In my slow cooker today...

Sublime_2

mummyyof5 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I havent posted on here before but really want to start using my slow cooker properly

Today I bought lamb ribs and some neck of lamb all reduced in the Supermarket....how would you all cook this??

By the way I have the largest size slow cooker as feeding a family of 8
Also OH really wants me to cook some oxtail in it next so how would I go about that???

Sorry for being such a novice but never sure how much stock to add...how long to cook for ....or what else to add ...and cant really afford to make lots of mistakes..

Thanks in advance x

Hello mummyof5. :hello:

I have a 6.5 litre cookworks model, just for four of us. I like this size as I like to make enough for a few days.

Neck of lamb is perfecr for Irish Stew in the Slow Cooker. The meat comes out really melty, and it is just really nice.

For the Oxtail, you could make some Oxtail Soup or stew. I've seen a lovely recipe for Jamaican Oxtail with Broad Beans here which is making my mouth water just looking at it.

I've seen a lovely recipe for Lamb ribs with rosemary bbq sauce, here.

There's also the complete slow cooker collection on this forum, which has loads of recipes.

LittleBrownFrog

Beef goulash here today ... a kilo of the cheapest beef the butcher had when I picked up my Christmas meat, some onions, olive oil, flour and paprika (lots of paprika!). That lot is sitting in the sc on high for an hour or so, then I'll add some tinned tomatoes, a few diced potatoes & some stock or water (not sure if I have any veg stock at the moment). It will be delicious, and I will freeze half, and make two or three meals out of the other half.
Goulash today - probably with mash, maybe just with bread.
Goulash soup tomorrow - more of the liquid, less of the 'bits' - maybe some dumplings.
Goulash pancakes tomorrow - the last bits & pieces, rolled up in pancakes, rest of sauce poured over, & grated cheese, then bake in oven for half an hour.

sazzybum

Hiya..I use my slow cooker for stews etc, but I really want to know if I can put some potatoes in it in the morning for them to boil during the day while I'm at work-or do they go all mooshy? Sorry if it sounds I'm a bit thick. We both work full time, and by the time I peel, boil tatoes etc, i'm too hungry to enjoy it-if that makes sense.

Sublime_2

Potatoes will be fine. I've never had them go mushy. I just use ordinary white ones.

furndire

Some spuds do go mushy - I bought a cheap bag a few weeks ago and can't boil them without their skins, or they just fall to bits. I don't know if they are specifically meant for crisp manufacturers.

mumoftwo

LittleBrownFrog wrote: »

Beef goulash here today ... a kilo of the cheapest beef the butcher had when I picked up my Christmas meat, some onions, olive oil, flour and paprika (lots of paprika!). That lot is sitting in the sc on high for an hour or so, then I'll add some tinned tomatoes, a few diced potatoes & some stock or water (not sure if I have any veg stock at the moment). It will be delicious, and I will freeze half, and make two or three meals out of the other half.
Goulash today - probably with mash, maybe just with bread.
Goulash soup tomorrow - more of the liquid, less of the 'bits' - maybe some dumplings.
Goulash pancakes tomorrow - the last bits & pieces, rolled up in pancakes, rest of sauce poured over, & grated cheese, then bake in oven for half an hour.

Sounds very delicious


I am doing stewing steak with ale in mine for steak pie on New Years day and some portions for the freezer.

Woodyrocks

Butterscotch bananas sounds yum yum. Recipe please!

Sui_Generis

Beef casserole with too much red wine and whatever veg I could find around. Will steam potatoes to go with it later as I've run out of rice.

:beer: A Happy New Year to all the regulars in the thread who've helped me out this year! :beer:

faye1978

I have an Irish Stew slowly simmering away in mine at the moment.......in anticipation of my new fridge freezer arriving tomorrow

PeachPickle

we were given a slow cooker for christmas and I used it for the first time today Made a lamb casserole before work. Pretty simple one as we didn;t have much veg in. Just lamb, onion, potatoes, green beans, garlic and rosemary and stock. Smells gorgeous, can't wait to eat it