Converting a Recipe for your CrockPot
By
tony buel
Crockpots vary but the low to serve.
setting is typically around
100 Add your spices at the end.
degrees and its high setting
is around 300 degrees. If a stovetop recipe calls
for 15-30 minutes, the
Knowing this, it is fairly crockpot
easy to convert most recipes should cook it for 1 1/2 - 2
for 1/2 hrs at a high temperature
use in your slow cooker. and 4 - 8 hours at its low
Some adjusments to cooking temperature setting.
times
will be a judgement call on If a stovetop recipe calls
your part, but some simple for 35-45 minutes, the
guidelines should help. Just crockpot
follow a few simple rules should cook it for 3-4 hrs at
and you're on your way. a high temperature setting
and 6 - 10 hours at its low
You should decrease the temperature setting.
liquid since it does not boil
away If a stovetop recipe calls
in a crockpot. for 50 min to 3 hours, the
crockpot
Add cheeses and other milk should cook it for 4 - 6 hrs
product towards the end of at a high temperature setting
your and 8 - 16 hours at its low
cooking since they tend to temperature setting.
break down if they are cooked
for too long. Following these guidelines
will allow you to be
Brown any ground beef before able to convert a stovetop
adding to the crockpot. It recipe to its delicious
will taste better and have slow cooking counterpart!
better texture this way.
Add rice and noodles at the Tony
end of your cooking as well. http://www.my-crockpot-
They will turn mushy if they recipes.com
are cooked too long. You can
cook these separately and
then combine them when it's
time
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