CURRY Beef - Slowcooker

CURRY

500g Chuck steak, fat removed and cubed.
1 large carrot, chopped
1 large potato, chopped
Half cauliflower, chopped
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Curry powder (1 tsp - or to suit prefered taste)
1/4 teaspoon Cumin
1/4 teaspoon Corriander

Place all ingredients in Slow cooker. Add a little water, enough so that ingredients are mostly covered.
Cook for 6+ hours on Low. If thickening of sauce is required, I make a paste of cornflour and water and add it just before serving. Serve on bed of rice

EASY KORMA CURRY - Slowcooker

EASY KORMA CURRY
Either chicken (i usually do about 500g)
A tin or jar of Pataks Indian Korma Curry Paste
A packet of frozen chunky veges (the ones with onion, celery, potatos, pumpkin)
A tin of tomatoes (chopped up)
Fill that empty tin with water and add
A tin of Chick Peas
A sprinkle of curry powder
Salt and pepper (however much you think is right)
Some chopped up/crushed garlic
An extra onion if you feel like it.

Throw it all in and either cook for 7 hours slow ... or 4 hours on high.

Serve with rice and some yummy naan bread or pappadums.

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You can do the same thing with any of the pataks range ... i also like the rogan with chicken or lamb if you like for either

Minestroni soup - Slowcooker

Minestroni soup

300gm diced bacon
2 small potatos
2 celery stalks
2 carrots
1/2 onion (the onion was HUGE though
1 large can diced tomatoes
500g pasta (I used shells)
2 beef stock cubes
1 1/2 litres water
2 heaped teaspoons of minced garlic
Italian Herbs, Oregano and Parsley

Method:

Dice everything! Brown off onion and bacon (use a bit of olive oil). Dissolve 2 beef stock cubes in 1 1/2 litres of water (or use 1 1/2 litres of stock).
Chuck everything bar the pasta in the slow cooker and put on Auto for 9 hours. 15 mins before serving, cook off pasta and mix in with soup.

In hindsight I probably would have used less water, more garlic, and another stock cube (I've lessened the amount of water for the recipe above.add salt and pepper to taste at the end.

Chocolate Fudge Pudding Cake - Slow Cooker

Chocolate Fudge Pudding Cake

This rich, gooey cake is good straight from the crockpot, cold or reheated. It doesn't keep very well, but you shouldn't have any left over anyway

1 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. vanilla

3/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 3/4 cups hot water


Spray 4 quart crockpot with nonstick cooking spray. In large bowl, combine first 5 ingredients and stir to combine. Add milk, cooking oil and vanilla and stir well. Pour into prepared crockpot.

In a medium bowl, stir second amount of brown sugar and second amount of cocoa together. Add hot water and mix well until blended. Pour over batter in crockpot; do not stir! Cover crockpot and cook on high about 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. 8-10 servings

Chicken Casserole

Chicken Casserole
Ingredients
1 kg chicken breast cut into large chunks
1 tin cream of chicken soup
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp curry powder
½ cup bread crumbs
1 cup grated cheese
Vegies – mushrooms, carrots & capsicum
Method
1. Cut up and place vegetables on the bottom of the crockpot and cover with raw chicken pieces
2. Mix soup, mayonnaise and curry powder together and pour over chicken and vegies.
3. Cover with breadcrumbs
4. Cover with grated cheese
5. Cook on high for4-5hrs.
6. Put in the over for 15 mins or so at the end to make the top go crispy.

My crockpot is ceramic, so i just chuck it in the oven to make the cheese crispy. Doesn't seem to hurt it, but might not work with all kinds of crockpots.

Braised Beef -Slowcooker

Braised Beef
Ingredients (serves 4)
2/3 cup plain flour
1kg blade steak, cut into 1.5cm thick slices
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 brown onions, thinly sliced
410g can beef consomme soup
carrot and parsnip mash, to serve
Method
Combine 1/2 cup flour, and salt and pepper on a plate. Lightly coat each piece of steak in seasoned flour.
Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook steak, in batches, for 3 minutes each side or until browned. Transfer to slow cooker.
Add onions to frying pan. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes or until tender. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons of flour over onions. Stir until well combined.
Slowly add consomme, stirring constantly. Bring mixture to the boil. Pour mixture over beef.
Serve with carrot and parsnip mash.

Chicken and chickpea bake.- slowcooker

Chicken and chickpea bake.
Ingredients (serves 4)
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 500g chicken thighs, cut into bite size pieces
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 x 400g cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine flour and salt and pepper in a freezer bag. Lightly coat chicken in seasoned flour.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 5 to 6 minutes or until golden. Transfer to an 8-cup capacity baking dish. Add chickpeas.
3. Heat remaining oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion. Cook for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, stock, sugar and salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes until thickened slightly.
4. Pour sauce over chicken, stirring to coat.
5. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Serve over couscous or pasta.

I've done it just up to step 4, then stuck it in the fridge overnight. I had to leave it in the oven for a little longer because it was cold when it went into the oven, but so long as you make sure your chicken is cooked through in the pan, all you have to do it heat it up. It's really yummy...even my DH likes it and he always tells me he doesn't like chickpeas.

Taco meat can be dont in advance and frozen for later use.
Buy some of those foil trays and make some lasagnes, or do chicken parmagiana in them, with the sauce and cheese over cooked, crumbed chicken breasts.
Most "saucy" things freeze well, like stroganoff etc. Then all you need to do it cook some rice or pasta and reheat the sauce.