Does frozen meat need to be thawed before placing in the crockpot?
Editor's Note This is not a safe practice as the meat comes up to temperature too slowly to avoid bacterial growth. The meat will be fully cooked but may make your family ill.
Here is a link from the USDA with more safety information:
Cook Slow to Save Time: Four Important Slow Cooker Food Safety Tips
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I do this all the time. Just throw it in, add seasonings, cream of whatever is on hand. Add 2 cups of water, and turn on low for 8-10 hours. Success every time. I've tried all kinds of meat, always works.
I have never had a problem crocking frozen meat. You must add sufficient liquid, but it always turns out fine. (Well, the times it doesn't, it's more me and the recipe than the frozen meat! :) )
No you do not have to thaw the meat. We take a frozen roast into a slow cooker and add mushroom soup to it and some black pepper. Start out on high and when you start to smell it turn the meat over and check it to make sure it is not burning. Don't open the lid but two times. Then reduce the heat and cook all night. There is a lof you can do also like put in frying pan brown each side then put in the cooker. Chicken do this to and use cream of chicken soup. Brown before starting and it will help too. Good luck and happy cooking...
The only time I thaw the meat is when I want to brown the outside of the meat. I found that if you do this, the meat stays juicer.
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Lisa
Several of the cooking shows that I watch have been featuring crock pot cooking lately. The one thing they all say is to remember one rule - cold crockpot - cold meat. Hot crockpot - Hot meat or product. The deal is, is that if you put cold meat in a hot crock pot or vice versa it may crack your crock pot.
Just make sure you have plenty of time to let it cook. I put a whole frozen chicken in mine last Sunday thinking we would have chicken later that day and I had to come up with an alternative because being frozen it was taking a lot longer than I thought it would.
I just got back from Milwaukee where my mother in law made a pork roast from frozen and my sister in law made a beef roast from frozen. They started it in the morning at low and it was done by 5:30 -6 at night. It was so good and I never knew you could do that!
I always crock with frozen meat! Makes things easy!! :)
The Crock-pot website says:
"Yes, but be sure to add at least 1 cup of warm liquid to the stoneware first. Do not preheat the unit.
Since I was a kid I used my nose a lot smelling things. I am now a scientist, retired, and my nose
has worked well to determine food quality, studying new methods in laboratories, and cooking. I firmly believe, as one person said to do, it's good to cook your meals first, then freeze them. Consider
that you buy meals already cooked and heat them from manufacturers and some taste OK.
I know from experience and studies that cells in plants and animals will burst when frozen. If the
When you combine your work you save money, time, and cleanup. And, it tastes better to bring out a cooked portion from the freezer than to cook a pre-frozen piece of meat. If you don't agree then I suggest that you look at the way you freeze. It's important to be sure to seal your cooked foods well. Smells from vinegar (pickles) or any other
smells in the refrigerator will migrate to the freezer.
TIP for clean fridge: You can buy baking soda but it's got to put as much of its area into contact with air as possible. The way to do this is not to put a box in the fridge or buy the 'special' box for fridge. Instead lay out out in a tray for maximum exposure. If it gets damp you can dry it in the oven at any temperature. It wont burn. Also you could put it into a nylon stocking. Squash it flat and hang it. That will give it more surface contact.
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