Is browning chicken before putting it in the slow cooker a waste of time?

[ExtraPlinky]

I like my slow cooker chicken cooked so it's falling apart - so does it really make a difference to brown it first?

Is it just for flavour or for safety reasons?

I am lazy.

The OP asked, I answered.

MN speak can also be a euphemism for wanky

@LadyMonicaBaddingham

I never use breast fillets in the slow cooker, thigh fillets all the way! I don't brown anything because, to me it defeats the convenience of the machine if you have to cook stuff and make more pots to wash first.

Do you use them deboned and skinned?

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

The Maillard reaction is MN speak for browning.

I googled it. Originally I thought it was something to do with ducks 😂😂😂

@CharacterForming

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All you could even want to know

www.seriouseats.com/what-is-maillard-reaction-cooking-science

Dh browned chicken pieces before making a curry today in the slow cooker. we both agreed it wasn’t necessary.

Yes! I'm happily slapdash at lots of cooking and observe few fixed rules but this is one of the few that makes a difference. Every time I've tried not browning the meat (true for everything, most important of all for beef, esp mince) the final dish has been very disappointingly flavourless and bland.