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Using Slow Cooker for Stovetop Recipe

Can I use a slow cooker for a recipe usually cooked on the stovetop?


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Choose recipes that call for less tender cuts of meat, such as beef chuck, brisket, pork shoulder or stew meat. The cooker must be at least 1/2 full and no more that 2/3 full, so adjust ingredient amounts accordingly. Cut potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and other dense vegetables into bite-size pieces. The vegetables go in the bottom of the cooker. (Add tender vegetables, such as broccoli and green beans, the last 30 minutes of cooking.) Place the meat on top of the vegetables. Reduce the total amount of luqiid in your recipe by about half.


 

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I have used all my mother's recipes in the slow cooker, they came out just as good as hers did, using a pressure cooker.  Just don't use a lot of liquid.  The recipe books state not to fill the slow cooker up to the top with liquid, which I have personally done so it doesn't really hurt it.

 

Yes, in most cases.  You have to be sure it is something that can withstand long cooking and not get overdone or dried out.  The crockpot produces it's own liquid so you have to be careful not to add as much liquid as you would on the stove.  Also, remember that proteins cook faster than starches in the crock pot.  Always put potatoes and hard vegetables on the bottom and meat or chicken on top.  I could function without my crock pots.

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