r/slowcooking

Hi! Me ans my mother are going to cook a duck(a whole duck) and I wanted to have some suggestions on how to do it!

I've been making bread pretty much non stop the last couple of days and when I came to check on what I was making earlier I noticed a small buzzing sound, almost like a vibration, it went away and came back a few times so I'm not sure what to make of this because I haven't heard this sound before (but I don't exactly wait by the slow cooker either, so)

Any advice would be appreciated, not sure whether I should freeze this dough and wait until I can get a new slow cooker.

Having a party for a coworker whose favorite food is pasta with some sort of meat sauce. Was going to do a slow cooker bolognese--cooked the night before. Goal would be to heat up the bolognese on low at work, and then add in some partially pre-cooked pasta that I'll toss with olive oil--and let that finish cooking/heating in the sauce.

Does that seem like it will work? Will likely do ziti or cavatappi pasta--both for sturdiness and also ease of eating.

Any other ideas? Tips?

Other option would be to do their second favorite food which tends to be curries or stir fries with rice. I have a rice cooker that could handle the rice. I could cook a beef/chicken something in the slow cooker. Maybe beef bulgogi?

I bought some thick porkchops last week. I don't want to cook them the typical way(s). I want to make something with them that is NOT pulled pork and not typical porkchops. I'm open to soups, stews, ANYTHING with rice... I rarely cook pork. For me, pork is either bacon, ham, pulled pork BBQ or dry, tough pan fried or oven baked porkchops. I can think of dozens of ways to cook chicken and beef, but pork? Not so much.

I'd like any recipe idea you guys can think of, but no cheese or alcohol, please!

[EDIT] I forgot to add, due to medical issues I cannot eat anything that tends to produce gas or is highly inflammatory, like chilis. I will be in excruciating pain for at least 24 hours and it can take up to a week for my digestive tract to recover. Many of the foods I love are foods I can no longer eat.

Any time a slow cooker recipe calls for onions, they come out smelling horrible, almost nausea-inducing for me. I've found that if I put them on the bottom where liquid can cover them, there's no "off" smell.

If I cook onions on the stove, no issues whatsoever.

I don't know if this is a weird olfactory issue for me, or if anyone else experiences weird results when cooking something specific. Has anyone else had this happen?

Thank you in advance!

Hello,

I am on the hunt for the best pulled pork recipe. I have tried a few over the years but they just lack the 'OMG soooooo good'.

What is one meal/dish you make that you would eat at any time of the day?

Looking for a one dish meal or maybe some super easy prep meal that I can just grab and heat. I’m super low on spoons and having a real hard time even prep cooking.

Love to use my slow cooker so I’m going to cross post into that community. TIA 🥄🩶

For me it’s putting pork tenderloin in the slow cooker putting beer over it, cook under low for 7 hours, drain and add BBQ Sauce. Done 😊

The dinner I'm making is a slow cooker recipe. It calls for dry beans soaked overnight. I forgot to do that last night. They are soaking now, but I'll need to throw everything in soon so it's ready for dinner. Will the beans be ok? I would think they would cook in 7 hours soaking in broth? I've never used dry beans before only canned.

Honestly, just in general, it doesn’t have to be slow cooking but anything helps, as I’m the primary cook in the household.

I’m having surgery on the 7th on my arm and hand and will have a 1 pound weight limit. My S/O will have to handle the cooking, which will be rough because she works different shifts, so some days she gets off at 4pm, other days she may not get off until 7/8pm.

I have a seafood allergy, but I’m not super picky otherwise, and she has no food allergies, and also isn’t the pickiest.

Thank you in advance

I want to make some homemade chicken roti, I think it's a dish from India.

I'm really amateur but think this is just 3 ingredients. I have frozen chicken breast pieces (Great Value) and frozen breakfast potatoes, and a couple of jars of curry sauce. I might need more potatoes to thicken, so it's almost peas pudding and roll in into a wrap 😋

Any help would be appreciated 👏

I’m part of an organization that gives out free meals, and I’m not usually one of the cookers but this week I’m helping out. I have:

- A crapload of dry black beans (~⅓ full Lowe’s 5gal bucket)
- Two 14.5oz containers of chopped celery/onion/carrot mix
- 64 oz veggie broth, can get more

I can get a bit more of cheap things, but ideally the less money I spend the better. It needs to stay vegetarian and ideally vegan. I have two slow cookers at my disposal.

I don’t know what to do as far as soaking or not soaking the beans overnight and using the slow cookers. I thought I’d see if y’all had any input! Thanks!

For context, Aldi are selling mirowave-able pouches of 'bolognese lentils' and for the record, they're exactly the sort of thing I love. However, they're 95p a packet, and I'm on budget so why not make them myself.

I want to keep the recipe as simple as possible because I'm a minimalist and lazy sort of cook. I just want to make sure the quantities are right but I'd welcome any suggestions on minor (and cheap) additions. An ingredient, maybe two. I'm also not convinced that 700g of lentils will be enough to fill my 5 Litre slowcooker. I think I need more?

Ingredients:

700g dry red lentils
2 × 500g passata (1kg total)
1.8–2.2L water
3 stock cubes
2 tbsp tomato purée (optional)
1–2 tsp garlic granules (optional)
2 tablespoons of salt

Method:

Dump everything into slow cooker.
Stir once.
Cook:
    LOW: ~5–6 hrs (use 1.8–2.0L water)
    HIGH: ~3–4 hrs (use 2.2L water)
Near end:
    Too thick → add water
    Too wet → crack lid open 20–30 mins