In my slow cooker today...

gettingthereslowly

Newbie to the world of slow cooking - bought one before xmas and used it once for beef in ale casserole. have to say it was stunning and DH well impressed to the point hes asking whats being made next.

Going to have a scan at all the recipes - thanks in advance xx

coco1980

have posted this on another thread but does anyone have an easy chicken soup recipe, have loads of chicken left over from todays roas

Sublime_2

Yes, put the chicken carcass in SC, with some onion, garlic, carrots, and herbs. Cover with water, and cook on high for a few hours. Strain, then add any veg, pulses, you want.

After a few hours on high, blend if required or leave chunky, then if you have any diced chicken meat reserved, add to SC for the last hour. You can also put milk/cream/coconut milk in if required at this stage. After the hour, adjust seasoning, with seasalt, and black pepper.

nikinackyloo

hi there
pea and ham soup is going in mine later - havent a clue what measures of what to stick in? can anyone point me in the right direction for a thread with slow cooker recipes on it?

leeegglestone

tigtag02 wrote: »

:wave: new here

Loving some of the recipies - yum

Today my slow cooker has sausage casserole in it - sausages, carrots, green beans, onions, oxtail soup, s&p, water and I will thicken with gravy grannules before serving.

It smells lush!!!
tt

Im doing this tomorrow

Got carrots, potatoes, parsnips, celery,onions, mushrooms all ready prepared to chuck in in morning wiv gravy/stock.
Sausages in fridge or maybe I will add pork steaks that i sliced up yesterday from a big joint. probs enough to do 1 2morrow and the other the day after with the remaining casserole

Tesco_points_addict

Please be gentle with me!

I have used my 6.5l slow cooker a few times but really don't know what I can/should put in it.

Can I put in uncooked rice? If so is there any prepearation I need to do?
What about lentils, do I just throw them in with the rest or do I need to do something with the lentils first?

I have a couple of cans of kidney beans ... any ideas?

Thank you in advance

TPAx

Tesco_points_addict

Also forgot to ask, how much liquid should I put in, does it need to cover the everything in the cooker or just an inch or so in the bottom.

Sorry & thank you!

TPAx

Sublime_2

All can be done in SC. I did a risotto one. The recipes on this thread somewhere.

I use lentils, and tinned kidney beans frequently in SC. I just put them in at the start of cooking. Tinned kidney beans have all the toxins boiled out of them, so are safe. Dried lentils are fine to put in at the beginning.

If using dried kidney beans, soak overnight, and boil rapidly for at least 10 mins, beforwe adding to SC.

MushyPeas

Tesco_points_addict wrote: »

Can I put in uncooked rice? If so is there any prepearation I need to do?

Hiya

My SC instruction booklet says not to cook rice, but then I think someone else on this thread has made rice pudding... so maybe it depends. Sorry that's not very helpful Good luck with using your SC, I have an 'experiment' cooking at the moment and it smells yum - hope it tastes as such!

Pea x

gerturdeanna

leeegglestone wrote: »

how much Cider do you use. just an inch worth or more? and then wht do you do when the joint is cooked. use the juice for gravy?

For the pork joint, I take the skin off (save it for crackling) and just put an inch or two in the bottom - I've tried making pea and ham soup with the juices but didn't really work out right -and I don't know where I'm going wrong!