Stew is a tasty hearty product, usually hidden just in case by the hostess in each house. It’s very convenient to always keep a jar on hand, because if necessary, you can quickly and easily prepare many delicious dishes for dinner, and just have a bite to eat, making a sandwich with it. Unfortunately, everyone knows that it is not always possible to trust the quality, composition, and technology of preparing purchased canned stews. Despite the inscriptions on the jar: “100% quality” or “100% meat”, often opening it, we find it’s not at all what we would like ...
The way out of such situations will be self-cooked homemade stew in a slow cooker. To do this, we need very little: meat, salt, spices (peppercorns and bay leaves), a slow cooker, jars for storing the finished product and the time is about 6 hours. The weight of the required meat is equal to the tare volume that you want to fill with stew. The variety of meat required is an amateur: pork, beef or even chicken. Fat is necessary for cooking stew, so if you choose meat that contains a small amount of fat or does not contain it at all, you will need fat cut from another piece.
The process of cooking meat according to the recipe "Stew in a slow cooker" is simple. To begin with, you need to wash the meat, cut into large pieces and lightly fry in the multicooker bowl . Select the "Baking" mode for 10-20 minutes. After this, salt, pepper (4-5 peas per 0.5 kg of meat) and bay leaf should be added to the bowl. Close the lid of the multicooker and turn on the "Extinguishing" mode for 5 hours. After the specified time, when a signal sounds at the end of the process, the stew in the slow cooker will be ready. Open the cover. All the fat in the meat is melted. The meat is soft and needs to be chopped. Now, having mixed the crushed stew, you need to boil it again for 5-10 minutes ("Baking" mode).
The prepared stew must be transferred to cans prepared and pasteurized using hot water, close tightly with lids, wait until it cools, and put in storage in the refrigerator. The stewed meat is kept frozen for about 2 months, and in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks.
As you can see, everything is simple and quite inexpensive, and now you are sure that you know everything about what is in the bank.
And you have a blank with which you can quickly cook delicious and beloved dishes. An example of one that is suitable even for a festive table as a side dish is potato with stew in a slow cooker. Cooking it due to the fact that you already have a stew requires virtually no effort. Peel and chop the potatoes as you like, for example, in large cubes or straws. Put it in the bowl of the multicooker. Then add chopped onion and chopped garlic. The next ingredient is stew. It should be thoroughly kneaded and mixed with potatoes. Add some salt and a few pieces of bay leaf. Stir again. Cook in the "Extinguishing" mode for 1.5 hours.
Another one of such and beloved dishes - pasta with stew in a slow cooker. To prepare this dish, a small amount of fat from the stew must be melted in the bowl of the device and fry the onions in it, which will take about 15 minutes in the "Baking" mode. After this time, you need to add pasta, spices, salt and water to the slow cooker, the level of which should equal the level of pasta. A dish is being prepared in the "Buckwheat" or "Pilaf" mode. After the sound signal announcing the end of the cooking process, the dish must be mixed.
As you can see, homemade stew in a slow cooker is a delicious dish and an invaluable assistant for every housewife.