Monday, December 17, 2007

Lemon and Rosemary chicken breast -SlowCooker

Lemon and Rosemary chicken breast
Ingredients
1/2c lemon juice
1tbsp vegetable oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 teaspoon dried or fresh rosemary
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 ½ to 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast.
Cook on low or medium for 3-5 hours depending on your slow cooker.

Satay Beef or chicken (Slower Cooker)

Satay Beef or chicken (Slower Cooker)
Ingredients
1 tbls Olive Oil
1 onion
1 clove of garlic ( or 1 tablespoon crushed garlic if you are like me)
1/4 teaspoon of Sambal Oelek (or chilli sauce to taste)
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tbls Soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tbls lemon juice
Method
Heat olive oil in pan, sauté’s chopped onion & garlic then add sambal oelek, reduce heat and stir well.
Add water then Peanut butter, bring slowly to the boil, strirring until mix becomes smooth, stir in Soy, sugar and lemon juice.

In the Crock pot put
3 large carrots cut into strips
1/2 cup frozen corn kernels
1 cup frozen broccoli
1 cup cauliflower
1/2 cup fresh green beans
Coated in flour and browned first 1/2 to 1 kilo beef or chicken cut into strips

Pour sauce over top and cooked for about 8 hrs on low

Chicken Caccitore - SlowCooker

Chicken Caccitore
Ingredients
16-20 Chicken drumsticks
2 large onions sliced
4 crushed cloves of garlic
1 x 750mls of Italian cooking sauce
20 pitted Kalamata olives
1/2 cup white wine (which you can leave out if you've got the kiddies)
1 cup chicken stock
10 button mushrooms quartered
2 tablespoon crushed basil
1 tablespoon chopped rosemary
1 tablesppon sugar
Method
Put chicken into bottom of slow cooker
Pour all other ingredients on top
Put the lid on and cook on LOW for 8-10 hours or HIGH for 4-5 hours

Corned Beef and Coke - SlowCooker

Corned Beef and Coke
Ingredients
1 Piece of Corned Beef
2lt coke
3tbs honey
Method
Place 1 piece of corned beef and a 2 litre bottle of Coke into slow cooker, on low for about 6hrs about 15 minutes before you are ready to start serving, take it from the cooker, place on a baking tray and brush with a mix of 3 tables spoons of honey and 3 table spoons of any coke left over, place in oven on high heat. Basically 1 piece of corned beef and a 2 litre bottle of Coke. Put both into slow cooker, on low at about lunch time, about 15 minutes before you are ready to start serving, take it from the cooker, place on a baking tray and brush with a mix of 3 tables spoons of honey and 3 table spoons of any coke left over, place in oven on high heat. Wallah, dinner is served. The coke is a tenderiser (I am sure that everyone has seen what it does to a 1 or 2 cent piece), and the sweetness takes the saltiness out of the meat.

Drunken Garlic Crock-pot Roast

Drunken Garlic Crock-pot Roast
Don't be afraid of all the garlic in this! It gets really mild from the long cooking process and gives the meat a wonderful flavor.
Ingredients
7 hours 15 minutes 15 mins prep
2 1/2 lbs boneless Beef chuck roast, trimmed of fat
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
18 cloves garlic, Minced (about 4 tbsp.)
2 Beef stock cubes
1/2 cup hot water
8 ounces lager beer
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
cornstarch (dissolved in water; for gravy)
Method
In a large skillet, heat 1 tbsp. of the oil and brown roast on both sides, seasoning with salt and pepper; remove to a platter and keep warm.
Add the remaining tbsp of oil to the pan and add the onions, cook until they just start to wilt then add the garlic, them cook until the onions are tender, a few minutes more.
Add the stock cubes to the hot water and stir to dissolve; add that to the skillet along with the beer, brown sugar, mustard, and vinegar; stir to mix well.
Pour mixture into the bottom of the crock-pot.
Place roast on top of liquid, cutting into pieces if it doesn't lay flat.
Set the crock-pot on low and cook for 7-8 hours.
Remove meat from crock-pot and pour liquid into a pan on the stove; heat to a boil, and mix a slurry out of the cornstarch and water; thicken pan liquid with slurry to make gravy.
Serve gravy over meat or with potatoes or noodles.

Beef Casserole - Slow Cooker

Beef Casserole
Ingredients
500g cheap steak (any will do), cubed
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
2 carrots, peeled and cut into thick slices
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped thinly
1 can whole, peeled tomatoes
1 can Heinz Big Red tomato soup.
a dash of Wostershire sauce
a dash of white vinegar
Ingredients
Brown the steak in a frying pan until just brown.
Place evrything in the slow cooker, making sure everything is covered with liquid.
Stick the lid on top and put the slow cooker on to auto.
Cook for at least 6 hours, but 8 is best.

Lamb Chops - Slow Cooker

Lamb Chops
Ingredients
8 large lamb forequarter chops
1 brown onion chopped
1 large carrot diced
1 level dessertspoon sugar
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon mustard
Half a teaspoon mixed spice
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Half a cup water
Method
Bung the lot into your slow cooker for at least 5 hours.
If you don't have a slow cooker, a covered casserole in a very low oven will do the trick.
Serve with mashed spuds and peas or beans.