Slow Cooker - Soup

dora37

And do they taste ok?

hotcookie101

Yeah they taste great-depending on what you do. one of my favourites from last year was chopped veg (carrot celery onions leeks chopped finely) HM chicken stock(made in SC ) and some soup mix (the one you don't need to pre-cook)
Is my version of broth without the norn iron soup veg (God I miss that stuff-soup celery mmmmmmmm)
veg is very tender but if you want al dente you may want to cook for less time
I also make soups I am going to blitz up with a blender they taste great. The thing I find with the SC is to make sure not to use too much water if not actually using stock as nothing gets reduced down

dora37

Well, I have put some carrot, swede, potato, onion and mushrooms in with garlic, mixed herbs and salt and pepper, covered in stock........will see how I get on!

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

I'm looking forward to making some nice meals in my shiny new sc but want to start off slowly so thinking soup might be a good choice. What do you think?
I've got to do shopping later but have some chicken stock and veg water in freezer. Can anyone point me in the direction of a step by step recipe please? I've looked at the soup thread but so far haven't found slow cooker instructions for them. It's a 6.5 litre and I'm hoping to freeze some.
Just want a really nice recipe for my 1st attempt! Thanks.

Triggles

We do a very basic chicken soup - stock, carrots, potatoes, onions, celery, chicken - cook until vegs are ready, then we use the recipe for dumplings on the atora box and add those - cook for about another half hour. add salt and pepper to taste. Very basic, but we like it.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Thanks for that. The dumplings sound good - would never have thought of that and I love them!
Do you have any timings or prep instructions? I'm not really sure what to do. Can I use the chicken stock or veg juices from frozen?

cady

cassoroles and stews are really easy as in chilli and bol there is a thread on here somewhere with LOADS of easy ones on ive got pea and ham soup in mine at the min!!!

foreversomeday

Did your slow cooker come with a manual? Ours did and the manual included a recipe book which included some really simple recipes, and instructions for converting your own recipes for cooking in the slow cooker.

Basically all you need to do for a yummy meal is brown off some meat, add veg to the pan and heat through, add liquid, bring to the boil, transfer all to slow cooker and leave for a few hours!

Very easy and lovely results.

SmileyS_2

I have a chilli in mine at the moment,so easy...
I don't have exact amount as just bung it in as I go LOL

Packet of mince
Couple handfulls of lentils(make it go longer ;-))
Onions
peppers
garlic ( i use frozen for the above 3)
1 chilli pepper
tin of baked beans(could use kidney but mine prefer baked)
tin of tomato's
1 stock cube
1/2 cup of water
2 tbs of chilli powder

Chuck it all in the slow cooker,give it a stir,put lid on and leave either on low if on all day or high if on after lunch time

Other thing I do is layer of onions mixed with garlic on the bottom,place beef joint on top with a bit of stock and cook all day.Beef is really tender with a lovely flavour going through

Enjoy!
SSx

SmileyS_2

Oh and rice pudding is good and easy

handfull of pudding rice
few pints of milk
couple of spoons of sugar
sprinkle of nutmeg on top

Bung in switch on all day on low or after lunch on high,stir after a couple of hours but no probs if your not in! 1/2 hour before eating add a tine of carnation milk and stir

yum yum yum