Chicken In A Basket...
Well not quite...
Chicken in a slow cooker is more like it! I have no idea how it's going to come out and really how long to cook it for. I guess as long as it is not dried out, as long as any juices run clear, it's cooked. I decided to leave it on low and leave it going for eight hours. It's in a roasting bag with a herb and lemon coating. It has been on for approx three hours so far. It seems ok and it hasn't caught fire. It's all new to me...As I have been catching up on radio that I have missed on the internet and a couple of tv programmes I have been able to keep a check on it.
If ll goes well next time I can set it away and forget about it.
Update:Well, the chicken cooked so well..it fell apart!
Also I left the roasting bag slightly open to let steam out but the liquid from the chicken managed to find a hole in a corner that I still cannot see so some of it did get into the SC pot.
It fell apart so much, I had difficultly finding the bones to make the stock but did recover enough bits and bobs to make stock I think...
I gave the chicken an 8 hours time frame, it was already cooked in approx 7.
The SC pot cleaned up easily, the chicken is moist and not dry at all.
In general though I'd say it was a success.
Chicken in a slow cooker is more like it! I have no idea how it's going to come out and really how long to cook it for. I guess as long as it is not dried out, as long as any juices run clear, it's cooked. I decided to leave it on low and leave it going for eight hours. It's in a roasting bag with a herb and lemon coating. It has been on for approx three hours so far. It seems ok and it hasn't caught fire. It's all new to me...As I have been catching up on radio that I have missed on the internet and a couple of tv programmes I have been able to keep a check on it.
If ll goes well next time I can set it away and forget about it.
Update:Well, the chicken cooked so well..it fell apart!
Also I left the roasting bag slightly open to let steam out but the liquid from the chicken managed to find a hole in a corner that I still cannot see so some of it did get into the SC pot.
It fell apart so much, I had difficultly finding the bones to make the stock but did recover enough bits and bobs to make stock I think...
I gave the chicken an 8 hours time frame, it was already cooked in approx 7.
The SC pot cleaned up easily, the chicken is moist and not dry at all.
In general though I'd say it was a success.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 5:05 am
16 Comments:
When it falls apart you know it's ready!...and usually the better for it. Any stew casserole (lamb, chicken, whatever...) when it gets to that stage is normally delicious; it makes no difference what you add in the pan with the meat (any veg, any fruit, pretty much anything) it always ends up hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Span, I suspect this is going to be a similar situation when I get around to using the halogen oven. Or I may find that makes a chicken drier? So is more a roasted taste.
If I cook some vegetables in the slow cooker I am trying to decide whether I shoud do it on lwo or high setting and how long to cook it for...
I'm having to do quite a bit of reseach to see what can/cannot be cooked in a slow cooker.
I get the impression slow cookers are used more for casseroles and similar dishes. That I will still need to use a saucepan and hob for cooking potatoes if boiled)or a microwave for jacket potatoes, for roasted a normal oven.
Unless all this can be done in the slow cooker.
Someone says she does 80% of her meals in a slow cooker.
"Someone says she does 80% of her meals in a slow cooker."
Probably buys a lot of cheap, tough cuts of meat. Why anyone would slow cook a chicken for 8 hours makes the mind boggle, to be honest, Anthony.
Nick
Hi Nick,
Perhaps it was ready quicker than that(If I'd checked)
I think a slow cooker is used a lot by households that are out all day and they come home to a hot meal.
Where family members arrive at different times(there is another setting that keeps what's in it warm)
The chicken lovely and moist. There is more meat than I usually get off a chicken even if I take it apart by hand.
They say it uses the same amount of power as a lightbulb(I have no idea what wattage)
Is eight hours of running a light bulb, cheaper or more expensive than ninety minutes in an electric fan oven?
Perhaps it was ready in four hours or less...Then again there is a higher setting cooks even quicker.
This is what I need to find out.
There are some slow cooker recipe books but I'll have a hunt around the internet.
It sounds divine Anthony. Did you have to have some liquid in the cooker or was it just in the bag - I have a slow cooker, not used in years and you may just have tempted me to get the steps out!
Cx
It was "Dead" easy Carol. I think I have had the SC for nearly two years and I thought, It's time to try it.
It has been suggested that I may get away with cooking it for less, possibly 3-4 hours...
I'll be interested to see what else I can do in it. It's trying to decide how long to cook everything for.
In this case I used a roasting bag which had a sachet of a kind of lemon chicken coating I could add.
I left an opening for steam to get out and yet a tiny hole still meant some liquid got into the pot.
But it cleaned up easily. I had been told to boil the bones, add water and vegetables, I would have chicken stock to make some gravy or put in a casserole or something.
I don't know where they went but when I managed to get it out of pot...there were no bones...and I don't think what is left is stock it looks more like fat.
Now, the next step will be learning how to use the halogen oven(I have just realised as I write this I have misplaced the instructions)but they can't be far away...and then the combi microwave but I'm getting there...
You could get a job advertising all those gadgets on the shopping channels Anthony. That was where I first saw the halogen and was transfixed.
I also bought the JML Starchef deluxe. "It bakes, it steams, it fries, it stews"! Ha, actually both gadgets are used quite a lot.
Cx
He doesn't need any encouragement to buy anything else to cook in...............you know he's only to hear about something someone else has, and he's got to have it!
Is that a joke or a serious comment?
Should I respond and defend myself?
Which anon is it?
Hopefully a joke! If not it seems anon thinks they know you better than you do yourself.
I love my gadgets and if it means I can avoid using the big oven then all well and good.
Not only that, the fact my leccy debit was reduced is testament to the fact I am using less power.
Gadgets can be good!
Cx
Carol, You have made my point for me :-)
I have often gone without, made do and mend. How much have I spent, not as much anon might believe, an example...the slow cooker cost £12.
What I now have has to last me for years.
I'm not going to apologise...
This will play into Anon's hands...
I have an old torch and was about to buy batteries for it when I thought I wonder if there is a better torch than what I have.
I found a wind up torch with LED lights for under £5.
One minute of wind up gives ten minutes of light!
And I don't have to buy any batteries and if the torch isn't used batteries lose power anyway.
It will pay for itself...I had thought of getting one for quite some time.
I beat you to it. I've had a wind up torch and a wind up radio for four years now. I also have three or four of the small LED torches dotted around..........
Well done Anon,
Do you think I should buy another torch :-) They're cheap enough...That's one for upstairs and one with my store cupboard in the kitchen/dining room.
As for the wind up radio(I see some have torches included in them, solar panels too...
Now it would be a question whether to buy an AM/FM receiver or a DAB/FM one...
A lot of choice but a few people are unhappy that you have to wind the radio for ages to get perhaps 10 minutes of entertainment.
But it depends which model you buy some do better than that.
Thinking about it, I have hardly ever used a torch, matches, candles, tea lights or batteries in my life.
And here I am suddenly thinking of using such things...
There are some 12 LED wind up lanterns...I know of someone who has three or four around the home, just in case of an emergency of instead of candles...safer too.
But again...there are good models and some not so good and a variety of prices...They are normally used in the garden or when camping.
We are prone to random electricity cuts and I have a camping torch with a handle at the foot of the stairs, a wind up torch with radio and it came in very handy one New Years Eve !! when we had no electricity for three hours. I read by the torch.
Cx
I'll regret saying this but power cuts(crosses fingers)are rare here.
I'm now thinking of getting a jacket that is waterproof against rain(I haven't one and haven't for years)and some wellingtons(I only have shoes and trainers)
They'll probably hardly be used but best to be prepared. I should buy a spare pair of shoes and trousers.
I have plenty of shirts, jumpers, cardigans, vests and pants...maybe I should also have a wollen hat and some warm gloves, even a scarf.
For outdoors but some things may be handy if it's a cold winter indoors...
I am starting to work on the principle I should have two of most things...
I read that some people have ditched duvets and sometimes have sheets(but throw a fleece over the bed if it gets colder)
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