I'm Gonna Slowcook Something Tomorrow - What Should It Be?

[BlooInBloo]

1st slowcook experience: pot roast
2nd slowcook experience: ribs
3rd slowcook experience: ???????

[PBS Poll-435]

1. Small young chicken

(3-4 lbs)

8 hours on low.

Cut 2 stalks of celery, add one can of broth. Peel one carrot and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.

[BlooInBloo]

4. Was thinkin either chicken or pork, since my 1st two were beef.

[PBS Poll-435]

8. Seriously, if you need crock-pot advice PM me

It's how I roll.

[BlooInBloo]

16. How does this sound?

4 Frozen Chicken Breasts
1 Jar of your preferred Spaghetti Sauce (used as a base unless you have some of your own spaghetti sauce already available)
I can tomato paste
1 palmful oregano approx 1 tablespoon
1 palmful dried basil (use dried because you are slow cooking)
1 onion finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup grated Parmesan

Mix together. Cook on low for 8 hours or high about 5. When chicken becomes fork tender, pour another good helping of Parm on top and let it melt. Serve on top of angel hair pasta.



I'm definitely gonna add red pepper flakes - I'm American, but I still like a kick to my food.

Any other suggestions to vary this up?

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18. That sounds heavenly. (Especially the red pepper!)

An excellent recipe.

My only addition would be to take a clean paper towel, pour an ounce of olive oil on it and coat the slow-cooker pot with it.

Chicken is very fickle and it would help to have a non-stick coating on the pot. (Plus it adds a slight, but unique flavor component!)

[BlooInBloo]

19. Ooh - good idea! I've got some hoity-toity basil-olive-oil that I don't use often...

Would be perfect for this, methinks.

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22. Also, you can use the directions from a packet of Lawry's Spaghetti Mix

One packet of sauce mix, 2 1/4 cups of water, 1 tbs of olive or canola oil, and an additional can of tomato paste ...

in lieu of the jar of Prego.

[BlooInBloo]

24. I was thinking that while I'm at the market (Pike Place), I'd splurge on a jar of organic sauce...

I try various organic items from time to time, to see which, if any, yield a taste benefit commensurate with 2x the cost.

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25. Your dinner is a worthy test subject for such a venture

I am sure it will be lovely!

:-)

[Turbineguy]

2. Eggs

hard boil them for 50 hours and they'll bounce off a concrete floor.

[kimmerspixelated]

3. Hopefully not a waskally Wabbit!

[BlooInBloo]

11. Pfft. That never works.

:P

[Arugula Latte]

5. Braise the heart of your enemy in a vat of his own tears! Mwa ha ha ha!

*rubs hands together, twists pointy mustache*

[BlooInBloo]

7. I lol'd

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

13. ...

:hi:

[Chan790]

6. Chowder or beans?

I can give you good 200 year old New England recipes...but I'd have to mute you so you couldn't give away family secrets.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Heh. Is ok. I'm a meat-guy.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. A Republican...

yep.

[BlooInBloo]

15. But then I'd have to get a new slowcooker for *food*.

[Wapsie B]

12. Beef stew or corned beef brisket and cabbage.

My favorite slow cooker meals, along with pork roast.

[AwakeAtLast]

14. Pork loin or shoulder does really well in a crock pot

It shreds easily for sandwiches. :9

[JVS]

17. Pepperoni!

[harmonicon]

20. all sound good, except for maybe the ??????

I don't know if I'd want to eat that.

[crimsonblue]

21. A baby. Jonathan Swift has excellent instructions for the preparation. n/t

[flying rabbit]

23. Chili!

[BulletproofLandshark]

26. Meatballs n/t