Bung it in, no prep slow cooker recipes

charlies-aunt

I'm a bung-it-in slow cooker fan too.
My standard recipe is
a pack of Minced Beef
Packet of Basics Savoury Rice
Handful of Pearl Barley
Any cheap and cheerful veg - depending whats on offer in Lidl / Aldi - any combination of onions, carrot, swede, leeks or peppers
A tin of chopped tomatoes
Any odds and ends of spices - chilli, paprika, soy sauce, last bit out the bottom of the ketchup bottle etc
Enough water to cover

Leave to cook on low - can be left all day if you work

Stir in a tin of diced Basics corned beef about half an hour before serving

Makes 8 - 10 gnerous portions ..great for freezing too.

Petlamb

Actually I do remember from Jamie's ministry of food book (which i must admit i rather like), he doesnt advocate browning meat for his stews; so i'd have thought whether oven or SC, the same principle must apply...?

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I too throw everything in meat, veg, stock and just before I go to bed I swith it on low, and by the morning its all done and dusted and portion up and when cold chuck into the freezer Job done with very little effort.
I love my SC and would be lost without it

ginnyknit

Was watching Oprah the other day and a chef on there said the biggest moneysaver to help you through the recession was a slow cooker - but we all knew that didnt we I too am a convert and throw everything in but mince - I always brown it first. Think I may bag and freeze some onions, great idea get it all done at once then.

Petlamb

I only started doing the onion trick recently, bit of a brainwave i had (id not read about it here, though seems people have done it for aaages lol) - but VERY time saving and easy.

nublue

Hi all, thanks so much for all of the posts, I've got some great ideas here!

I am all for things like tinned plum toms and frozen ingredients, I just cannot stand the taste of jar type sauces, they just taste either really bland, really odd, or just taste plain weird... I really like the idea of frozen onions, but I admit I would probably end up buying the predone type!

I have an intellichef which I treated myself to when my old slow cooker broke... and I have to say it's great to be able to fry things off all in the same pot, but wanted the bung it in recipes as I cannot even cope with frying in the morning, just wanted to press start!!

Thanks again,