Slow Cooker Meat Question

rebl43

Hi,
This may seem a really stupid question but I have defrosted some chicken to make into a curry in my slow cooker, but I have never used it for meat before.
Do I need to cook the meat first or can I just throw all the ingredients in together raw?
It will be cooking all day - about 9 hours.
Thanks, and sorry for being a bit thick!:o

TNG

maybe worth browning in a pan, but you don't need to cook it through

If it was me, I'd just chuck it all in.........

mmMMMmmm slow cooked curry. Now where did I put that MegaIndex......:D

rebl43

Thanks for that! My husband phoned me an hour ago to tell me that 6 mates were coming round tonight for a poker night.... oh and could I do a curry?!!!!
MEN!

squeaky

Actually it me who left it laying around the place, here:-

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=235198

But the bit you really want is this bit:-

The Complete Slow Cooker Collection

rebl43

OMG I didn't know this list existed!
There is a whole new slow cooker world out there waiting to be discovered!

TNG

rebl43 wrote:

OMG I didn't know this list existed!
There is a whole new slow cooker world out there waiting to be discovered!

Capt_Slog

rebl43 wrote:

Hi,
This may seem a really stupid question but I have defrosted some chicken to make into a curry in my slow cooker, but I have never used it for meat before.
Do I need to cook the meat first or can I just throw all the ingredients in together raw?
It will be cooking all day - about 9 hours.
Thanks, and sorry for being a bit thick!:o

Although you might not need to 'cook' it, I would certainly make sure that it was very hot (yes, I know its a curry:rolleyes: ) before it went into the cooker.

Otherwise you are slowly warming it to cooking temperature, and depending upon your slow-cooker, this might take hours!

Something that I regularly do, if I can't be bothered to get the slow-cooker out from under the sink......

Cook whatever on the hob on a low light for an hour, then put the pan on a good thick oven glove and cover it with a tea-towel. I then add as many tea-towels as I have around, followed by folded up hand towels to make a good thick covering. Then I go to bed. 7-8 hours later when I get up, the pan is just warm, which means that it probably went on cooking for another two hours or so. IT REALLY DOES WORK.