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A Look at Making Pasta in the Crock Pot

Perfect pasta can be made using your crock-pot. With a few tips, you will get delicious pasta every time. There are many different ways to make pasta with crock-pot recipes. It all depends on what recipe you are making.

Cooking Pasta as a Separate Step

In some recipes, it is recommended to cook your pasta completely before adding it to your recipe. Alternatively, your crock-pot contents might be served on a bed of noodles. You may find this works well with stroganoff, roasted meats with sauces, and other similar recipes.

Some recipes may ask you to partially cook your pasta in boiling water until it is just barely tender. They then suggest adding the semi-cooked pasta to the crock-pot for the last half hour or so of cooking. You may use this technique with dishes like chicken Alfredo, casseroles and other meals. This method allows the noodles to finish cooking in the crock-pot, soaking up some of the flavors in the sauce.

Making the pasta separately is more work than just using the crock-pot. However, taking the time to boil your water and cook the pasta just right gives you perfect noodles when you need them. This technique is not appropriate for all recipes, however.

Everything in the Crock-Pot at Once

Some recipes that you find for the crock-pot call for uncooked pasta. They mean less work for you, though in most cases the pasta is still added in towards the end. This technique works well for homemade chicken noodle soup, ramen, or goulash. Standard types of pasta should be added to your crock-pot about half an hour to an hour before serving. If you are making a ramen soup, the thin noodles only take about 10 to 15 minutes to cook if your crock-pot is on the high setting.

You will also find recipes that need the pasta added at the very beginning. An example of this type of dish would be crock-pot lasagna. Macaroni and cheese is also nice and creamy in the crock-pot, but it is a dish that only takes about 90 minutes to 2 hours to cook. Leaving it any longer will result in mushy noodles. Baked ziti, stuffed shells, and thicker casseroles will have this requirement. Watch your cooking time, because these dishes often do not take all day to cook. Overcooked noodles will be soft and shapeless.

Pasta does just fine in the crock-pot. All you need to do for success is to use the right approach for each recipe. Pasta is more delicate than something like beans are, so keep an eye on the cooker until you know how the recipe will work. Sometimes it may take a few times to get it right.

You will soon be feeding your family delicious meals featuring pasta from your crock-pot. Pasta is true comfort food, and it has never been easier then when you master the skill of simple slow cooked pasta dish that the family will just adore. So next time you make pasta instead of leaving the crock-pot to collect dust in the cupboard take it out and discover how easy crock-pot pasta is.

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Answer by Kimberly
*********CHICKEN CACCIATORE
3 to 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 sm. can sliced olives
1 sm. onion, chopped
2 each celery stock, sliced
1 c. mushrooms, slices
1 c. carrots (optional) or any vegetable desired
1 pkg. macaroni (shells, elbow, etc.)
Cut chicken in bite size pieces. In crock pot, combine chicken, spaghetti sauce, olives, onion, celery, mushrooms and carrots. Cook on low 6 to 7 hours or high 3 to 4 hours. Cook macaroni. Place macaroni in bowl, spoon Chicken Cacciatore over. Great with french bread and a salad.

*******CROCK POT BBQ CHICKEN
4 to 6 pieces chicken
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup barbecue sauce

Place chicken in the bottom of the slow cooker and pour ketchup and barbecue sauce over the top of the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

NOTE: Try adding one chopped onion for a delicious flavor.

******CROCK POT CHICKEN SUPREME
4-6 chicken breasts
Bacon strips
1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1 (8 oz.) carton sour cream
Dash of garlic powder
Wrap chicken with bacon. Place in crock pot. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Cook all day on medium high. Serve over rice. Serves 4-6.

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Question by rf0t0: alternative to a slow cooker? I want to cook a pot roast but the slow cooker isn't big enough?
the recipe i plan to use is this one; http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Awesome-Slow-Cooker-Pot-Roast/Detail.aspx . So what is an alternative i could use?

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Answer by kim t
great website, you can cut the potroast in sections to fit the crock pot... its going to fall apart anyway...

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Look to the South for the Best Crock Pot Recipes

Most people are completely unaware of it, but in the Deep South pot cooking is a specialty. Soups just don't fit into a southerners diet. Rather they prefer stews that can be eaten alone with a nice big hunk of warm bread or ladled over a plate full of rice.

In fact if you were walk into any restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans, back in the kitchen they will have someone who carries the title of “pot cook”. This will be the chef thats responsible for anything that is slow cooked in a pot and there is a veritable cornucopia of dishes prepared this way down there.

The one thing that too many crock pot cooks fail to do, is to prepare a rue to base their stew off of. This is done by pouring about a half a cup of veritable oil into a pan and than adding about a half a cup of plain white flour to it. Carefully stir the rue on light heat until it's a nice dark golden brown but “not burnt”.

A nicely prepared rue is why so many of the simpler crock pot recipes such as leek & potato stew that you will find in the south will leave you wanting to lick your plate. Now making a perfect rue does take a little practice, so if your's has burnt taste when it's done then  toss it out. A rue should have a nice nutty flavor.

If beans aren't your cup of tea then you haven't tried beans the way they're cooked in Southern Louisiana. They take beans serriously down there and the finished pruduct reflects this well. You're going to have to cook your beans all day in a crock pot until they are the consistency of a gravy. Also don't forget to toss in some bacon or pork fat.

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How To Make Less Expensive Cuts Of Meat Tender

Step 1

Briskly rub the inside skin of a fresh papaya on both sides of steaks and chops, then cover the meat with the papaya skins and refrigerate for two hours. Papain, an enzyme in unripe papaya, is the main ingredient in many commercial meat tenderizers.

Step 2

Before grilling meat, use an acidic marinade to break down the meat’s tough fibers. Vinegar, wine, salad dressing, and citrus juice all qualify. Pour the marinade in a plastic bag or shallow dish – never aluminum, which can affect taste. Add the meat, and let sit in the fridge for an hour. Use enough marinade to cover the meat.

Step 3

Pour red or white wine over roasts and let them sit in the fridge for a couple of hours before cooking.

Steep a frozen roast in a wine bath as it defrosts in the refrigerator; as it thaws, it will absorb some of the wine. Turn the meat every half hour or so.

Step 4

Soften liver by soaking it in milk for two hours, or in tomato juice for three hours, in the fridge. Pat it dry before cooking.

Step 5

Use a meat mallet to pound less tender cuts of meat, like bottom round, cube, and flank steaks.

Step 6

After roasting it for about 30 minutes, take a ham out of the oven and pour a can of regular cola, not diet, over it. Return it to the oven and finish cooking. Along with tenderizing it, it caramelizes the crust and neutralizes saltiness. You can also use cola to tenderize brisket, skirt steaks, pot roast, and short ribs.

Try ginger ale on tough cuts; fresh ginger contains an enzyme that tenderizes meat.

Step 7

Include a tablespoon of vinegar in any stew recipe that uses inexpensive cuts of meat.

Step 8

Cook meat on a low heat over a long period of time in a Crock-Pot or Dutch oven. A slow braise can turn the toughest piece of meat into butter.

Pork is the most produced meat on the planet.

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Answer by Robert
This is a favorite recipe of mine:

http://www.gourmet-food-revolution.com/beef-pot-roast-recipe.html

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• Programmable 6-cup cooker with computerized clay-heating technology
• All-natural clay cooking pot; cupped heating pad for even heating; timer
• 4 pre-programmed settings--rice, brown rice, stew, and soup
• Double-lid design creates micro-pressure; 50-percent more energy efficient
• Measures approximately 10-3/5 by 10-1/5 by 9-3/5 inches

Mineral rich VitaClay known as Zisha clay is well known in Asia for its superior cooking qualities. For over 3,000 years, Chinese cultures have appreciated VitaClay because it absorbs and retains heat superbly, making it the ideal material to create pottery for cooking. Thanks to its slightly porous nature and low thermal conductivity, VitaClay absorbs heat while maintaining a steady temperature, so it’s excellent for rice or slow cooking. It brings out rich flavors and texture of food. Additionally, VitaClay cooking bowl has natural nonstick cooking surface that is unglazed, so no chemicals or aluminum contacting your food! VitaClay Rice N’Slow cooker is one of the healthiest ways to cook rice or prepare a meal. By stewing foods rather than sautéing or frying, you can cook dishes that are low in fat and cholesterol. This translates to delicious meals that are good for you! And VitaClay can be used for preparing all kinds of cuisines, from Italian and Mexican to American and Asian. Best of all, the VitaClay is easy to use. “Set and forget” feature is perfect for busy cooks! In just a few simple steps, you can prepare a satisfying and nutritional meal! The cooker has four settings (Rice, Brown Rice, Stew and Soup) with programmable cooking time from 30 minutes up to 12 hours! It’s like having an automatic gourmet chef right in your kitchen!

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Question by Val: What is the difference between crock pots and slow cookers?
I have a crock pot that my mom gave me a while back but i always find slow cooker recipes but not as many for a crock pot. So I just wanted to know the difference.

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Answer by Boo.
There is no difference. Crock Pot started out as a brand name of slow cookers- kind of like how we call all facial tissue Kleenex.

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