfway through.

By Selva

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• top round steak
• vegetable oil
• onion
• celery
• garlic
• cream of mushroom soup
• beer
• clove

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a roasting pan over high heat, and coat bottom with oil. Sear meat on all sides. Remove from pan, and set aside.
2. 2 Reduce heat to low, saute onion, celery and garlic, scraping up browned bits. Cover, and cook on low for 15 minutes.
3. 3 Mix in cream of mushroom soup and beer. Wrap bay leaves and cloves in cheesecloth, tie with string, and add to pan. Place roast on top of vegetables, spooning some sauce over meat. Cover with foil, and place lid over foil to seal well. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
4. 4 Remove meat from pan, and slice. Return to the pan, and spoon sauce over. Cook an additional 30 minutes.

By CHRISTYJ

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• pork belly
• garlic
• salt
• black pepper
• oil

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Combine pork belly, garlic, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a skillet; pour in enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until skin is tender, 35 to 45 minutes.
3. 3 Drain and let sit at room temperature until pork has air-dried.
4. 4 Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5. 5 Fry pork in the hot oil, working in batches, until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
6. 6 Remove fried pork with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.

By lanrover

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• beef chuck roast
• garlic
• rosemary
• water
• soy sauce

Instructions

1. 1 Place beef in a slow cooker; season with garlic and rosemary.
2. 2 Add bay leaves; pour in water and soy sauce. Cook on Low for 6 to 10 hours.

By Lori Anderson

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• red kidney bean
• water
• preserved lemon
• sugar
• black pepper
• red chile pepper
• garlic powder
• anise seed

Instructions

1. 1 Place kidney beans into a large container and cover with about 1 quart water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain.
2. 2 Combine beans, 1 quart water, preserved lemon, sugar, black pepper, red chile pepper, bay leaf, garlic powder, and anise seed in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover stockpot, and simmer for 1 hour.
3. 3 Remove lemon, bay leaf, and red chile pepper from bean mixture. Mash about 10% of the beans against the sides of the stockpot using the back of a spoon. Cover stockpot and simmer for 45 minutes more.
4. 4 Remove cover from stockpot and simmer beans until beans are thickened and water is evaporated, about 15 minutes more.

By ACONTORER

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• butter
• long-grain white rice
• chicken broth
• lemon
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Gather the ingredients.
2. 2 Melt butter in a pot over low heat. Pour in rice and stir to coat in butter. Let simmer on low heat, stirring occasionally, until toasted but not burnt, about 10 minutes.
3. 3 Pour chicken broth, lemon juice, salt, and bay leaves into rice mixture. Bring to a rapid boil; continue to boil for 5 minutes.
4. 4 Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and let simmer for 20 minutes.
5. 5 Remove from heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.

By BlutoNYC

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• chicken thigh
• black peppercorn
• garlic
• soy sauce
• white vinegar

Instructions

1. 1 Place chicken thighs, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves, soy sauce, and vinegar into the bottom of a slow cooker in that order, making sure peppercorns and bay leaves are submerged into the liquid.
2. 2 Cover and cook on High until chicken thighs are no longer pink in the centers, about 5 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone of a thigh should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

By michellekay

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• red rice
• green lentil
• water
• salt
• pea
• vegetable oil
• almond
• parsley
• lime juice

Instructions

1. 1 Soak red rice in a bowl of fresh water for 30 minutes. Soak lentils in fresh water in a separate bowl for 30 minutes. Drain both rice and lentils into separate pots.
2. 2 Add 3 cups of water and 1/2 teaspoon salt to the pot of rice and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until water has been absorbed and rice is tender, but not soft, about 20 minutes.
3. 3 Add 3 cups of water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and bay leaf to the pot of lentils and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil lentils for 15 minutes. Add peas, reduce heat, and simmer until the water has been absorbed or the legumes are tender, not soft, 5 to 10 minutes more.
4. 4 Drain rice and lentils; discard bay leaf. Transfer to a large serving bowl and allow to cool slightly. Mix in oil, almonds, parsley, and lime juice. Gently fold the ingredients until they are evenly combined. Allow to rest either at room temperature or in the refrigerator before serving, about 1 hour.

By Buckwheat Queen

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• olive oil
• onion
• carrot
• butternut squash
• white wine
• chicken broth
• persimmon
• white wine vinegar
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add carrots and bay leaf and cook an additional 5 minutes. Add butternut squash and keep cooking, 5 more minutes.
2. 2 Pour white wine into the pot and allow to evaporate. Add chicken broth, bring to a boil, and add persimmons. Cover and simmer until squash is soft, about 20 minutes. Remove bay leaf and puree with an immersion blender until smooth. Season with vinegar, salt, and pepper.

By superchef

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• navy bean
• chicken broth
• water
• onion
• celery
• garlic
• tomato paste
• salt
• black pepper
• parsley

Instructions

1. 1 Pour water over navy beans in a large container to cover by several inches; soak 8 hours to overnight.
2. 2 Combine soaked beans, chicken broth, water, onion, celery, garlic, and bay leaf in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered, until beans are almost tender, about 1 hour.
3. 3 Stir tomato paste and sea salt into bean mixture; simmer soup another 45 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf.
4. 4 Ladle about half the soup into a large bowl; pour soup into a blender, working in batches, filling blender no more than half full. Hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth. Pour pureed soup into pot with unblended soup; stir in parsley and adjust salt and pepper to taste.

By marci rogers

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• smoked sausage
• kidney bean
• water
• white rice
• onion
• garlic
• cajun seasoning
• hot pepper sauce
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 In a 6-quart or larger slow cooker, combine smoked sausage, kidney beans, water, rice, onion, and garlic. Season with Cajun seasoning, hot pepper sauce, salt, and bay leaf. Cover and set on High. Once mixture is heated through, stir until well combined.
2. 2 Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours or High for 4 hours.

By Syndi Davis

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• turkey sausage
• carrot
• onion
• garlic
• chicken broth
• portobello mushroom
• cauliflower
• kale
• oregano

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large pot over medium heat; cook sausages in the pot until browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove sausages to a cutting board to cool, reserving sausage drippings in the pot.
2. 2 Cook and stir carrots and onion in the reserved sausage drippings until the onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir garlic into carrot and onion mixture; cook and stir 10 to 15 seconds. Pour the chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon.
3. 3 Return sausages to the broth along with mushrooms, cauliflower, kale, bay leaf, and oregano; stir. Reduce heat to low and cook at a simmer until the vegetables are tender yet firm enough to retain their shape, about 15 minutes. Remove the sausages to the cutting board, cut into 1-inch half-moons, and return to the soup. Simmer together another 5 minutes.

By CelticJen

Ingredients

• ✓ bay leaf
• rosemary
• thyme
• garlic
• shallot
• orange zest
• salt
• black pepper
• nutmeg
• clove
• olive oil
• beef tenderloin roast

Instructions

1. 1 In a food processor, combine rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, garlic, shallot, orange zest, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cloves. Run machine while adding oil; process until smooth. Spread mixture evenly over all sides of tenderloins. Place beef in a large glass baking dish. Cover with foil, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
2. 2 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place tenderloins on a rack in a large roasting pan.
3. 3 Roast beef in preheated oven until meat thermometer registers 140 degrees when inserted into center of beef, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven, and cover loosely with foil; let stand for 10 minutes. Slice beef, and serve.

By EDRUZAK