slow cooker + liquid

ayupmeduck

Whenever I use the slow cooker for meat the liquid boils away so I need to add more over time. When I do a search about this I keep reading that liquid won't boil/evaporate away.

Am I cooking wrong? I always use the stew option over 3-4 hours.

I have a Tefal 10-1 multicooker.

Tom99

The temperature must be too high or the lid not fitting properly. With a normal slow cooker the temp does not reach boiling point and, with the lid on, all the liquid produced by the meat will be retained.

Pollycat

I find my slow cooker 'makes' liquid rather than boiling it away.
But it's just a cheap bog standard slow cooker.

ariba10

ayupmeduck wrote: »

Whenever I use the slow cooker for meat the liquid boils away so I need to add more over time. When I do a search about this I keep reading that liquid won't boil/evaporate away.

Am I cooking wrong? I always use the stew option over 3-4 hours.

I have a Tefal 10-1 multicooker.

It’s not what I would call a Slowcooker.

Chapter24

ariba10 wrote: »

It’s not what I would call a Slowcooker.

I think that must be it, - a slowcooker retains the moisture. If anything you end up with too much liquid, not too little!

comeandgo

As others have said, you are not slow cooking, you are just doing a slow boil so your fluid will evaporate. Try taking your temperature down and cook for 6 hours or so.

buildersdaughter

I found that ''modern' slow cookers operate at a higher temperature than my old trusty slow cooker. So I think that a 'multi-cooker' is likely to do that.

2 ways around this:
1. simply add more liquid, and this will be 'trial and error'.
2. if you can do so safely (obviously food must be thoroughly cooked) use a timer to cook for less time. I have to do that with my new slow cooker - 4 hours is plenty to cook the meat through, and any longer does lead to too much evaporation. As mine doesn't have an integral timer, I use an old simple timer. It depends on your timetable whether you want to start cooking later, or finish earlier. I fins food keeps hot in a switched off slow cooker for at least an hour.

All of us on here agree that slow cookers are a matter of experimentation, whatever the recipe books tell you!