Guide To Adapting Recipes; Time Guide - Rival Crock-Pot 3745 Owner's Manual

cover during the first 2 hours when baking breads or cakes.
It is not necessary to stir while cooking on LOW heat. While using HIGH heat for
short periods, occasional stirring improves the distribution of flavors.
Q
"How about thickening the juices or making gravy?"
A
Add some quick-cooking tapioca to any recipe when you want to make a thick
gravy. Add the tapioca at the beginning and it will thicken as it cooks! Or you
may remove the solid foods, leaving the juices. Prepare a smooth paste of
approximately
butter. Pour mixture into liquid in stoneware and stir well. Turn to HIGH and
when it comes to a boil (about 15 minutes) it's ready.
Q
"Can I cook a roast without adding water?"
A
Yes – if cooked on LOW. We recommend a small amount because the gravies
are especially tasty. The more fat or "marbling" the meat has, the less liquid you
need. The liquid is needed to properly soften and cook vegetables.
This guide is designed to help you adapt recipes to the Crock-Pot
own favorites and prized recipes collected from friends, food companies, newspapers
and magazines. Our aim is to save preparation time with fewer steps and dishes...and
to keep cooking simple. In most cases, all ingredients can go into your slow cooker in
the beginning and can cook all day. Many preparatory steps are unnecessary when
using the Crock-Pot
• Allow sufficient cooking time.
• Cook with cover on.
• Do not add as much water as some recipes indicate.
• Remember — liquids don't "boil away" as in conventional cooking. Usually you'll
have more liquid at the end of cooking instead of less.
• It's "one-step" cooking: many steps in recipes may be deleted. Add ingredients to
the stoneware at one time and cook 8 to 12 hours (add any liquid last).
• Vegetables do not overcook as they do when boiled in your oven or on your range.
Therefore, everything can go into the Crock-Pot
EXCEPTION: milk, sour cream or cream should be added during last hour of
cooking.

TIME GUIDE

IF RECIPE SAYS:
15 to 30 minutes
35 to 45 minutes
50 minutes to 3 hours
1 ⁄ cup flour or cornstarch to
2

GUIDE TO ADAPTING RECIPES

® slow cooker. A few hints:
COOK ON LOW:
1 ⁄ cup water or 4 tablespoons melted
2
® slow cooker at one time.
4 to 6 hours
6 to 10 hours
8 to 18 hours
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® slow cooker — your
OR COOK ON HIGH:
1 1 ⁄ to 2 hours
2
3 to 4 hours
4 to 6 hours