You know, precooking in the microwave would also help to reduce fat content, as you wouldn't need butter then to sauté them. Good idea.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Andrew Niven via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 2:00 PM > To: [email protected]; Charles Rivard > Subject: Re: [CnD] beef and beer (found on the Internet) > > Hi Charles. > I think browning of the beef in this recipe is purely optional. From > reading it, I feel the recipe will work just fine even without > browning. A tip one of our cookery writers put into one of her books > is to precook onions and/or garlic for a couple of minutes in the > microwave before adding them to the crockpot. > Cheers > Andrew > > On 11/11/2014 8:39 a.m., Charles Rivard via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > A personal note: I would not use this crock pot recipe, because it > > involves using the stove top, which I am lousy at. I don't care for > > recipes in which you must use other than the crock pot if it is a > > crock pot recipe. I would rather have the crock pot do the cooking > > than having to cook something and then put it into the crock pot. > > > > Also, note that I had to do a lot of cleaning up of this recipe. I > > refuse to just copy and paste from Internet recipes. I want to send > > clearly written recipes. > > > > > > crock pot beef and beer > > > > Serves 4 to 6. > > > > Total Time: 8 hours > > Prep Time: 30 minutes > > Cook Time: 8 hours > > > > > > Ingredients: > > 2 cups of beer > > 3 lbs boneless beef chuck roast > > 1/2 cup plain flour > > 2 -3 tablespoons butter, divided > > 2 onions, sliced > > 2 garlic cloves, crushed > > 1 tablespoon tomato paste > > cayenne or crushed red pepper flakes (optional) > > 2 bay leaves > > salt and pepper > > > > Directions: > > > > 1. Add the beer to the crock pot, turn the control to high. > > > > 2. Cut the beef into cubes, coat with the flour and brown in half of > > the butter, you might have to do this in batches. > > > > 3. Transfer the browned beef to the crock pot. > > > > 4. Using the rest of the butter brown the onions, add garlic, tomato > > puree and cayenne if using. > > > > 5. Add to the crock pot together with the bay leaves and salt and > > pepper. > > > > 6. Now turn the crock pot to low and cook for 6 to 8 hours, until > the > > beef is tender. > > > > 7. If you want to thicken the sauce add about 2 tablespoons of flour > > made into a paste, about 30 minutes before the end of the cooking > > time, stir that in, you will have to turn the crock pot on high for > this. > > > > --- > > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're > > finished, you! really! are! finished! > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
