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Slow Cooker Cooking Times (approximate times)
Food Size/Weight Time on low (hours) Time on high (hours)
Fish whole 1-2 N/A
Beef 500-800g 7-10 5-7
Lamb 500-800g 6-9 4-6
Poultry 500-800g 8-10 3½-4
Stew 500-800g 9-14 6-8
Vegetable soup 800-1000ml 6-10 3-4
Beef soup 800-1000ml 10-14 7-9
Converting Recipes from a Traditional Oven (approximate times)
Oven cooking time Time on low (hours) Time on high (hours)
15-30 minutes 4-6 1-2
30-60 minutes 6-8 2-4
1-3 hours 8-12 4-7
A FEW RECIPES TO START YOU OFF
• Cooking for more than an hour over the times in the recipes may affect the flavour. Nevertheless, if
these times don’t suit you, feel free to experiment. Slow cooking is very forgiving.
• Use metric or imperial measures, don’t mix them, they’re not exact equivalents.
• Be careful with quantities. After all the ingredients are put into the cooking pot, it shouldn’t be more
than about threequarters full, to allow for expansion. If you overfill, it may spit hot water, and it may
overflow during use.
• Slow cooking can leave too much liquid. If you want to adjust this, remove the lid, stir in a teaspoon of
flour, and cook at high, stirring, till the sauce thickens/reduces.
• For recipes that dont need ingredients searing put the cooking pot in the slow cooker, fit the lid, then
preheat on high for 20 minutes before putting anything into the cooking pot.
Minestrone Soup low = 7-10 hours; high = 4-5 hours
25g (1oz) butter ½ clove garlic, crushed
1 leek, sliced 1 small carrot, chopped small
1 medium potato, chopped 1 small onion, chopped
½ celery stick, thinly sliced 50g (2oz) cabbage, finely shredded
200g (7oz) canned tomatoes including juice salt and pepper to taste
300ml (½pt) chicken stock 1 bay leaf
1 bouquet garni 25g (1oz) thin cut macaroni
Heat the butter in the cooking pot. Add the garlic, leek, carrot, potato, onion and celery. Sauté
till the butter is absorbed. Add the other ingredients, except the macaroni.
Bring to the boil, transfer the cooking pot to the slow cooker and cook for the time shown. 45
minutes before serving, remove the bay leaf and bouquet garni and add the macaroni. Adjust
seasoning and serve with grated parmesan.
Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup low = 8-10 hours; high = 4-6 hours
225g (½lb) mixed vegetables, chopped (potato, onion, carrot, celery etc.)
25g (1oz) butter 2 tbsp flour
200ml (½pt) stock ½ tsp mixed herbs
salt and pepper to taste
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