In my slow cooker today...

Zootoxin

Sui_Generis wrote: »

Probably OK on high but on low then 8 hours might be more like it. Haven't cooked it so maybe others can comment on that but beef will take longer and should be tender when cooked.

Oh! I hope it doesnt make me ill Although if I remember correctly I did just under an hour on High the 5 hours on low so effectively = to 7 hours.

I will be heating it up in the microwave when I get home from work hmmm, maybe I should just bin it??

Can't understand why its so bland though.

Sui_Generis

Zootoxin wrote: »

Oh! I hope it doesnt make me ill Although if I remember correctly I did just under an hour on High the 5 hours on low so effectively = to 7 hours.(

It doesn't work like that the first hour is mostly spent on getting the ingredients up to temp if mine is anything to go by.

Others will chime in with suggestions as to flavouring, sorry no suggestions as I haven't cooked it.

hellokitty08

Right gone for a throw it all together mix today, including two tins of tomatoes, 1 packet of passata, some vegtable sotck, garlic (puree) and courgette, cauliflour, butternut squash, onion and mushrooms, with chicken. Ohh and some chilli flakes. I have no idea what its going to taste like, will try it when I get home see if it needs anything extra.

funkyflower

hi all
i have a bag of prawns that i wanted to cook in my slowcooker, i have an onion some mushrooms rice peas and a jar of chinese curry sauce. would that be ok to chuck in all together? would i need to add water etc also do i cook it on low or high and for how long as i have read that prawns dont take as long to cook as other meats in the slow cooker. thanks for reading. xxx

Mrs_Thrify

Zoo.... ups and downs of cooking in the SC. eh! I am still learning myself but would say you did not cook it for long enough.
Beef in brow ale is something like what you cooked and the book says 7 - 9 hours on low.

Zootoxin

julie_d wrote: »

Zoo.... ups and downs of cooking in the SC. eh! I am still learning myself but would say you did not cook it for long enough.
Beef in brow ale is something like what you cooked and the book says 7 - 9 hours on low.

Oh no! do you think it will be ok to warm up in Microwave or re-heat in SC

I have it set to come on 1 hour before I get home to warm up.

Do you think I should bin it?

Mrs_Thrify

Giving this a go for the first time.

6oz self-raising flour
a pinch of salt
3oz shredded suet
pck of bacon pieces
1 onion diced
1 cooking apple(precooked from freezer)
marg to greese pudding bowl


Made up suet pastry and lined pudding bowl
Mix bacon, onion and apple together for filling
Suet pastry lid .
Cover securely with greased foil and stand the basen in SC.
Pour round sufficient water to come 1/2 way up the basen side.
Cover and cook on HIGH for 6 -8 hours.

We have just finnished our meal and washed up. I just wanted to tell everyone Oh and I both rated the Bacon and Apple Pudding with a 5***** , it was excellent. We ate the pudding with a jacket potatoe. Would def. cook this again. Just of interest - the pudding servies 4-6 people. The bacon pieces cost just £1.13 from Asda.

dotstar24

today i've put in 2 chicken breasts (diced), one homegrown chilli, some of my Thyme, two tins of tomatos, a diced onioin and a pepper...cant wait to try it tonight!!! i've got a small 4L one at the min, but mum is buying me a 6.5L one for xmas so i can cook in bulk and freeze some (have baby on the way in Feb so will be nice to have some of my own frozen ready meals!)

dotstar24

Zootoxin wrote: »

Can't understand why its so bland though.

not sure if this will go with beef and ale, but when i've doing beef stew i always put a generous sprinkling of cumin in, just to give it a bit of a kick

Mrs_Thrify

Quick reply zoo...I think.... if it has cooked for 5 hours and you have the meal again in the SC today you can count 1/2 as cooking time and the first 1/2 hour as heating up time. so when you get home the meal will have had 5 & 1/2 hours cooking time in total - you are going to need at least another 2 hours on LOW. I would be tempted to transfer to a casserole dish and put in a pre heated oven when you get home to speed things up.
May be 1/2 hour in a hot oven would be enough?
I would try and eat the meal and not bin it as beef costs quite a lot and it would not be the MSE way.

I hope I am helping as although I have cooked for years have only had a SC since September and still a novice to this.