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Today we are going to be cooking in the
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crock pot. I am going to make a creamy
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Philly cheese steak and torillini. It's
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kind of like a casserole in there and
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it's going to be really delicious. Now
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the flavors and ingredients will mimic a
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Philly cheese steak. We've got the beef,
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peppers, onions, mushrooms, which I'm
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going to be substituting zucchini for
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cuz I get the same texture from that.
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We're going to have cheesy torillini and
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it's all going to be in a delicious
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creamy sauce making a familyfriendly
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meal. Perfect for the summertime or
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anytime you want to put a crock-ot meal
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together. This can take all day or you
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can cook it on high and make it half a
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day recipe. All right, you guys. First
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thing we're going to do is we're going
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to start with the ground beef. And I
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have 1 and 12 lbs. We're going to go
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ahead and just cook up the ground beef
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because the texture of ground beef, if
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you try to cook it in the crock pot, is
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not the same and it kind of gives it a
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mealy texture to it. So, I like to cook
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my ground beef first before placing it
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into the crock pot. I've got my skillet
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on a mediumigh heat and I'm cooking up 1
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and 12 lbs of ground beef and I'm just
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going to break it up and start browning
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it up. Now, what's great about this is
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that we can multitask. So, while the
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ground beef is doing its thing, we can
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work on the vegetables. Now, this will
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make a big amount of the casserole. So,
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I'm going to be using two medium yellow
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onions. Going to cut off both ends.
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And then, if you just slice through a
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small layer there, you can peel off that
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So, I'm going to slice my onion in half.
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lay it down on the cutting board.
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And then we're just going to follow the
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lines of the onion to make slices.
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And just remember that the onions will
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soften down in the crock pot
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considerably. That's why I'm using two
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right here. Now, while I'm cooking down
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the ground beef, I want to keep the
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And what's great about this recipe is if
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you want to use thinly shaved steak, you
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can do that also for this recipe. All
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right, the next thing that we're going
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to slice up are bell peppers. I've got
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two green ones. Now, with the peppers, I
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may go and half these. They're pretty
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They won't soften down considerably like
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an onion. So, nice bite-sized piece
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right there. Now, another ingredient you
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can add to this is mushrooms because
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that belongs in a Philly cheese steak,
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right? But I am not a fan of mushrooms.
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So, I tend to use a zucchini because it
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kind of gives the same texture and it
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So, if you don't like mushrooms, try a
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And what I'm going to do is
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cut it in half lengthwise.
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Y'all see that? And then just take it
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just like that. And then what we'll do
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and half moon shapes.
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These will soften down considerably,
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too. So, I got two zucchini going in.
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All right, let's start building
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everything in the crock pot. Now, I gave
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some color to my ground beef, and it has
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nice big chunks right there,
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which is what we were looking for. Kind
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of give it a meteor texture to this
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dish. Make it nice and hardy. So, place
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this in the bottom of your crock pot. If
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you have excess grease in your pan, you
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can take some of that out.
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Now, we're going to add all of our
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vegetables right on top. The onions,
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Here we go. Get those vegetables in
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We're going to add in three cups of beef
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Let's bring in the flavor town. I have
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one teaspoon of Italian seasoning, one
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teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of
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onion powder, got half a teaspoon of
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black pepper, and then half a teaspoon
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of salt. Now, when I was using my beef
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broth, it was 50% low sodium.
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That way, we can control what goes into
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the dish. Right there.
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All right, we're just going to sprinkle
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Take your spoon and we're going to mix
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this all together. Get everything well
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Now, the creaminess and the cheese
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torillini will come at the second half
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of this recipe. Place a lid on.
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We're going to cook this on low for 6 to
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7 hours. You want those vegetables to be
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nice and tender. Or you can cook this on
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high for between 3 to 4 hours, which is
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what I'm going to do. 30 more minutes or
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so for the vegetables to be done. I'm
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going to go ahead and start adding my
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I'm going to add the other cup of beef
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Now you want to mix this all together to
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kind of get those pastas on the bottom
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Let them sink on in there.
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I'm going to add one block of cream
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cheese. I'm just going to put it right
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on the top and let it get nice and soft
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while everything is cooking. Finish
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cooking. Now, you want to make sure that
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your crock pot is on a high heat.
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right in the center. Don't mix it in.
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Just let it sit there. We're going to
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place the lid back on.
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And then once this is all done, I have
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one more thing to add to it before we
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mix it all together. Took 40 minutes to
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finish cooking the pasta until it is
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nice and tender. And you can tell that.
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Look at that. Yeah, I was moving them
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around a little bit, making sure that
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the top ones got into the liquid about
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halfway through the cooking process. Now
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we've got our cream cheese that is nice
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Then I got 8 oz mozzarella cheese
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shredded that I'm going to put on top.
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And then what we're going to do is blend
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this all together. Now you want to stir
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this very carefully because you don't
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want to bust up the torillini too much.
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We just want to get the cheese nice and
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melted inside of there. All right, I've
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got it all mixed up. Look at this, you
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guys. Okay, Thomas is really excited
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about this. I'm going to bowl this up.
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Give this a try. The longer it sits, the
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more that liquid will absorb into
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I got it bowled up. Let's give this a
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Mhm. Look at all that cheese, you guys.
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That is so delicious. Tastes like a
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Philly cheese steak that we're used to
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down here. It only took four hours to
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get the whole thing done. Nice cooked
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pasta. Now, if you don't want to do the
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torillini, you can put any pasta in
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there, whatever you want. All right,
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give me a thumbs up on this one. Thomas
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is super excited about it. Y'all were,
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too. When I told you I was going to make
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this in my haul that I did the other day
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