Can I cook a pork joint in slow cooker & still have crackling?

fuzzgun19

Is there any way to do this?

When I've tried cooking a joint in an oven, the meat ends up all chewy... in a slow cooker its melt in the mouth!

Is there a way to cook in a slow cooker, then change to an oven to get the crackling?

lowesy

I don't have a slow cooker so I'm not entirely sure about that, but I cook my pork as normal in the oven and then while it's out resting before being carved, I cut off the fat and put it back in the oven with the temperature really high. Then once everything else has been served up (about 15 minutes I suppose by the time everything is in bowls on the table) I get it out and it's crackling!

Do you score the fat before cooking and rub salt in? That will help, but sometimes I have found (not often) there is fat that just will not crackle!!

HTH xx

lisa26_2

Cut the fat off before you gook it and do it in the oven. If you've done the fat in the slow cooker it will be too moist and will just go chewy if you put it in the oven. Def agree with scoring the fat and rubbing salt in too!