Roast Beef in the slow cooker?

[MrsFabuloso]

Ihave a 1.3 kg piece of beef (no bones). How do I cook it in the sc? Do I need to add oil? As well as potatoes pumpkin, etc...And will I be able to make gravey with the juices later? Is it too late to do now for a 6pm dinner tonight? TIA

[Visitor8]

I chuck it all in, the meat, vegies with a little water on the bottom (about 1/2 cup). Pop it on high and leave it for 6 hours.

Once its dinner time, serve up allt he food and use the juices in the bottom for gravy.

I love my slow cooker, it's used almost daily here Today is mediteranian chicken and vegies. Last night curry chicken. Gotta be the best thing I own!

[MrsFabuloso]

Thanks missymoo. I've put the meat on and will now do the veg and stuff. Hopefully it will cook in time.

Gotta be the best thing I own!

I gotta second that! I only just got mine at mothers day but I have used it atleast once a week if not twice a week since I got it. Soo much easier to cook dinner with it, than getting through witching hour at my house, always when I'm cooking dinner!

[mrsmac]

Great idea I think we will have this on Monday as i have a 1kg piece of topside beef.
Please let me know how it went Lilias.

[MrsFabuloso]

Turned out absolutely DELISH!!!!! DH was most impressed, even DD and DS really enjoyed it . YUMMO!!!

[mrsmac]

Great!! Thats tomorrow night's dinner then.

[MrsFabuloso]

Good choice, enjoy!!

[Visitor8]

hehe I love my slow cooker!!

[mrsmac]

It smells great so i am hoping it tastes as good LOL Just abit worried about how little water is in the bottom but I guess I have only made casseroles before.

[MrsFabuloso]

I just kept an eye on mine, I topped it up a bit too, jic! But only a little 'cause I also didn't want to drown it just before it was cooked.
Hope it turned out! Mmmmm, yum! dinner is boring old spag bol here tonight...

[feeb]

so meat doesn't dry out with you only having a small amount of water in the bottom??

[Visitor8]

never dried out here, I put in 1/2 cup per KG of meat roughly
You keep the lid on so the liquid doesn't evaporate

[feeb]

ok cool will have to try it!!!

i just remember reading that when doing caserroles etc that meat should be under liquid

[Visitor7]

I do one cup of beef stock with my roast in the SC. If you're interested in trying something new, you could add some coke to it too. I've read that from a recipe on here somewhere. The taste is actually quite nice.

[*Ang*]

So you dont completely cover the meat then with liquid? Do you turn the meat at all to prevent the topside from drying out? I have always done casseroles, curries etc where there is plenty of liquid so am worried about it drying out.

And did you put the vegies in at the same time? I assume they would be "soft" as opposed to "crispy" like when you do a roast in the oven.

[Visitor8]

yeah they vegies are soft, just how I like em, the meat doesn't dry out. I use my slow cooker almost daily and it's never dried out. It's always falling off the bone

[MrsFabuloso]

I just put the tatoes and pumpkin into the oven on high for about 10mins or so to make the a bit crispy.