slow cooker recipes

sara3 | 16:55 Sat 04th Oct 2008 | Food & Drink

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I've had a slow cooker, quite literally for years, sitting in a cupboard in my kitchen... never used it!

can anyone recommend a good recipe book, or is it far more simple than that? I don't have the first idea!

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shaneystar2

Sara you can cook a joint of meat in a slow cooker no problem I hardly ever use the oven to cook a joint except for pork 'cos I like the crackling .
For example a piece of brisket ,silverside ,topside, a chicken ,a gammon joint .Half a leg of lamb .
For beef I just put in the pot cook it on low for six hours ..bingo. It makes it's own gravy you don't need any liquid and you just have to thicken the gravy .Brisket is best as it has nice marbling of fat .You might need a little liquid for topside or silverside as it's not so fatty .But only a teacupful of stock .
Chicken ,bung a lemon and a load of garlic up it's rear end ,plonk it in and cook for six hours on medium or all day on low .Same with lamb just shove it in .Or add some cider for gammon .Or you can put vegetables in the bottom of the pot and lay the meat on top.Whichever way the meat will be really tender .You can use any old cheap cuts of meat because the long slow cooking process cooks it to perfection .
So you could use chuck steak instead of expensive braising steak for example to make a casserole .

ChuckFickens

So you could use chuck steak instead of expensive braising steak

errrr!!!!!!

I'm slightly worried :-/

sara3

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okay.. hang on... I am doing a big lunch tomorrow and have 2 1.5k shoulders of lamb that I was going to stick in the oven.

are you sure this will work??! on low or high, and for how long?

I've actually got the thing out now.. it's really dusty!

sara3

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Sara wonders... are Chuck steaks lean?!

shaneystar2

Well sara if that was me I would stick them in the cooker on medium for about six hours .But ......as you have never used it before don't chance it if you are having people for dinner
.Better to experiment first on something easy .
They are one of these things I 've used for years so I'm used to judging the cooking times etc and am confident using it .
I don't want any soliciters letters :)))

sara3

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fair point, Shaney.. not really a time for experimenting! I pride myself on not having poisoned anyone yet but you've given me the confidence to give it a go, so thanks.

and it's out now.. I'll have to use it :o)