Slow Cooker Casserole

[mallyh]

do you brown the beef first or just chuck it in raw ?x

[gingejbee]

Brown first...if you want it to taste good. You can chuck everything in raw, but results aren't as good.

[gingejbee]

...oh, and don't use as much stock as you would use doing in the oven.

[Redhelen72]

I bung it all in - tastes no different and less washing up

[youngmafbog]

I like to brown it then swirl out the pan with the stock to get any flavour.  But its an individual thing I would have thought.

 

Dont you have a dishwasher RH?

[bednobs]

i have one of those you can take the dish out of and use on gas, so i brown mine, and have no extr washing up

[mallyh]

 thanks for your replies .I always brown it when i use the oven but i've googled a few slow cooker recipes and they didn't bother just rolled it in plain flour, so may give it a go x

[Redhelen72]

yes but I don't see the point in dirtying things up for the sake of it - there is no difference in browned or not

[barry1010]

I've done it both ways over the years and we really don't notice a difference 

[mallyh]

Redhelen do you roll the beef  in flour ?x

[Redhelen72]

no not always depends on what I am cooking tbh - I quite like thickening with arroroot

 

[mallyh]

thankyou ,i've never used arrowroot x

[Moorea7]

I usually roll the meat in flour and turn over in frying pan for a few minutes, add the veg and salt, pepper, etc.  Cook for about ten minutes then add all to the pre-heated slow cooker.   A little more work but it turns out delish.

[mallyh]

thankyou x

[mallyh]

i ask quite a few cooking questions on here as i'm not a very good cook ,when younger my eldest sister helped mum in the kitchen i did other jobs like cleaning the ash out of fire and relaying it and cleaning shoes etc little brother did nothing (spoilt brat lol)they are both  lovely though x

[Redhelen72]

I always found the joy of a slow cooker was you got the same result no matter how much effort you put into it

I love cooking and have done it professionaly and I love showing off at dinner parties but I am also a lazy cook if it is just us so the slow cooker is perfect

[barry1010]

I love our slow cookers