Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Slow Cooker - Cooking Tips and Tricks

on a slow cooker / crockpot is the best way to get nutrients to improve the taste of food. And of course this is one of the best devices for saving cooking time you can have in the kitchen.

For a crock pot, there are a few tips and tricks:

Try and Buy crockpot with a removable lining. They are much easier to clean and maintain. Cooks food in general, about 140 degrees F at first in order to increasetemperature to accelerate the cooking process and reduce again later, the temperature is reached.

Not the life cover to a boil to see more often. Otherwise, the heat escape and get the long cooking time. cut hard vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, etc, bit size pieces and placed on the bottom of the pan for faster cooking. While space softer vegetables like tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, etc., towards the end of the process (last 2.1 hours)so do not get more than cooking.

(1 / 2 to 3 / 4) Add in the pot to keep liquids as it helps the food soft and moist.

Avoid frozen food in crockpot. Always thaw them before cooking. Stir spices in the last hour of cooking. If you have previously with the rest of the ingredients, they lose flavor due to longer cooking times. However, dried herbs, bay leaves, the intensity of flavor to add.

Add milkover the last half hour, if not specified by the recipe. Sauces such as cayenne pepper or Tabasco turn bitter when cooked for long. To increase the amount less and also the end (last half hour). Food like pasta and rice, in turn, more taste far in crockpot.

These tips and tricks to turn off the wonderful recipes listed on the slow cooker.

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