My thoughts exactly. I've seen a number of recipes on the internet, not all of which require browning and such before putting into the crock pot.
-----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 2:02 PM To: [email protected]; 'Andrew Niven' Subject: Re: [CnD] beef and beer (found on the Internet) 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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
