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Slow Cooker recipes

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  • #1082
    OldMrBrennan83
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #1083
    Satriale
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    Speedwell wrote: »
    Bourbon barbecue wings: http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a44369/slow-cooker-barbecue-bourbon-chicken-wings-recipe/

    Start with those :)

    These are magic, my hands have been sticky for two weeks now.


  • #1084
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    Any suggestions for a recipe involving minced beef that isn't chilli or bolognese? Sick to death of them :D I have a kilo of mince I want to use up and would like to make a batch of something for my lunches this week. Nothing too spicy as I'm pregnant/heartburn :D


  • #1085
    Dizzyblonde
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    rawn wrote: »
    Any suggestions for a recipe involving minced beef that isn't chilli or bolognese? Sick to death of them :D I have a kilo of mince I want to use up and would like to make a batch of something for my lunches this week. Nothing too spicy as I'm pregnant/heartburn :D

    I posted this minced beef stew earlier in the thread. I make it using 500g of mince but you could double it up:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99781111&postcount=952


  • #1086
    Kat1170
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    rawn wrote: »
    Any suggestions for a recipe involving minced beef that isn't chilli or bolognese? Sick to death of them :D I have a kilo of mince I want to use up and would like to make a batch of something for my lunches this week. Nothing too spicy as I'm pregnant/heartburn :D


    Home made burgers.


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  • #1087
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    Kat1170 wrote:
    Home made burgers.


    Thanks but it's for lunches to be reheated in the microwave in work, so I'm looking for a one pot meal!


  • #1088
    Evil_g
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Evil_g


    Not related to the mince question, but this looks interesting:

    Slow Cooked Chilli Verde Pork:

    https://gfycat.com/GrandioseUnconsciousBronco

    (animated gifs are the perfect medium to communicate recipes)


  • #1089
    ahlookit
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    Evil_g wrote: »
    Not related to the mince question, but this looks interesting:

    Slow Cooked Chilli Verde Pork:

    https://gfycat.com/GrandioseUnconsciousBronco

    (animated gifs are the perfect medium to communicate recipes)

    Looks really good...anyone know where to get tomatilloes? Or is there something you can substitute for them?


  • #1090
    Gloomtastic!
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    ahlookit wrote: »
    Looks really good...anyone know where to get tomatilloes? Or is there something you can substitute for them?

    google Mexican shops Ireland and order online. Not sure what the difference between them and green tomatoes is but they are hard enough to get hold of as well. Or you could just use tomatoes...,,


  • #1091
    dastardly00
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    I posted this minced beef stew earlier in the thread. I make it using 500g of mince but you could double it up:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99781111&postcount=952

    I think I might try that recipe myself :)

    When do you add the baby potatoes to the slow cooker? Do you leave the skin on?


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  • #1092
    Dizzyblonde
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    I think I might try that recipe myself :)

    When do you add the baby potatoes to the slow cooker? Do you leave the skin on?

    I throw them into the slow cooker from the start and leave the skin on. I cut the bigger ones in half.


  • #1093
    Zelda247
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    I throw them into the slow cooker from the start and leave the skin on. I cut the bigger ones in half.

    Me too and it works a treat. I use the baby roosters, lovely!


  • #1094
    miamee
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    Made a nice big beef stew in the slow cooker for the first time yesterday, it turned out lovely. I didn't follow a recipe just chucked the whole lot in and it came out alright! The gravy was a bit watery, that was the only thing. I was a bit wary of putting very littel water in so put in about a pint of beef stock and a stcok cube as well. Maybe I needed more stock cubes than one? Or less liquid.

    Diced beef steak
    2 carrots
    2 parsnips
    6-8 baby roosters (bigger ones cut in half)
    1 onion
    1 pint beef stock
    1 beef stock cube.

    6 hours on high. The slow cooker I have is nearly a family heirloom at this stage - it's as old as I am, still working perfectly. It hasn't been used much over the last 20 years or more.


  • #1095
    Zelda247
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    miamee wrote: »
    Made a nice big beef stew in the slow cooker for the first time yesterday, it turned out lovely. I didn't follow a recipe just chucked the whole lot in and it came out alright! The gravy was a bit watery, that was the only thing. I was a bit wary of putting very littel water in so put in about a pint of beef stock and a stcok cube as well. Maybe I needed more stock cubes than one? Or less liquid.

    Diced beef steak
    2 carrots
    2 parsnips
    6-8 baby roosters (bigger ones cut in half)
    1 onion
    1 pint beef stock
    1 beef stock cube.

    6 hours on high. The slow cooker I have is nearly a family heirloom at this stage - it's as old as I am, still working perfectly. It hasn't been used much over the last 20 years or more.

    I find adding some flour (mix it with a little cold water first) thickens the liquid beautifiully.


  • #1096
    miamee
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    Great, thank you!


  • #1097
    Dizzyblonde
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    I stir the flour into the veg before adding the stock, and I add a handful of pearl barley which also helps to thicken the stew and makes it more wholesome :)


  • #1098
    Glebee
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    Ive lost faith in the slow cooker and beef stews, I find they come out of the oven much nicer on a long slow heat...


  • #1099
    hidinginthebush
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    Glebee wrote: »
    Ive lost faith in the slow cooker and beef stews, I find they come out of the oven much nicer  on a long slow heat...
    I 100% agree. I think the problem is that it doesn't get hot enough to melt everything down. when i make a stew on the hob / in the over, the onions melt into the broth, making it thick and nice, whereas in the slowcooker they remain on their own.

    Now that said, I made a chili there a week or two back, and I cooked it on high for 6 hours, and everything melted away happily. So I think that could be the way forward. I might try it with a stew to confirm my theory, as I think the standard cooking guideline for the slow cooked is 4 hrs high or 7 hours on low. Giving it the few extra hrs on high seems to do wonders. 

    Also feic all liquid is the way forward. The chilli I made had a mug of beef stock for 500g mince and it worked out ok. I find that making tomato based dishes (stews, curries, chilli, bolognaise) work better than a stew where the liquid comes from stock or beer.


  • #1100
    rawn
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    When I put a stew in the slow cooker I take the lid off for the last hour - I find this helps to reduce and thicken the liquid!


  • #1101
    trmartin
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    Eunice Power, who writes occassional cooking/baking articles in the Irish Times, describes discovering the benefits of slow cookers in last Saturday's Irish Times magazine (also provided two recipes, a third is only availabe on-line):

    http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/adventures-with-a-slow-cooker-1.2898652


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  • #1102
    Bawnmore
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    I made this Garlic Parmesan Chicken with potatoes today and it came out great. I left out around 1/4 of the potatoes and added 4 carrots and an onion to bulk it out a bit more and they really suited it. The freshly grated parmesan before it's served really makes it.

    Made the bbq wings on Wednesday also and will definitely be making again. We'd no bourbon handy, so I used a little red wine and they turned out lovely. Served with some homemade blue cheese dip and celerity sticks - 1kg of wings devoured between 2 of us!


  • #1103
    Graces7
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    After seeing a photo online, I have cooked whole butternut squash and sweet potatoes in the slow cooker.

    They do great and easier to peel etc when cooked

    Seemeds strange the first time; no water etc... But grand

    Slow cooker is packed now as I am moving soon but using the side oven on the solid fuel range has similar properties.,


  • #1104
    Chuchote
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    After seeing a photo online, I have cooked whole butternut squash and sweet potatoes in the slow cooker.

    They do great and easier to peel etc when cooked

    Seemed strange the first time; no water etc... But grand

    Slow cooker is packed now as I am moving soon but using the side oven on the solid fuel range has similar properties.,

    How exactly do you do this? Just throw in the squash and sweet potatoes with no water? How long do you cook them for? How do you serve them?


  • #1105
    Graces7
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    Chuchote wrote: »
    How exactly do you do this? Just throw in the squash and sweet potatoes with no water? How long do you cook them for? How do you serve them?

    Yep. No water, Cook until a knife blade or skewer slides in with no resistance,.

    I peel and mash both. Sweet potato peel kind of slides off when they are cooked so it is very easy,I know someone who cooks small ones this week for her kid's lunch box

    Mashed is grand with grated cheese or whatever you like.


  • #1106
    Zelda247
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    Yep. No water, Cook until a knife blade or skewer slides in with no resistance,.

    I peel and mash both. Sweet potato peel kind of slides off when they are cooked so it is very easy,I know someone who cooks small ones this week for her kid's lunch box

    Mashed is grand with grated cheese or whatever you like.

    How long do you cook it for and at what temp?


  • #1107
    amor3
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    After seeing a photo online, I have cooked whole butternut squash and sweet potatoes in the slow cooker.

    They do great and easier to peel etc when cooked

    Seemeds strange the first time; no water etc... But grand

    Slow cooker is packed now as I am moving soon but using the side oven on the solid fuel range has similar properties.,

    Gonna try doing this. I usually make roasted butternut squash soup but don't do it as often as I'd like because I HATE peeling butternut squash!


  • #1108
    [Deleted User]
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    I was looking at 3kg+ pork joints earlier, would a slow cooker get hot enough to cook one through?


  • #1109
    Chuchote
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I was looking at 3kg+ pork joints earlier, would a slow cooker get hot enough to cook one through?

    I'd personally be cautious of pork cooked very slowly.


  • #1110
    cython
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    Chuchote wrote: »
    I'd personally be cautious of pork cooked very slowly.

    Care to elaborate? The volume of people in the Cooking Club thread who have cooked Sparks' pulled pork in slow cookers (myself included) with no issues would suggest there's not much cause for concern with pork and slow cookers :)


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  • #1111
    Chuchote
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    I was always taught that pork was liable to parasites, and cooking it at too low a temperature was dangerous. The Guardian disagrees https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/26/cooking-pork-safely-the-science


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