Crock Pot recipe question

I'm a novice, so don't laugh.  When I use crock pot recipes for chicken, pork chops, roast, etc.  Is the meat supposed to already be thawed when I put it in, or can I put it in frozen?

Thanks for your help!

~Amy

Most recipes will specify, but I do frozen all the time! Normally if i am doing a frozen product then I use the high setting though.

I use frozen chicken alot. But I also use unfroze meats. I even use cooked meats. Hope that helps. Christine (internetnut)

I use frozen meat if I'm going to have the Crockpot on all day on low. If I start up the pot around noon time. I use thawed out meat. If I do ribs I thaw them out first so I can fit them in the pot. Hope this helps.

Diana

Thanks so much everyone!

It can be either/or.  Just remember to adjust your cooking time up or down depending on whether it's frozen or thawed.  (If it's a big roast and it's frozen, I usually cut it in half with a big knife before putting it in just to make sure it cooks all the way through.  But that's only on big roasts if I'm making pot roast.)

Another tip from a former novice crock pot user, hardly ANY liquid is required.  Usually 1/2 cup is enough.  The meat/veggies don't have to be SUBMERGED in the liquid broth (or whatever liquid you're cooking with).  The most common mistake people make when cooking with crock pots is adding too much liquid. 

Good luck! 

Thanks so much!