How do you roast
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Topic: How do you roast
Posted By: Hunnybunny
Subject: How do you roast
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 11:43am
a chicken in a slow cooker?? Last time I tried someone told me to put a cup of water in, and it just came out like yuck boiled chicken 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 11:50am
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I chuck the whole thing in - don't add any water and set it to low - it doesn't brown the same as in the oven but its still yum. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: pekay
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 11:51am
| Df use to put a cup of water in the oven when roasting a chicken (like an actual cup of water, still in the cup). I think it makes it more moist? |
Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 11:58am
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How long does it take to cook??? Still the same as roasting it in the oven?
I got told to put a little bit of butter in the bottom- has anyone done that??? |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 12:03pm
| I just put it in with some seasoning, no liquid, breast side down and do it on high for 3 1/2 hours (depends on the size of the bird of course) |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 12:37pm
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I don't put water, just the chicken, but I do put seasoning in the bottom, onions etc. And breast side down. Usually do it with a size 14, on low and it takes about 7 hours in ours. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 2:08pm
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Alright so I might take the butter out? It's only a little chicken- was a frozen one. (but thawed it out over night)
Might cook some nice veges then if it turns to crap I'll just shred it up and put it in a pot and make soup... LOL! |
Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 3:44pm
| So its on, and I threw in some cubed potato, parsnip and kumara, apparently the veges come up nice? Eeeek, we'll see! At least I have a back up plan if it doesn't!!! Also threw in some chopped up onions, mixed herbs, and I'm not sure what else to put in?? Hhmm. Fingers crossed!! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 3:55pm
I'm sure you could add butter, I've never tried but I guess you could like butter it up? lol  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 4:05pm
Lol. I have no idea what I'm doing. Oh well. Getting DH to go to shop on way home to get extra veges for if it fails  Then we'll just have chicken and vege soup!
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 4:10pm
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All I remember is that you put the vege on the bottom & sit the chook on it???? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 4:26pm
| I don't like the way veges come out, I like my veges roasted, not steamed. |
Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 4:31pm
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If I remember right, you put a little bit of water in the bottom, get an ovenproof small plate, tip it over in the bottom of the slow cooker, then sit the chicken on top?? Never tried it mysef, so will be watching to see your report lol! I'm using mine today too, just doing a basic beef casserole, tomorow is lamb knuckles!! We need a drooling smily on here lol!! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 4:41pm
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Yup, veges in bottom is what we do. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 4:59pm
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Oooooh I kinda put our veges on top. Oops. Oh well, doesn't matter too much- I'm ready to make soup
Hehehe. I'm so not a very good cook! Poor DH
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 5:16pm
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lol HB, its how we learn! I have made some royal screw-ups in my time! I had never used a crockpot when DP and I moved in with FIL... my first stew was a massive fail... too much water and forgot the stock, so it ended up really runny, and all the meat flavour went into the water! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 5:51pm
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Haha! That makes me feel better. Most people don't tell you about what they've screwed up, only that they are FABULOUS at making this and this and this... Lol!
I used one of those kings soup bases- got that cooking. Chicken doesn't look too sh*t hot so will just shred it into there. Sorted haha... I've made some right screw ups too, Luckily DH and our old flatmate usually just put a kg of tomato sauce on it and would eat it anyways! The old flatmate was just grateful to be fed -- Gotta love farm boys who will eat anything!!
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Posted By: _H_
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 6:02pm
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HB- last nights tea was yuck so we ended up having toast! tonight we are having have bacon and eggs because its easy and i cant stuff it up!
in my defence im still young (like you) and learning ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 6:22pm
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Lol. Thats my excuse too! I can cook sausages and broccoli and potatoes, and make mean mince. So if its ever looking bad, least I know we could live off sausages etc
There needs to be like a handbook of things you should know when you move out of home. I really wish someone had told me the numbers on the washing machine were degrees, not just a random number that had something to do with the length of time your machine washes for. I had noo idea for AGES they were degrees. DUH!
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 6:23pm
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DH makes a MEAN cheese sauce though. Last time he made heaps and we got the muffin trays out and froze portions. Mine always ends up lumpy and yukky
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 May 2010 at 6:49pm
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Chicken was a flop No where near cooked and its been in there for ages... Oh well. These things happen. Guess its soup for tea! Least I know I can make edible soup....
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 May 2010 at 4:25pm
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bugger... i always put soy sauce on the chicken and rub it in and leave it in there for oh at least 4 hours i think... came out moist and falling off the bone! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 05 May 2010 at 4:52pm
| 4 hours on high should more than do it. Weird! |
Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 05 May 2010 at 5:11pm
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Bizzy do you put anything in there with it, like water, or just straight in on its own? I want to do a roast now that the weathers taken a bit of a chill, but dont want to go through all the drama of switching pans halfway through, adding this, tipping out that etc etc... ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 06 May 2010 at 10:34am
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Haha oooohh the screw-ups I've made.....
I remember feeding DP cold cooked spud, half-defrosted frozen vege and burnt chops LOL the sweet guy forced it down and complimented me  I'd not been organised so all the end times just got mucked up. I've done a few corkers since getting preg with Ty too hahaha the fish and chip shop love us
I rub the chicken with butter, garlic, tamari and salt then chuck it in first thing in the morning. I keep it off the bottom of the crockpot and sometime during the early afternoon I might drizzle abit of the drained off liquid back over it to baste but only if I remember. About 30 minutes before we eat I pop it in the oven to crisp the skin up. -------------   
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