slow cooker quick questions thread

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Rikki wrote: »

Does coconut milk cook okay in a slow cooker or does it curdle?

Hi Rikki,

I've used it in the slow cooker with no problems.

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zippychick

Good question, i was scared of cooking with coconut milk until a couple of weeks ago - as i thought it would curdle too! It didn't:o

Rikki

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi Rikki,

I've used it in the slow cooker with no problems.

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Did you cook on low and for how long?

Chuzzle

Apologies if this has been covered in this already but I've only quickly scanned through the pages...SORRY:o

For some reason my meat seems to be drying out in my slow cooker. I have a large Morphy richards (6 litre I think). I put everything in at around 7am and leave it on low till I come home at 5 ish. I made a sweet and sour pork in it last night and I found the meat was very dry. The same happened with my chicken casserole and my chilli last week . I always make sure the meat is just covered with liquid - do I need to add more liquid? Is it possible to overcook in a slow cooker? Or do I have a faulty one?

richj

you could try cooking it for slightly less time..

zippychick

Chuzzle wrote: »

Apologies if this has been covered in this already but I've only quickly scanned through the pages...SORRY:o

For some reason my meat seems to be drying out in my slow cooker. I have a large Morphy richards (6 litre I think). I put everything in at around 7am and leave it on low till I come home at 5 ish. I made a sweet and sour pork in it last night and I found the meat was very dry. The same happened with my chicken casserole and my chilli last week . I always make sure the meat is just covered with liquid - do I need to add more liquid? Is it possible to overcook in a slow cooker? Or do I have a faulty one?

this thread may help

meat dry and tasteless in the slow cooker

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Chuzzle

Thanks zippychick!

binkyboo_2

I have just put some soup in my slow cooker, veggies and stock no meat. Can anyone tell me how long it will need to cook for?

blueelephanttrunk

Hello all!

First time on this bit of the board so thought I'd come say hello

After reading through a fair few posts last night, I was inspired to get some beef out of the freezer and slow cook it for our tea tonight to save money (we were going to have fish and chips) It got me thinking, what sort of things I could cook in there from the cupboards and wondered if you had any suggestions?

I've got most general storecupboard ingredients, stock, herbs, tinned tomatoes, pearl barly that kind of thing.

Thank you!

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Hi blueelephanttrunk,

Welcome to Old Style

These threads have lots of recipes which use basic storecupboard items and should give you some inspiration.:

Slow Cooker - The Recipe Collection

In my slow cooker today...

In my slow cooker today.... part 2

Once you've had more replies I'll add your thread to the slow cooker quick questions thread

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