Slooooooow Cooker Recipes

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Sway

26,336 posts

195 months

Monday 4th November 2013
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Shaw Tarse said:
I'd say go larger than you think you will need & freeze what you don't eat.
Ha!

I did that, with that intention. Never happened...

I'd eat a full meal, then have seconds.

Later, whilst it's cooling, I've been known to eat half a loaf of bread scooping out more unctuous goodness until the bloody thing is clean.

Lastly, the above then causes me to get it in the neck from the missus due to the whiffs generated under the duvet.

In summary, buy the smallest one you can find.

trooperiziz

9,456 posts

253 months

Tuesday 5th November 2013
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I've tried loads of pulled pork recipes, but the one that gets the most praise is this.

Shoulder or belly of pork, with the rind cut off (but make sure you don't get rid of too much fat)
Generic dry BBQ rub to cover the meat, ideally done the day before, but at worst case a few hours before.
Sliced onion in the bottom of the pan.
meat on top.
cover with a bottled BBQ sauce (I tend to use Reggae Reggae BBQ sauce)
pour over a can of full fat coke.
cook on low for 10 hours or so.


GaryGlitter

1,938 posts

184 months

Wednesday 6th November 2013
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Just picked up a 4.7l slow cooker from Morrisons for £15, has high/low/warm settings.


tedmus

1,886 posts

136 months

Wednesday 6th November 2013
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trooperiziz said:
I've tried loads of pulled pork recipes, but the one that gets the most praise is this.

Shoulder or belly of pork, with the rind cut off (but make sure you don't get rid of too much fat)
Generic dry BBQ rub to cover the meat, ideally done the day before, but at worst case a few hours before.
Sliced onion in the bottom of the pan.
meat on top.
cover with a bottled BBQ sauce (I tend to use Reggae Reggae BBQ sauce)
pour over a can of full fat coke.
cook on low for 10 hours or so.
Pretty much how I do it but I put some garlic cloves in the bowl with meat as it's marinating and instead of putting BBQ sauce in at the beginning I go half stock, half coke or root beer, then when it's cooked and pulled mix some of the cooking liquor and BBQ sauce in with the meat.

TIGA84

5,210 posts

232 months

Wednesday 6th November 2013
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Pixel-Snapper said:
Gave the bbq pulled pork yesterday.

Put the pork in a rub friday night. Went in the cooker at 12am saturday.


6pm pulled then back in the juice.


In the bab.


Will be doing it again as it tasted amazing.
Never mind the pork, the chips look excellent!

Pixel-Snapper

5,321 posts

193 months

Wednesday 6th November 2013
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Muchas Gracias. Just simple double cooked chippies.

Finished the pork off today for lunch.

Next up for the cooker will be neck of lamb I think.

ali_kat

31,993 posts

222 months

Wednesday 6th November 2013
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ali_kat said:
ali_kat said:
I've been sent a Butter Chicken slow cooker recipe that I plan to try next week, will report back with it if it's any good.
Apologies - spending every other night looking after Mum, so not actually getting to cook at all at home (& there is no way I can give curry to her now!)

I'll give you all the recipe in case anyone wants to try it

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-butter-ch...
Not a clue what I did wrong, but the Chicken was very dry - and I used thighs!

Tasted good tho wink

Don

28,377 posts

285 months

Wednesday 6th November 2013
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Pixel-Snapper said:
Muchas Gracias. Just simple double cooked chippies.

Finished the pork off today for lunch.

Next up for the cooker will be neck of lamb I think.
I can confirm that cheapo cuts of lamb produce the most wonderful slow cooked grub.

My favourite is shoulder of lamb, slow cooked and then hot finished in the oven at a high heat for twenty minutes to get the browned look and taste.
The same works pretty well with cheaper breast of lamb too.

(That's Sunday sorted for me, now...)

new_bloke

452 posts

285 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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digimeistter said:
Cheap and delicious roast beef

Brisket joint

season with salt & black pepper

sear on all sides in a splash of oil in hot pan

peel and quarter 2 onions

2 large carrots, peeled and cut into thick chunks (same height as the onions)

Place veg in the bottom, sit joint on top

pour over red wine, enough to cover the veg and add some water

sprinkle an oxo cube over and slow cook for 6-8 hours

remove joint and add another oxo cube (or more to taste) to beef up the gravy

serve with roast parsnips, cauli cheese, peas and Yorkie

melt in the mouth. smile
Sorry to drag up a 3 year old post! I am going for this tomorrow, after a long time away from the slow cooker. The thing that put me off it was watery stews, which I now understand to have been too much initial liquid.
My question is, in the light of that - how much water should I be adding to the pot for this recipe?
Advice much appreciated!

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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Not much, I normally use a majority red wine and a tad of water usually about 85/15% ratio, but just judge dependant on the size of the joint.

I did the same recipe with a half shoulder of lamb last week and added garlic, rosemary, redcurrant jelly and mint jelly.

It was unbelievably good!

new_bloke

452 posts

285 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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Thanks for the speedy response! Would you say the liquid should come some way up the joint? Or just to cover the veg?

Mobile Chicane

20,846 posts

213 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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new_bloke said:
Sorry to drag up a 3 year old post! I am going for this tomorrow, after a long time away from the slow cooker. The thing that put me off it was watery stews, which I now understand to have been too much initial liquid.
My question is, in the light of that - how much water should I be adding to the pot for this recipe?
Advice much appreciated!
Sit it on a trivet of vegetables - a rib of celery, a carrot and an onion - all roughly chunked, and add liquid to cover the veg.

You'll be amazed how much liquid will come out of the veg and the meat itself.

Baste the meat every hour or so with what's in the bottom of the crock, and add more liquid if it seems to be drying out.

new_bloke

452 posts

285 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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One final question (I am probably over-thinking this). My slow cooker has three settings - high, medium and low. I was planning to go for low for 8hrs - does that sound sensible?

Mobile Chicane

20,846 posts

213 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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It does.

new_bloke

452 posts

285 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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Brilliant. Thanks to all for the advice smile

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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Let us know how it turns out smile

Shinobi

5,072 posts

191 months

Friday 8th November 2013
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Was in a super hurry today, popped 4 large lamb chops, tin of tomatoes, handful of peppers and onions, some chilli seeds and garlic. Cooked for 8 hours and tasted fantastic with rice. Very simple but surprisingly good.

new_bloke

452 posts

285 months

Monday 11th November 2013
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Turned out pretty well. Tasted amazing, but not as tender as I'd hoped. Don't know whether that was down to the meat, or what I did to it... Certainly encouraged me to get back into using my slow cooker though.
Thanks again for the advice smile
Going in:


On the plate:

Mobile Chicane

20,846 posts

213 months

Monday 11th November 2013
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It probably could have done with cooking longer - believe it or not. I'd give it 12 hours next time.

Pixel-Snapper

5,321 posts

193 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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Lamb breast just gone in on a trivet and glass of red.



6 hours to go.....

EDIT: 6 hours later....

Meat out to rest and carved into portions to be flashed off in a pan of butter.



Finished off with new potatoes roasted in the lamb fat, peas and red wine jus.



Edited by Pixel-Snapper on Monday 18th November 08:28