In my slow cooker today.... part 2

lilmisskitkat

Oriental honeyed pork today from the recipe book that came with the slow cooker. Going to serve with rice and some ys mini spring rolls

Kate xx

crux

Spicy Lamb with Apricots (served with Couscous if you wish)

for 2

200gm diced lamb
1 red onion
1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp of ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp of chili powder
1/2 tsp of Garam Masala
1/2 pint of chicken stock
2 toms roughly chopped
1/2 a 400gm tin of apricot halves in juice (drained and juice reserved) chopped up roughly.
seasoning.

Lob it all in the slow cooker, meat first stock last give it a shake, stick on low for 8 hours, job done, no fuss takes less time than you can imagine.

If you want the couscous, heat up the reserved juice from the apricots, add that and whatever else in water you need to hydrate the grain, add some chopped coriander and salt/pepper.

300ish calories if using lean lamb + whatever the couscous is if you add it.

Arriving into the house after this has been cooking on low for 8 hours is heaven, the smell is :j

boo81

I have a recipe at home for corn and bacon chowder cooked on the hob. Was thinking of doing it in the slow cooker. Would I just bung everything together and cook and would I need the same amount of stock (I like thick soup)?

How long will the potatoes take to soften if in cubes sort of 1cm ish?

never done soup in the slow cooker before from a recipe, I always just guess :-)

Lisaberry

I'm cooking bol in mine for the first time! I've added the grated carrott, oats and lentils to try and make it go further but the mixture now seems far more sloppy than usual. Is this normal? Will it sit on top of dh's pasta ok? (he prefers it that way to all mixed in). I have mine with swede rather than spaghetti (I'm a pasta monster so have to try and avoid it altogether) so I'm quite happy for it to be sloppy!

Sublime_2

I am doing a whole duck in mine today. I will wash with lemon, season with salt, pepper, and thyme, and sear for about 10 mins on all sides in a wok, before adding to my SC.

I've never cooked duck in a SC before, so will put on a bed of carrots, parsnips, onions. Drain and keep the fat about 1/2 way, and crisp everything up in an oven for the last 20 mins of cooking.

A bit more faffing about than usual, but I want it to turn out nice, and not greasy.

NotSoScary

Pork Shank in mine with some water, sage and onion. First time I have cooked one of these so fingers crossed - hoping to make a soup out of the stock with split yellow peas

aliwali

We had green bean risotto and pesto tonight, only just got the slow cooker and very pleased with how the dishes are working out so far.

Sunnyday

aliwali wrote: »

We had green bean risotto and pesto tonight, only just got the slow cooker and very pleased with how the dishes are working out so far.

That sounds lovely, any chance of the recipe please

SD

waddy80

Bit of a weird one for me today. Chilli BBQ pork. It's just a load of stuff I had left in the freezer and cupboards! I got it all ready last night to bung in before work this morning, but I've called in sick as I've had a really bad night. (7 months pregnant and no sleep + headache = unable to function!)
2 pork steaks from the bottom of the freezer. I chopped these up last night and shoved in a tupperware to marinate in half a bottle of Jack daniels bbq sauce. This has been sat at the back of the fridge for a few months, and won't get used otherwise. I also stirred in a teaspoon of lazy chillies. I chopped an onion, and bit of a red onion that was left over. I'm gonna chuck this in with a tin of chopped tomatoes with chilli in them. And a tin of kidney beans.

I'll serve it with mash or rice (hubby likes mash with chilli!) always assuming it tastes ok!

Sublime_2

Soup using HM duck stock, plus parsnips, pears, and spices.