Slow Cooker Recipes for Two

Slow cooker recipes for two — set-and-forget dinners sized for a 2-quart cooker, from chicken and gravy to hearty ragu.

These recipes are built for a small slow cooker — roughly 2 quarts — because cooking for two in a full-size crock pot leaves you buried in leftovers. You'll find slow cooker chicken and gravy, a chicken and ground beef ragu, chicken and rice, and a crockpot chicken and tomato rice.

Each recipe adjusts for the small-batch reality of slow cooking: liquid ratios that don't drown two servings, cook times that work in a smaller vessel, and proteins that come out tender rather than dried out. Set it before work or an hour before dinner, and the meal is done when you are.