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I don't mean the way my old granny used to shuffle around the kitchen all day.

Just started using one and all I've used it for is to cook a whole chicken, with a bit of stock, salt and pepper and that's it. 2 minutes prep all day cooking lol

Has anyone got some simple tasty recipes they would like to share, maybe a nice simple curry.

:cheers:

Hopefully someone from mumsnet will see this. :p
 
Brilliant things

I use one to cook a Ghurka curry in - sorry can't share the recipe

But there is a James Martin book on slow cooking which is great

Find BBC food have some great recipes
 
Don't have a recipe to offer but I can confirm that they are great for things such as chilli, curries as well as the obvious stews. The flavours are more intense because of the slowness of the cook. You don't need to complicate the recipe, keep it simple, chuck it in and come back 8-10 hours later.
 
Just follow any old curry recipe and bung it in. It will work and will be lovely. :thup:

I like doing a nice casserole in mines. No recipe, just bung things in, but here's an idea.....

Stewing steak (browned off, oxo cube sprinkled over it)
Shallots (a few off, peeled, unchopped)
Carrots (couple of right big uns, chopped up)
Cellery (couple of stalks chopped up)
Peppers (red n yella, chopped up)
Mushrooms (good handful, quartered)
Tomatoes ( tin might work, but I quarter about 5 of them) they melt to nothing but give a good flavour.
Bay leaf
Few herbs (varies, depending on what I fancy chucking in)
Stockpot (beef one)
Salt pepper
Some water to mix up the stock pot thing.

Think that's what I throw in from memory.

5 mins to throw together and it tastes delicious.

You can do that recipe with some chops too, even bung in a few spuds with the chops if you like.
 
Damn right for a chilli, I'll post my competition winning recipe (ok there were only 4 of us :D) when I get back from working away. I usually use mince but if I decide on cubed beef then it's the slow cooker all the way.
Not fussed about curries in the slow cooker, they have to be cooked quickly IMO unless it's lamb/beef or something but even then it would be in a large frying pan with a lid on.
 
Sausage Stew.
Stick some spuds cut up to a size you like into the cooker and let them start cooking.

Packet of sausages (any you prefer but higher meat content holds together better) cut them into ether 3 or 4 pieces each depending on the size and fry them off until brown along with an onion (and mushrooms if you like them).

Fire that into a slow cooker filled with the spuds, peas, chopped carrots, 2 or 3 stalks of celery chopped some mixed herbs and black pepper and a little salt. Let it simmer until the spuds are fully cooked and add gravy granules and let it simmer without the lid on to thicken up a little.

Eat and enjoy. Tastes even better the next day.
 
Get a joint of lamb on the bone, salt and pepper, rub it with mint sauce. Then wrap it in tin foil and cook for 8 hours. The meat will fall off the bone. Perfect for a Sunday dinner
 
My wife uses ours frequently. A joint of pork or lamb on the bone, flash fry in a pan to brown. Slice up some carrots, onions, mushrooms and any other veg you fancy. Drop them in the slow cooker, put the meat on top and pour in a bottle of your fav beer. Put the lid on, switch on and then go and enjoy a round of golf or two. The meat will be fall off the bone melt in your mouth soft when you get back.
 
Chopped left over chicken bits
Can of tomato soup
Fry off an onion
Sliced potatoes [par boiled first]
Salt/pepper
Slow cooker for 4+ hours
Great meal for pennies

Also great for pudding rice, use full fat milk.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Chopped left over chicken bits
Can of tomato soup
Fry off an onion
Sliced potatoes [par boiled first]
Salt/pepper
Slow cooker for 4+ hours
Great meal for pennies

Also great for pudding rice, use full fat milk.
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Apart from the onion I would have thought it would work by just chucking the lot in the cooker. Why waste time par boiling your spuds?
 
Old Skier said:
Apart from the onion I would have thought it would work by just chucking the lot in the cooker. Why waste time par boiling your spuds?
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No, nothing like it, the flavour just soaks into the spuds and chicken. You can also add frozen peas/sweetcorn.
Our grandchildren just love it, Nanna has given up asking them what they would like to eat now.

There is also a recipe where they use a can of coke instead of tom soup..never tried it though.
 
Excellent way to make Gang Garee Gai (Chicken thighs in Yellow Curry w Carrots and Potatoes).
Less than 5 mins prep; 6 hours cooking.

Plenty of books about - check out the local Charity Shop(s).
 
Once made ribs in the slow cooker and couldn't get them out of the dish for the meat falling off the bone.

I avoid using it for chicken currys. Makes the chicken taste nasty.

A great way of making cheap meat tasty. Try beef brisket slow cooked in onions and stock (I add celery and carrots and one clove of garlic).

Only issue is that it's impossible to carve- you really need to pull it apart with forks.
 
HID makes a sausage casserole.
In slo cooker, chuck in good quality sausages, a tin of toms, tin of cannellini or butter beans, chopped onion, some slices of chorizo.
Enjoy a few hours later
 
Well now I'm blooming hungry!!!!

We've got a slow cooker, have had it years, and only used it once to do ribs. They were fantastic, can't remember what I added but they were a lovely smoky, spicy BBQ flavour. Can't believe I've never used it since.

Based on this thread I've just ordered a slow cook recipe book off Amazon and will now start using it again.

Ta
 
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