Slow Cooker Beef Casserole

ariba10

You want beef from a hard working muscle,

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Shin etc.

Usually the cheapest cuts.

It will need cooking long and slow, and in my mind it is the best tasting meat of all.

Rainy-Days

I always have diced stewing steak and have had no problems. In the main I get my meat from the butcher (it is only mince and meatballs I get form Lidl on special offers). Allot has to do with the way it is dealt with. Our butcher hangs the meat for a minimum of 14 days this makes the meat tender and tastes much better. The supermarkets just don't do this!

Shin of beef I do in the slow cooker!

rapitkin

one of the best places I have found to buy beef from is traditional-beef.co.uk they are great for be as they are online as my local butcher closed years ago

kingkano

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Hi, what types of beef can I use for casseroles (probably in slow cooker).

"Proper" casserole beef is quite expensive and wondering if I can use frying steak (or similar)?

TIA

How much is expensive?? I usually pay about 5.50 or so a kilo for stewing stuff. Shin, oxtail, cheek - are all excellent for long slow cooking and should be had around that price.

Frying steak is not nice casseroled - goes very tough and chewy - its not made from the right stuff that breaks down during long slow cook.

3.89 a kilo is excellent

custardy

kingkano wrote: »

How much is expensive?? I usually pay about 5.50 or so a kilo for stewing stuff. Shin, oxtail, cheek - are all excellent for long slow cooking and should be had around that price.

Frying steak is not nice casseroled - goes very tough and chewy - its not made from the right stuff that breaks down during long slow cook.

3.89 a kilo is excellent

and it made a really nice stew,dumplings too :coffee:

zippychick

our beef casserole slow cooker thread may be helpful

ill merge this later

Zip

Angelraesunshine

Ok i am doing a nice beef casserole tonight and doing it on the hob as its too big for my casserole dish but it is quicker by hob or by oven and does it cook better by hob or by oven?

quintwins

i always do my casarole in the oven i think it tastes nicer that way but really it wouldn't matter either way, if you need a big casarole dish i have a a$da smart price one i got about 4 years ago and it's acually my fav one it was only £2 (was reduced from £6)

glitterkitty

Extremely late if you're making it tonight, but I vote slow cooker ahead of any other method :-)

Other than that though, in the oven on a lower heat for a very long time :-)

tanith

I'd say in the oven tastes nicer too, I tend to make stews on the hob and casseroles in the oven but really thinking about it whats the blooming difference? in the oven I tend to cook slower and longer so things are more tender I guess..and it doesn't need 'watching'. I much prefer to cook my dumplings in the stew on the hob though... its a complicated subject , don't ya think? Now you've got me wanting stew and dumplings... tomorrow maybe