In my slow cooker today.... part 2

23rdspiral

i've been away for most of 2 weeks (1 holiday, then visiting friends) and whilst the food was fantastic, i've been craving stew!

so today i've got woopsied stewing beef, carrots, onion, flour, mixed herbs, water, quick soaked dried peas and barley, Spitfire mustard, and thin sliced pots on top.

i might take off the pots, add dumplings and freeze 1/2 with the pots...

Lisap84

i'm planning on doing spanish chicken in the slow cooker tomorrow. I've got some small and large chicken thighs on the bone which i will skin first. do i need to brown them off in anyway before putting them into the slow cooker? i browned off some beef when i did stew last time but wasn't sure if i needed to do this will everything?

thanks for any replies!

PeachPickle

We had gammon joint cooked in apple juice today. Was so, so tasty

Sunnyday

Lisap84 wrote: »

i'm planning on doing spanish chicken in the slow cooker tomorrow. I've got some small and large chicken thighs on the bone which i will skin first. do i need to brown them off in anyway before putting them into the slow cooker? i browned off some beef when i did stew last time but wasn't sure if i needed to do this will everything?

thanks for any replies!

Hi Lisa :wave:

Welcome to mse

It`s personal preference really, some people brown everything but others like me brown nothing and just throw it all in I`m lazy really and don`t want an extra pan to wash but find that things turn out just fine.

HTH

SD

newcook

I think the only things I brown are sausages as they look aneamic otherwise!!!!!


got a friend around for dinner later so will just be having pizza and nibbles etc but while I am chucking them all in the oven I will be preparing my SC ready for tomorrow morning before I go to work so when I get home I will have beef in guinness and onions mmmmm!! all I will need to do then is some mashed potatoes to go with it!

Sunnyday

I`ve just filled the crockpot of my sc and popped it into the fridge.

I`ll take it out later when i get home from work and turn it on overnight.

I`m making tomato dahl which is one of Weezl74`s fantastic recipes, not had this for ages so i`m really looking forward to it. its a very :money:recipe and very tasty too. I must admit to just throwing the ingredients in though and not browning anything first as is usual for moi

SD

Lisap84

thank you for your replies!

I didn't brown it in the end, just chucked it all in, i can't be bothered to wash up another pan either! looking forward to eating it tonight!

thanks againx

newcook

Sunnyday - whats tomato dahl?!?!?!?! can I have recipe please!!

Sunnyday

newcook wrote: »

Sunnyday - whats tomato dahl?!?!?!?! can I have recipe please!!

Hi newcook :wave:

here it is http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=10897993&highlight=tomato+dahl+recipe#post10897993

its really nice, i`ve thrown an old red pepper in this time as it was lurking in the bottom of the fridge but the recipe is lovely just as it comes. I think that last time i made it i put in an extra tin of tomatoes but i`m not sure.

HTH

SD

Kitchenbunny

In my slow cooker today will be some sort of spicy chicken and chorizo stew. I've got a pack of 8 (or so) chicken thighs which I'll brown slightly with some flour then put into the slow cooker. Along with that I'll add a couple of those cooking chorizo sausages all chopped up, a tin of tomatoes, a crushed clove of garlic and some herbs, a chicken stock cube, some smoked paprika and dried chilli flakes. I never really measure quantities, but it won't be OTT. Anyway, the mixture will then cook while I'm doing stuff during the day and I'll let it cool down to go into the freezer to have another day. I can see it making fantastic pasta sauce, blitzed down to make a soup or just have it with mash. I'm looking forward to this one.

KB x