slow cooker quick questions thread

I am just starting out using my slow cooker and I would like to make a creamy chicken casserole. I've bought some chicken thighs and have a small pot of cream, I also have mushrooms, pepper, onions and carrots.

Do I just brown the chicken thighs (after removing the skin) with the onions and then bung everything else into the slow cooker with a little bit of stock? Also, my sister-in-law has 'borrowed' my instruction booklet so do I need to cook the chicken on low, medium or high and for how long please? I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks.
CelticStar :T

hi all jst wonderd i forgot to take them out last night !

thankyou

i would say no as from what i remember from my old slo cooker book everything that goes in should be hot as the slo cooker just simmers for x amount of hours it will not raise the temperature of contents, buit hey i could be wrong things seem to improve daily and maybe the new cookers work differently. if i were you i would defrost in microwave first (if you have one)

homealone wrote: »

i would say no as from what i remember from my old slo cooker book everything that goes in should be hot as the slo cooker just simmers for x amount of hours it will not raise the temperature of contents

I've never put hot food in my SC. Its always been cold veg (ok, not frozen) raw meat and cold sauces.

Catt xx

I do it all the time - although the food police say that you should always cool food quickly. The slower it cools the more likely bugs are likely to increase in it - and a slow cooker cools down very slowly.