In my slow cooker today...

sunrise27_2

am going to buy a whole chicken and put it in my slo cooker next week
how long does everyone else cook theirs for
I thought it would take longer than 3 hours ??
I really like roasting a whole chicken but hate it when you have to really carve at it
we all love it when it just falls off the bone when I make chicken casserole

lindab15

Neck of lamb with carrots, swede, onions and leftover peas & sweetcorn (last night's leftover veg). 1Kg of the lamb cost me £3 - ish at the local butcher's at the weekend, and will do 4 of us tonight, me for lunch tomorrow at work and hopefully a couple of HM 'ready meals' for the freezer. Or maybe not, if it's as good as it smells....... now where's the OS slimming thread, again ?

Added extra seasoning (including a dash of soy sauce for colour/flavour), turned up to 'high' when thickening the gravy, and then got DD2 to mix up some herby dumplings (beef suet been in the cupboard for yonks) and threw them in.

Even semi-veggie DD1 enjoyed it !

Loving this new slow cooker I got from Tesco for £12.69 !

zippychick

I got a rosemary conley cooker yesterday!

Need advice on easiest thing to start with and if anyone has the same one?

SO excited, been reading this thread for months! woop! :j

sb44

lilmrsmullen wrote: »

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!

I must admit that I have never cooked anything on high although I sometimes may start it off on Auto, shall have to buy a chicken tomorrow now to try it out on high!



Ta.

zippychick

Silly question, but what does whoopsied mean?

Have read heaps of this thread and am slightly confused at the amount of liquid needing used. My book says to half the liguid used for normal resipes to SCify them.

With meat - would there always need to be enough liquid to cover it all?

If you roast meat with a tiny bit of water is it ok to use auto setting? And does it look cooked? I would brown it before hand.

Sounds pretty much like people throw stuff in and hope for the best, and it seems to mainly come out lovely!

Has anyone got a foolproof sausage casserole recipe with quantities etc? I would rather start with a structure, then start playing around when i have tried it a few times and have more confirdence.

Also mine apparently has a steam release thingy button at the top and im not sure i understand that.?

GonzoAston

I think that they meant it was a "whoopsie" in Asda. You know, marked down.

zippychick

Boy do i feel silly. Thanks!

GonzoAston

I pressume thats what she meant anyway, lol.

I dont know what half of the abbreviations mean, I just make it up, lol

ShelBell

Sausage Casserole

6 sausages, lightly browned (just for colour, not for cooking)
1 onion, diced and lightly cooked with sausages
1 tin (standard size) baked beans
1 tin (standard size) chopped tomatoes
1 glug worcestershire sauce

Throw all above in slow cooker, cook on low for 6-8 hours. Yum. A standard size tin to me is the one thats about 480g or something.

sunrise27_2

ShelBell wrote: »

Sausage Casserole

6 sausages, lightly browned (just for colour, not for cooking)
1 onion, diced and lightly cooked with sausages
1 tin (standard size) baked beans
1 tin (standard size) chopped tomatoes
1 glug worcestershire sauce

Throw all above in slow cooker, cook on low for 6-8 hours. Yum. A standard size tin to me is the one thats about 480g or something.

oooh am going to try this one as well ,
might have to have my slo cooker on every day for a month to try out all these yummy recipies