lovey
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Post by lovey on Apr 17, 2015 19:38:52 GMT 10
Not still eating, but just finished pulling . I had the chuck in at just after 8am, laying on a bed of sliced onions and garlic with about 1 cup of beef stock, just enough to cover the onions. After reading Kev's and your advice, I put a layer of halved potatoes underneath the chuck and left it on low until about 5pm. When I took it out, it wasn't pulling consistency, so I put it back in for 30 mins on high. I took it out again and removed a small portion which was separated by a sheet of sinew and I managed to (just) pull it apart for burritos. It was very tasty, just not the fall apart texture I was looking for. I left the remainder in the slow cooker and cranked it to high and left it for another 1 to 1.5 hours. When I pulled that portion out, it literally fell apart and was no match for the meat rakes. Great success. I've put that bit aside and we'll have it tomorrow in some cannelloni. I think the biggest problem was that I didn't turn the slow cooker on high at the outset to get it up to temp earlier, relying on it to do a long, low temp cook. That probably would have worked if I left it for another couple of hours. Thanks everyone for their help and tips, it's very appreciated. Steve
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Post by chrisg on Apr 17, 2015 19:48:42 GMT 10
The only times you can really go far wrong with a slow cooker are when you don't put it on early enough or you do put in too much liquid and even those can be recovered from. My wife had never really used one much at all but after I'd done a couple of chickens in ours that met with her approval she thought she would give one a try herself. She made one mistake - she did enough veg that the thing was very full and as it cooked the chicken expanded a bit, lifted the lid and caused a slow cooker stall Even that was recovered from, pulled some veg out and later fried it off but it is why she is scouring the market for a new larger one more suited to her penchant to throw everything at a meal They are just extraordinarily forgiving, a bachelor mate of mine who is utterly clueless in the kitchen stayed with me for a bit a few years back, watched me do Q, decided no, watched me do slow cooker bought one and pretty much lives out of it Cheers
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Post by captaincook on Apr 18, 2015 1:37:40 GMT 10
Woolies have a oval 6.5 litre one for $40.00 down here. Just bought one to take up to Canberra this weekend for my son.
Captain
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Post by ozymandias on Apr 18, 2015 7:55:43 GMT 10
Do check out the flavour maker from Breville... It allows you to sear and sauté in the same pan
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Post by chrisg on Apr 18, 2015 10:58:09 GMT 10
Thanks guys, I'm not quite sure what she has in mind but the first priority is bigger apparently Cheers
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