Do you use a slow cooker?

[khunPer 6,098]

I use my teen-daughter as "slow cooker" – extremely efficient – she is always slow if asked to do something, hereunder kitchen-work other than her own ideas...

 

However, I myself "slow cook" in oven, for example about 5 hours at low temperature for a crispy juicy pork roast – perfect for pulled pork if not left for 20-30 minutes before being cut in slices, our typical Danish Christmas dinner, remember we are Vikings – or just "slow boil" in a normal pot, like when I'm making beef stroganoff; the results have always been so yummy... 

[twocatsmac 2,772]

2 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, it is up there with the airfrier, best cooking equipment ever invented.

I’d add a large George Foreman grill to that list. 

(only recently though, now that I’ve seen the YouTube video on how they self clean).

[jaiyenyen 389]

Good to see some recipes on the thread. This is a good one.

Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Chicken

 

Ingredients:

 

1kg           Chicken Breast (Diced)

1               Onion (Chopped)

2               Garlic Cloves (Minced)

1 tbsp      Cornflower (Mix to a paste with a little water)

120 gms   Peanut butter

1 tin          Chopped Tomatoes

1 tsp         Chilli Powder

2 tbsp       Lime Juice

2 tbsp       Soy Sauce

1 tbsp       Curry Powder (Heaped)

1 tin          Coconut Milk

 

 

Put everything into the slow cooker and mix it together.

Cook on LOW for 5 hours.

 

[jaiyenyen 389]

Here's another favourite of mine.

 

Slow Cooker Pork Belly

 

 

1kg     Pork Belly

1         Onion  Chopped

1          Carrot   Sliced

1          Potato   Sliced

Salt and Pepper

Olive Oil

Mixed Herbs

 

Sear the pork belly

Put the onion and carrot in the slow cooker

Place the pork on top, add the cooking juices, then cover with sliced potato

Drizzle with olive oil and mixed herbs

Cook 4 hours on HIGH

[scoupeo 280]

if you don't eat soup everyday they are totally useless.

 

 

[thecyclist 722]

Yes, they are great. You can even cook rice, although it takes an hour to an hour and a half, but you can leave the house while things are cooking. I even managed to make an omelet. 

[Kurtf 642]

I wouldn't be without one. One favorite meal for my Thai guests is sauerkraut and pork ribs. Just put the ribs in and then pour the sauerkraut on top and I add a generous amount of caraway seeds. Cook on high for 4 hours and serve with mashed potatoes. Everyone her in Thailand raves about it. Probably because they have never tasted sauerkraut in their lives.

The other thing I love about my slow cooker is the stews and soups NEVER get burnt.

Edited September 29, 2020 by Kurtf

[scubascuba3 10,550]

For me it's a bit one trick pony, how many stews can you eat, I used to use it for curry but using my induction hob is better, so now it's stew or stew even the thought of it makes me nauseous 

[Monkeyrobot 1,045]

I use mine for Lamb shanks and Beef Stroganoff, slow cookers are good for cheaper cuts of meat.

[talahtnut 3,182]

Yeah, my missus, she takes 3 hours to make a simple cow pad.

[Jack Mountain 1,779]

3 hours ago, Kurtf said:

I wouldn't be without one. One favorite meal for my Thai guests is sauerkraut and pork ribs. Just put the ribs in and then pour the sauerkraut on top and I add a generous amount of caraway seeds. Cook on high for 4 hours and serve with mashed potatoes. Everyone her in Thailand raves about it. Probably because they have never tasted sauerkraut in their lives.

The other thing I love about my slow cooker is the stews and soups NEVER get burnt.

Add the Sauerkraut the last 5 minutes, then they will taste Sauerkraut.

[NanLaew 22,727]

20 hours ago, scoupeo said:

if you don't eat soup everyday they are totally useless.

 

 

If your lamb shanks are turning into soup, then you're doing it all wrong.

[CLW 3,054]

I found out that using the rice cooker gives similar results.

It's not about the money to buy a slow cooker more about the limited space for storage.

So why not use one machine for several purposes?

There are thousands of recipes on the internet what you can cook with your rice cooker except plain rice.

[scoupeo 280]

just a new useless trend it seems, like bread machienes and other krap that chinese want to sell to the world.

 

[faraday 11,658]

Just now, scoupeo said:

just a new useless trend

Slow cookers have been available for more than 30 years.