slow cooker September

slow cooker September

Saturday, September 15, 2018

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Mongolian Beef

Ingredients

500g Frying Steak

2 Tbsp Cornflour

1/2 Cup Soy Sauce

1/2 Cup Water

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

1 Garlic Clove, minced

1 Red Pepper

1/2 Onion

Handful of Mushrooms

Scallion, to garnish

Method

1. Chop frying steak into strips, coat in cornflour and set aside. 

2. In the Slow Cooker, add the oil, water, soy sauce, sugar and garlic. Stir to combine.

3. Add steak to the slow cooker, coat in the sauce and cook on low for 4-5 hours.

4. 30 minutes before the end of cooking, add the chopped pepper, onion and mushrooms. Coat in the sauce and continue to cook.

5. Serve with Rice and top with some scallion to garnish. 

Slow Cooker September

Slow Cooker September

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Cola Gammon

Ingredients

700g Gammon Joint

1.75 Ltr Coke

3 Tbsp Honey

1 Tbsp Soy Sauce

1 Tsp Ground Ginger

1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard

Salt & Pepper

Whole Cloves

Method

1. Boil Gammon in pot of hot water for 5-10 minutes to remove excess salt.

2. Place in slow cooker, cover with coke and cook on low for 6 hours.

PREHEAT OVEN TO 180oC

3. Remove gammon from slow cooker and pierce with whole cloves (remove layer of fat if necessary beforehand) 

4. Make a glaze using honey, soy sauce, mustard and ginger. Season with salt and pepper.

5. Brush the glaze over the gammon and place on a baking tray.

6. Cook in the oven for 40-45 minutes.

7. Serve with accompaniments of choice and enjoy! 

Slow Cooker September

Slow Cooker September

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Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ingredients

3 Chicken Breasts

2 Tbsp Cornflour

Pepper, to season

2 Peppers

Small Tin of Pineapple

Sauce: 2 Tbsp Pineapple Juice

1/2 cup Ketchup

1/4 cup Soy Sauce

2 Tbsp Honey

2 Tbsp Brown Sugar

1 Tbsp Grated Ginger

2 Cloves Grated Garlic

Method

1. Chop chicken into chunks and coat in cornflour, fry for 2 minutes in a pan of hot oil and then pop into the slow cooker.

2. Make the sauce by combining all the ingredients and pour over the chicken. Stir to coat.

3. Set slow cooker to Low and cook for 3-4 hours.

4. Add pepper and pineapple and cook for a further 30 minutes. 

5. If sauce is too loose, thicken with a cornflour slurry or too thick, add a little water.

6. Serve over rice and enjoy.

Slow Cooker September

Slow Cooker September

Monday, September 3, 2018

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Honey and Garlic Chicken

To kick of "Slow Cooker September", I decided that I would start with this really tasty chicken dish! I normally make this yummy Honey and Garlic Chicken in a pan so I was intrigued to see if I could do it in the slow cooker too and, not to big myself up or anything, it was delicious! 

Ingredients

3 Chicken Breasts

1 Spring Onion, divided

3 Cloves of Garlic, minced

1 Tsp Grated Ginger

1/2 Cup Honey

3/4 Cup Soy Sauce

1 Tbsp Demerara Sugar

1 Tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar

 1 Tbsp Cornflour

Rice to Serve

Method

1. Place Chicken at the bottom of the Slow Cooker.

2. Make the sauce by combining Soy Sauce, Honey, Sugar, Garlic, Ginger, Rice Wine Vinegar and White part of Spring Onion in a bowl.

3. Add the mixture to the chicken.

4. Cook on LOW for 3-3.5 hours (this may take longer depending on the size of your chicken breasts)

5. After 3-3.5 hours, remove the chicken and using two forks, shred it and set aside.

6. Cook your Rice.

7. Pour the sauce into a saucepan and make a slurry using the Cornflour and 2 Tbsp Water. Add this to the sauce.

8. Heat the Sauce until its bubbling and starts to thicken. Throw the chicken into the pan with the sauce and toss to cover it completely.

9. That's you ready to serve and tuck in!

This chicken is delicious the next day as a pizza topping or in a hot baguette with cheese! It is even pretty tasty cold, so you could use it to brighten up a salad or in a sandwich.