In my slow cooker today.... part 2

mi_jardin

Groaty !!!!!! a la Keith Floyd, but with pearl barley instead of groats. Very filling!

cdodd

I did pork and apple tagine in my sc cooker today

tigerfeet2006

Chilli con Carne

Will put recipe on the SC recipe thread.

Sunnyday

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Chilli con Carne

Will put recipe on the SC recipe thread.

I love sc chilli *drools*
Its even better if left to stand a day or so in the fridge and then reheated.

Think i`ll be making one myself later this week.

SD

MetalMand

Chunky Italian Beef Soup is in mine for tomorrow the smell is making me hungry.

rough recipe i just chuck stuff in

throw 2 rough chopped onions, 2 or 3 sliced garlic cloves, 6 chunky chopped carrots, head of celery chopped into chunks. into the slow cooker. Stir in 1 tube of Tomato Puree and a tin of chopped tomato's, place on top of this one small beef joint brisket or chump is great dont use an expensive cut. Cover with water and leave to simmer for several hours. I cook mine over night but early in the morning should be fine, when the beef is tender remove and shread with a fork and return to the cooker, season to taste with salt. Just before eating cook one pack (or enough for how many portions you will eat immediately) of small bite pasta Ditalini or Conchigliette ( you can buy this at a^d* in their great stuff range for under £1) is great, to al dente. Divide the pasta into bowls and ladle on the chunky beef soup and mix. The soup freezes great but I would advise freezing without the pasta as it can over cook and go slimey so I always cook and freeze seperately then mix.

ALIBOBSY

Decided to get back into using the SC more again so looking through this brilliant thread.
Just wondering MM would I get away with cooked leftovers of beef from a roast rather than doing a whole joint just for this meal?

Ali x

tigerfeet2006

I don't see why not Ali, probably wouldn't SC it for as long as an uncooked joint.

Link to the Recipe Collection https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4273

claregre

Hiya
Sorry for butting in on your thread!

We have had our SC for a couple of weeks now - a bargain from Mr T. OH made a chilli with mince which we cooked on high while we were there to stir it - which was fine. I have made a beef chilli with casserole beef, and last night I made a gammon and black eyed bean casserole.

Both were good, but both times I covered the meat & veg with water. The result was very bland because it was so watery!

I put the slow cooker on low at about 8am when we go to work, and turn it to "keep warm" at about 5:30pm when we are home, then we eat around an hour later.

How much water do I need to put in? If I half fill it, will that be enough to stop it from drying out? I am concerned about it boiling dry (even though it doesn't boil), and I am also concerned about the meat being dry?

Thanks - Clare x

Raksha

Because the lid of a SC should fit very snugly (make sure if you do lift the lid (which you shouldn't do as it takes a long time to get back up to temp) that you replace it securely - if it doesn't fit very snugly, make a ring of rolled up cooking foil and push it down firmly on that to make a good seal) you shouldn't find that you loose much liquid. I regularly cook for 4 or 5 hours with mine with only an inch or so of liquid in the bottom.

HTH

dom300186

in the slow cooker today i was going to do shepherds pie but.........id ran out of potatoes, i ahve been passing a local farm house which has advertised caulis for 19p each etc so i thought id go there its 3 mins away, ive come out very happy and i bought 3 huge jacket potatoes/a swede/and 2 parsnips well i went upto pay for the items and the chap said to me have you been here before because i havent seen you here before......here have another 4 parsnips another 3 large potatoes and broccolli and caul for £2.50!!!! very happy.

so i have used the left over casserole sauce from yesterdays sausage casserole, and threw in abit of all the veg including carrot and an onion, with 400g of mince and i will serve with swede/potatoe mash and peas for dinner so happy with such fresh food he just chucked in my bag for nothing the parsnips are massive, the suede's are huge!!! i know its going to taste lovely xxx