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Virgo
PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:38 pm 
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Have to take Ds3 for BCG tomorrow afternoon and want to put something in slow cooker so ready for when we all get back

I have chic casserole in their today..

Something not spicey as need boys to eat it aswell

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Beef stew?

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i was thinking that but DH will say it too similar to casserole!!

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I've a whole chicken with a lemon shoved up his bum in mine now. Never cooked a whole chicken in it before. I'll let you know how it tastes later.

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Ham & then cook spuds & cabbage to go with it! :D
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I posted a sausage and squash casserole recipe here lately, it's delicious and DD is mad about it.

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Hi,

It depends on what you have or if you are going shopping, sausage casserols always get milled here, and I cook a whole chicken in mine at least once a week - just put in whole and it half fills with juice - breast side down always :biggrin:

If you have beef, depends on the cut - put all your vegs on the bottom and the beef on top, always turns out well too,

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Meat balls with tomato sauce. Make up the pasta when you get home tomorrow.
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Chyna Blu wrote:

Also we do a ham with a can of coke and onion.



Can you expand on this and would love some of your other recipes, I have to start slow cooking again.

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Spaghetti Bolognese. well the bolognese part!
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Chyna Blu wrote:
If I have time I boil up the ham in cold water first if not I just pop the ham into the slow cooker, boil up the can of coke pour over it and quarter up the onion and pop it in. I usually put my ham on about 8/9 in the morning and its usually ready about 4 in the afternoon.


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snoozypoozy wrote:
I've a whole chicken with a lemon shoved up his bum in mine now. Never cooked a whole chicken in it before. I'll let you know how it tastes later.

Well, my chicken was delicious. It literally fell apart when taking it out. Lazydaisy, I like the idea of breast side down, will try that next time :biggrin:

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Would you put anything in with the chicken like any liquids?

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FLIC wrote:
Would you put anything in with the chicken like any liquids?


Nope - put it on a trivot of carrots/parsnips and that's it!
It literally falls apart- so it's fab for getting every little bit out of the chicken- down to meat for lunches.
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Great thanks!

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Chyna Blu wrote:
The only way we cook chicken in our house is in the slow cooker absolutely love it would have it at least twice a week.

Also we do a ham with a can of coke and onion.

The other big favourite is a joint of beef, I would saute some carrots, onion and celery put in the bottom of the slowcooker place the joint on top and either uses beef stock or red wine. Delish!

Maybe a curry!



About how much stock or red wine? Ta!
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Sue97 wrote:
Chyna Blu wrote:
If I have time I boil up the ham in cold water first if not I just pop the ham into the slow cooker, boil up the can of coke pour over it and quarter up the onion and pop it in. I usually put my ham on about 8/9 in the morning and its usually ready about 4 in the afternoon.


Thanks


Sounds fab! I had planned to do a ham in the slow cooker on thurs morning! Is the coke the only liquid you put into the slow cooker?
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The ham in coke is gorgeous but I don't heat the coke first, just pop in the ham and onion and pour in the coke and leave. Yummy!
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Cjm can I ask how ling you leave the chicken on for? Also excuse my ignorance, what is a trivot?
Do you cut the veg chunky?
I only have my slow cooker 2 weeks and I'll definitely be trying a whole chicken as soon as I do our food shop :)

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mrs gerard wrote:
Cjm can I ask how ling you leave the chicken on for? Also excuse my ignorance, what is a trivot?
Do you cut the veg chunky?
I only have my slow cooker 2 weeks and I'll definitely be trying a whole chicken as soon as I do our food shop :)


I just clean the carrots/parsnips (about 2 -3) and sit the chicken on top of it's just to drain the fat away as such, and it makes it easier to clean the crock pot...
I leave it on for the day on auto or low (so about 10 hours), but I'd say 6/7 hours on high for a medium chicken would be loads...
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What happens to the coke, does it make a glaze for the ham? How many hours and on what temp, low or high?
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Thanks a million ill do that this week :)

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Cjm can I just check. Do u then eat the carrot and parsnip or are they ruined fro
Cooking in the chicken fat?

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have small piece of back bacon so i'm going to give it a go in the slowcooker with coke..want to try it out on this small piece first incase we don't like it before using bigger ham at xmas..is the 'real' coke better or would regular own brand coke work
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