A crock-pot is a real helper for every modern housewife. In it you can cook anything for a short period of time. When, after work, you don’t have time for a full dinner, you can use the modern gadget for the kitchen - a multicooker. To prepare food in it, you just need to put the ingredients in the container and select the desired program.
For the sauce:
The recipes described below are designed for a 2–4 liter bowl. Change the amount of ingredients based on the size of your slow cooker.
Great for breakfast. If settings allow, products can be downloaded in the evening and, using the delayed start function, wake up from the aroma of milk porridge.
Rinse the cereals thoroughly. Then fill them in a slow cooker and fill with milk. Add salt, sugar and butter. Shuffle and turn on the “Porridge” mode for 50-60 minutes.
Arrange the prepared porridge on plates and sprinkle with butter (optional).
Buckwheat in a slow cooker is friable and soft. A great side dish to sausages or goulash. At the same time, all cooking is reduced to sorting and rinsing the cereal itself.
Pour the peeled buckwheat into the multicooker bowl and fill it with cold water. Salt, mix. Select the "Porridge" mode (in some models there is a separate mode, which is called "Buckwheat").
Cooking time is 30 minutes. If, having opened the lid and mixed the porridge, you realize that buckwheat is not ready yet, add 10-15 minutes.
Who does not like the combination of potatoes, chicken and mushrooms? Perhaps only those who are too lazy to stand at the stove. But with a slow cooker everything is much simpler.
Rinse and julienne chicken, mushrooms and peeled potatoes. Peel and chop the onions in half rings.
Lubricate the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil and lay in it layers of meat, onion, mushrooms, potatoes. Layers of meat and potatoes with salt, pepper or season with other spices to your taste. Water does not need to be added: champignons will give liquid.
Turn on the "Extinguishing" mode for 50 minutes. When time runs out, open the lid of the multicooker and sprinkle the contents with grated cheese. Turn on the “Baking” mode for 10 minutes to form a delicious cheese crust.
In hot form it is an independent dish, and in cold it can be served as a side dish for meat or fish.
First of all, for half an hour soak in salted water cut into large cubes. This is necessary so that the vegetable does not bitter.
At this time, prepare the rest of the ingredients: peel the zucchini and carrots from the skin, wash the tomatoes, peel the onions (if you wish, you can take a couple more cloves of garlic). Cut the onions in half rings, and the remaining vegetables in large cubes. Crush the greens.
Lubricate the bowl with vegetable oil and send onions and carrots there. Turn on the "Frying" mode for 10-15 minutes. Then open the lid and fill in the remaining vegetables, herbs and spices. Add a little water: two fingers below vegetables. Shuffle and put the slow cooker into the "Extinguishing" mode for 40 minutes.
The crock-pot perfectly copes not only with the second, but also with the first courses.
Sort and soak the peas. It is better to do this in advance and let it brew for several hours.
Lubricate the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil and fry peeled and chopped onions and carrots in it (“Fry” mode for 10-15 minutes).
Rinse and chop the meat at this time. Send it along with smoked meats and garlic passed through the press to the slow cooker. Turn on the "Extinguishing" mode for 10 minutes.
Then report the peeled and diced potatoes and peas. Pour water, salt, pepper and cook for 1.5 hours in the "Soup" mode. Serve with croutons, chopped herbs and sour cream.
Another version of the first dish. In a slow cooker, especially with a pressure cooker function, it is so convenient to prepare cream soups that you are unlikely to want to return to the stove.
In a bowl of a multicooker greased with vegetable oil, fry the chopped onions for 10 minutes. Then add the chopped mushrooms (the ceps are best) and fry another 10 minutes.
At this time, peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Put it in a bowl with water. Salt and pepper. Turn on the “Soup” or “Cooking” mode for 1 hour.
Then turn everything into a smoothie with a hand blender. Pour in the cream, add the butter, close the lid of the appliance and turn on the heating for 10–20 minutes.
Serve with chopped herbs.
Rinse and dry the chicken with paper towels. Lubricate the bottom of the bowl with olive oil and fry the meat on both sides until golden brown without closing the lid.
Combine soy sauce, lemon juice, honey, not too finely chopped garlic, mustard and spices. Pour the mixture with the chicken and turn on the "Stew" mode for 40 minutes.
If you want to get a crisp, in the last 5-10 minutes you can switch to the “Baking” mode.
What do you cook in a slow cooker? Share branded recipes in the comments.
In a slow cooker you can cook almost any dish. And from almost any product - for example, from mushrooms! Mushrooms in a slow cooker can be cooked as a main dish. In addition, mushrooms are an excellent substitute for meat, as well as complement its taste in complex dishes. ›
With the arrival of multivarks in our kitchens, it became easier to cook pilaf, but ignorance of the most important rules for cooking pilaf still allows you to get the same rice porridge with meat… ›
Cooking pea porridge on the stove is a rather tedious task. Moreover, porridge strives to burn to the bottom of the pan all the time. Whether it is pea porridge in a slow cooker - a minimum of preparations and a maximum of pleasure. ›
Potatoes in a slow cooker are even within the reach of a novice cook, recipes and products are so simple and affordable. The only thing that can upset is the cooking time. But the slow cooker is not a high-speed kitchen device, its advantage is the minimum cost of preparing products and ... ›
Buckwheat porridge in a slow cooker can be cooked as a side dish for meat, fish or vegetable dishes, and can also act as an independent dish. And, of course, buckwheat milk porridge in a slow cooker will be a great start to the day for small members of your family. ›
How do you cook rice? Most of the population will answer this question something like this: "We rinse the rice, put it in a pan with boiling (with cold) salted water, cook until tender, put it in a colander, and rinse." Do you know that this method of cooking rice is fundamentally wrong? ›
You can cook chicken in a slow cooker in different ways: cook, steam, bake or stew in the form of a whole carcass or slices in different sauces, with the addition of all kinds of vegetables and your favorite side dishes: potatoes, buckwheat, rice. But no matter what cooking recipe you choose, you will certainly be satisfied with the result: a chicken in a slow cooker turns out to be incredibly juicy and tender. ›
Rice porridge in a slow cooker is perhaps the most common dish that is prepared by testing a new kitchen assistant. There is nothing complicated in rice porridge, however, you should know a few tricks that will allow you to easily prepare aromatic, hearty, tasty porridge for breakfast or dinner with guaranteed results. ›
Pythagoras once said about cabbage: "This vegetable supports good spirits and a cheerful mood." These are really truthful words, and you still cannot argue with them. Cabbage is actually an incredibly healthy and tasty vegetable that fills our body with energy and health. ›
A slow cooker makes it possible to create simple and at the same time surprisingly tasty dishes from the seemingly most ordinary ingredients. One of these dishes is a stew in a slow cooker. Even “just” potatoes, with salt and a minimum of seasonings, can be an excellent side dish for any meat, fish or vegetable dish. And if you add fragrant pork ribs to the bowl? Mushrooms? More vegetables? ›
Natural, “real” yogurt is found on store shelves, but not as often as the usual yogurt with toppings for all of us. Most often, what is sold in bright jars can be called yogurt only conditionally, since upon careful consideration, the composition will certainly reveal colors and flavors that are “identical to natural”, as well as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers and preservatives ... ›
Chicken with potatoes in a slow cooker is the same dish that can not be ruined in principle. Is that to miss the salt. There are only two main ingredients - chicken and potato - a pinch of seasonings. And different ways of cooking. ›
For many, a crock-pot is the “magic pot” that it cooks at the owner’s direction. Indeed, simple commands and settings are enough to get a tasty result. But is this device really so unique? Are there any restrictions on what you can do in your slow cooker, or not? This is to figure out.
The creators of the apparatus tried to do everything so that a sufficient number of modes were presented in the device, each of which would make it possible to prepare a dish of a certain kind. And it’s up to the developers to add a lot of extra features. Finally, users check whether it is possible to recreate dishes from a stove or oven in a slow cooker and conduct their own experiments.
Each multicooker comes with a recipe book. Some models have more than a hundred of them. You can focus on this Talmud, and even better - diversify your horizons with delicious tips from various thematic sites and forums.
One thing is clear - this unit does everything to be as useful as possible due to:
All these and other points are confirmed by the practical talents of the device.
Let's start with breakfast (although boiled eggs can be both an independent dish, and an integral part of other food delights). Traditionally, it was proposed to cook on the stove, but the creators of the unit offer three whole ways to do this.
Of course, you can cook in a slow cooker not only eggs, but also many other products. Soups prepared under pressure turn out to be surprisingly tender and tasty - they retain all the nutrients. We can say that they even languish a little - this compares favorably with those that are cooked on the stove. These recipes have a couple of secrets.
By the way, with the function "Soup" you can cook dumplings in a slow cooker.
Any product cooked in a similar technique will retain all its useful properties. Especially if you cook it steamed in a slow cooker. However, for each ingredient, it is better to set the time manually (similar to the traditional method). It will be best to pre-cut it into large pieces. But you should be prepared for the fact that vegetables will differ from those prepared in the traditional way: for example, steamed potatoes are more sticky and stick to your hands when sliced into salads.
Thus, you can cook beets in a slow cooker: the vegetable is peeled, washed under running water and put on a special steam cooker. In the container below it should be at least a liter of water. Now it’s enough to turn on “Steaming” for 40 minutes - at the end of the process you can be sure that all the useful vitamins and elements remained in the product, and did not go into the water.
Soups, vegetables and boiled eggs, the unit's capabilities are not limited. Many users go further, offering to cook condensed milk in a slow cooker. The recipe will be as follows.
If you follow the prescribed rules, the result will be delicious and fragrant condensed milk, many times greater than its store counterparts in its usefulness.
The answer to the question whether it is possible to fry in a slow cooker is positive: both it is possible and it is necessary to do it. The fried diet is diverse - from cabbage as a filling for pies to cutlets. In any case, the dish will not burn, it will cook faster and will be much more useful than in the traditional version.
Heating occurs to a predetermined temperature and the necessary time will be maintained (for meat - at least half an hour). There are other advantages - a minimum amount of oil is required, which means burning and spray.
Users call only one drawback - the lack of a crispy golden crust, because the temperature of the container will not rise above the mark. Yes, and time for this process will have to spend more, unlike the usual method.
Another popular talent of the device is a complete replacement of the oven. In addition to the usual desserts, is it possible to bake fish and meat in a slow cooker? Of course, but it's better to do this in models with multi-cook settings (multishefa). This advantage will allow you to set the optimal cooking time for the product.
The baking mode is also good because in its process you can open the lid and check the readiness of the baked dish. But it’s better to do it for meat and fish: for example, in biscuits it’s better to do without it, because the pie may “fall off”.
Many users may have encountered the “ pale "top at the pies. Everything is decided by trivial baking: at the end of the process, the dish is turned over and the multicooker is once again switched into the “Baking” mode for no more than 10 minutes.
In models with 3D-heating, such difficulties do not occur.
Is it allowed to use silicone forms in a slow cooker? Without a doubt, only they should be made of quality material. Before placing the contents in it, the form should be well lubricated with olive or vegetable oil (so that nothing burns or sticks to it). The bowl itself is also lubricated. If we are talking about souffles or desserts, then they are prepared in special pallets for a couple.
Is it possible to bake using foil? Of course, but you should follow certain rules.
This way you can cook everything from meat to fish. A delicious recipe for the latter can be given here.
That's not all - the multicooker can help to thaw out products from the freezer. It is possible to speed up the process by placing the "ice" on the steam basket and turning on steam cooking mode. It takes 8-12 minutes to make the piece become soft. Each product - meat, vegetables or poultry - will be defrosted depending on the degree of icing, but it is better for the user to periodically check under the lid so that they do not cook: the devices have different powers.
So, to the question what can be done in the multicooker, we confidently answer: “Everything!” It is better to start with the recipes from the book attached to the model, and then boldly experiment and move to new culinary horizons.
Dinners cooked in a slow cooker are an opportunity to quickly and tastyly feed the whole family with healthy dishes. We offer several options.
Dinner at the slow cooker: recipes
Pilaf with pork and mushrooms
Pilaf easy to cook. For this dish you will need the following ingredients:
Cooking technology
1st step
Set the baking function on the device. Pour the butter into the bowl and heat it. Cut meat into small cubes. Pour into butter and fry for 10 minutes.
2nd step
Peel onions and shred into small cubes. With carrots, remove the peel and rub on a grater or cut with a knife on a thin straw. Add vegetables to the meat. Leave to sauté for 10 minutes.
3rd step
Meanwhile, defrost the mushrooms or brush fresh. Cut into small pieces and add to the meat. Fry for another 15 minutes. Salt, add some of the spirits. Stir.
4th step
Wash the rice. Pour into a multi-cooker bowl, fill with the specified amount of water. Smooth, put a head of garlic and pepper pod. Close the cover of the device and set the function "Plov".
5th step
At the end of the program, get the bowl multvarki. Stir the pilaf, put it in a dish in a slide. Top with garlic and pepper.
Cooking dinner in a slow cooker quickly is not difficult. Just pick the right recipe, and everything will work out. You can serve tomatoes, fresh vegetable salad, greens and salted cheese. A wonderful addition to the dish will be that you need to finely chop, sprinkle with salt, pepper and sprinkle with vinegar.
Chicken Dinners
For the preparation you will need:
Technology
Dinners cooked in a slow cooker are a simple and quick way to get tasty dishes. To make it necessary to perform the following steps. Set the "Baking" function on the device. Pour about 50 ml of oil for frying. Chicken fillet cut into cubes. Put in hot oil. Fry until ruddy, stir several times. Salt Chop onions and carrots. Add to the meat. Season about 10 minutes. Onion should be translucent. Next, wash the buckwheat. Put it in the bowl. Fill with the specified amount of drinking water. Sprinkle with seasoning, salt. You can add bay leaf. Close the cover of the device. Install on it the function "Buckwheat" and wait for readiness. You will get fragrant and crumbly. Put the dish on a plate and serve. Marinated pickles or vegetable salad will be a good addition. Cook dinner in a slow cooker. This will not only save your strength, but also make the food more tasty and healthy.