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Christmas Turkey In The Slow Cooker
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Has anyone tried this?
I'm hosting Christmas dinner this year and I'm so excited! But, my oven is tiny and to be quite honest if I wanted to cook the turkey in it, I'd have to start now! (It has two 'settings'... hot and cold, and basically grills from the bottom!)
I do however have a slow cooker. I know using that to cook the turkey won't ensure a crispy skin of course, but will the actual meat be okay? Has anyone tried it? Advice welcome!
I'm hosting Christmas dinner this year and I'm so excited! But, my oven is tiny and to be quite honest if I wanted to cook the turkey in it, I'd have to start now! (It has two 'settings'... hot and cold, and basically grills from the bottom!)
I do however have a slow cooker. I know using that to cook the turkey won't ensure a crispy skin of course, but will the actual meat be okay? Has anyone tried it? Advice welcome!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.A crown should be fine, if it's a smallish one. It will cook beautifully. I do chicken in mine and take it out for the last thirty minutes and pop it in a hot oven to crisp up.
Don't forget to put some walnut sized scrunches of foil under it, in the slow cooker. That stops it sticking to the bottom.
Don't forget to put some walnut sized scrunches of foil under it, in the slow cooker. That stops it sticking to the bottom.
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Veg should fit in there. The turkey might be a little optimistic.
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Veg should fit in there. The turkey might be a little optimistic.
There are plenty of posts on the web to suggest that it's perfectly possible. (The secret seems to be to cook it in some decent wine):
A recipe, with 33 reviews for you to read, here:
http:// allreci pes.co. uk/reci pe/3092 3/slow- cooker- tender- turkey- crown.a spx
Another recipe, with 2 reviews:
https:/ /www.bb cgoodfo od.com/ recipes /slow-c ooker-t urkey-b reasts- wine-ba con
Another recipe:
http:// simplyb eingmum .com/20 13/12/0 4/simpl e-slow- cooked- christm as-turk ey-cont roversi al/
A report from a blog on slow cooking:
http:// www.aye arofslo wcookin g.com/2 008/11/ crockpo t-whole -turkey -recipe .html
A recipe, with 33 reviews for you to read, here:
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Another recipe, with 2 reviews:
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I cook the turkey the night before and only do the potatoes veg and pigs in blankets on the day , can you not do the same. I serve the turkey sliced with hot gravy onto the hot dinner plates with the roast potatoes and the rest. No one realises that the turkey meat was not straight out of the oven. In our and my parents families we have never eaten the turkey skin that is reserved for the dog.
Tilly, Turkey skin is not lethal for dogs. The issue with turkey skin is that it can be very fatty and it is the excess of fat that can cause pancreatitis in some dogs. Small amounts of turkey skin (as with any other fat) are fine and a good addition to the diet. The other thing you can do is crisp the skin up in a hot oven. Most of the fat runs out and the remaining crispy golden skin is delicious, I know because I eat it too. This is important and not just me being pedantic because its ANY fat that causes pancreatitis if fed in excess and people have been know to scrupulously avoid giving their dogs turkey skin but give them the fat off steak or fatty pork.