Slow Cooker Chatter #16

[Trillian]

Feel free to talk slow cookers & post recipes, they will be added to the Slow Cooker Recipe thread which you can find HERE

For more slow cooker recipe inspirations, check out the Just Slow Cooking website.

HERE is where you left off.

[kimashswan]

Burgandy Chicken Casserole

8 chicken thighs, skinned
salt & pepper, to taste
1 onion, sliced
100 g brown mushrooms, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
1 packet ROYCO Spicy Tomato & Onion Soup
350 ml water
75 ml red wine
15 ml tomato paste
5 ml Worcestershire sauce
1 ml dried thyme

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Place chicken pieces in SC. Season and cover with onion, mushroom and red

pepper.
Combine remaining ingredients and pour over chicken and vegetables.

Cover and cook for about 6 hours on low.

Remove chicken pieces and stir sauce before serving.

Serves 4-6
Freeze very well

[Phteven]

Has anyone ever put the whole cooking thingy (the ceramic inner bit - I don't know what it's called) in the fridge? If I have leftovers or a change of meal plan I usually empty the food into a tupperware container before fridging it but I was thinking that just putting the whole thing in the fridge would cut down on washing up (I have lazy-housewifeitis) but then I though that it might crack when being reheated....

[Tracey]

Chloe I have put it all in the fridge & then dished up from that ceramic thingy onto plates & then microwaved that...?

Does that help?

[Danni]

yeah me too

[kimashswan]

Same here, I have never heated it up again from the fridge.

[Kazbah]

Help! I made the beef in red wine (from chatter #2 thread) and it turned out really dry - would this have been cause I over-browned the meat, or because my crock is a 5.5 L one? I cooked it on high for 2 hours, then low for 3 hours ...

[Danni]

hmmm im not sure? I never brown anything first....but with my big SC, you always need to add more liquid?

[Tracey]

I never cook with less than 2kgs of meat, I turn mine on low as i leave for work 7:45am & then when we walk in the door around 5pm, I turn it to keep warm, whist I do whatever else is going with it!!!

Some have burnt up the side but mine is really big & probably I need 5kgs of meat but I think by then I'll be sick of that meal!!! hee hee!

[Rouge]

Its starting to get cooler at night here in melb... time to dust off the slow cookers girls... and inspire me LOL! I'm going out tomorrow so I'll be putting the SC on...

Oh forgot to tell you... I now have TWO 6 ltr slow cookers as SIL returned my old ronson one LOL! 2 meals at once, 2 roasts at once, 2 curries at once, meat in one potato in another, main in one dessert in another... the choices are endless...

*hugs*
Cailin

[Danni]

yay cailin!! i better pull mine out too

[pebbles2820]

I pulled mine out the other night and had lamb casserole with cheese and herb dumplings.

[Cherie]

I did a beef roast in my SC a few nights ago, and today I have Debbie's Thai Chicken Green Curry (from slow cooker chatter thread #12) cooking in there. Fingers crossed ...

[*las*]

Just found this thread and very excited!

I LOVE my slow cooker, use it all winter, but not very adventurous with it. So far have only really cooked Silverside, the occasional roast, and some beef casseroles!

Anyone got any good ideas with Chicken Breat Fillets??

[Cherie]

The Thai Chicken Green Curry was a hit!

The only thing that I would change next time would be not using frozen veges (I was being lazy lol), as I think they had too much water in them and there ended up being a LOT more liquid by the end of the cooking time that what I started with.

[pebbles2820]

Apricot chicken

kg chicken(breast, thighs legs what ever takes your fancy)
1 large tin apricot nectar
1 large tin of apricots, drained
2 pkts french onion soup

pretty simple

Asparagus or mushroom chicken

kg chicken
1 tin of either cream of asparagus or cream of mushroom soup
extra mushrooms or asparagus if you want
1/2 a cup of water
salt and pepper

another simple one

[*las*]

Oh, these recipes all sound yummy!!

We are suckers for Thai, so might try that one first!

[Phteven]

wow Cailin, it sounds like you're in SC heaven!!
I might try the curry - Yasin loves rice so anything that goes with rice is a hit in our house.