i got a slow cooker this morning

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please tell me how to use it!

• ive no idea how to use them, what to do in them at all. Up until recently i have regarded them with suspicion....low heat + long time = bacteria soup in my book but i have been convinced by my friend who has bought me one for the princely sum of 12 quid this morning in Tesco!

so please help me become a culinary whiz with a slow cooker and post your slow cooker recipes!

thank you!

for my whole chicken, I add a little liquid but not much.

Another chicken recipe: either a whole chicken or chicken pieces, crushed walnuts (if you like nuts - DH doesn't), onion, garlic, and pomegranate molasses with a bit of brown sugar and some water. Cook on low. Stir once or twice to ensure all bits of chicken covered at some stage. Chicken should emerge a beautiful plum colour if no walnuts, a dark browny red if walnuts. Will be more even if you skin the chicken first, but just as nice if you can;t be bothered. easy Faisanjahn - a Persian dish. Great for those who are opposed to alcohol. Serve with a green salad or conventional veg, and by tradition rice but works with mash or noodles too. Pomegranate molasses can be bitter, hence the brown sugar.

Never knowingly undereaten.

Neighbour makes wonderful chicken curry in her slow cooker. have never dared ask for recipe.

Have also done gammon v successfully, with apples/apple butter (had apple glut) and onions and garlic.

more steamed than roasted with a lemon up it's arse, but sensationally nice.

we had a chicken with lemons up arse at Christmas and it was nice so I might give it a go.

DOG You have made my night!

this is good news....i have ordered chicken - whole one and bits of one...and i have plenty of lemons!

please just confirm for me that you do everything on the low setting and not the high one?

it says in my instructions that the low is just for keeping food warm and the high is for cooking....but i ask because ive just seen another thread in food where the OP is new to slow cookers and burnt her casserole when leaving it on high...

oooh ooh cashew chicken..i need that recipe, sound gorgeous

that sounds lush, will deffo give it a go. (dans un pot).

The low and high settings cook at the same temperature, but low takes longer to get there. Mine also has a "warm" for just, well, keeping it warm once it's cooked I guess... I usually switch it to warm when I dish up, in case anyone wants seconds, then turn it off later.

That looks lovely, casew chicken.

But - i agree with aitch. I don't rate slow cookers at all. Nothing needs to be cooked that long, and imo slow cooker recipes are a compromise.

I wil cook the cashew chicken thing, but in a pan on a medium low heat (I am lucky as I have an induction hob, so is safe to leave on low whilst I go out anyway) for an hour. Then let it go cold and all the flavours meld, andt hen reheat (that works perfectly for all curries).

I have ham and soup simmering in mine as I type.

There are tons of recipes on-line, site dedicated to nothing else but slow cooker or crock pot recipes.
My family loves this recipe, it makes the most delicious
[[http://allrecipes.com/recipe/southern-yank-pulled-pork-bbq/detail.aspx
shredded pork in bbq sauce sandwiches.]]

Here are a couple of sites.
allrecipes.com/recipes/main-dish/slow-cooker/
slowcookerrecipes.org.uk/
www.momswhothink.com/crock-pot-recipes/crock-pot-recipes-for-the-crockpot-and-slow-cooker.html

The recipe says 8 hours, but even on low mine cooks in only a couple of hours. A meat thermometer is useful!
My son's love this, I gave the recipe to my friend and her sons request it. I serve with rice, and usually broccoli, any veg will do.

Lemon Honey Chicken

1 lemon
1 whole roasting chicken, rinsed
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup honey

1. Pierce lemon with fork. Place in chicken cavity. Place chicken in slow cooker.

1. Combine orange juice and honey. Pour over chicken.

1. Cover. Cook on Low 8 hrs.. Remove lemon and squeeze over chicken.

1. Carve chicken and serve.

VERY easy to make and delicious!

Taken from Fix It and Forget It page 181

iscream I think you'll find that the technical term is actually no longer 'place in chicken cavity' but now

stuff up chicken's arse

Sorry, couldn't resist

Sounds absolutely gorgeous. I can't contribute anything apart from quippy, childish comments cos I ain't got a slow cooker yet. But I'm dying to have one now, especially since I'll be back in work soon. It's my birthday next week, so am getting one as a present from DH

@ it's meant to look yukky

Mine had low, high and warm, tis a crock pot ( and yes was a present). Did tge spag Bol on low for about 5+ hours.

It was nice, the meat was tender, but I do miss my sauce. When plonked in front of dh even ge looked at it and asked where tge sauce was as it did look like a pike of mince over pasta. He soon got over it and finished what was left . I would do it again but would also do my other hob version, which at 2-3 hours is now tge quick version .

I cant put a whole chicken in mine tis a funny shape, but have done bits in there before, very nice.

I feel a challenge coming on, we should pick a day and get one of tge cheapest bits of meat we can from Mr Butcher and turn it into a CrockPot Delight!

Forgot to add I am at missing out on shoving lemons up arses as can only do bits of chicken rather than a whole one due to weridy (American ?) shape.

I always do my whole chicken dry - no water at all.

Stick it on three balls of tin foil to make a triet and keep it off the floor of SC, then add salt, pepper maybe some sage or thyme. High for an hour, then low for five to six hours.

Meat is moist, tender and succulent. And you can get far more off it then you can an oven roasted bird.

Yesterday i made a quick pork curry in it and it was yummy. And last night i put some porridge oats in my smaller one and we're currently munching thick oozy hot porridge for brekkie. Yum.

I got one for Christmas and still on the lookout for recipes.

I made a chicken casserole, that was nice, but will not put potatoes in next time.

Last night I tried porridge, not a success! Any tips?

Today I am going to make some bolagnese, I will brown onions, mince and fry bacon before putting in pot though.

im gonna ask HQ to move this thread to recipes....i need to keep this in my watch list!

brilliant...loads to go at!

Hi OP, we've moved this into Recipes for you :)

thank you!

Brilliant news. I've been lurking and thinking I was going to have to write the recipes down. Mmm, I love the sound of cashew chicken.
BTW this thread has inspired me to make ham in Coke in my sc today. Never done it before so fingers crossed!

Thank you MNHQ. Have been lurking and salivating at the recipes. Glad to know it won't disappear now.

MMMMmmm. I LOVE my slowcooker! I work a lot of nightshift so when I come home in the morning I bung everything in the pot and then when I wake up I don't have to do anything - wonderful.

Favourite is pork loins/ chops with a couple cans of cream of mushroom soup (plus one extra can water). The chops just fall apart under your fork and the sauce is wonderful over mash.

You can also change up the sauce by adding a bit of bisto or mustard to it after its' done :)