Slow Cooker - The Recipe Collection

vanoonoo · 26 March 2005 at 8:31PM

is the whole appliance sat evenly on the worksurface and is the work surface level? not that I know anything at all about the slocooker but my hob isnt level and I have to perch my frying pan in a certain way so that things cook evenly if I use it. it doesnt notice with saucepans but it does with the frying pan.

moggins · 26 March 2005 at 9:43PM

I must admit I haven't tried it with the new crockpot, I must give that a go.

My worktop definitely isn't uneven, I can put an egg on it and it stays put. My cooker definitely is! I've never been able to bake a cake in it since I got it, hubby keeps promising to get the spirit level out and adjust the legs but he never has

arkonite_babe · 27 March 2005 at 4:50PM

I've just had my leg of lamb, made in my new slow cooker. I have to admit, I'd never have thought of buying one if it hadn't been for you lot. Many thanks and I can't wait to get cooking tomorrow again!

MrsMW · 27 March 2005 at 6:15PM

I cooked a small turkey in my slow cooker last night. I had to saw one of the wings off to make it fit but I then just rubbed some herbs on the breast and left it to cook on low overnight, it was gorgeous. I then chucked the remaining wing and the giblets in the juices and cooked them, this made a couple of meals for the dog and some beautiful stock.

xxbutterflygirlxx · 27 March 2005 at 6:19PM

Arkonite_babe - I just came on to post exactly the same thing as you! The lamb was beautiful, I was even picking at it before tea and I don't usually like meat much.
I have a large lump of brisket in the freezer which I plan on doing sometime this week.

elona · 27 March 2005 at 7:19PM

I have just made pea and ham soup for hubby as I could not stand his sad face when I said I thought the weather was not cold enough for soup.

Hidden benefit - since I have been using the slow cooker a couple of months ago - and using lots of veg- soups etc - hubby has not had so much as a sniffle, when work colleages have been really bad with colds and flu.

Try using cheap meats like liver or ham shanks or turkey legs- they come out great and save a fortune.

:):)

Curry_Queen · 27 March 2005 at 8:20PM

I'm full of cold at the moment, caught from my youngest earlier in the week, despite us both eating healthy meals for ages

Can I ask how you do the pea & ham soup in the slow cooker please? I bought some of those quick soak peas to use with a ham hock but ended up making ham & lentil soup instead

toozie_2 · 28 March 2005 at 6:52AM

Even tho I've been reading this thread for ages, and trying the recipes, I'd never put a whole chicken in the slow cooker until yesterday.
I just bunged it in with about an inch of hot water.
Did all the roasties, yorkshires (we have these with every meat!) and all the veggies, made gravey with the veg water. Then tried to take the chicken out, it just fell apart, and tasted fantastic.
There was plenty left, so after dinner, put one whole breast aside for tonights salad, and further meat for Tuesdays curry. Fed cat on the fat and skin, and some scraps. Crushed the bones(in a plastic bag with a rolling pin) and put them back into the slow cooker with the same juice the chicken was cooked in, with a onion-chopped-and the skin, the carrot peelings (washed), stalks of brocolli, left over peas and tops of leeks (washed carefully), a bay leaf, and black pepper.

That's been on all night, I'll drain and cool it, and skim off fat, and make various types of soup to freeze, and possibley cream of chicken for lunch today as I have left over single cream.
What I didn't realise was that the chicken would be so tasty from the slow cooker, it seemed to taste as chicken should do, probably because in its cooking its completely sealed.
It was a "Buy two for £5.00" from Tesco chicken, and I've used every scrap of meat this time, beacuse it just fell off the bones!!

Curry_Queen · 28 March 2005 at 7:16AM

That's what I found too Toozie, amazing isn't it

I've never made a chicken last so many meals before and had never bothered making my own stock either! I'm starting to do a Nigella and save chicken bones and scraps in the freezer until I have enough to stick in the pot

stellagypsy · 28 March 2005 at 8:06AM

I love chicken done in the slow cooker. I buy the small frozen chickens from Aldi's, they are about £1.60 each, there's plenty on them when you cook them ths way. Did another beef stew in there last night - mmmmmmmm!

Also my main oven has packed in but I haven't missed it yet as I have my slow cooker.

MSMW - Re the turkey, did you put water with it or just put it in the cooker? Would this work for a turkey crown?

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