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Helpful Tips
• Removing the lid when slow cooking lets heat escape, requiring extra cooking
time. Each time the lid is removed, add about 10 minutes of cooking time.
• A fat mop can be used to remove separated fat from slow-cooked food by
brushing it over the top. Alternatively, the food may be refrigerated and the
congealed fat can then be lifted off and discarded before reheating and serving.
• Should you want to decrease the amount of fat in recipes, remove as much of
the visible fat as possible from meats and skin from poultry, than drain any fat
from browned meats.
• Many slow-cooked foods such as stews benefit from cooling and refrigerating,
then reheating – as the saying goes, stew or chili is always better the second
day.
• If using frozen foods, thaw completely before slow cooking.
• Recipes can be assembled the night before cooking. Brown ingredients if
necessary and then combine with remaining ingredients in cooking pot. Cover
and refrigerate. When ready to cook, place the cooking pot in the cold slow
cooker and add 30 minutes to your projected cooking time.
• In most cases, dried beans should be soaked overnight, drained, rinsed, and
drained again before cooking. Do not add salt to beans when cooking, as it will
prevent them from softening completely.
Adapt your traditional recipes to slow cook:
• For recipes that do not require the Brown/Sauté function before slow cooking,
reduce the cooking liquid by at least 50% (soups are the exception). Liquids do
not evaporate as they do in traditional cooking, and most often you will end up
with much more liquid than you began with.
• Dairy products (milk, sour cream, some cheeses) will break down and curdle
during slow cooking. Substitute canned evaporated milk, nonfat dry milk, or add
dairy products during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
• If your recipe calls for precooked pasta or rice, undercook it and add to the pot in
the last 30 minutes of slow cooking.
• Pasta can be cooked at the end of a slow cooking recipe. Switch unit to ”High”
and when liquid comes to a simmer add pasta.
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