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How do you adapt a recipe to make the same dish in a slow cooker?

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IwishIwasmorechocolatey Mon 06-Apr-09 22:12:28

Shall I just put exactly the same in or do I need less liquid? If so should all of the ingredients be covered?

Any tips greatefully received!

psychomum5 Mon 06-Apr-09 22:13:52

I just chuck mine all in the same as normal.

only early in the morning, rather than at 2pm.

the extra liquid is used up by the extra 6hrswink

allthoseeggsaremine Tue 07-Apr-09 22:35:03

I find the liquid seems to double!! So now i use less liquid but check on it every now and again.
I did pork ribs in bbq sauce a few weeks ago and i really didn't need to use all the sauce, i think i should have used the rest of the sauce at the end just to give it an extra coating.

IwishIwasmorechocolatey Wed 08-Apr-09 10:30:28

OK - well I've just thrown in a lamb tagine as I would usually do it on the hob! Lets see what 7 hours of cooking does for it!

allthoseeggsaremine Wed 08-Apr-09 11:37:05

I'm sure it will be lovelysmile

IwishIwasmorechocolatey Thu 09-Apr-09 20:44:21

It was - just as good as done on the hob and even less effort grin

allthoseeggsaremine Thu 09-Apr-09 21:33:41

Oh goodsmile Thats the thing, isn't it, just less effortsmile

I made shepherds pie filling in mine today, could have easily done it on the hob, but it was so much less hastle to bung it in the slow cooker and leave for hours!

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