In my slow cooker today...

fedupandskint

hopefulshell07 wrote: »

Today I have a gammon joint soaked overnight in cold water, a few chopped carrots, some celery in chunks, a couple of onions and a handful of soup mix (soaked overnight and cooked for 10 mins) some chicken stock & a few black peppercorns, hoping it will taste as good as it smells
Looking forward to this for dinner, have it on high at the moment but will turn it down to low in a few hours.

Sounds delish!

Will write this down to try myself when I empty the freezer out a bit

freakyogre

Mince etc. in today to make a lasagne later (although may change it to cottage pie/spag bol as have no cheese and really can't be bothered going out for any) .

merlin1

chicken portions with peppers and stuff i've not decided on yet! bit of a concoction!:rotfl:

merlin1

and the concoction is - thighs and drums, quarter of a pint of chicken stock, peppers, onions, carrots, with garam masala powder, chilli flakes, hot chilli powder, paprika, and ginger - i have a feeling this may be spicy hot????!

will let you know! :rotfl:

deebee

huge pot of minestrone bubbling away as we speak - got some great celery in Aldi for 29p, threw in onions, mushrooms, passata, tinned tomatoes, carrots, got some cannelini beans to add and some pasta i bought i while back reduced at Mr Ts, got some fresh parmesan to use up in the fridge, and some granary bread made in the breadmaker this morning - yum-mee

merlin1

merlin1 wrote: »

and the concoction is - thighs and drums, quarter of a pint of chicken stock, peppers, onions, carrots, with garam masala powder, chilli flakes, hot chilli powder, paprika, and ginger - i have a feeling this may be spicy hot????!

will let you know! :rotfl:

twas actually very nice! thickened the sauce up with some flour and butter mix, then served up with garlic bread and potato wedges! :cool:

today i have a whopping great lump of beef brisket in there, browned off first with some onions, 1/4 pint of beef stock and seasoning.

i have put it on medium as i didnt get it there til 12.30 - wondering if high would be better?

hopefulshell07

fedupandskint wrote: »

Sounds delish!

Will write this down to try myself when I empty the freezer out a bit

This was lovely even though DD said the Gammon tasted a bit different! I normally just boil it in water, but I thought it was lovely and it just fell apart yum yum

Silaqui

Hi everyone, quick question, when you put chicken thighs and drumsticks in the SC do you usually bother to take the skin off? Or just leave it on? Was thinking of doing a chicken chasseur type thing, and then tomorrow a curry but don't want them to come out all greasy.

Thanksx

Gill72

Silaqui wrote: »

Hi everyone, quick question, when you put chicken thighs and drumsticks in the SC do you usually bother to take the skin off? Or just leave it on? Was thinking of doing a chicken chasseur type thing, and then tomorrow a curry but don't want them to come out all greasy.

Thanksx

I usually take the skin off as it doesn't crisp up like it does when it's oven cooked and I would imagine it would make the dish quite greasy.

Sublime_2

I always take mine off. Just a personal preference, as I do so in the oven anyway. I'm not too keen on skin, and would only ever eat really crispy; which isn't happening in the slow cooker.

(Sorry, Gill72, you beat me to it! :A)