In a slow cooker you can cook everything from soups to desserts. The convenience of the miracle device is undeniable. The only thing left is to stock up on recipes. And the most relevant today are fast and tasty dishes for the multicooker.
Let's start with the first - mushroom soup and dill. It takes only 30 minutes to cook these quick and simple dishes in a slow cooker.
Mushroom
In his recipe there is cream, thanks to which it acquires a particularly delicate taste and looks appetizing. Originality is given to it by a rather new ingredient for Russians - couscous groats.
What do you need:
- 200 ml cream (fat content 15%);
- 200 g of mushrooms (champignons);
- 1 onion;
- 150 g of couscous;
- 2 cups of milk (fat content 2%);
- salt;
- ground pepper;
- greens;
- soy sauce (not to be put).
Process:
- Prepare all the ingredients (put them on the table in the right amount) and the multicooker itself.
- Couscous pour cold water, then drain it. Pour the cereal with boiling water so that it is completely covered and leave until the other ingredients are prepared.
- Wash mushrooms, dry, cut into slices.
- Cut the onion to your taste - in small cubes, half rings or quarters.
- Set the browning mode in the multicooker for ten minutes. Pour a little vegetable oil into the bowl, put mushrooms, soy sauce and onion. Fry with constant stirring.
- When the program ends, pour the milk and cream into the bowl, then put the couscous, drain it first with water through a colander.
- Salt the soup, add pepper. When adding soy sauce, salt may not be needed.
- Set the steam mode.
- When the contents of the bowl begin to boil, turn on the “Soup” program for ten minutes.
- The last step is to let the dish brew a little in the slow cooker.
Ready soup can be poured into plates and decorated with chopped herbs. Mushroom aroma opens most fully if it is not hot, but warm.
Dill soup
To prepare this quick dish in a slow cooker, you will need the following ingredients:
- a tablespoon of butter;
- a bunch of dill;
- 500 ml of broth (meat, chicken, mushroom, vegetable, fish - to your taste);
- a tablespoon of flour;
- 50 g sour cream (fat content 20%);
- two tablespoons of lemon juice;
- two eggs;
- pepper;
- salt.
Order of preparation:
- Wash a large bunch of dill, let it dry and chop.
- Put butter in the multicooker bowl and set the “Frying” program.
- Pour one spoonful of flour, lightly fry until yellowish.
- Put chopped dill in flour, mix and cook for another five minutes.
- Pour in the broth, salt, pepper, mix and bring to a boil.
- Install the “Soup” program for ten minutes.
- Strain the broth, squeeze the lemon juice and add to the broth.
- Season with sour cream, chop the boiled eggs and send to the soup.
It remains only to decorate the finished dish with a sprig of dill or other greens.
Now about what you can cook fast second courses in a slow cooker. In just half an hour you can make omelet with broccoli and vegetable puree, and from meat - chicken fillet with vegetables and meatballs on skewers.
Broccoli Omelet
It only takes 25 minutes to cook. Omelet will be a great breakfast or lunch for lunch. The following products will be required:
- 100 g of green beans;
- 100 g broccoli;
- 100 g of green peas;
- 6 eggs;
- a glass of milk;
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- seasonings;
- salt;
- pepper.
The process of preparing this quick dish in a slow cooker:
- Set toasting mode. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl and lay out the washed vegetables, chopped as you wish. Sauté vegetables until discolored.
- Break eggs into a bowl, pour milk, salt and pepper, add seasonings and beat with a mixer or whisk.
- Pour eggs and milk into lightly fried vegetables. Set the “Baking” mode for 15 minutes. Cook with the lid closed.
After completing the program, open the lid of the multicooker and get a delicious omelet with vegetables. Serve, garnished with fresh parsley, green onions or dill.
Mashed vegetables
To prepare this simple and tasty dish in a slow cooker will take only half an hour. It is suitable for those on a diet, as well as for babies, if you do not add spices to it. And of course, it will be the perfect light side dish for the second.
What do you need:
- 4 pieces of potatoes;
- one young zucchini;
- one carrot;
- 1.5 cups of water;
- half of the bulb;
- salt.
Order of preparation:
- Wash the vegetables, peel (except for the zucchini), cut into small cubes, pour the crock-pots on the bottom and pour water so that it completely covers them.
- Salt the vegetables, turn on the multicooker, close the lid and set the “Steam cooking” mode for 20 minutes.
- At the end of the program, open the lid, drain the water, transfer the vegetables to a blender and bring to a puree condition.
- Arrange the finished mashed potatoes on plates, add a piece of butter to each serving.
Chicken fillet with vegetables
Another quick dish in the multicooker takes about 30 minutes to cook. This is an ideal second for lunch, in which there is both meat and a side dish.
What do you need:
- 1 kg of chicken;
- 4 bags of buckwheat;
- 2 carrots;
- ¾ cup tomato juice;
- 1 celery;
- 2 bay leaves;
- 3 tablespoons butter;
- 1 spoon of flour;
- dried porcini mushrooms (to taste);
- salt;
- pepper;
- sugar;
- greens.
Order of preparation:
- Wash the chicken fillet, remove grease and films, dry with a paper towel. Cut the meat into small portions and place in a bowl.
- Peel the carrots and cut into small pieces. Send her to the chicken.
- Add celery, pre-shredded, dried mushrooms and tomato juice.
- Next, salt, pepper, put sugar, toss the bay leaf and mix.
- Transfer the contents of the bowl to the multicooker bowl and set the Chicken program for 15 minutes. Cook the dish with the lid closed.
- In the meantime, boil buckwheat directly in bags by immersing them in boiling water. This will take about 20 minutes.
- Mix flour and butter and grind to make crumbs.
- Open the slow cooker when the program is over, pour oil crumbs into it and mix.
- Cut the greens, put in the bowl of the multicooker, mix and cook for ten minutes.
- Put the finished buckwheat from the bags into plates, on top - chicken with vegetables.
If you need to cook a quick meal in a slow cooker for dinner, this recipe is fine. Homemade pickles and sauerkraut can be served with it.
Skewer Meatballs
From ordinary meatballs you can make a real masterpiece if you cook them on skewers and serve with spicy sauce. This dish is prepared in just half an hour and will please both home and guests.
What you need to take:
- 150 g of feta cheese;
- 0.3 kg of minced meat;
- 2 red hot peppers;
- a tablespoon of oregano;
- olive oil;
- one medium-sized cucumber;
- a glass of Greek yogurt;
- a tablespoon of fresh chopped mint;
- two teaspoons of lemon juice;
- a teaspoon of zest;
- ground pepper;
- salt.
How to do:
- Take dishes suitable for mixing ingredients.
- Put minced meat in a bowl, add crumbled cheese.
- Sprinkle oregano, toss hot pepper chopped into pieces, pepper, salt and mix.
- From the stuffing, stick small meatballs, string them on skewers so that there is a distance between them.
- Set the microwave to frying for 15 minutes and pour olive oil into the bowl.
- Fry kebabs on all sides.
- While the meatballs are cooked, you need to do the sauce. Wash and dry the cucumber and mint. Cut the cucumber into strips, chop the mint with a knife. Pour Greek yogurt into a bowl, add cucumber, then mint, zest and lemon juice, pepper, salt and mix.
- Get ready-made meatballs on skewers from the slow cooker and serve hot with a spicy sauce.
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Braised Cabbage with Sausages
In just 40 minutes you can cook a simple dish that will appeal to both children and adults.
What do you need:
- one third of the cabbage;
- one sausage;
- two tablespoons of oil;
- 50 ml of tomato paste;
- a bunch of dill;
- salt and pepper.
How to do:
- Set the microwave to frying mode.
- Chop the cabbage.
- Pour oil into the bowl and put the cabbage in there, cook for seven minutes.
- Dice the sausage and toss in the slow cooker to the cabbage.
- Grind the dill and send into the bowl.
- Add tomato paste and mix.
- Set the extinguishing program for 30 minutes and cook under the lid.
Braised squid
It takes only 15 minutes to cook them in a slow cooker. Braised squids are perfect for mashed potatoes, boiled rice or pasta.
In addition to three squid carcasses, you will need:
- champignon mushrooms - 300 g;
- two onions;
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- six tablespoons of sour cream;
- vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper.
Squid cooking:
- Peel the onion, cut into thin half rings and put in a multicooker bowl greased with oil. Cook in frying until the onions are soft.
- Rinse the champignons, cut them into slices, send to the onion and fry with stirring until fully cooked (about 10 minutes).
- Pour boiled water over squid carcasses and clean. Cut them into rings and put in the bowl of the multicooker to the onion and mushrooms.
- Add sour cream, salt, pepper, toss other seasonings at your discretion and mix. You can put a lot of sour cream to get the squid in the sauce.
- Close the lid and cook for five minutes (even 1 minute longer is not recommended). A minute before being ready, toss grated cheese into the slow cooker, mix and turn off the device.
- Close the lid and leave the dish for a few minutes to melt the cheese.
Stir before serving, then put in plates and garnish with dill or parsley.
Chicken fritters
These wonderful pancakes made from tender chicken with cheese and green onions will be ready in just 35 minutes. They look like chicken chop to taste. The peculiarity of these fritters is that they do not use minced meat from a meat grinder, but pieces of chicken fillet. At the same time they turn out very juicy, with a rich taste.
Ingredients for six servings:
- 0.4 kg chicken fillet;
- a bunch of greenery;
- vegetable oil;
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- a bunch of green onions;
- two tablespoons of flour and potato starch;
- ground pepper and salt;
- three cloves of garlic;
- a teaspoon of sweet paprika;
- two tablespoons of mayonnaise or sour cream;
- a teaspoon of mustard;
- two eggs.
How to do:
- Rinse and dry the chicken fillet, cut into cubes.
- Break two eggs in a suitable dish, put mayonnaise or sour cream, paprika and mix. After that add mustard, salt and pepper. Squeeze the garlic into the prepared mixture, then put the chopped parsley and green onions and mix well.
- In the cooked marinade put the cubes of chicken, mix and marinate for 10 minutes. Then add starch and flour and mix again until smooth. It remains only to grate the cheese and pour into the resulting mass.
- Set the cooker to frying or baking for 20 minutes. Pour vegetable oil into the bowl, heat and fry the pancakes on both sides to form a delicious crust on them.
Coconut Cake
What dish in a slow cooker can be quickly prepared for tea? For example, a cake with coconut. This dessert is baked for about an hour. To prepare it, you need the following products:
- 50 g coconut flakes;
- 150 g of flour;
- 120 g of sugar;
- a teaspoon of baking powder;
- two eggs;
- 120 ml of kefir;
- 60 g of vegetable oil;
- salt on the tip of a knife.
How to cook:
- In a suitable bowl, mix kefir, eggs, sugar and butter. You can use a mixer.
- Add flour and baking powder and mix until smooth.
- Put coconut flakes and mix again.
- Lubricate the bowl with butter (it is better to take the cream, it will taste better).
- Pour the dough into the bowl and turn on the baking mode for 40 minutes.
It remains only to wait for the sound signal. Do not get the cake right away, withstand it for about 10 minutes in the mode of maintaining heat. Then remove the cake using the basket for steam dishes: put it on top of the bowl and turn it over - the cake will be in the basket. Decorate to your taste.
The cake is unusual. It is magnificent, porous, tasty and fragrant. A great addition to tea. Cakes from this test can be used to make a cream cake.
Conclusion
If you use recipes for fast dishes for a slow cooker, you can save time and make your diet varied and useful. This smart device is the best help to a modern housewife.