In my slow cooker today...

Uniscots97

miacat wrote: »

ok i decided to get my cooker back out again and blow the dust off!

since ive had it, ive only done meat in it once cos it was'nt that tasty.

BUT the rice pudding i make in it is THE best ever.

anyways, today im being adventerous and made some lemoncurd mmmm...

will be ready in about 3 or 4 hours.

Can I have both recipes please?

Lois_and_CK

Cider chicken today:

Shallots, chicken breasts, tarragon, cider, creme fraiche. Yum.

FairyElephant_2

tiggy_114 wrote: »

I looked through alot of this thread but can't find the answer so just gonna ask. What's so good about slow cookers that they get a thread on the money saving expert site? I have had a s/c for about a year stuck in my cupboard. I've only cooked in it about twice. The things i cooked turned out nice but it just seems easier to do a casserole in the oven. Am i missing something? I know you can use cheaper meat cuts but i don't really eat much but chicken and mince. Seems to be loads of reciepes for mince and veg also. So what advantage is there to using the slow cooker over conventional oven cooking? Also i usually substitute mince for quorn or soya mince. Does anyone know if you can do this in a slow cooker?

Hiya,
Good questions!
Why do I like my slow-cooker?
I find mine cheaper to run than heating up the whole oven if I only want to cook one dish.
It is quite safe to leave on all day and go out - which I wouldn't feel quite safe doing with the gas cooker.
It is nice to come home to a house smelling of lovely food, and not have to start cooking from scratch.
Cheaper cuts of meat are made more tender by cooking slowly.
As a side benefit, no liquid is lost during cooking, so most dishes are quite 'wet' if you use the same amount of liquid you would normally - I tend to do this deliberately and spoon off a lot of the liquid and use as a soup for my lunch the next day!

& yes, you can cook with quorn/soya mince/veg proteins and most veg in them. I do tend to find that I have to cut veg up smaller than I would otherwise, so that it cooks through OK, but that is the only thing different.

Hope this helps and that you decide to give yours another go!

FE

tomtombeanie

big batch of chili in mine today - all destined for the freezer. we find it's nicer the second time around!

thanks flatmouse for the bread recipe. i'll make that one next - just working my way through some peanut butter bread!

sunrise27_2

well my potato bake has a about an hour and a half left before I dish up and I've had a quick look and put a knife in it and it looks cooked !!!!!!!!!!!!
yet something else I can cook in it

miacat

unixgirluk wrote: »

Can I have both recipes please?

Rice Pudding

2.5 litre cooker

25g butter
100g pudding rice
100g sugar
1 litre milk

4.5 litre

40g butter
150g pudding rice
150g sugar
1 1/2 litre milk

butter inside of crockpot. add all ingredients. cook on med for 3-4 hours.
I find i leave mine for longer depending on the thickness you require.

angelavdavis

Like tomtombeanie, I have got a chilli con carne in the slow cooker today.

Hopefully OH won't be too late tonight - I'm starving!

sb44

sunrise27 wrote: »

can I put a whole chicken in the slo cooker and how much liquid do I put in
and would it be chicken stock that I use ???
and can I just put it straight in without browning etc I'm assuming I can ??

I put a whole chicken in mine with just enough water to cover the bottom of the crockpot.

I don't bother putting any stock in there as I just tend to cook it for meat for sandwiches. I'm sure a lot of people put other stuff in to make some stock, I ame just lazy really, shall have to mend my ways.

I just chuck it in with a bit of water and leave it on low for about 7 hours.

Liney_2

I have Lamb Tagine in for hubby when he gets home.

Cubed lamb
Cherry Toms
Courgette
Tin of Toms
Chicken stock
Onion
Garlic
lots of Morrocan style spices - cinnamon, all spice, tagine spice and ras al hanout but use whatever you like
serving it with some bulgar wheat which I found in the cupboard today - the packet was out of date in 2005!!! So he may not live to tell everyone how yummy it is!!! lol

knithappens

sb44 wrote: »

I put a whole chicken in mine with just enough water to cover the bottom of the crockpot.

I don't bother putting any stock in there as I just tend to cook it for meat for sandwiches. I'm sure a lot of people put other stuff in to make some stock, I ame just lazy really, shall have to mend my ways.

I just chuck it in with a bit of water and leave it on low for about 7 hours.

i did a whole small chicken in mine tonight , on high for 3 hours, and had with left over veg, the chicken is very suckulent and just falls off the bone , yum!