Questions tagged [slow-cooking]
Questions around slower, normally lower temperature cooking methods. Covers preparations, techniques, risks, advantages and equipment.
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Should beef be cooked before adding to the pot for Stroganoff?
I'm following a recipe for Beef Stroganoff in a slow cooker. The recipe does not say whether I should cook the stewing beef at all before adding it to the slow cooker.
I tend to thoroughly brown ...
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Can I cook beans without salt?
I made some refried beans in a slow cooker, loosely following the recipe from my cookbook. The recipe says to cook the beans with ½ teaspoon of salt. Is this necessary to properly cook the beans? I am ...
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Crock-pot/slow-cooker basmati sushi/ketupat
I have successfully made sushi rice or ketupat cakes with long grain basmati using the slow cooker. I see the advantage that I could use fragrant or any usual household rice rather than sticky rice.
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How to prepare soup for an office potluck?
My office does a weekly "Soup Group", where each week there is a team of four people assigned to bringing in dishes for a potluck-style lunch hour. I have the intention of bringing a kimchi-tofu stew ...
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What temperature is the "warm" setting of a PC550 slow cooker?
I recently prepared a pork roast, but it wasn't ready in time for supper. Once it was fully cooked, I switched it over to "warm" for the night to be ready for today. But now I'm a little ...
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Why is the rice in my mushroom risotto always very hard?
I'm a fan of Italian mushroom risotto and I love to cook it from time to time, but cooking the arborio rice well seems impossible to me if I follow traditional recipes. Last time I pre-cooked the ...
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How do I know by taste, if ham is bad. I have had pre cooked ham cooking in a slow cooker on warm for 3 days [duplicate]
My boyfriend has been using this idea, for a long time. He makes bean soup, with just ham and beans.. maybe a onion, then it sits in the crockpot on warm until digested, by us. LOL. well today. I ...
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Can onion based recipes such as bolognese be cooked in slow cooker?
Slow cookers seem like an easy way to cook a meal if you are prepared to wait the 8 hours or so for the meal to cook.
Can you simply put all the ingredients, including onion, for something like ...
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Can I slow cook in short intervals?
I'm making tonkotsu ramen broth, cooked over twelve hours (some people cook it even longer). I'd rather not leave my gas stove on overnight, so I'm wondering whether the same effect - breaking down ...
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Why does meat dry out in high heat despite being submerged in liquid?
My understanding is cooking over long periods will break down collagen and other proteins. Won't the breakdown of protein cause the meat to lose structural integrity, thereby letting liquid in?
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How can I save my curry - it's way too oily!
I cooked a chicken curry in the slowcooker last night, I came down this morning and its way too oily. I think because of this the coconut milk has separated a little too.
Any way I can save this, ...
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slow cooking chicken thigh in a spice mix
I have a 'Parampara' branded Butter Chicken spice mix packet that is meant to be cooked with diced chicken thigh.
The directions on the packet suggest frying the chicken (5 mins) and then simmering it ...
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Which cuts of beef are suitable for slow cooking methods?
If I want to simmer or braise a piece of beef for a few hours, how do I choose suitable meat? Which of the usual cuts are great, which are adequate, and which ones will just turn tough? It would be ...
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what difference does slow cooking onions with/without broth make?
I'm reading recipes for slow cooker onion soup (and onion soup in general). There seems to be two camps- cook the onions with broth (~8 hours), cook the onions without broth (~6 hours) and add it in ...
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How to reduce the intensity of garlic in a soup?
I made a soup, and put a lot of raw garlic in. It cooked in a slow cooker for about 8 hours. Now the soup is much too spicy and dominated by that raw garlic flavor. Is there anything I can put in the ...
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How to cook fallow deer ribs?
Yesterday I tried to make fallow deer ribs in a slow cooker. With beef ribs, I cooked them in a temperature-controlled slow-cooker for about 12 hours at 75 °C = 167 °F and they where amazing!
Done ...
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At what point is a beef stew being overcooked?
I made beef stew last night in my slow cooker. At seven hours I felt like it wasn't ready so I set an alarm to wake me up at ten hours and moved it into the fridge around 1 AM.
Let's say I left it ...
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Should leftover meat be stored in cooking juices?
I put some pork shoulder in the slow cooker along with water, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, and spices. I then cooked it until it was falling apart. There's enough to last about a week.
Should the ...
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Are there any health risks when making vegetable stock from kitchen leftovers?
I have seen, that many people use kitchen scraps for making broth (eg. onion root and scraps) or that they just crush garlic, but still keep it in its skin or that people even do not peel carrots.
I ...
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Is Hobgoblin a good substitute for Newcastle Brown in a beef stew recipe?
I've bought some beer called Hobgoblin. I was going to buy Newcastle Brown as the ingredients in my recipe say brown ale. However, someone in the supermarket said Hobgoblin was not a brown ale. So ...
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Searing stew meat the night before
I read the question (and all of the answers) Can I Brown Beef For Slow Cooking the Night Before. I can see how it might be conceived as a duplicate, but I'm not meaning for my question to be. It ...
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Why do slow cookers have such a gap between the heating unit and the crock pot?
I've had a number of slow cookers in the past and all seem to be roughly the same in this regard:
The outside of the unit is red hot to the touch when they're on
The crock pot inside the unit can ...
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What to do with layer of fat on pork spareribs?
So I got a nice big rack of ribs from an excellent butcher, and it has a fairly thick layer of fat.
Previously when I've bought ribs for smoking/slow cooking, That fat hasn't been there, and the ribs ...
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How to use slow cooker for cooking meat without it turning into soup or stew?
I was surprised when I completed using the slow cooker for the first time and it did not look like the ingredients anymore but the water I had added per the directions has turned into a thick brown ...
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Increasing time on slow cooker recipes
I am looking for recipes that I can put in the slow cooker before I go to work and have them done (not over cooked) when I get home. This is about 9-10 hours of cooking. Most recipes that I am ...
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How do I convert a recipe from a stew to use a slow-cooker
How do I convert a recipe given as a slow-boiled stew to a slow-cooker recipe? I assume that liquid amounts and probably onions and other flavorings need to change. What are those changes? What ...
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Brown Rice vs White Rice in Stuffed Pepper
I often make a stuffed pepper in my crock pot stuffed with a ground meat and rice mixture. For liquid, I pour some tomato juice into the pepper. I used to make it with white rice, and it worked ...
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How long should I slow roast a large (7.5lb/3.5kg) chicken for?
This Moroccan Slow Roasted Chicken with Preserved Lemon and Olives
recipe suggests to cook a regular sized chicken for 3 hours at 325° F (160° C).
I have a largish chicken (7.5lb/3.5kg) that I want ...
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Length of cooking time for stews and sauces
Let's say you're cooking a beef stew. The tough cut of beef needs time to soften and the onions and carrots will need time to soften. What other processes take place that require time? Or once each ...
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Can a sous-vide circulator fully replace a crockpot?
The idea is, to put a regular pot in a larger pot full of water and heat the larger pot with a sous-vide stick.
Would this accurately simulate a crockpot?
The only downside I can see, is that ...
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Slow cooker - start from 'cold' or boiled?
I'm pretty handy with my slow cooker. I use it a lot - pot roasts, stews [curries, chilli, paysane etc]
However, I've always been a little paranoid about having everything completely up to ...
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Making pearl couscous in slow cooker
I've been using a slow cooker to make casseroles lately and would like to try using it to make Israeli couscous. I can't find anything online that tells me how to do this. The reason I would like it ...
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Add spices/herbs early or late to a chili or stew in a crockpot slow-cooker?
Should spices and herbs be added early to a chili/stew in a crockpot slow-cooker to maximize their flavors? Or do the spices/herbs cook-out over a long time, effectively disappearing, and should ...
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Why isn't my stock consistent
I have been making my own stock for several years. I make it EXACTLY the same way every time. Sometimes it has a "gel" consistency,(which is awesome), and sometimes it is just a liquid.(still ...
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Candied almonds made In a crock pot didn't harden, are still gooey
I made candied almonds In a crock pot according to a recipe. They did not get a candy coating on them. Now I have a large bowl of gooey nuts and don't know what to do with them. They are too expensive ...
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Is slow cooking in an oven safe with long cooking times
I've been reading about slow cooking in an oven and I have some questions.
We cook meat until it reaches a certain temperature; we can assume this temperature is deemed safe by food experts! However, ...
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Stew? Roast? Non-Braised Chicken?
I occasionally experiment in the kitchen by tossing together rather arbitrary mixes of whatever I have handy.
Tonight I'm making something which I would call a stew, but with much less liquid. It's ...
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Crockpot recipe when converting temperature from low to high?
I have a crockpot recipe for burritos, located here, that I really want to make. It says to cook the mixture on low heat for 6-10 hours but that is too long/short. I really want to convert the recipe ...
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What is the purpose of washing pork?
I've read in a few recipes, especially ones using gelatinous parts of pork like the head and trotters, that long rinsing under running water, and several changes of water soaking is called for.
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Slow cooked chicken
I recently had four chicken legs to cook, but my oven had failed a few days earlier.
Grilling or microwaving didn't seem like a good idea, so with some trepidation I skinned them and then crammed ...
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How much black garlic to substitute for regular garlic in a slow-cooker?
My wife and I are currently making a slow-cooker brisket taco recipe and decided to substitute black garlic for the garlic it called for. The recipe called for two medium cloves and I used the same ...
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When to start the timer on crock pot chicken confit
The recipes I have read call for 3 hours on Low temp, then 1.5 - 2 hours on High.
Do I start the timer as soon as I turn on the crockpot, or let the crockpot come up to temp before starting the timer?
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Stewing meat with vinegar or adding it after
Wild turkey legs are rather tough, and some hunters even throw them away, but I decided to give it a shot in a slow cooker set at the lowest setting for 8 hours, with vegetables. I definitely like ...
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Slow cooker bourbon meat recipe bitter
I have a recipe for bourbon braised spare ribs which calls for boiling the following sauce in a pan and then pouring it over 1lb ribs (boneless or bone in) and braised in the oven for several hours.
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Slow roasting potatoes
Is it possible to slow roast potatoes?
I am slow roasting a pork belly in the oven at 130c for 4 hours, can I add whole (small-medium sized) potatoes as well? Would they need the full 4 hours? How ...
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Is my ragu missing an ingredient?
I'm following a recipe for a pork rib ragu that calls for one onion, 2 carrots and one stick of celery along with 500ml of stock. It suggests that I let this simmer for 2-3 hours.
When I return to ...
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Can I use a larger crockpot than the recipe calls for?
I have a recipe that calls for use of a 4 qt crockpot. However, I only have a 6 qt. Is it okay to use the 6 qt instead? The recipe is for a pudding cake.
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Mutton shoulder versus mutton leg - any difference in length of cooking?
I cooked mutton shoulder like advised in the answer for this question. It was under the foil and was cooked in the oven for like 3 hours.
Now I have mutton leg instead of shoulder. The size is ...
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How can I adapt slow-cooker recipes to allow more pre-preparation?
I started to ask about adapting slow-cooker recipes for longer cook times, but noticed there were a few questions about that already that look helpful.
My next question is about how to prep a slow ...
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Does this sound like a reasonable way to slow cook a rib-eye?
OK, I will shortly be cooking my very first large piece of meat (i.e. not a single steak, but rather a larger one that I will carve into pieces when serving). I think I have the procedure down, but I ...
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