Slow Cooker Recipes

[Greg]

Doesn't that look like a nice sandwich?

I am salivating already!

Still waiting for him to post that sandwich picture.

[McClarkus]

Aside from the normal standards, I like to do a Hungarian goulash from time to time. We grew some mild sweet peppers this year and ran the dried peppers through the coffee grinder to make our own paprika. Mixed with the real McCoy paprika from Hungary and some powdered chilis from the Pueblo Chili Festival and I was in hog heaven. It takes meat - your choice - saute'd onions, stock, some tomato base and paprika, LOTS of Paprika and a little patience. Thicken or thin as needed at the end and then spoon over egg noodles. I like to eat it when nobody's watching so I can just shovel it in.......mmmm - good.

[Denis]

Haha. Finally dinnertime!

I think I cooked the baby-boar ribs too long. The bones all fell out, so I made the best of it, threw away the bones and shredded the meat, like pulled pork. I poured off the cooking liquid, reduced it by half in a wide pan, and poured it back over. Now I have pulled pork in BBQ-ish sauce. A bit salty, but that's why beer was invented...

The azuki beans were a wash - zero taste, and an unpleasant mouthfeel and texutre. I binned them, and cut some thick slices of crusty bread instead.

Happy days!

[HTRN]

Doesn't that look like a nice sandwich?

What sandwich?

[Termite]

Beef short ribs.

2.5-3 lbs beef short ribs
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1-2 garlic cloves, minced
2-3 cans low salt beef broth

Trim ribs of excess fat. Either on a gas grill on med-high, or on a rack-pan in 500F-550F oven, "brown" ribs. Remove from grill or oven.
Note: if you do this in the oven, expect to get smoke in the kitchen.

Lightly dust ribs with Tony Chachere's, Slap Yo Mama, or other favorite seasoning blend. Place in 4-6 qt slow cooker. Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic. Pour beef broth over everything. Add some water if needed; you want to just barely cover the ribs. Cook on low for 7-8 hrs, or high for 4 hrs, until meat is "fork tender" or bones can be easily removed.

Enjoy.

[Rich Jordan]

We've tried a number of recipes from This book with pretty good results. The BBQ ribs (even with bottle sauce) turned out great, though the reducing of the sauce and broiling were a bit time consuming.

[Denis]

Beef short ribs.

Mmm. Sounds delicious. Thanks!

We've tried a number of recipes from This book with pretty good results. The BBQ ribs (even with bottle sauce) turned out great, though the reducing of the sauce and broiling were a bit time consuming.

Thanks, Rich. The publisher must also think a lot of that book - US$21 for the Kindle edition! I've downloaded a slew of slow-cooker Kindle books that were priced right (US$0.00), and will give them a browse before I spend real money.

Just looking at the RH slow-cooker itself, I think it must be rather wasteful of energy. The construction is simple - an aluminium bowl, with a heating element and thermostat/switch unit, a ceramic bowl which fits into that, and a glass lid. However, there is absolutely no insulation on the exterior of the metal part, which gets hot to the touch - so much of the cooking energy must be wasted. I'll have to see about giving the slow cooker an insulating jacket - something fireproof, obviously. Ideas?

[First Shirt]

Maybe cut down a water heater blanket? You'd only have to leave enough space to get to the controls.

[First Shirt]

What is the plastic bag in your link? A slow cooker condom? I didn't know those were a thing.

Oh, yeah, those are the secret to repeated slow-coooker cooking. Several companies make them, but the easiest to find locally is the Reynolds liner.

LINKY HERE.

Little or no clean-up at all with those things. When you're making a big cheese dip for a party, you'll learn quickly to value your inventory of slow-cooker liners.

Thanks! I just looked on Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk for those - the sellers want silly money for a few nylon bags. Looks like I might have to ask somebody to post me some from the US...

Now, how about your Italian beef recipe?

Denis, they are $3.48 for an 8-pack at the Walmart in town. How many do you need?

[Steamforger]

Any of the Louisiana folks ever done a gumbo in a slow cooker? It's getting good and snowy here and a nice hot gumbo with garlic bread and rice would go over very well at work.