What's in your Slow Cooker 2019

zaxdog

This morning I chopped half head of celery and a huge carrot into mine then added some YS posh sausages and gravy. On low all day and will be served with roast tatties and broccoli :j

Soworried

I love the sc, I tend to batch cook curries, chillis, casseroles, soups

There's a really nice chicken recipe on here called Yassa chicken that we love. I look forward to all the recipes

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=50460105&postcount=9587

joedenise

That recipe looks lovely. Another to add to the list.

Denise

Gintotmelinda

Beef brisker. Mmm

lookstraightahead

I've put a gammon joint in mine. Dinner tonight with left over new potatoes from yesterday and veg. Ham and mustard sandwiches for lunch boxes tomorrow, then freeze the rest. Might do some apple sauce with some dodgy looking apples ...

VintageHistorian

I've got a slow cooker that was given as a wedding present (not randomly, I did add it to the gift list for those who wanted to get us something) and have since bought a book of slow cooker recipes.

But I've noticed that in the book it always recommends starting off cooking the meat etc in other pan, and then transferring it to the slow cooker. I rather assumed you could just chuck all the diced bits in the SC and away you go. Does anyone just put everything in, in one go? Or do you all start off with cooking it all in a separate pan and then putting it in the SC?

joedenise

You can do it either way. I think the flavour is better if meat is browned in a pan first but if you don't have time then just chuck it all in.

Denise

YorksLass

Rice pudding in mine made with evaporated milk/water and sprinkled with grated nutmeg; it should be ready soon. There'll be enough left over to have cold during the week and I'll add whatever fruit is left in the fridge. Just as good (and cheaper) than the ready pots from the sm.

I do a lot of batch cooking, things like bolognaise sauce, chilli, curry, stew, soup etc, so I always have a supply of hm ready meals in the freezer.

The Yassa chicken sounds lovely so I'll be giving that a try soon.

theonlywayisup

Ham and pea soup in mine for lunch tomorrow. I use dried green peas, chicken or vegetable stock, onions and carrot fried in butter and added, then it is left to fester. The ham is a slow roast joint that resembled fine pulled pork and is added in (or omitted when I'm feeling lazy). The dried green peas give the soup a real earthy feel and it requires no whizzing/blitzing. Lovely with some home made garlic bread/focaccia.

caronc

Two chicken carcasses, pot veg, bayleaf, garlic cloves and peppercorns in mine tonight. It'll be on low until I get up tomorrow. The resulting stock will be reduced and frozen and I'll strip the carcasses for soup meat.