On The Bone Chicken & Slow Cookers?

jenk_3

Can anyone tell me please if i buy chicken on the bone and cook it in a slow cooker will it be tender enough to just fall off the bone?

I hate / wont eat off the bone but the chicken portions are so much cheaper. Is there a way I can cook it in a slow cooker so that it does fall off?

Any recipe ideas would be great too

Thanks

Emma

meadowcat

I've cooked whole chickens in my slow cooker and yes, it does fall off the bone. I've been wondering if I've left it too long. Kids love it done this way. They would've liked the turkey done in there, but it was way too big.

jenk_3

meadowcat wrote:

I've cooked whole chickens in my slow cooker and yes, it does fall off the bone. I've been wondering if I've left it too long. Kids love it done this way. They would've liked the turkey done in there, but it was way too big.

Thanks so much this is excellent news!

My slow cooker is yet to be delivered, im very new to this LOL can you tell me. What else do I put in with the chicken? Can I just put it in on its own?

Thanks again

Emma

meadowcat

I usually just put it in on its own and the juices will come out of it. Although I have also put a bit of water in it.

There are some threads on slow cooking which are very useful.

Rice pudding is great. I do small gammons in it - the ones you get in Lidl for about £4 - and they are absolutely delicious. I do add water to those because not much juice would come out of them. It helps it along if you heat the liquid you are using before you add it. You'll get used to it in no time.

apple_mint

I chop up a lemon and pop it inside the chicken - it gives it a lovely lemony taste.

I've also done breast of lamb in the slow cooker and this too just fell off the bone (you could almost pull it apart with a couple of spoons)

jenk_3

This is all excellent advice - thank you.

My concern is that Im leaving a cooker on all day whilst Im at work and if there isnt any liquid in i have visions of the hot dry pan setting on fire lol. Thanks for all the help.

Emma

Bossyboots

jenk wrote:

This is all excellent advice - thank you.

My concern is that Im leaving a cooker on all day whilst Im at work and if there isnt any liquid in i have visions of the hot dry pan setting on fire lol. Thanks for all the help.

Emma

Slow cookers produce moisture from condensation and also, there is nowhere for the moisture you add yourself to evaporate to so it is unlikely to run dry. I have never yet had this happen and I have had a slow cooker for over 20 years.

Chicken does produce quite a lot of juices so leaving it in will be fine. I have now started buying small chickens to cook this way (they are often on offer in Tesco) and just love the meat falling off the bone as I hate having to pick it off too.

ivyleaf

I was pleased to find this thread as I've just bought a SC myself and was wondering the same thing! I was going to christen it the other day by making a rice pud, then realised it was too late in the day unless we wanted to be eating it at midnight! LOL

Havent noticed breast of lamb in Asda - might have to find a proper butcher! :snow_grin

leonie_2

Well I decided I needed a slow cooker and its cooking me my first meal as we speak, a lovely beef casserole.

But what I want to check is this: We love a Sunday roast chicken. Is it really ok to just wash the chicken and chuck it in the Slow cooker without any water or anything? Dont these things explode or crack without liquid?

I'm not bothered that the skin wont be brown and crispy as I cut it up before serving at the table, just concerned about using a dry pot. Please reassure me its ok!

anguk

I always put a little bit of water, about an inch or so, in my slow cooker when I'm cooking a chicken or joint of meat, it keeps everything lovely and moist and I'm sure it says in my instruction manual never to cook anything dry or you risk damaging the pot.

comping_cat

I often do chicken pieces in my SC, with a little bisto, stock cube and some carrots!!!! Makes a lovely casserole. The chicken falls off the bones, and i can pick them out, and the skin at the end.
Catherine x