Any cooked dish can become even tastier, more refined and more original if you choose the right sauce for it. The taste of food will become more saturated. Gravy will emphasize the uniqueness of your chosen products. You can buy ready-made sauce in any supermarket, or you can cook it yourself. There are a lot of recipes. In this article we have collected the most popular types of gravy for every taste, which are quickly and easily prepared in a slow cooker.
Cream sauce
This type of sauce is prepared from the most common products available to any hostess. And the result exceeds all expectations. This is a classic multicooker sauce recipe. So we need:
- cream 20% - 300 milliliters;
- butter - 100 grams;
- flour - three tablespoons;
- ground black pepper, salt - to your taste.
Cooking Method:
- Turn on the multicooker on the option “Baking” and place the butter in it.
- Once the butter has melted, add the flour gradually and mix well so that no flour lumps form.
- Now add the spices and pour in a thin stream of cream, while constantly stirring to make the sauce uniform and smooth.
- Cook the sauce for about one minute until thickened.
Remember that the consistency of the sauce depends on your preferences, if you want a thicker one - add a little more flour, if you want a thinner one - add more cream.
Italian sauce "marinara"
This multicooked tomato sauce is incredibly delicious and one of the most popular sauces in the world. Suitable for any meat, as well as for pasta. You will need the following ingredients:
- juicy tomatoes - one and a half kilograms;
- garlic - three cloves;
- onion - one head;
- tomato paste - 100 grams;
- olive oil - three tablespoons;
- granulated sugar - one and a half glasses;
- balsamic vinegar - one tablespoon;
- bay leaf - two pieces;
- salt - one and a half teaspoons;
- dry oregano - one teaspoon;
- dry basil - 2 tsp;
- ground black pepper - one teaspoon.
It is prepared like this:
- Tomatoes need to be blanched and pass them through a meat grinder or blender.
- Chop onions and garlic.
- Pour the mixture of tomatoes into a slow cooker, add garlic, onion and all other ingredients. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Turn on the multicooker for "Extinguishing". The sauce is prepared for three hours, until the unnecessary liquid evaporates and the "Marinara" thickens.
This recipe for sauce in a multicooker is good in that it can be used not only immediately after cooking, but also rolled up in jars for the winter. To do this, simply sterilize the cans and lids, pour the sauce into them, roll up, turn over, cover with a warm blanket and wait for complete cooling. Then send to a cool dark place for storage.
Chicken Sauce
This popular multicooked chicken sauce is usually eaten hot. You can make such a dish from any parts of the chicken, it does not affect the taste in any way. We will need the following set of products:
- chicken stock - one glass;
- chicken breast - one piece;
- flour - two tablespoons;
- onions - two heads;
- sour cream 20% fat - 150 grams;
- large carrots - one piece;
- butter - 50 grams;
- any spices and salt to taste.
Cooking process:
- Rinse the chicken and peel. Separate it from the bone and cut into small pieces.
- Grate peeled carrots on a fine grater.
- Chop as you like.
- Choose the option “Fry” or “Baking” and place the butter in the multicooker bowl.
- Once the butter has melted, send the chicken there and passer all for about 15 minutes.
- Then send the onions and carrots to the fried meat and continue to simmer another ten minutes.
- Mix sour cream with broth and flour into a homogeneous mass and pour into the chicken. Salt everything, add the desired spices, mix and put on the "Stew" mode.
- After you hear a signal that the dish is ready, do not open the lid immediately, but wait 15 minutes for the sauce to brew.
Such a delicious and satisfying sauce can be served with any cereal, pasta and fresh vegetables.
Cream cheese sauce
One of the most popular sauces in a slow cooker is cream cheese sauce. It just blends perfectly with pasta and potatoes. By the way, you can take any cheese, it all depends on which variety you prefer. To cook it, we need:
- cream 20% - 200 milliliters;
- any meat broth - 150 milliliters;
- cheese - 100 grams;
- butter - 100 grams;
- flour - one tablespoon;
- ground nutmeg - a quarter of a teaspoon;
- ground black pepper, dill, salt - at your discretion.
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- Set the slow cooker to the option “Baking” and melt the butter in it.
- Now pour in the flour and mix everything well with butter until smooth.
- Then pour in a thin stream of cream and broth into this mass, add salt, herbs, nutmeg and, if desired, spices. Do not forget to mix everything well.
- As soon as the mass begins to boil, put the “Stew” option, close the lid and let the sauce cook for about five minutes.
- After that, open the lid of the multicooker and pour in the grated cheese. We continue to cook in the same mode for about ten more minutes.
Mushroom sauce
To prepare mushroom sauce in a slow cooker we need:
- any mushrooms - 500 grams;
- onion - one head;
- sour cream - four tablespoons;
- flour - one tablespoon;
- butter - 60 grams;
- water - one glass;
- salt, seasonings, pepper - to taste;
- bay leaf - two leaves.
Cooking like this:
- We turn on the “Baking” option, melt the butter in the multicooker bowl, add the finely chopped onion there and pass for five minutes.
- Send chopped mushrooms to the onion and simmer together for 20 minutes.
- Now pour in the flour and mix thoroughly.
- Add sour cream, water, bay leaf, salt, pepper, close the lid and wait for the “Extinguishing” mode to end.
Mix sauce
We need:
- tomatoes - one kilogram;
- carrots - one thing;
- Bulgarian pepper - two pieces;
- garlic - six cloves;
- hot pepper - one piece;
- one apple;
- salt, spices - to your taste.
- sunflower oil - two tablespoons.
Cook in a slow cooker like this:
- Wash, peel and peel all vegetables except garlic through a meat grinder or blender.
- Pour the vegetable mass into the multicooker bowl.
- Salt, add spices, vegetable oil and turn on the “Stewing” mode.
- Five minutes before cooking, add finely grated garlic. The sauce is ready.