slow cooker settings?

carole.uk

Hi i know might be a strange question but which is the lowest setting warm or low? i cooked a stew yesterday so just need it reheating for when i get home.. don't want to burn it thanks for reading

princesstippytoes

Slow cookers are not designed for re-heating. Low is for cooking the food on low and it's likely to be overcooked by the time you get home. Warm is to keep it warm for short periods but I don't think it would be a good idea to keep it on warm all day. Chill the stew and heat it up in the micro or oven when you get home.

Rikki

I often cook and eat a stew one day and them put the slow cooker on low the following day and eat it again. It only needs 3-4 hours second time round. It does get piping hot through and I've never had a problem

carole.uk

thanks for both your replys
I made the stew yesterday froze half and put the rest in the fridge for tonight,, well got home too late tonight so will have to eat it tomorrow now.. problem is i defrosted the dumplings and put them in with the chilled stew.. I was just going to throw it all in the slow cooker tom now with added stock and thin sliced raw potatoes .. do you think this will be ok on a low heat .. soz about the long report

Rikki

I wouldn't mix raw and cooked. Okay to add more stock but I'd cook potatoes separately when you get home.

If the portion is for one I'd just reheat in a saucepan, dumplings and all.

geordie_joe

princesstippytoes wrote: »

Low is for cooking the food on low and it's likely to be overcooked by the time you get home.

Doesn't that rather depend on how long you are going to be out? Or when the SC is switched on. You can go off to work in the morning and have another member of the family switch it on later.

I can pop home from work at lunch time and put my SC on, and I can take my lunch at any time I like. I also have a timer switch that will switch the SC on at a time of my choosing, I don't have to be there.

carole.uk

thanks again everyone.. well i was rushing as usual so left the potatoes out added frozen veg & stock
was boiling hot when i got home starvin so we have scoffed the lot and no tummy pains as yet:)

Rikki

Its just trial and error and finding out what you feel comfortable doing and how you've stored your food.
If the food stored correctly and heated through properly I can't see a problem.