In my slow cooker today.... part 2

fizzypops

i have a diced chicken in a homemade curry sauce today with carrots, peas, onions and mushrooms. fingers crossed the boys will eat it!!!

LJM

i have a large gammon joint in mine today ready for meals and lunchboxes yum

dizzybuff

chicken catatori

looktothefuture

OH MY WORD! I take back all I ever said about slow cooker food! Including how everything tastes the same!

Last night I decided that the slow cooker was going to work for me so I cut up an onion in 4, peeled 4 garlic cloves, poured in 250ml chicken stock and plopped in a whole chicken! Left it on high for 2 hours and then low for an additional 3 or so hours! (I did wake up in the middle of the night and turn it off because I was dreaming of the smell in my kitchen!).

Got home tonight and put the chicken in the oven to "roast" for 30 minutes and to brown the skin and it was the most amazing chicken I have ever made!

Super succulent and the meat fell off the bone!

I will never make a "roast" chicken any other way!

Pinwheel

Hi I am going to collect my new slow cooker from Argos this morning - very excited, I am paying with some nectar points. I got some chicken thighs and drumsticks out of the freezer yesterday and am planning to do a simple chicken casserole with onions, carrots, potatoes (?), some herbs and stock. Does this sound ok? I would be grateful for any tips, thanks!

LilacLillie

Yesterday I cooked sliced (whoopsie) beef heart ...............all day!
I very often bake lambs hearts but have never cooked the beef ones, so thought the slow cooker would do the job well.
The gravy is to die for, onions, veg, garlic, red wine and some curry paste turned out really thick. Yet the meat looks and tastes of old boot leather. What did I do wrong?
I coated the slices in flour and quick fried them before they went into slow cooker.
LL

elfen

Should be doing a chicken curry tomorrow....hopefully

looktothefuture

LilacLillie wrote: »

The gravy is to die for, onions, veg, garlic, red wine and some curry paste turned out really thick. Yet the meat looks and tastes of old boot leather. What did I do wrong?
I coated the slices in flour and quick fried them before they went into slow cooker.
LL

I'm also interested to know because this is how my meat always turns out which is why I didn't like the SC all that much!

LilacLillie

looktothefuture wrote: »

I'm also interested to know because this is how my meat always turns out which is why I didn't like the SC all that much!

I use mine all the time, meat cooks lovely normally.
I'm wondering what went wrong with the sliced heart?
Its not a cut I usually buy so maybe its always like old shoe leather?
In fact I've been told beef heart is tougher so thought slow cooker was the right tool for the job IYGWIM.
On the other hand baked lambs hearts in the oven are really tender, I don't think I'll ever bother buying it again.
LL

soupdragon10

Used up all the leftover veg yesterday (carrots, onions, parsnip and potato) to make a veg. casserole with dumplings which we had last night - was yummy.

There was enough for my daughter to take a portion to work today for lunch, and the remainder I'm blitzing into soup for lunch for my husband and I.

First time I've used the new slow cooker - a Cookworks one from Argos. Very impressed with the results.