Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Slow Cooker Liners



Dear Inventor,
I can't tell you how much I LOVE your invention: Slow Cooker Liners. I love crock pot cooking, in fact, I have 4 crock pots! Your product helps make cooking in the crock pot so easy...and easy to clean up! I love to use the liners when I cook a whole ham, or a whole rotisserie style chicken. Thank you for being so smart!

Sincerely,
A grateful woman who loves convenient cooking

For a whole rotisserie style chicken: place liner in your crock pot. Put chicken in pot, breasts up. If you don't want the neck and giblets, discard them prior to placing chicken in the crockpot...it will cook a bit faster. Sprinkle with a little seasoning if desired (I use season salt), no need to add water! Cook on High for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours. If your chicken is frozen, add 2 extra hours of cooking time on High, or 4 extra hours on low.

You can eat the chicken, and it is super moist and tender. You can also shred the chicken and use it for a whole variety of things: salads, pastas, enchiladas, burritos, tacos...my recipe list goes on!

If you want to cook a ham in your crock pot, but are concerned because "the lid won't fit on"...never fear! Thank you Aluminum Foil! Place your ham in the crock-pot...however it fits best, and then cover the top opening with aluminum foil (like a lid covers the opening, you want the foil to insulate...it is ok if the foil touches the ham!). Then cook! A general rule of thumb is that most meats will reach their appropriate internal temperature after 4 hours.

In numbers: Low crock pot temperature is generally about 170 degrees F, and High temperature is around 200 degrees F. The best way to know that your meat is done, is to use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature. Generally beef should be 170 degrees, and poultry should be 190 degrees. Instructions on your ham will usually tell you what the internal temperature should be.

Also, if you cook on low, you can assume to add 4 hours more than high. For example if you cook 3 hours on high, you would cook 7 hours on low, or 4 hours on high would cook 8 hours on low.

Using the slow cooker liner makes clean-up so easy. You can just pull the actual meat out of the crockpot, leaving all the juices and bones in the bag. Simply remove bag from the crockpot, tie it off, and toss it in the trash! All you have to do is a simple rinse of your crock-pot, and you're all done! How easy is that?

1 comment:

  1. Thanks to Mindy's link of facebook this is my first time reading this and I love the useful tips! I will definetly use the roticery chicken recipe, I have always wondered how.

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