Another Cookery Thread - EL's Crock Pot.

[English Lady]

I know we have many cooking threads around here, but bear with me whilst I start a new one I know we have many cooking experts amongst our numbers, so I thought you might help me out.

Today I purchased

http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/4227597A66UC287073X.jpg

She is lovely and I'm salivating at the opportunity to use my Rival Crock pot slow cooker...but I'd like some tried and tested recipe suggestions to get me going...so if you've got any really good slow cooker/crock pot recipes please, please let me in on your secrets

Thanks muchly -I will report back whenever I try a recipe and let you know how tasty I thought it was

 

[Antfarmer77]

I know we have many cooking threads around here, but bear with me whilst I start a new one I know we have many cooking experts amongst our numbers, so I thought you might help me out.

Today I purchased

http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/4227597A66UC287073X.jpg

She is lovely and I'm salivating at the opportunity to use my Rival Crock pot slow cooker...but I'd like some tried and tested recipe suggestions to get me going...so if you've got any really good slow cooker/crock pot recipes please, please let me in on your secrets

Thanks muchly -I will report back whenever I try a recipe and let you know how tasty I thought it was

Last Saturday I put a pork roast in our crock pot with celery stalks some carrots, black pepper and about a cup of water. I let it cook for about 5 hrs, turning once half way through. Wifey called before she got off work and said it was just too hot for a hot, sit down meal. So I took the roast out, let it cool for a bit, then I pulled it apart and cooked it in a sauce pan with some BBQ sauce (KC's Masterpiece) and we had some dandy sandwiches.We use ours quite a bit in cold weather for roasts or sometimes soups or stews, I bet you'll ove yours

 

[McKenna]

I've done roasts in slow cookers with great success. I usually slap the meat in (Hahah, "slap the meat!" ... *ahem*) sprinkle with salt and pepper and whatever seasonings I might like -garlic, bay leaf, etc. I add chopped or sliced onions, and enough water to cover the meat. Let it cook all afternoon or longer, add potatoes, carrots and more onions if you like.

I've also done corned beef and cabbage this way. Corned beef + cabbage + potatoes. All done!

Enjoy your cooker EL, they're fabulous!

 

[poppy1963]

Here's a favorite pork roast recipe I do in the crock...usually for New Years Day...but sometimes other times...like maybe tomorrow!

Brown the pork roast first in a skillet with some oil...brown it good!

Pork roast
Chicken broth
Sauerkraut
Dried canberries
Chopped onion (lots)
Butter

Cook as your crock tells you for the size of your pork roast. Serve with buttery whipped potatoes and crusty bread. Not a recipe for dieters though...lol!

 

[English Lady]

Last Saturday I put a pork roast in our crock pot with celery stalks some carrots, black pepper and about a cup of water. I let it cook for about 5 hrs, turning once half way through. Wifey called before she got off work and said it was just too hot for a hot, sit down meal. So I took the roast out, let it cool for a bit, then I pulled it apart and cooked it in a sauce pan with some BBQ sauce (KC's Masterpiece) and we had some dandy sandwiches.We use ours quite a bit in cold weather for roasts or sometimes soups or stews, I bet you'll ove yours

Mmmm, sounds yum. I'm going to love my cooker, I know it. I'm so excited about using it!

I've done roasts in slow cookers with great success. I usually slap the meat in (Hahah, "slap the meat!" ... *ahem*) sprinkle with salt and pepper and whatever seasonings I might like -garlic, bay leaf, etc. I add chopped or sliced onions, and enough water to cover the meat. Let it cook all afternoon or longer, add potatoes, carrots and more onions if you like.

I've also done corned beef and cabbage this way. Corned beef + cabbage + potatoes. All done!

Enjoy your cooker EL, they're fabulous!

I like slapping meat too


These both sound really good, I bet my daughter would love the corned beef one - she's a big fan of corned beef.

 

[English Lady]

Here's a favorite pork roast recipe I do in the crock...usually for New Years Day...but sometimes other times...like maybe tomorrow!

Pork roast
Chicken broth
Sauerkraut
Dried canberries
Chopped onion (lots)
Butter

Cook as your crock tells you for the size of your pork roast. Serve with buttery whipped potatoes and crusty bread. Not a recipe for dieters though...lol!

This sounds absolutly dreamy -definitely a great recipe for near christmas *nods* I will have to do this *nods*

 

[Aurora Black]

I am so freakin' hungry right now.

 

[English Lady]

I am so freakin' hungry right now.

So am I!!!!

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I have a yummy weight watchers chicken recipe. Let me go find it.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Okay, here it is:

Crockpot Chicken Stroganoff

1 lb boneless chicken breasts (frozen) (I usually use 5 or 6 breasts)
1 can 98% Fat-Free Cream of Mushroom soup
16 oz fat-free sour cream
1 pkg onion soup mix

Place frozen chicken breast on bottom of crockpot. Mix other ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Cook on low setting for 7 hours. Stir sauce well before serving.

The chicken is so tender when it's done that it falls apart. I was skeptical because so many "weight loss" recipes don't taste very good, but this one is delicious.

 

[English Lady]

Okay, here it is:

Crockpot Chicken Stroganoff

1 lb boneless chicken breasts (frozen) (I usually use 5 or 6 breasts)
1 can 98% Fat-Free Cream of Mushroom soup
16 oz fat-free sour cream
1 pkg onion soup mix

Place frozen chicken breast on bottom of crockpot. Mix other ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Cook on low setting for 7 hours. Stir sauce well before serving.

The chicken is so tender when it's done that it falls apart. I was skeptical because so many "weight loss" recipes don't taste very good, but this one is delicious.

this sounds really yummy -thanks Crim!

 

[Tom Collins]

I am so freakin' hungry right now.

So am I!!!!

PMSL...

How about a BEEF roast, eh? A loverly 7-bone beef roast. Just throw it into the crock first thing in the morning, say around 7 or 8am...add chopped garlic, salt and pepper and about an inch of water in the bottom. Set the sucker on low and let it be until around 6pm. carefully move the meat onto a plate (I say carefully cuz it'll be falling apart) and remove the bones while you're at it, then drain the stock that's formed in the crock into a pot for the stove and add all the veggies you want and just enough water to fill the pot half way with the veggies in it, then stew them until they're as cooed as you want them to be. I like doing it this way cuz it ensures the veggies won't wind up over cooked. *makes face*

Or, how 'bout a nice dry bean soup, eh? whatever kind you like best. Lentils, split pea, blackeye pea, pinto, lima, red, dalmation, black, whatever your lil ol' heart desires. again, first thing in the morning, and you'll want to soak them over night in the fridge. I usually put enough in the crock to reach the first knuckle on a finger stuck down in and touching the bottom, and soak them right in the crock...then all i gotta do in the morning is take them out of the fridge, drain and rinse them and then refill the pot. so, the soaked beans in the pot around 7am and fill it with water. add as much garlic as you like, and any other seasonings you like, but nothing with salt in it. It'll make the beans tough and grainy. you could even put in an onion, but i prefer to wait til later cuz they'll completely disolve after cooking for 10 hours...lol so, about an hour before you're going to eat, add about a cup to a cup and 1/2 of rice (i like Jasmine rice) or pearl barley, and either salt or chicken/beef/vegitable bullion cubes. You'd want to put about 6, maybe 8 cubes/teaspoons in a pot that size.

there ya go, EL. Hope you enjoy your crock and hope you enjoy those dishes i wrote out for ya.

 

[English Lady]

PMSL...

How about a BEEF roast, eh? A loverly 7-bone beef roast. Just throw it into the crock first thing in the morning, say around 7 or 8am...add chopped garlic, salt and pepper and about an inch of water in the bottom. Set the sucker on low and let it be until around 6pm. carefully move the meat onto a plate (I say carefully cuz it'll be falling apart) and remove the bones while you're at it, then drain the stock that's formed in the crock into a pot for the stove and add all the veggies you want and just enough water to fill the pot half way with the veggies in it, then stew them until they're as cooed as you want them to be. I like doing it this way cuz it ensures the veggies won't wind up over cooked. *makes face*

Or, how 'bout a nice dry bean soup, eh? whatever kind you like best. Lentils, split pea, blackeye pea, pinto, lima, red, dalmation, black, whatever your lil ol' heart desires. again, first thing in the morning, and you'll want to soak them over night in the fridge. I usually put enough in the crock to reach the first knuckle on a finger stuck down in and touching the bottom, and soak them right in the crock...then all i gotta do in the morning is take them out of the fridge, drain and rinse them and then refill the pot. so, the soaked beans in the pot around 7am and fill it with water. add as much garlic as you like, and any other seasonings you like, but nothing with salt in it. It'll make the beans tough and grainy. you could even put in an onion, but i prefer to wait til later cuz they'll completely disolve after cooking for 10 hours...lol so, about an hour before you're going to eat, add about a cup to a cup and 1/2 of rice (i like Jasmine rice) or pearl barley, and either salt or chicken/beef/vegitable bullion cubes. You'd want to put about 6, maybe 8 cubes/teaspoons in a pot that size.

there ya go, EL. Hope you enjoy your crock and hope you enjoy those dishes i wrote out for ya.

I you. I'm definitely going to try ther bean soup one, soyunds yumsome and the roast is just *drools* mmmmmm

 

[Tom Collins]

I you. I'm definitely going to try ther bean soup one, soyunds yumsome and the roast is just *drools* mmmmmm

I you too, El.
If there's anything a big ol' girl like me knows, it's how to make tasty victules. *cheeky grin*

 

[English Lady]

I you too, El.
If there's anything a big ol' girl like me knows, it's how to make tasty victules. *cheeky grin*

feeding a person is one of the most satisfying things you can do and I'll thank you muchly when i'm tuckingin to those recipes, I'll be more than satisfied I know it!

that goes for al who have posted

 

[CharleyH]

All I can say tonight is : HELLS KITCHEN! I am an addict, sorry.

 

[English Lady]

I'm bumping my pot, hoping for more tasty recipes

 

[Tom Collins]

country style ribs, be they beef or pork and about 1/2 a bottle of the BBQ sauce of your preference. Put it on low first thing in the morning and let it cook til you're ready to eat.

What's that you say...can't get real BBQ sauce in the U.K.? Try these links and see if any of them will ship to the U.K.

America's Best BBQ
BBQ Sauce of the Month Club <---this one would be good for anyone who likes variety and likes to eat a lot of BBQ.
igourmet.com
Sauce Hog

 

[English Lady]

country style ribs, be they beef or pork and about 1/2 a bottle of the BBQ sauce of your preference. Put it on low first thing in the morning and let it cook til you're ready to eat.

What's that you say...can't get real BBQ sauce in the U.K.? Try these links and see if any of them will ship to the U.K.

America's Best BBQ
BBQ Sauce of the Month Club <---this one would be good for anyone who likes variety and likes to eat a lot of BBQ.
igourmet.com
Sauce Hog

OOooh,ribs -yummy. I so want to come to your house for dinner

 

[Tom Collins]

OOooh,ribs -yummy. I so want to come to your house for dinner

What's stoppin' ya, eh?

Those ribs are particularly good with wild mushroom couscous.

 

[English Lady]

What's stoppin' ya, eh?

Those ribs are particularly good with wild mushroom couscous.

a bloody big ocean *LMAO*

 

[Tom Collins]

a bloody big ocean *LMAO*

OK, I'll make a lot, cuz you'll be really hungry when you get here, huh?

 

[English Lady]

OK, I'll make a lot, cuz you'll be really hungry when you get here, huh?

yeah,especially as I've never managed more than 10 metres doggy paddle *L*

 

[Tom Collins]

yeah,especially as I've never managed more than 10 metres doggy paddle *L*

*giggling*

 

[English Lady]

*giggling*

Just a smile and a bump