Looking For Crockpot Recipes w/Cooking Times Of 10 + Hours
#107932 - 09/23/04 01:28 PM
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I would LOVE to be able to use my crock-pot during the work week but have not because I have to leave the house at 7am and don't get home until 5:30pm, then I go to the gym and we are not home until close to 8pm. So, really it could end up on low for 12-13 hours. Or I COULD turn it off at 5:30pm and just leave the lid on until 8pm (would it stay hot?)
Any ideas??
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Well, I'll tell ya this much: DON'T do a recipe with chicken breasts that long, LOL!
Soups and stews - things like chili - would be fine to leave cooking on low for that long. Pasta sauces, same thing. I actually make things like chili in the crockpot and reheat them the next day in the 'pot, too, which means that they've essentially cooked for 16+ hours... and they're still great to me. Unfortunately, the only non-soup recipes I have that allow for a long cook time are red meat - roasts and such.
My pot stays warm, when turned off, for about an hour and a half, 2 hours MAX if it's really warm in the kitchen anyway. I think leaving it for longer would be pushing it. 
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful!
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nothing calls for 10+ hours, I have some that call for 8, and I would think that an extra 2 hours on low would only make it that much more tender. Do you have a crock pot that has a warming setting, those are really helpful in situations like this. Anyway Shell, I'll post the recipes seperate from this thread, hopefully you can use some of them. 
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I would LOVE to be able to use my crock-pot during the work week but have not because I have to leave the house at 7am and don't get home until 5:30pm, then I go to the gym and we are not home until close to 8pm. So, really it could end up on low for 12-13 hours. Or I COULD turn it off at 5:30pm and just leave the lid on until 8pm (would it stay hot?)
Any ideas??
Or if you have a recipe that takes 2-3 hours to cook, you could get it all ready to go in the morning, pop it in the crockpot when you get home, and have it ready to go when you get home!
- Jennifer
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I second the no go on chicken- UNLESS... if you don't mind tiny shreds of chicken in your soup or stew its a great thing.. I have done it.. DH hates it that way, but I find it makes it easy to eat sometimes.... so it does depend on my mood what I'll do... also- chicken based sloppy joes work really well as long as there is plenty of liquid in them, because the chicken will shred itself in that cooking time.. I do this- with my own homemade BBQ type sauce sometimes.. DH does like that.. otherwise I use it mostly for bean based things, and we have 3 crocks so I can make him beanless chili while I make me meatless chili! then any guests get some from each pot!
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Thanks Casey for the no chicken tip
Thanks Rachel for posting more later
Thanks Jen for the 2-3 hour tip.... now to find some...
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Thanks Amie the shredded chicken sloppy joes sounds yummy!!
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Actually... recipes that call for chicken breasts, as long as the breasts aren't frozen or anything, *should* cook on high in 2-3 hours. In my crockpot, chicken breasts take 4-5 hours on low. It might be worth a try! Great idea, Jen!
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Your so smart Kandee
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