In my slow cooker today...

Future_Rich_Girl

Mam gave me a rabbit, (to cook, already skinned & gutted but still with kidneys & liver.)

I have tryed to cook rabbit before in the oven a few years ago but it didn't turn out very good.


So i think i over compensated this time for the S/C & cooked it for over 12hrs.:p

It was gorgious, the meat just fell off the bones (or the bones fell out of the meat :rolleyes: )

I soaked some red kidney beans, & soup mix (green 'dots', orange 'dots' etc.)
Peeled & chopped 1 tatie, 2 carrots, 1 big onion, a few spring onions.
Put the veg, beans, soup mix, into S/C.
Laid the rabbit on the veg.
Poured in enough boiling water to cover everything (cos it was being cooked for a very long time)
Half an hour before eating it I chucked in 3 chopped mushrooms & made up some gravey (mr A, smart price of course ) pored that in.
Then lifted the rabbit out & only took a few minuets to pick the bones out then shredded it & put it back in S/C for a minuet or two.


While that was finishing off, ... I cleaned out my pet rabbit's hutch. Have i got double standards or what. lol :rolleyes:


I cooked it over night, & ate about a third of it at midday.
1 third of it will go in the freezer & the other third I will take to mams for her to try.

OrkneyStar

In my SC today I have: braising steak, two chopped carrots, massive chopped onion, stock, going to add [STRIKE]doughballs[/STRIKE] dumplings soon and serve with mashy mash!
Mmmmmmm, just what we need on a cold day like this lol.

sunrise27_2

OrkneyStar wrote: »

In my SC today I have: braising steak, two chopped carrots, massive chopped onion, stock, going to add doughballs soon and serve with mashy mash!
Mmmmmmm, just what we need on a cold day like this lol.

doughballs ??? are they like dumplings ??

marywooyeah

I bought some pork shoulder so tommorow was going to cook them with some apple juice in the slow cooker and serve with roast potatoes and a bit of veg but wasnt sure if this would be enough, any ideas anyone?

shaz_mum_of__2

Afternoon ladies (and chaps?)

Lamb hot pot here
couple carrots thinly sliced on the diagonal iykwim
1/2 small swede thinly sliced
shredded leek
2 onions thinly sliced
6 large potatoes thinly sliced
bag of cheap frozen lamb chops(defrosted)

layer the meat an veg ending with a nice posh layer of potatoes add about 1 pint stock cook on low for 8 hrs

you may need to baste the potatoes as they are not immersed in the liquid at the beginning but once cooking for a while they are

i love lamb and potatoes together

We actually had this on tuesday and having the leftovers tonight with a little mint sauce adde with roasties and red cabbage ...........yummy

Cheap too about £3 alltogether for 8 big portions



Also i have a few tins of value chicken soup wich were to watery as soup any ideas for slowcooking them in something??


I love my slowcooker for the reasons everyone mentioned plus if dinner is ready when i come home the takeaway doesn't get a look in i think moneysaving in general is about organisation ..............i always spend more when rushed and stressed

Shaz

knithappens

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Afternoon ladies (and chaps?)





Also i have a few tins of value chicken soup wich were to watery as soup any ideas for slowcooking them in something??


I love my slowcooker for the reasons everyone mentioned plus if dinner is ready when i come home the takeaway doesn't get a look in i think moneysaving in general is about organisation ..............i always spend more when rushed and stressed

Shaz

salsa chicken is nice, tin of chicken or mushroom soup, jar of salsa, chicken breasts , add water to desired constsitency salt and pepper serve with rice or pasta, my kids love this, makes a lot of the sauce so can be frozen to be used again, or used next day

OrkneyStar

sunrise27 wrote: »

doughballs ??? are they like dumplings ??

Yes sorry I meant dumplings (doughballs are what we have with pasta d'oh). Will edit original post.

pattycake

unixgirluk wrote: »

No booklet I'm afraid. Does anyone on here have a Cookworks slow cooker?

Yes,I have been given a brand new one although it has never been used, I think it has been around for a while. The donor just never used it. I have got it out of the box but there are no recipes with it just a little leaflet virtually telling me to wash the thing before I use it. Duh!

I really fancy having a go as I am a big casserole cook but not sure how to start with the slow cooker.

foxy-tigger

sunrise27 wrote: »

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

Oooh! Sounds lovely! Can you post a recipe please?
Thanks

ariba10

Whatever you did in a casserole dish you can do in a slow cooker.

It is just a very low heat cook pot.