Fatman

I bought a slow cooker last week. Does anyone have any recipies they'd like to recommend?

OllyK

Boef Burginone (sp?) or Beef Casserole if you prefer!!
Spag Bol sauce or chilli meat sauce is good in there

OllyK

Chicken with peppers and olives in a pasata sauce is nice too

Old_Fart

I'm with Ollie on the Beef Boug...need a BIG red (Cab Sav is good) and use a nice bit of rump steak as opposed to tough old stewing meat...lovely.
It's just rump steak, streaky bacon, 2/3rds of a bottle of Cab Sav, a boquet garni (not a Broquette fuel catalyst) garlic, some onions (i also add carrots and mushrooms) and some beef stock(use oxo or something, I use a little more wine than stock)...dead easy...after browning off the cubed steak (coat in flour first) and cooking the bacon and sofening the onions you just whack it all in and cook for a few hours.
Rgds
Chuck
Cman

Old_Fart

Marks n Sparks do a cookbook called 'One Pot' of summat like that..full of stuff you can do in 1 pan...loads of stews etc you can slow-cook.

SirFozzalot

Have done Roast Beef a couple of times.....really soft and tender! mmmmmmm!

OllyK

Ehhhh?? In a slow cooker?? That you are supposed to have liquid in??? Broiled beef maybe!

Mark Miwurdz

Yessir - chilli con carne in one of these ****** is unbeatable. Take your favourite chilli recipe and add a few cubes of milk chocolate (no, really) for something that's bordering on a sexual experience.

Cheers
Kav

Fatman

Milk chocolate? Interesting. If anything, I would have assumed dark chocolate would be better. Not so?

Mice_Elf

Depends on how bitter the dark chocolate is.

Coffee is another good one to add to a stew. 1 or 2 tablespoons, depending on taste, gices it an extra level of flavour.

OllyK

Dark choc is used a lot in Mexican - the Mole (should be an accent on the e!)

workshy_fopp

Needs to be cheaper cuts of beef/lamb to benefit from braising.
Don't have use for a slow cooker (why?) but I made Daube de Boeuf the other day, whiuch is the easiest thing ever.
Brown some onions for 20-30 minutes
Brown steak (rump) use big bits, don't cube it.
Chuck in big pot, cover with boiling water, cook for about 2 hours at lowish temperature.
Chop up some garlic and parsley, add 3 tbs of red wine vinegar and 8-10 anchovies and mash it up in a mortar. Chuck that lot in for the last 10 minutes and you're done. Outstanding dish!

SirFozzalot

Yeah! Beef!

Try it, its lovely! I didn't think it would work either, but I was assured by someone in the know that it would and so I tried it....gorgeous!

Once cooked, allow to cool and then 're-heat' in a sauce or gravy and serve.

Like I said, I wasn't convinced either, but a cook/chef I know insisted it would work.....and it did.

Mark Miwurdz

Don't know mate but I'd give it a go. I'd probably draw the line at a Cadbury's Creme Egg though.....or maybe not.

gareth123

2lb pork tenderloin
1 sliced onion
peel off half an orange
1 sliced jalapeno
can of coke
8 hours on low

eat lots of fajitas

Scooby Drew

I did a Chicken Jalfrezi in the slow cooker last week - was fantastic

Just fry-off onions, etc whilst having breakfast
Bung in slow cooker
Add jar of sauce
Enjoy when you return from work