One of the most useful and convenient functions in the Redmond multicooker is a delayed start, thanks to which the appliance will prepare a delicious dish for you completely without your participation. Now you don’t need to wake up early to make breakfast, or cook dinner for another hour after coming home from work, all this will be done for you by the kitchen utensils completely.
Function designation
First of all, let's figure out why a delayed start is required in the Redmond multicooker, the power button of which is in a prominent place. It turns out that this function allows you to turn on the cooking mode without having to be at this moment next to the kitchen utensils. You just need to set the time when the dish is ready, so that an hour before this point, the multicooker switches on spontaneously and starts the cooking process just some time before the start of cooking, which should be no more than 24 hours. Thus, in the evening you can lay the necessary ingredients in the technique, and in the morning, only after waking up, get an already prepared breakfast. Or in the morning you can throw some components into the slow cooker, and when the child comes from school, he will have a hot lunch. In the same way, you can also cook dinner by storing the products in advance in the device so that you do not bother with the preparation of food upon arrival from work.
Benefits of a Delay-Start Multicooker
The presence of a delayed start in the Redmond RMC multicooker and some other models of this company makes them much more valuable for cooks than multicookers without this function, since this technique has a number of advantages:
- Allows you to significantly save the time spent on cooking.
- It makes it possible to sleep peacefully and not think about preparing breakfast, and when you wake up, immediately get a delicious milk porridge or side dish.
- It works on the principle of a thermos, so even if you pour iced milk into a slow cooker 7-8 hours before cooking or put meat or semi-finished products, they will not go bad.
- If you linger and do not come to eat on time, then in the slow cooker the food heating will turn on spontaneously, so that the food at your arrival will be hot and tasty.
- Despite the fact that you can cook on a delayed start only in the modes "Buckwheat", "Pilaf" or "Milk porridge", this function allows you to make a huge number of different dishes.
How to set a delayed start on a Redmond multicooker
Some hostesses after buying a multicooker do not immediately understand how to use such an unfamiliar and strange function as a delayed start. But in fact, everything here is as simple as possible and does not require any special skills.
First of all, you should make sure that the correct current time is set on the multicooker by checking the exact clock.
Next, we put in the multicooker bowl all the products that are needed to prepare the dish.
After that, in the menu, select the desired cooking mode.
Then we press the “Delayed Start” button, and two cells will appear on the screen, one of which is for the morning, and the other for the evening.
Select the desired cell and press the "Timer" button, after which by pressing the "+" and "-" buttons we select the time by which the food should be ready, taking into account that the dish will be cooked for an hour.
After which it remains to press the "Start" button, and you can go about your business.
Making breakfast
If you haven’t figured out how to put off a delayed start in the Redmond multicooker, let's try to understand this using the example of cooking breakfast. For example, at 7.30 in the morning you want to enjoy milk porridge. To do this, for example, at 9.30 p.m., put your favorite cereal, sugar and salt to your liking and butter in a multicooker bowl, pour everything with ice milk, and then mix with a wooden spoon that will not scratch the bottom of the kitchen utensils.
Now we calculate that 10 hours remain before the appointed time. Next, on the multicooker control panel, press the "Menu" button, where we select "Milk porridge", then press the "Timer" or "Set time" button (depending on the multicooker model) and select the cooking time, which should be one hour less than the calculated that is 9 hours.
Then we press "Start", we go about our business and go to bed, and the crock-pot will turn on exactly after 9 hours, so that at 7.30 in the morning the milk porridge is ready.
Cooking dinner
Now let's try to figure out how to enable a delayed start in the Redmond slow cooker when preparing dinner. Actually, there will be exactly the same algorithm of actions as for cooking breakfast. For example, you want to come home at 19.00 and eat cutlets with porridge. To do this, you fill all the necessary ingredients into the multicooker at 8:00, put frozen meatballs or meat there, and then calculate that 11 hours are left before the appointed time.
After that, select the modes “Buckwheat” or “Pilaf” on the control panel, depending on what you are cooking, press the timer button (set the time) and set it for 10 hours, taking one hour away from the “X” hour. Then press “Delayed start” and dinner will be ready by your arrival home.
If it so happens that you are late at work, the slow cooker will turn on the heating mode, thanks to which your dinner will be warm even an hour after the end of the cooking process.
Milk Porridge Recipe
Now that we’ve figured out the instructions for the Delmond multicooker with a delayed start, let's see what can be cooked using this function. Most often, with the help of this function, a tasty and healthy milk porridge, such as oatmeal, is prepared. For two servings of porridge we will need:
- 0.5 l of milk;
- depending on the desired density of porridge 1 / 4-1 / 2 of a multi-glass of oatmeal;
- 2 tablespoons of sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- 40 grams of butter.
First, milk should be boiled, then held in the refrigerator, and in the evening, before going to bed, pour into a slow cooker. We put the remaining components there, and with a small piece of butter we coat the edges of the bowl so that the porridge or milk does not run away. After that, select the "Milk Porridge" mode, calculating the time remaining until the hour when you need to have breakfast, dial it on the timer, taking the time from it, and press the "Delayed Start" button. A delicious oatmeal will be ready by morning.
Delicious pilaf
Now that we have learned how to cook delicious milk porridge in a Redmond slow cooker with a delayed start, let's learn how to cook pilaf, which in this kitchen utensil turns out to be amazingly delicious. For this we need for two servings:
- 200 grams of meat (beef, pork or chicken fillet);
- multi-cup rice cereal;
- carrot;
- onion;
- a tablespoon of tomato paste;
- salt, spices and seasonings to taste.
First, we cut the meat into slices, three carrots and cut the onion into quarters, then add them to the slow cooker, set the “Baking” mode and cook for 20 minutes. 3 minutes before the end of cooking, add tomato paste to the meat and vegetables. After that we add rice to the multicooker bowl, fill it all with 2.5 multi-glasses of hot water, add salt, spices and seasonings, select the "Pilaf" mode, set the timer depending on the expected meal time and press "Delayed start". Pilaf will be ready for dinner or lunch.
Buckwheat with pork
Due to the delayed start in the slow cooker, you can cook tasty and fragrant buckwheat porridge with pork, which will appeal to all households. We will need to prepare it:
- 2 multi-glasses of buckwheat;
- 300 grams of pork;
- carrot;
- medium-sized tomato;
- onion;
- salt and spices to your liking.
First, cut the pork into pieces and grind the vegetables, then put them into a slow cooker, and pour the previously washed buckwheat on top. Then fill it all with water so that it covers food on two fingers, salt and add spices. After that, it remains only to select the "Buckwheat" mode, set the time when the dish should be ready, press the "Delayed Start" button, and you can safely go about your business. By the right hour, buckwheat with pork will be completely cooked.
Fragrant Roast
With the help of the delayed start function in the Redmond multicooker, even a novice culinary specialist can cook such an appetizing and aromatic roast that will simply melt in your mouth. We need it for this:
- 500 grams of beef;
- medium sized onion;
- medium-sized carrot;
- a jar of canned champignons;
- a tablespoon of tomato paste;
- a tablespoon of vegetable oil;
- 6 pieces of prunes;
- salt and spices to taste.
First, cut the meat into small strips and fry it in vegetable oil with chopped onion and shabby carrots. Then we pour it into the multicooker bowl, add the champignons cut in half, pulled out of the jar, prunes and tomato paste, as well as salt and sprinkle our products with spices. After that, we select the "Pilaf" mode on the multicooker, set the time, taking an hour from the time by which the food should be ready, turn on the delayed start and go about our business. When you return home, an extremely aromatic and tasty roast will be waiting for you.
Plum sauce
Ordinary pork and beef with the help of a delayed start in the Redmond multicooker cooks much easier and faster, and their taste will be even more fantastic. For this we need:
- 500 grams of pork or beef;
- 7 pieces of plums;
- bell pepper;
- medium sized onion;
- 50 grams of vodka;
- salt and spices to taste.
First of all, we cut the bell peppers in small pieces, fry it and put it in the multicooker bowl. Then we cut the meat and onions, and also take out the bones from the plums, after which we combine all this together, add vodka, salt, spices to the products and set the Milk Porridge mode to the kitchen appliances. Then we set the time after which the food should be ready, press the delayed start button - and you can go about your business, knowing that by the time “X” everything will be ready.
Potato stew
Now that you know exactly how to use the delayed start in the "Redmond" multicooker, you can create your own recipes for cooking dishes using this unique function. But in the end, let's consolidate the past and prepare a delicious stewed chicken with potatoes - a dish that can take its rightful place even on the festive table. We will need to prepare it:
- 500 grams of chicken thighs;
- 500 grams of potatoes;
- a tablespoon of vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper to taste.
This dish is prepared very, very simple. You just need to peel, wash and cut the potatoes, grease the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil, put the chicken on its bottom, put the potatoes on top, salt and pepper all this, and then pour 3 fingers on the water so that it rises above the food. Finally, select the pilaf mode, set the time on the timer and press the delayed start button. On this, the whole cooking process is over, and by the right time, the chicken with potatoes will be ready.