Never Lose Your Slow Cooker Again
4 Things to Know Before Making Slow-Cooker Recipes After developing hundreds of slow-cooker recipes in our test kitchen, we have learned a thing or Two about taking advantage of this appliance. Despite all the testing we have done to make our recipes foolproof, with a slow cooker is not an Exact science; the matter is that heating power varies tremendously among manufacturers of slow cookers. So as you are following our recipes, here are a couple of things you will need to know. Use the Time Ranges In general, for our recipes we give either 1- or 2-hour ranges (and a Wide Variety of cooking Times) as guidelines for how long a recipe should be cooked. More delicate and exacting Recipes with fish and leaner cuts of meat have the shorter time range (and shorter cooking Times); we found this narrower range to be more reliable. You make one of those recipes you check for doneness at the lower end of the range. Get Acquainted with Your Slow Cooker While all ovens set to 350 degrees will do