It’s no secret that slow cookers are a great add on for every kitchen since they can deliver some of the tastiest foods. It’s also great that it does most of the cooking for you, just follow the recipe, and you can leave it slow cooking for the time needed, be it minutes or hours.
Today we’ll share a few of our favorite and easy slow cooking recipes, so start preparing your slow cooker.
Contents
Slow-cooked lamb curry
Source: Allrecipes UK
This slow-cooked lamb curry is a very tasty meal, which is our personal favorite.
Ingredients needed:
- 5 cardamom pods
- 4 cloves
- 2 tsp. mace
- 600-700g lamb leg, diced
- 3cm piece of ginger, grated
- 5 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 2 tsp. cumin
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 2 tsp. hot chili powder
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 small onions or 1 large one, sliced
- 3 tbsp. tomato puree
- 350ml chicken stock
- 75g Greek yogurt
- 3 tbsp. chopped coriander
- ½ tsp. asafoetida
Cooking instructions
- Plaster the cardamom seeds and cloves into a mortar. Grind as fine as you can and pour them in a large bowl. Add the diced lamb, garlic, mace, and chili powder. Mix good, cover and leave in the fridge for about 3-4 hours or just leave it overnight.
- Heat half of the oil in a frying pan over medium to high heat. Cook meat until brown and add to the slow cooker bowl.
- Add the remaining oil to the frying pan and add the cumin, asafetida and the cinnamon stick. Cook for about 1 min then add the onion. After 10 minutes the onion will begin to soften, this is when you add the tomato puree and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil then add it in the slow cooker together with the lamb.
- Season well with salt and black pepper and cook on low for about 4 hours. Switch off the heat, stir in the Greek yogurt. Taste and season if needed.
Serve with rice and bread and enjoy this awesome and tasty meal.
If you’re looking for more tasty meals you should check out slowcookerkitchen.com
Slow cooker chicken piccata
Source: LaaLoosh
Our second recipe choice for today is this awesome and tasty Italian dish, chicken piccata.
Ingredients
- 700g chicken breast
- 2 lemons
- 200ml chicken stock
- 120g unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 250 ml white wine
- 3 tbsp. capers
- Handful of parsley, chopped
Cooking instructions
- Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and start adding the chicken breasts. Cook both sides until golden and brown. Remove from pan and add to slow cooker. Slice up the lemon into thin slices and juice the remaining other one. Add the slices to the slow cooker along with the chicken stock. Season and cook on high for about an hour and a half.
- Once the chicken is cooked through, melt 80g of butter in a saucepan. Once it’s melted pour in the wine, capers, 60ml of lemon juice and the chicken cooking liquid. Cook on medium to high heat until reduced by half. Switch off the heat and stir in the remaining 40g of butter. Season to taste.
- Serve with sauce drizzled over the chicken and with mashed potatoes or rice.
These were our 2 favorite dishes, so pick any of these two and you will certainly have an amazing meal.
