whole chicken in the slow cooker

filigree_2

vixtress wrote:

not surewhat i am doing wrong, i have done a whole chicken twice and each time have found it to be no where near as moist as when done in the oven.
the meat is very tender and falls off the bone but tastes somehow dry??
i have done it on low for about 6 hours, with a little bit of water..........any ideas???

You could put more water in it, then afterwards you have lots of juices to make gravy with. Any leftover liquid can be saved to use as stock in soups etc. Sometimes with SC cooking I find that any meat that "sticks up" out of the cooking liquid can get a bit dry, so perhaps you could try covering the breast with buttered foil to keep it moist?

I find that leftovers are more moist than roast leftovers, which makes them much nicer in salads or sandwiches in my opinion.

bulchy

Well my chicken was a huge success :T put it in at 11.30, rested on 2 large carrots,and about 3 o'clock I crushed some garlic, and made some garlic butter to dot over the top, ds kept asking every 5 minutes what time's tea read, it smells lovely. I turned the sc off about 5.30 and left it for half an hour before lifting the chicken out with a couple of spatulas. Meat just fell off the bones, and it was lovely and moist. I got loads of meat from it, 2 adults and 2 kids dinner last night, sarnies for kids today for packed lunch, oh has taken some meat and left over veg to heat up in microwave at work and the rest went back into sc with the stock left over from cooking the chicken to make some soup.The carrots that I had rested the chicken on to cook it were chopped up with a few scrappy bits of meat for the dogs supper, so everyone was happy.
I've got a piece of beef in the freezer for next sunday, cant wait to try it.
Sue

charlies_mum

Don't make the mistake I did, I bought an Asda garlic chicken and put it in the slow cooker - after 6 hours cooking in its own juice, the garlic taste was so strong I had to turn it into a curry

jackieb

Glad it was a success Bulchy. :T

ziggy2004

I just washed the chicken and put it on no wtare,caroots or anything, might try it wit h carrots and onion next time though just to see if it tastes different
x Anne

russetred

I just tried lamb shanks in the slow cooker on sunday, unbelievably tender. I marinated them overnight in a paste of chillies, ginger and garlic then slow cooked with a tomato homemade curry sauce.Cooked for 6 hours on low, may need to up the chillies next time as they were quite mild.

allIcouldwishfor

blue-kat wrote:

is it possible to cook 1/2 leg of lamb the same way in the SC?

No reason why not, as long as you can fit it in. I do a half shoulder of lamb in my SC, chuck in some veggies, a BIG glass of red wine, a tin of chopped tomatoes, some seasoning, garlic and rosemary and leave it on high for 5 hours or so. Yummy!!

Bunnyinthelights

Hi,
I know that there is a thread somewhere explaining how to do this but I can't seem to gets to grips with the whole search method *stupid grin*
Can anyone help?
I'd also LOVE some new recipes to use, I'm getting tired of my beef stew...
Thanks!
Bunny

squeaky

The Complete Slow Cooker Collection

Bunnyinthelights

Thanks!
Bunny