Any slow cooker experts?

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I've just put 2 big tablespoons of peanut butter, a tin of coconut milk, a few chopped potatoes, garlic and 2 steaks chopped into cubes into the slow cooker for 4 hours. I'm now worried I've ruined 2 steaks. Will that become a delicious beef satay? It seems too simple.

I would have thought you’d have been better using a cheaper cut of meat designed for slow cooking. It won’t spoil the dish to use a couple of steaks but it will make it more expensive than necessary

Wha cut of meat did you use? I wouldn't have wasted good steaks in a slow cooker...you need a braising/stewing cut of beef. Still it will probably turn out ok...

Where did you get the 'recipe' from?

I screenshot the recipe at work yesterday. Can't find the recipe. I'd searched something like, 'easy beef satay slow cooker'. I had the steaks in.

Sounds like you might want to add some more flavour? Maybe soy sauce, onion, ginger? Possibly another veg as well?

I'd say you need some spices in that - as a minimum, chilli, garlic, ginger & a dash of soy sauce. & yes, slow cookers work better with cheaper cuts!

But it won't be horrible. A bit bland.

You won't have ruined them, but I'd say they'd need longer than 4 hrs to be really tender.

I'd also add some soy sauce & ginger (but that's just my preference).

I make a similar curry with chicken.

Thanks. I wasn't sure. Can I add it at the end and stir it around?

I'd add them now to let them marinate.

You need spices, curry powder, definitely won't become a satay. Chicken or cheaper meat cuts would work well, waste of good steak.

Don't put steak in a slow cooker!

It'll be ok, I'd cook it for less that 4 hours though.

How much curry powder

That's the ginger in, soy sauce and some mild curry powder. Hopefully that's it sorted. Thank you everyone.

I don't know how much of everything you have so no point asking me. Use a better recipe next time, an actual complete one.

@Garman helpful! Why not just ignore rather be so snarky?

The potatoes will take every bit of that 4 hours and probably then some.

Meat cooks a lot faster in a slow cooker than veggies do.

Sounds very bland.
I'd add soy, ginger, chilli, maybe some of that yellow curry powder. Chopped coriander at the end.

A question was asked of me.

I always fry meat and veg first before putting in slow cooker, as meat won’t brown otherwise. And I wouldn’t use steak-slow cooker ideally for cheaper meats. BBC good food has lovely recipes

I find when I put coconut milk into the slow cooker at the beginning it just turns into an oily rancid tasting sauce - from experience you need to add it just before serving for it to retain its milky/creamy texture and flavour.

Also I would add some soy sauce, crushed garlic and chilli to the crockpot.

@Garman Missed that - apologies.

Thanks everyone. It was not great. Serves me right for being lazy.