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Slow cooker...

wack a massive pork shoulder in there half full with Pepsi and leave to do all day.

you'll then have pulled pork for dinner and also lunches in the coming days.

winner
 
Put my slow cooker on this morning for a nice beef and ale stew..

its a packet mix with a generous pouring on Newcastle Brown. I left it all set up on the side whilst im at work with a timer, which has kicked off. I know this because I'm getting regular CCTV updates which I have watching it to make sure my house doesn't catch fire!
 
Had the slow cooker out few times in the last week.

Stuck a joint of beef into it with nothing else and cooked it on low for 7 to 8 hours. Used the juice that came out to make a lovely gravy and just had it with spuds and veg. The leftover was lovely in a sandwich the next day.

Also made a lovely chicken korma. Used skinless chicken thighs and fried them first for 10 minutes before sticking them in the slow cooker. Fried off some onions and spices and add some chicken stock and added that to the slow again at low for about 7 or 8 hours. Very tasty and plenty left over.

This evening I fried off some skinless chicken drumsticks before putting them in the slow cooker along with a packet of BBQ sauce. Cooked this at medium for four hours. Put the sauce into a saucepan and reduced it back to a nice thick tasty sauce for dipping.

Anyone else got any really simple recipes that you have used like?
 
Farneyman said:
Anyone else got any really simple recipes that you have used like?
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Sunday dinner. Put a whole chicken in it breast down, a glug or 2 of white wine, salt, pepper a few stock veggies (carrot, onion, celery) and cook for 6 hours on low. Bootiful! Just need some roasties and some veg and jobs a good un! Blend the juice and stock veggies and sieve it and you have an awesome gravy too!
 
Very good thread this, Mrs just bought one about 4 weeks ago and i'm very impressed by the results. A wee bit trial and error with some things but on the whole it's a result.
 
Rooter said:
Sunday dinner. Put a whole chicken in it breast down, a glug or 2 of white wine, salt, pepper a few stock veggies (carrot, onion, celery) and cook for 6 hours on low. Bootiful! Just need some roasties and some veg and jobs a good un! Blend the juice and stock veggies and sieve it and you have an awesome gravy too!
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Gonna give this a go today... Will I need to give it a blast under the grill at the end? As guessing it will come out looking a bit insipid...
 
Rooter said:
If you like crispy skin, yes. Personally I don't eat the skin, my body is a temple..
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Possibly because I had crumbled an Oxo cube and rubbed it into the skin prior to cooking it didn't look as insipid as I thought it might... Still stuck it under the grill for a few mins whilst I blitzed the stock veggies to make the gravy.. Never thought of roasting a whole bird in the slow cooker will definitely do so again...
 
MegaSteve said:
Possibly because I had crumbled an Oxo cube and rubbed it into the skin prior to cooking it didn't look as insipid as I thought it might... Still stuck it under the grill for a few mins whilst I blitzed the stock veggies to make the gravy.. Never thought of roasting a whole bird in the slow cooker will definitely do so again...
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Did you do it upside down? ie breast down? you have to do that!
 
Rooter said:
Did you do it upside down? ie breast down? you have to do that!
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I did so, as that was how you said in original post... Used some white Rioja for the wine... I used the medium setting, on our slow cooker, as from past experience the low setting is too low to achieve any real heat...

Me and the lad both enjoyed it and chief cook has returned from Oz today so I won't be required in the kitchen for a while... Aside from when making cakes for the grandkids..
 
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Whilst waiting in the DIY shop waiting to pay for paint and other bits last week, my tart spotted one of these slow cookers on offer so I bought it for her. It’s still in the box but I was wondering if any of you have used game and made a stew?
 
The SC is back on the worktop and cooked some lovely dishes over the the last week.

Made a nice curry using a slow cooker dry mix sachet with chicken breast, spuds and veg.

This is also a favourite of mine...(not sure if shared this link before.
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/9169/slow-cooked-chicken-korma.aspx

Cooked some silver side with just half pint of stock that turned out cracking.

As I am trying to make a couple of sets of rhythm bones I bought some beef back ribs from the butcher. These are cooking in a simple BBQ smokey sauce for 8 hours at low...will find out about 6pm...then once cooked and eaten I will have the ribs left to play :-)
Some bones in action...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNt9Jocpqk
 
Farneyman said:
The SC is back on the worktop and cooked some lovely dishes over the the last week.

Made a nice curry using a slow cooker dry mix sachet with chicken breast, spuds and veg.

This is also a favourite of mine...(not sure if shared this link before.
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/9169/slow-cooked-chicken-korma.aspx

Cooked some silver side with just half pint of stock that turned out cracking.

As I am trying to make a couple of sets of rhythm bones I bought some beef back ribs from the butcher. These are cooking in a simple BBQ smokey sauce for 8 hours at low...will find out about 6pm...then once cooked and eaten I will have the ribs left to play :-)
Some bones in action...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNt9Jocpqk
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Do you part cook any of the spuds n veg before putting it in the sc?
 
I did a nice piece of brisket in a bit a red wine, a pint of stock, shallots, carrots , garlic, thyme and a bay leaf. It was delicious.
 
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