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    Your guide to slow cooking

    Sep 22, 2022 5 minutes
    words and recipes GOOD FOOD TEAM

    The BBC Good Food website is filled with popular slow-cooker collections, and for good reason. Slow cookers are a hard-working kitchen gadget, and they can do it all, from curries and roasts, to puddings and drinks. They are a great budget purchase as they are inexpensive to buy, efficient and economical to run. Slow cookers and pressure cookers are excellent for cooking cheaper cuts of meat and batch-cooking to fill your freezer. The hands-off approach to cooking means you are not bound to the stove. Just add the ingredients and let it do the work for you.

    How long?

    You can adapt most recipes to a slow cooker using our handy guide below:

    If a dish usually takes:

    ● 15-30 mins 1-2 hrs on high or 4-6 hrs on low

    ● 30 mins-1 hr 2-3 hrs on high or 5-7 hrs on low

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