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Crock-pot question...

notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
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Do you stir the food throughout the day? Or just leave it alone? I'm making this recipe...https://www.budgetbytes.com/2011/07/taco-chicken-bowls/ and feel the strong need to stir it. 
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  • dmartin726dmartin726 member
    Pretty sure the rule of thumb is not to stir.  I stir pretty much every time I walk into the kitchen.  To redistribute juices, flip chicken etc...haha.  I have to be constantly messing with my crock pot meals.
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    Why thank you! I sure hope this meal was worth getting to the store by 9am. LOL
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  • AndrewsgalAndrewsgal member
    I stir. I can't help it.
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  • Chapter79Chapter79 member
    CnAmom said:
    Leave it. Every time you open the lid your crock pot will lose heat and have to get back up to temp.
    30 minutes! Every time you open the lid, you lose 30 minutes of cook time and you're supposed to tack it on the end.  You shouldn't lift lid until food is done :)
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  • lyingliarlieslyingliarlies member
    Chapter79 said:
    CnAmom said:
    Leave it. Every time you open the lid your crock pot will lose heat and have to get back up to temp.
    30 minutes! Every time you open the lid, you lose 30 minutes of cook time and you're supposed to tack it on the end.  You shouldn't lift lid until food is done :)
    i've heard 15 minutes. i don't stir unless there's a lot of meat sticking out (LOL) or if it's chicken that needs to be shredded to make BBQ (and that's in the last 30 min. or so of cooking.)
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  • pevilapevila member
    Silly question? Is a crockpot the same as a pressure cooker?
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  • JCMJCM member
    I too feel the need to stir things I put in the crock pot.  It just seems like a natural thing to do but can see how it drops the temp quickly.  I never thought about that.  I don't use mine enough.  Maybe I will this fall/winter & see if I can stop the compulsion to stir it!
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    pevila said:
    Silly question? Is a crockpot the same as a pressure cooker?
    No. Though I can't really put the difference into words...mainly a pressure cooker cooks like a bazillion times faster than a crockpot which is also called a slow cooker. Pressure cookers doesn't have it's own source of heat and has to be used on the stove, the crock-pot gets plugged in.
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    KateMW said:
    pevila said:
    Silly question? Is a crockpot the same as a pressure cooker?
    No. Though I can't really put the difference into words...mainly a pressure cooker cooks like a bazillion times faster than a crockpot which is also called a slow cooker. Pressure cookers doesn't have it's own source of heat and has to be used on the stove, the crock-pot gets plugged in.
    Thanks! I've never seen a crockpot... But I love stews cooked in pressure cookers!
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  • caybehcaybeh member
    It depends on what I am making. I'll look at it and decide if it looks like its needs to be stirred (if it is drying out or something). That looks really good!
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    edited September 2013
    I stirred...even after I read all of this. I just couldn't help myself.

    It smells really good, I'll let you know! I plan on eating it over lettuce with some sour cream and guac. DD will be eating it over rice.
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  • tlxh7tlxh7 member
    I try not to stir because I know it can add to the cook time. Sometimes with meat I need to flip/rearrange if everything doesn't fit under the sauce, but I try to only do it once.
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  • Cherryblossoms07Cherryblossoms07 member
    I don't stir and I am stealing your recipe for next week's meal plan. :)
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    auroraloo said:
    I stir chronically and I've never really had things take longer.

    *goes to stir the cream cheese chicken in the kitchen*
    Recipe? I adore cream cheese!
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    Smells good...but I'm kind of tired of smelling it and it has to cook for another hour and some change. LOL
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  • meglewmeglew member
    I Heart The 80s said:
    Ok... Confession. I love crock pot. But it saturates my house with the smell. Sometimes I get up in the morning and can smell dinner. It annoys. ::runs for cover since I encouraged Kate to join dark side::
    I 100% agree with this.  I have to open windows to create a cross breeze so that it is not Day 2 of Zesty BBQ Chicken.
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    The smelling it all day thing has always been my problem with it. We're about to eat!
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    KateMW said:
    auroraloo said:
    I stir chronically and I've never really had things take longer.

    *goes to stir the cream cheese chicken in the kitchen*
    Recipe? I adore cream cheese!
    Seriously, @auroraloo I know you just had a baby but I want to eat at your house!  Feed me? :)
    @katemw - don't touch!  The point is to not worry about dinner so leave it!
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    auroraloo said:
    @dizzykates come on over. It's not usually this good, but I have a stash of 2 weeks of freezer meals a friend and I made. Usually we're sitting here at 7 going "hey, we should eat, what should we do?" Then H ends up eating PB&J and I go to bed. We're very boring.
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  • ArnegardArnegard member
    I usually use the crock pot when I need dinner and am not going to be home.  It is not too common that I am home to smell the awesomeness that will be dinner.  I used it last week to make salsa chicken while I was at Girl Scouts.  Walk in the door, dinner's ready.
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