Meat in a slow cooker - general principles of cooking
The most healthy meat is cooked in a slow cooker. Today, many people prefer to eat healthy, wholesome and quality food. In order to cook it, in the kitchen you must have a great helper - a slow cooker. This is a modern automatic device with many functions, which allows to reduce human participation in the cooking process to a minimum. But isn't every hostess dreaming about it?
The Russian national cuisine is characterized mainly by a meat diet. Therefore, it is meat that has to be cooked most often. Such a dish cooked in a slow cooker outperforms traditional methods. Among the main advantages of a simple automated device, it is worth highlighting the most important thing - all products retain useful properties even after prolonged heat treatment. Moreover, the fat content in the finished dish is minimal. And for cooking, you do not need to use additional ingredients, which during cooking change their chemical composition and become more or less harmful to the body (for example, sunflower oil).
The meat in the multicooker turns out dietary and has a particularly pleasant taste and aroma. You can cook it as a separate dish, or in combination with any cereal, vegetables, spices. There are many recipes. Whichever one you choose, the cooking process does not take too much time.
Any kind of meat is suitable for a multicooker: rabbit meat, pork, beef, chicken, four-legged game is perfect, because even the toughest meat is softened by the action of the fumes of the device. Choosing is only taking into account your eating habits. To make the meat in the slow cooker tasty, juicy and soft, follow certain rules when choosing this product:
- try not to buy old meat: it will be too tough;
- the older the meat, the more time it takes to cook it;
- Do not take frozen, bony or sinewy parts of the carcass. They are absolutely not suitable for a slow cooker - use them for soups or minced meat.
Boiled meat is intended for lovers of fresh dishes, stew will delight with its juiciness, and fried will have a unique, excellent taste. No matter what you cook, the result will please you anyway.
Meat in a slow cooker - preparation of products
A crock-pot is still a device, so in order for it to serve a person for a long time, it is necessary to properly prepare products, in particular meat, before sending it to the machine.
So what should you do? Cut the pulp into steaks with a thickness of about 1.5 cm. Then they need to be divided into strips 2-3 cm wide. After this, wash the product and dry with a towel, make cross cuts on the meat into which you can put the garlic or just leave it empty for better baking.
In order to cook meat in a slow cooker, put the prepared product in a bowl of special utensils of the device, add everything you have in mind and select the desired menu.
Meat in a slow cooker - selection and preparation of the device
If you intend to cook mainly meat in your slow cooker, then when choosing a particular device, pay attention to those functions that are directly related to the preparation of such dishes.
First of all, the function of cooking meat should be provided in the menu. But this is in all devices of a similar plan. A nice addition is the presence of different cooking modes: fast, slow and normal. The latter is suitable for cooking products of different weight or quantity, the first is for medium and small portions of meat, and the second is ideal for stewing. When using gentle temperature conditions, all useful substances in the product will be maximally preserved. Therefore, pay attention when buying at this point. The device must have a special container for cooking steamed meat dishes.
Also, the buyer will appreciate the availability of different recipes, tips and step-by-step instructions for cooking meat. You will undoubtedly be easier to deal with a slow cooker and not spoil the cooked food.
Good models are also equipped with a mode of maintaining heat inside after cooking. In this case, the meat cooked in the morning will be warm even in the afternoon. This is a very useful and pleasant feature, especially for the parents of a school student who will be coming home in the afternoon and will not have to warm up food.
Recipe 1: Meat in a crock-pot "under a fur coat"
An excellent potato casserole! You will spend a little more than an hour on this recipe. As the main ingredient, we recommend choosing tender meats, such as pork. The result is an ideal diet lunch containing one hundred grams of just 180 kcal. In a slow cooker, we lay all the components in layers.
Ingredients:
- pork fillet 300 gr.
- 400 gr. potato
- a pair of onion heads
- two large tomatoes
- sour cream 2 table. spoons (can be replaced with mayonnaise)
- 100 gr. hard cheese
- greens to choose from, pepper and salt
Cooking method:
1. We cut the meat medium-sized, finely chop the onion, and peeled the potatoes through a coarse grater. We spread the meat in the first layer to the bottom of the multicooker form, the second layer - onion, the third - raw potatoes.
2. Cut the tomatoes in half rings, roll the slices in sour cream (mayonnaise) and spread the fourth layer. Each layer is a little pepper and salted.
3. Set the mode of "baking" or "baking" for one hour. When the slow cooker notifies the signal, sprinkle the dish with grated or chopped straws cheese and favorite herbs. After which we leave the meat heated for 10 minutes to melt the cheese.
Recipe 2: Meat in a slow cooker - beef with prunes
Amazing dish, despite all its simplicity! Prunes will give it a certain piquancy. The food will ideally fit into each person’s daily healthy menu.
Ingredients:
- beef pulp 1 kg
- 5-6 onion heads
- 20 prunes
- tomato paste 4 tbsp. spoons
- Borodino bread half a loaf
- sunflower or any rast. flavourless oil 2 table. spoons
- sugar, bay leaf, salt, pepper to taste
Cooking method:
1. Thoroughly wash the meat, cut into medium pieces. Onion cut into half rings.
2. Fry the meat in a slow cooker, using the "frying" mode, for ten minutes, then fall asleep onion and after 5-7 minutes - prunes, water and tomato paste. Set the device to the "stew" mode and simmer the dish for 60 minutes.
While the meat is being stewed, gradually add the bread crumb to the dish, mixing well. At the end of cooking (for 5-10 minutes), add salt, pepper and bay leaf. Before serving, sprinkle with your favorite greens. A delicious, and most importantly, healthy dish is ready!
Recipe 3: Meat in a slow cooker - steam cutlets
Steam cutlets cooked in a slow cooker are a very healthy and dietary dish. Any type of meat is suitable for their preparation: pork, lamb, beef, rabbit or chicken - it all depends on individual preferences.
Ingredients:
- 500 gr. any meat
- 2 bow heads
- 3 cloves of garlic
- half a loaf of white bread
- breadcrumbs
- 2 chicken eggs
Cooking method:
1. Make minced meat: we pass through a meat grinder chopped meat, onions, white bread, garlic. Dilute the minced meat with two eggs, season with salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.
2. We form round minced meat patties, bread them in breadcrumbs.
3. Pour water into the multicooker to the desired mark, put the patties and set the appliance to the "steam cooking" mode. Tomim for 35-40 minutes. Steam cutlets are ready to serve. Enjoy your meal.
Recipe 4: Meat in a slow cooker with vegetables
Each hostess tries to make her culinary masterpieces not only tasty, but also as useful as possible. The meat with vegetables cooked in a slow cooker is the perfect combination that will surprise all family members. With vegetables, you can experiment and select as you wish, we choose non-rigid meat.
Ingredients:
- pork (or other meat) 500 gr.
- carrot 1 medium piece
- large onion head
- 3 medium potatoes
- 150-200 gr. cabbage
- 100 gr. mushrooms (champignons) lightly fried
- the oil grows. 2 tablespoons
- tomato paste 1 tbsp. spoon
- cream 2 table. spoons
- salt pepper
Cooking method:
1. The meat is cut into small flat plastics, if necessary, beat off the pieces. Onion cut into half rings.
2. Pour oil into the capacity of the multicooker, put meat and onions, salt and pepper to taste. We turn on the device in baking mode and fry the ingredients for 20 minutes.
3. While the products are fried, clean, cut carrots, potatoes and cabbage. After 20 minutes, add meat to vegetables, lay and fried mushrooms. Stew the dish in the "stew" mode for one hour. Then add the cream, tomato paste and simmer again for about an hour. As a result, a tasty and very healthy dish is ready!
Recipe 5. Stew in a slow cooker
According to this recipe, the meat is tender, juicy and mouth-watering.
Ingredients Required:
- pork - 1 kg .;
- tomato juice - 1 cup;
- cloves of garlic - 2-3 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- rosemary, ground black pepper and salt.
Cooking method:
We start with the onion. We clean it from the scales and cut into thin half rings. Put the crock-pot in the pan and add a bit of oil.
We turn on the function of the multicooker "fry" and set the time - 15 minutes. Fry the chopped onion, and for now, quickly chop the meat into pieces, and after 5 minutes we will send it to the saucepan. Stir the contents of the bowl several times. Add tomato juice to the meat and add spices. We switch the mode to "stewing" and for an hour our dish will be cooked quietly, evaporating its aromas throughout the kitchen.
While the meat is being cooked, you have time to prepare a delicious side dish and vegetable salad for it.
Recipe 6. Cabbage with meat
Ingredients Required:
- cabbage - 1 kg .;
- meat - 0.5 kg .;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- spices, salt, ground black pepper,
- vegetable oil and water - half a glass.
Cooking method:
We cut the meat into cubes with a side of 3-4 cm. On the slow cooker, set the function "baking". Pour a little oil into the bowl and send cubes of meat to it to fry. Cooking meat is enough for 25 minutes, and during this time we will prepare the following ingredients. Dice the onion and grate the carrot. Thin straws shred white cabbage.
So, after 25 minutes, add the grated carrot and chopped onion to the meat and continue to cook the contents in the same mode for about 10-15 minutes. If you wish, you can now add the tomatoes, after cutting them into cubes or tomato sauce.
After 15 minutes, send shredded cabbage to the pan, switch to the "baking" mode and set the cooking time - 40 minutes. Pour half a glass of boiled water to the dish, close the lid of the multicooker and let it cook. Several times during cooking you will need to mix the contents of the bowl. In parallel, you can prepare a side dish or go about your business.
When the signal from the multicooker sounds, open the lid and mix all the ingredients again. Now you can add chopped greens to the dish.
Recipe 7. Buckwheat with meat as a merchant in a slow cooker
Ingredients Required:
- buckwheat - 1 glass;
- meat (pork or veal) - 400 g;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- nutmeg - 0.5 tsp;
- ground black pepper and salt;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp.
For steaming, prepare the following ingredients: beets and foil.
Cooking method:
First, cut the onions into cubes, and you can cut the carrots into straws. In the bowl of the multicooker we send a little vegetable oil along with chopped products. Turn on the baking function for 30 minutes. We lower the lid and after 15 minutes we will send the meat to them in cubes. Add salt and spices and continue cooking.
While everything is cooked in the multicooker, it is steamed to stew, rinse the buckwheat and after the corresponding multicooker signal, add it to the bowl and pour 3-4 multi-glasses of water.
Peel the beets and cut it into 4 parts. We wrap each piece of beetroot in foil and put it in a basket for cooking vegetables for a couple and insert it into the slow cooker. Now close the lid, set the buckwheat mode and cook according to the default time on your slow cooker. Everything, the dish is ready.
Recipe 8. Potato with meat - a recipe for a slow cooker
Ingredients Required:
- potato - 6 pcs.;
- pork - 0.5 kg;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- head of garlic;
- bay leaf - 1 pc.;
- salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
We will prepare the meat and immediately cut it into cubes. Pour a little oil into the bowl, salt it and pepper to your liking. Peel the carrot root and cut into circles. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices. Send carrots and potatoes to the bowl for meat, salt and pepper. Pour 4 cups of water, there we will send a small leaf of laurel. We turn on the quenching mode, the timer - 1 hour 10 minutes.
For 15 minutes, at the end of the program, lower the whole head of garlic into the multicooker bowl. When the dish is cooked, remove the garlic, and put the cooked dish on serving plates.
Recipe 9. Pea porridge with meat - a recipe for a slow cooker
Ingredients Required:
- peas - 1 glass;
- ham - 150 g;
- smoked brisket - 150 g;
- vegetable oil - 4 tbsp;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Cooking method:
To prepare the dish, first rinse the required amount of peas, pour it with cold water and set for 2 hours to swell and soften. Then drain the water, rinse the peas again and throw it in a colander. Put the peas in the bowl of the multicooker and fill with water. Water should cover the peas completely. We turn on the "multi-cook" function, set the temperature to 90 * C, and set the timer for 2 hours. While the peas are cooked, cut into cubes smoked brisket and ham. Half an hour before readiness, we send the brisket cubes to the peas and close the lid and cook until the signal. Then, when the multicooker signal sounds, we switch the function to “heating”, send the cubes or strips (whatever you prefer) of the ham to the ingredients and stand the porridge for another 5 minutes under the closed lid. Pour the finished dish with vegetable oil and serve.
Your smoked pea porridge is ready.
Recipe 10. Meat with mushrooms - a recipe for a slow cooker
Ingredients Required:
- veal - 600 g;
- onion - 2 pcs.;
- cream - 100 ml;
- sour cream - 100 ml .;
- fresh champignons - 200 g;
- flour - 1 tbsp;
- olive oil - 50 ml .;
- salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
Dried meat after washing, cut into slices 1 cm thick. We beat them off slightly with a hammer, then cut the slices of meat across the fibers into strips 1.5 cm wide. Roll each stripe in flour and shake off the excess.
Cut the mushrooms into slices, and chop the onion into cubes.
In a saucepan of our multicooker we pour a bit of olive oil, send the onions and fry it in a translucent mode to a translucent color. Add mushrooms and cook another 10 minutes. After that we add strips of meat and cook another 10 minutes. Now add sour cream and cream, close the lid and turn on the "multi-cook" function. Set the timer for 30 minutes at a temperature of 120 degrees.
While our dish is being prepared, you can prepare a side dish for it, for example, mashed potatoes. Prepare a salad of fresh vegetables and, when the dish is cooked in a slow cooker, put it on top of mashed potatoes and serve it to your guests.
Recipe 11. Baked meat in a slow cooker
Ingredients Required:
- pork neck - 1 kg .;
- cloves of garlic - 3 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- paprika, pepper and salt;
- zira.
Cooking method:
Select the number of spices for meat as you wish.
We are taken for meat. We take a beautiful piece of meat, wash it under the tap.With the tip of a knife, make a few cuts into the meat inland. This is done so that it can be easier to soak in spices and become juicier.
Finely chop the onion, grind the garlic cloves on a fine grater.
Pour the prepared piece of meat with olive oil and wipe with your hands. Sprinkle onion, garlic and spices on top of the oil. In those cuts that you made with a knife, push the onion with garlic. Wrap the prepared piece of meat in foil and carefully seal it so that juice does not leak.
We set the "baking" mode, the timer - 1 hour and lower the wrapped piece of meat. I recommend pouring a little water into the bowl, so that by accident during cooking the bottom of the bowl does not burn.
In an hour your meat will be ready. Such boiled pork can be served hot immediately to the table, or you can unfold it from the foil and let it cool. Cut into beautiful pieces and serve as a cold snack.
Recipe 12. Meat with vegetables in a slow cooker
Ingredients Required:
- pork - 600 g;
- broth - 1 glass;
- paprika - 2 tbsp .;
- butter - 50 g;
- pepper and salt of 0.5 tsp.
Cooking method:
Dice the onion. Put the butter on the bottom of the bowl, turn on the "fry" mode and fry the onions in it. Next we send the meat cubes. Fry it all together for another 10 minutes, then add paprika and mix well. We add broth to the meat, add ground pepper and salt and turn on the “cook” mode. Bring the broth in the bowl to a boil and switch the mode to "stew", set the timer for 40 minutes. At the end, add sour cream and switch to "heating" mode. Hold the dish for another 5 minutes, and can serve.
Meat in a slow cooker - useful tips
Before you cook meat in this wonderful automated device, make sure that it is young (pink) and not too wiry. Only then, a dish cooked in a slow cooker will turn out to be truly tasty and juicy. You should also consider the older the meat, the more time it takes to process it to make it soft enough.
Comments
As a result, the meat simply burned in the cartoon and all the products were spoiled. A terrible recipe.
