10 hour slow cooker recipes

[Clover0]

Hi I have a slow cooker which I love but I can't use it when I work. I a, out of the house for 10-11 hours, closer to 11. Yet all the recipes I find are 7-8 or 8-10 hours...are there any recipes that I can leave in for 11 or more hours?

Thanks

[duonyte]

Truthfully, not a whole lot. Even the ones that say they should be in the crockpot that long generally don't work that well. These are mostly older recipes, from when slow cookers ran cooler.

I have one recipe posted that does take that long, it is a modern recipe, from a recent cookbook, Rajmah (Punjabi Curried Red Kidney Bean) (Slow-Cooker)

This would be a good thing to collect - recipes that cook for more than 10 hours.

Depending on the recipe, you can extend out the time by putting the slow cooker on a timer, which has it start cooking a couple of hours later. Of course, this depends on the ingredients you are using.

[duonyte]

This one might work, especially if you do the prep the night before and put everything into the crock while cold, Slow Cooker Italian Style Pot Roast

One thing to remember is that if you use a big crockpot and you are not filling it 1/2 to 2/3 full, everything will cook faster. You are better off filling it up 3/4 full if you want to extend the cooking time a bit. So a smaller crockpot might work better.

[duonyte]

Crock Pot Baked Beans from Scratch
Burgundy Barley Beef Stew
Easy Crock Pot Turkey Legs
Bavarian Pot Roast
Kalua Pig in a Slow Cooker

[Red Apple Guy]

Sorry I joined this late, but one idea would be cooking a Boston Butt shoulder roastn which is a very forgiving roast to smoke or cook in a crock pot. Below are two recipes, one is duonyte's (the highest rated pulled pork reicpe on the site) and calls for cooking for 18.5 hours. Pulled Pork (Crock Pot)

The next is mine (Crock-Pot Boston Butt Shoulder for Pulled Pork) and is a 6-10 hour cook depending on how hot your pot cooks, but I'll bet 11 hours would work with both recipes.

Red

[Clover0]

Thank you both so much...if anyone else has any ideas please let me know! I think I will start a cookbook...

[duonyte]

I ran across this soup recipe, need to try it myself, Romanian Bean Soup

and another one, Beef-Barley Soup


I hope you do start a cookbook and make it public, it would be very helpful.

[jjhs]

I have found that if I put my pork or beef roast in the crock pot frozen, it will take 10 hours to cook. I am also gone 10 hours a day, so I always put roast in from a frozen state.

[duonyte]

jjhs wrote:
I have found that if I put my pork or beef roast in the crock pot frozen, it will take 10 hours to cook. I am also gone 10 hours a day, so I always put roast in from a frozen state.

I know a lot of people do that. There is a bit of concern that the meat might stay at a danger zone level for bacterial growth. I've done it with things like meatballs and individual chicken pieces but have hesitated doing so with whole roasts - I think I may have done a small lamb roast once.

There is less danger of bacteria with large pieces of meat than with ground meats, of course.

[duonyte]

Here is one I posted that I have not tried yet Short Ribs over Cheesy Polenta (Slow Cooker)

[jjhs]

I have done this for years (from a frozen state) and we have never gotten sick. We only do this with large (4-5lb) roasts.

[Red Apple Guy]

Welcome to the forum Clover0 and jjhs. Visit often.
Red