Jet Stream Oven 2: The Perfect Frozen Appetizer Cooker

The NESCO/American Harvest Jet Stream Oven is perfect for making your favorite frozen appetizers. Enjoy everything from crispy egg rolls and mozzarella sticks, to breaded mushrooms and onion rings. Cooking in your Jet Steam Oven is convenient and saves energy over a large conventional oven. 

Try some of these tasty frozen food items in your NESCO/American Harvest Jet Stream Oven:

• Crispy Egg Rolls

• Pizza Rolls

• Breaded Cheese Curds

• Mozzarella Sticks

• Breaded Mushrooms

• Baked Pretzels

• Onion Rings

• Stuffed Potato Skins

• Cream Cheese Wontons

• Corn Dogs

• Stuffed Taquitos

• Mini Pizza Bites

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Party Mix

One thing guests love reaching for at a party is a big bowl of party mix. NESCO Roaster Ovens help make it simple and convenient. The possibilities of ingredients are almost endless. Here is a quick recipe along with suggested additions.

10 cups crispy rice squares cereal

10 cups crispy wheat squares cereal

1 cup butter, melted

1/4 cup Worcestershire® sauce

2 cups peanuts

4 cups thin pretzels

Preheat NESCO® Roaster Oven to 300º F. Place cereal in cookwell. Stir butter and Worcestershire® sauce together and pour over cereal. 

Cover and bake at 300º F for 45 to 60 minutes. Stir occasionally during baking. Add nuts and pretzels. Cool before serving or storing in airtight container.

Serves 50.

Try one these additions when melting the butter:

• 2 Tbsps. of taco seasoning

• 1 clove minced garlic

After cooling add one or more of the following ingredients for a tastier mix:

• Diced pieces of dehydrate fruits or veggies

• Roasted pecans, cashews or almonds

• Toasted pumpkin seeds

• Coated chocolate bites

• Granola clusters

• Toasted coconut 

• Cheese puffs

• Crispy Asian noodle pieces

•

Broken pieces of tortilla chips

Let us know some of your favorite party mix recipes or tasty added ingredients.

Delicious Sloppy Joe's

Sloppy Joe’s made in your 6 Qt NESCO Roaster Oven are perfect when having friends over to watch the big game. This recipe that serves 4 makes it simple and convenient using your favorite prepared barbecue sauce. For a larger group simply double the ingredients and make in a 12 or 18 roaster oven. Enjoy.

1 lb ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

3/4 cup prepared barbecue sauce

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

4 hamburger buns, split

American Cheese slices (optional)

Green bell pepper rings (optional)

Preheat NESCO® Roaster Oven at 425º F.

Reduce heat to 325ºF and place meat and onion in cookwell. Brown and crumble meat into 1/4” pieces. Pour off drippings. 

Stir in barbecue sauce, salt and pepper; heat thoroughly. Serve on buns with cheese and bell pepper.

Makes 4 servings

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Chili con Carne

A rich wholesome batch of Chili Con Carne made in your NESCO Roaster Oven is prefect for when friends come over for the big game. Made with beef or turkey, its comfort food goodness will be appreciated by all. 

2 lbs ground beef or turkey

1 green Pepper, chopped

4 medium onions, chopped

2 (1 lb 12 oz) cans tomatoes

8 oz can tomato sauce

1 Tbsp sugar

2 Tbsp chili powder

1½ tsp salt

2 (15½ oz each) kidney beans, drained (reserve liquid)

Preheat Nesco® Roaster Oven to 425ºF. 

Brown ground beef, pepper and onion; drain fat with a baster.

Stir in tomatoes, bean liquid, tomato sauce and seasonings. Cook until boiling around edges. Reduce temperature to 300ºF. 

Cover and simmer for 1¼ hours. Stir in beans. Simmer, stirring occasionally for about 15 minutes. 

Serves 12 to 14

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Chicken Roasting Tips

There are many great tips when roasting chickens in your NESCO 18 Quart Roaster oven. Here are a few to try.

1. Cook more than one chicken at a time. Your 18 Quart Roaster Oven can hold up to the chickens at a time. You can have one now and save the others for various recipes that call for cooked chicken, like chicken tacos or tasty chicken salad.

2. Some people like to tie the wings and legs down then cook their whole chicken breast side down for about twenty minutes. Then they turn it breast side up and finish cooking until done. It helps make for juicer white meat.

3. Try rubbing dried herbs under the breast and leg skin for a wonderful flavor. To do so take your fingers and very carefully separate the skin from the meat leaving skin attached in the back. Then sprinkle in and lightly spread your favorite dried herb over meat. Dried tarragon is great. Press skin back over meat. Tie legs together, roast and enjoy.

Try some of these tips and let us know what you think. Also let us know some of your favorite tips.

Creamy Herb Pasta

The NESCO 18 Quart Roaster Oven is ideal for roasting up to a 22 lb turkey. It’s also perfect for large size recipes when you have a sizable group to cook for.  This recipe for Creamy Herb Pasta serves 25 guests and is extremely easy to make. Simply add all the ingredients, cook for 45 to 50 minutes, and enjoy.

3 lb wide egg noodles, cooked, drained

2 Tbsp all-purpose flour

2 cups half and half

1/2 cup parsley, chopped

2 cups milk

1/4 cup chopped chives

4 Pkg (8 oz ea) cream cheese, softened, cubed

1 - 2 Tbsp Italian seasoning

1 cup butter or margarine, room temp.

salt and pepper to taste

Preheat Nesco® Roaster Oven to 425° F.

Combine all ingredients in cookwell; stir gently until well mixed. Cover; bake 45 to 50 minutes or until set.

To hold: Reduce temperature to 250° F and add milk if pasta begins to dry out.

Serves 25

Seasonal Pumpkin Bread in the 18 Qt Roaster Oven

The NESCO 18 Quart Roaster Oven is ideal for roasting up to a 22 lb turkey. It's also perfect as an energy saving oven for making your favorite breads. This Seasonal Pumpkin Bread recipe can be made year round. However it's especially appreciated during autumn and the holiday seasons. 

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 eggs

1/2 cup corn oil

3 Tbsp water

1¾ cup flour

1½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1½ cup sugar

Preheat NESCO 18 Qt Roaster Oven to 350º F. 

In a bowl, combine pumpkin, eggs, oil and water. Mix well with your NESCO® Hand Mixer. In another bowl, sift dry ingredients together. Add pumpkin mixture and mix well. 

Pour into greased loaf pan. Place pan on rack in roaster. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 

Remove from pan and cool.

Lemon Herb Chicken in the Roaster Oven

The NESCO 18 Quart Roaster Oven is ideal for making tender, juicy chicken. This recipe uses lemon juice and a touch of thyme to give your chicken a bright fresh flavor in every forkful.

3 lb whole, broiler-fryer chicken
1/2 tsp thyme
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp pepper
1 lemon, sliced
2 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted
juice of 1 lemon

Sprinkle inside of chicken cavity with thyme, onion powder, garlic powder and pepper. Place lemon slices inside cavity. Place on rack in Nesco® Roaster Oven. Brush with melted butter and drizzle with lemon juice. Cover and cook at 375°F for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until meat thermometer inserted in breast registers 185°F. Serves 4 to 6.

SLOW COOK: Prepare recipe as directed. Cover and cook at 225°F for 6 to 8 hours.

18 Qt Camouflage Roaster Oven: Tasty Cabbage Rolls

These hearty Cabbage Rolls blend just the right amount hamburger and rice for a satisfying meal. The 18 Quart Camouflage Roaster from Open Country® by NESCO® makes it simple at home or in your Northwoods cabin. 

Tasty Cabbage Rolls

1 large head of cabbage

3 pounds hamburger 

3 13 oz cans tomato soup 

2 sticks of butter (slice 1 stick) 

2 cups rice, cooked 

2 eggs 

1/2 cup bread crumbs 

salt and pepper to taste

2 quarts water

To prepare cabbage for rolling hamburger, I like to do it the old fashioned way by floating it in a large pot of boiling water. Carefully cut slices so each cabbage leaf floats off of head. Remove leaves and drain on paper towels. Cut spine out of leaf.

Prepare beef for rolling, mix rice, bread crumbs, eggs, hamburger, salt and pepper. Roll individual leaves of cabbage with meat mixture. 

Melt 1 stick of butter in cookwell while preheating 12 or 18 quart Nesco® Roaster Oven to 350 degrees. Place cabbage rolls in cookwell. After 1 layer, pour soup on top. Add butter slices. Layer this way until done. Add water to almost cover cabbage rolls. 

Cook 1 to 2 hours. 

Serves 18 to 24

Submitted by Karen Moreno, from Macomb, Michigan.


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Roaster Oven Spicy Enchiladas

The NESCO® 6 Quart Roaster Oven is perfect for making Spicy Enchiladas. From frying the corn tortillas to baking the cheese covered enchiladas it's simple, fun and tasty.

12 Corn Tortillas

Salad oil - for frying tortillas

2 cups Enchilada Sauce

3/4 cup Onion, chopped

1½ cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese, grated

Filling

1 lb Lean ground beef

1 medium Onion, chopped

1/2 cup Enchilada Sauce

Remove cookwell from Nesco® 6 Qt. Roaster Oven. Cover roaster base and preheat at 350ºF. Brown meat in fry pan; add onion and cook until onion is soft. Add enchilada sauce. Simmer about 10 minutes. Set aside. In fry pan, heat oil and fry tortillas in oil just long enough to soften. Dip in enchilada sauce. Put about 3 Tbsp filling in center, sprinkle with 2 tsp onion and overlap edges at center. 

Wipe cookwell with vegetable oil. Place filled enchiladas side by side into cookwell. Pour remaining sauce over enchiladas and sprinkle grated cheese over all. Remove cover and place cookwell into roaster. Cover and bake about 30 minutes or until hot throughout. Serve with sour cream.

Serves 4 to 6

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Delicious Carrot Cake

This delicious carrot cake is sure to impress your friends and family with it's secret ingredient of crushed pineapples. Baking the cake in your Patriotic NESCO® Flag Roaster will make any get together extra special, as well as make your cake nice and moist.

Carrot Cake

2 cups granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla

4 eggs

1 cup cooking oil

3 cups carrots, grated

1 cup crushed pineapple, drained (optional)

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp cloves

Preheat NESCO® Roaster Oven to 375º F.

Beat sugar, vanilla, eggs and oil in large mixing bowl. Mix in carrots, flour, spices and pineapple. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into greased 13 x 9 cake pan.

Set on rack in cookwell and bake at 375F for 50 to 60 minutes.

Makes 30 pieces.

Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened

8 oz cream cheese, softened

3+ cups powdered sugar

1 Tbsp lemon juice

Cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in remaining ingredients until light and fluffy.

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Three-Piece Buffet Kit

Turn your NESCO® 18 Quart Roaster Oven into a hot or cold buffet-serving unit with our 3 Piece Buffet Kit. Keep appetizers, sauces, main dishes and more hot and ready to enjoy. Or use it anywhere as a cold buffet server. Simply fill the roaster cookwell bottom with ice, leave unplugged, insert the 3 Piece Buffet Unit and you're ready to go. With the large roaster dome cover - salads, fruits and deserts stay chilled for hours.

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3 Buffet Server Pans held in by 2 brackets (5pcs.)

New! NESCO/American Harvest Patriotic Flag Roaster

In time for the summer holidays NESCO® brings you the 18 Quart Patriotic Roaster Oven. It's perfect for making party size Barbecued Spare Ribs, Baked Bean Casseroles, Cheesy Potatoes and much more. Roast up to 22 pound turkeys, large beef roasts or tender legs of lamb. The NESCO® 18 Quart Oven is also perfect for baking, steaming or slow cooking. Make baked Fruit Custard, steamed Corn on the Cob or slow cooked Beef Bourguignon.

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