Quick to prep slow cooker recipes?

[Sandles12]

Anybody got any tried and tested slow cooker recipes, tips or ideas?

There are lots of facebook groups for slow cooker recipes, but one of the things I love about the slowcooker is the fact it is very forgiving of 'making things up', or 'using up the fridge gravel'

So you can put in most things, turn on for a few hours and you are away.

Bolognaise / chilli type meals with mince / tinned toms / onion, garlic, peppers, whatever you want to add

Curries

Casseroles

Roasts

Gammon

Is there a particular meal you like that you want help with?

Asda (and I'm sure most other supermarkets) do a bag of casserole vegetables in the freezer section. I throw the entire bag in with some tinned tomatoes, water and a couple of stock cubes. Occasionally some chilli flakes. It makes a cheap easy vegetable stew/soup. I have this at lunchtime and ladle out more of the broth.

There's a lot left over so the next day I will throw a tin of mixed beans in (kidney beans would be fine too) and a sachet of chilli seasoning in to the same pot with the left overs and heat again. Serve with rice in the evening.

Not exciting but cheap and really really low effort.

Jamie Oliver says you don't have to bother browning meat, just chuck it into the slow cooker. He says he has done blind taste tests and the only difference between browned and unbrowned meat is the appearance. Apparently the idea that browning meat "seals in flavour" is an old wives' tale.

Easy gravy in a beef stew: can of beer. DH and I can't agree which is best, but Old Speckled Hen is a popular choice in recipes.

I don't really bother with any other flavours in a beef stew.

Current favourite is a gammon joint, throw in a halved onion, maybe a carrot or celery stick, a few peppercorns, bay leaf, star anise (if you like), cover with water. Cook for a few hours.

I like to then score the fat, glaze with honey/mustard and bake for 25-30 minutes but it's not necessary.

If the cooking liquid isn't too salty, I use it as a base for curried lentil soup.

Pulled pork also works well.

After numerous trials, for reliable and easy everyday chilli/spaghetti bol etc, I tend to use a Schwartz -type packet mix with mince, frozen onion, tin of tomatoes, tomato purée, tin of kidney beans, maybe peppers, dash of Worcestershire sauce.

Lentil and sausage casserole

Chopped sausages, onions, celery, tin of chopped tomatoes, lentils, water or stock to allow lentils to expand, keep an eye on and add more if needed)

Chicken korma to be served with basmati rice

Onion
Diced chicken
Garlic
Korma paste
Ginger
Coconut milk
Cream
Ground almonds

@10ouch321
Yum that sounds good

Baked potatoes

You don’t need to pierce holes in them.

I coat them in a little olive oil