Slow cooker stews.

[Chris Hobson]

Like Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spratt, my wife and I have slightly differing tastes. I don't eat meat, she doesn't like curry. Recently we have been experimenting with making stews in our slow cooker and freezing them in batches, each to our own tastes and dietary requirements. No recipes involved here, basically we just wing it. With a veggie stew being a bit bland, I experimented by throwing in a jar of Rogan Josh curry sauce into mine. I made up the liquid level with a batch of onion gravy. It came out quite well. With just a few tatoes in it the carb level is pretty low, although we would normally eat it with a couple of slices of bread. Because the curry sauce was diluted somewhat, I found it not quite spicy enough so I'm making today's batch with a Madrass curry sauce instead to hopefully hot it up a bit. I put mushrooms in it so this time I made it up with a can of mushroom soup and a little water. It is bubbling away in the kitchen as I type and it smells divine.

 

[Leadinglights]

Like Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spratt, my wife and I have slightly differing tastes. I don't eat meat, she doesn't like curry. Recently we have been experimenting with making stews in our slow cooker and freezing them in batches, each to our own tastes and dietary requirements. No recipes involved here, basically we just wing it. With a veggie stew being a bit bland, I experimented by throwing in a jar of Rogan Josh curry sauce into mine. I made up the liquid level with a batch of onion gravy. It came out quite well. With just a few tatoes in it the carb level is pretty low, although we would normally eat it with a couple of slices of bread. Because the curry sauce was diluted somewhat, I found it not quite spicy enough so I'm making today's batch with a Madrass curry sauce instead to hopefully hot it up a bit. I put mushrooms in it so this time I made it up with a can of mushroom soup and a little water. It is bubbling away in the kitchen as I type and it smells divine.

I always found slow cooker made things too liquid unless you put a lot less in than you think you need to.
I tend to use the Pataks curry pastes rather than a sauce as they are lower carb.

 

[s'nic]

I always found slow cooker made things too liquid unless you put a lot less in than you think you need to.
I tend to use the Pataks curry pastes rather than a sauce as they are lower carb.

I always put less liquid in a slow cooker (it's easy to add more later if needed)
I still got caught out tho - I used it to make a mushroom stroganoff sauce. Used a LOT of mushrooms, and damn, never saw so much liquid 😳. Next time I do that I need to start with a teeny tiny amount of water.

 

[Chris Hobson]

That's what the bread is for.

 

[s'nic]

This lot was excessive, I'd have needed a loaf 😱
I was a reminder not to get ambushed by mushrooms again

 

[silver minion]

I am a fan of the Patak's curry pastes too. My hubby likes more chilli in his food than I do. I will normally add a heaped tablespoon of full fat yoghurt just before serving mine. If it's not hot enough for him a liberal splash of encona Caroline reaper sauce sorts that out.
We are fans of currys, chilli's and beef stew. Great after a cold day working in the garden.

 

[Leadinglights]

I am a fan of the Patak's curry pastes too. My hubby likes more chilli in his food than I do. I will normally add a heaped tablespoon of full fat yoghurt just before serving mine. If it's not hot enough for him a liberal splash of encona Caroline reaper sauce sorts that out.
We are fans of currys, chilli's and beef stew. Great after a cold day working in the garden.

Their range of pickles are good as well, we like the aubergine one particularly but they are all good.