slow cooker fish recipes please

knithappens

I am sure there used to be a slow cooker recipe mega thread, but i cant find it, or it might be aifgment of my imagination lol.

ANyway i have tonnes of fish, lots of salmon, trout, haddock, tuna in the freezer, been there a few months and want to use it up. Does anyone have any recipes for the slow cooker as never cooked fish in there before? Usually i just cook stews, casseroles, joints etc, but want to use up what i have in my freezer.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance

OrkneyStar

I wonder if fish would cook well in SC ?
It cooks so quickly anyway I might be inclined to cook a stew base and[STRIKE] add the fish for the second half of the cooking ?[/STRIKE] do the fish separately. ETA- I have seen Penny's post now so have scored through a bit of mine! My initial thoughts are confirmed!
Maybe this might be of use ?

Penelope_Penguin

lilmrsmullen wrote: »

Does anyone have any recipes for the slow cooker as never cooked fish in there before?

Don't cook fish in the slowcooker :eek: It needs to be cooked quickly, or it'll fall apart Try this thread - cooking fish.

Penny. x

OrkneyStar

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Don't cook fish in the slowcooker :eek: It needs to be cooked quickly, or it'll fall apart Try this thread - cooking fish.

Penny. x

Penny, if you get a chance can you look at the link I posted.
I did wonder if fish was not a good SC option as it cooks quickly and can go too soft easily. I did think maybe a stew base though for fish ?
The link I posted suggests short SC times, although obviously this takes away some of the advantages of SC (i.e that you can leave it on all day when out etc).

knithappens

thanks i will check out the thread

Penelope_Penguin

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Penny, if you get a chance can you look at the link I posted.

I've taken a look at it, and understand what they're saying. Maybe it's because I love to cook, and find it relaxing, that I'd rather take 30 minutes when I get home from work to make this fish chowder from scratch than rush to prepare the chowder for the slow cooker before work, that takes 4-8 hours to cook

The posters on this board must think that thriftlady and I are waging a 2-woman war against the slowcooker :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penny. x

knithappens

not at all penny, I just dont have the energy when i get in, after work, my pregnancy is really getting me down physically, so the slow cooker as become my best friend at the monent as i have more energy in the morning.

OrkneyStar

Penny, I sometimes use the SC (like today) but other days I also too love to cook and so would rather make something in a pan/pot or other! I do wish I had had my SC when pregnant though as I completely understand the energy thing lilmrsmullen! It is also great when not enough time in the day to cook!
I think part of OS, for me anyway, it adapting your skills to the needs and time of each particular day/week.

lesley1960

fish cooks so quickly , that by the time you have prepared the SC you could have cooked it anyway

thriftlady_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

The posters on this board must think that thriftlady and I are waging a 2-woman war against the slowcooker :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penny. x

:rotfl: I must say when I saw this thread I was ready to shout 'oy, fish in the slow cooker -NO!' but you beat me to it:D

My friend has a slow cooker and she loves it to pieces because when she is working she can fling a casserole together before she leaves in the morning and come home to a lovely hot meal. Her kids have lots on after school so they can all eat the same meal but at times to suit them. She cooks meat-based casseroles in her SC. For my friend a slow cooker is a valuable tool and she produces tasty family meals from it. If I were working all day and ferrying kids about all evening I would consider one too.

However, (here it comes:p ) what concerns me is that newcomers to this board all too often get the idea that 1) you need a slow cooker to be old style, and 2) that you can cook anything in it.

hipomad

Hi I do fish in sc. posted it on "in my sc today".
The fish does only take a short while to cook but you dont have to stand over the rest of it checking all the time. I also do Poached Egg with it.