Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? One of the most frustrating things that I see on recipes is... " add cooked rice " " add cooked pasta " Heck, I'm looking to cook with my crockpot not use it as a glorified warmer! Oh I also saw a recipe awhile back that I've been wanting to try. You basically put layers of salt and whole baking taters in your crockpot to make baked potatoes. I'm also waiting to try this boiled raw peanut recipe. You take some raw peanuts (I only have two small bags at the moment - need more) put seasoning and water in the crockpot and set it. Sounds like an interesting way to use the crock as well. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Hi Shawn, I make brown rice frequently. I take 3 cups of dry brown rice and run water over it until it is clean. I take 7 cups of water and boil it in a sauce pan. When it comes to a boil I add the rice and cook it on simmer for 35 minutes or until it has absorbed all of the water. I cover it during this process. After it is absorbed I spoon it into a 10 cup plastic container and when it has cooled down I put it in the fridge and use it at least once per day. I feed it to my dogs as well by mixing it with their other dog food. Cooked brown rice is a staple in my home as well as cooked black beans. Good luck with your rice. To your health. Brett Sanders matrixenos <matrixenos wrote: Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? One of the most frustrating things that I see on recipes is... " add cooked rice " " add cooked pasta " Heck, I'm looking to cook with my crockpot not use it as a glorified warmer! Oh I also saw a recipe awhile back that I've been wanting to try. You basically put layers of salt and whole baking taters in your crockpot to make baked potatoes. I'm also waiting to try this boiled raw peanut recipe. You take some raw peanuts (I only have two small bags at the moment - need more) put seasoning and water in the crockpot and set it. Sounds like an interesting way to use the crock as well. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 the cookbook i have says that you CAN add it uncooked about an hour before it's finished (with extra water i assume), but that it usually makes the rice or pasta starchy and kinda icky. i haven't tried it myself so i don't know if it's true. --karyn...... matrixenos <matrixenos wrote: Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? One of the most frustrating things that I see on recipes is... " add cooked rice " " add cooked pasta " Heck, I'm looking to cook with my crockpot not use it as a glorified warmer! Oh I also saw a recipe awhile back that I've been wanting to try. You basically put layers of salt and whole baking taters in your crockpot to make baked potatoes. I'm also waiting to try this boiled raw peanut recipe. You take some raw peanuts (I only have two small bags at the moment - need more) put seasoning and water in the crockpot and set it. Sounds like an interesting way to use the crock as well. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 If you do recipies where you cook the stuff all day while you're at work like I do, definately avoid adding pasta or rice at all costs. I've done both, and they both have turned to paste over the course of 10 hours. --- matrixenos <matrixenos wrote: > > > Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? > > > One of the most frustrating things that I see on > recipes is... > > " add cooked rice " > " add cooked pasta " > > Heck, I'm looking to cook with my crockpot not use > it as a glorified > warmer! > > Oh I also saw a recipe awhile back that I've been > wanting to try. You > basically put layers of salt and whole baking taters > in your crockpot > to make baked potatoes. > > I'm also waiting to try this boiled raw peanut > recipe. You take some > raw peanuts (I only have two small bags at the > moment - need more) put > seasoning and water in the crockpot and set it. > Sounds like an > interesting way to use the crock as well. > > Shawn > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 From what I've read, it is not a good idea to put hot food into plastic containers. Donna Faith K-Brooks www.unskoolbookshop.com _____________________________ " The fatal pedagogical error is to throw answers, like stones, at the heads of those who have not yet asked the questions. " --Paul Tillich _____________________________ " Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be. " --James Baldwin ______________________________\ ________ Dissent is patriotic. _____________________________ " But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy. " --Plutarch ______________ Schools do not and cannot work, because children are active, spiritual beings. " --Donna Faith K-Brooks-- ______________________________\ ____ Brett Sanders wrote: > > Hi Shawn, > > I make brown rice frequently. I take 3 cups of dry brown rice and run > water over it until it is clean. I take 7 cups of water and boil it in > a sauce pan. When it comes to a boil I add the rice and cook it on > simmer for 35 minutes or until it has absorbed all of the water. I > cover it during this process. After it is absorbed I spoon it into a > 10 cup plastic container Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 You can cook brown rice in a stew or a soup, providing you don't cook it all day long. On adding cooked rice or pasta--soups/stews containing these don't tend to reheat well. The rice or pasta goes to paste. It's better to keep the soup and the starch separate, and add the starch to the cold soup when reheating. I second Mark's recommendation of barley in crockpot soups, and I agree--in particular, with mushrooms! Barley is fabulous. And while on the subject of things starchy--don't forget potatoes, sweet potatoes, and 'yams' (really, another sweet potato.) All these cook beautifully in the crockpot in soups and stews. For the sweet potato, look for a recipe for 'Gypsy Stew'. , " Shawn/matrixenos " <matrixenos@h...> wrote: > > Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? > > One of the most frustrating things that I see on recipes is... > > " add cooked rice " > " add cooked pasta " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I think a good way to add rice and pasta to soups and stews, is to cook it, and then add the soup or stew over the rice or pasta. That way, you can keep it separate, and it doesn't get yucky. Melanie Karl Garrison <kgarrison wrote: If you do recipies where you cook the stuff all day while you're at work like I do, definately avoid adding pasta or rice at all costs. I've done both, and they both have turned to paste over the course of 10 hours. --- matrixenos <matrixenos wrote: > > > Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? > > > One of the most frustrating things that I see on > recipes is... > > " add cooked rice " > " add cooked pasta " > > Heck, I'm looking to cook with my crockpot not use > it as a glorified > warmer! > > Oh I also saw a recipe awhile back that I've been > wanting to try. You > basically put layers of salt and whole baking taters > in your crockpot > to make baked potatoes. > > I'm also waiting to try this boiled raw peanut > recipe. You take some > raw peanuts (I only have two small bags at the > moment - need more) put > seasoning and water in the crockpot and set it. > Sounds like an > interesting way to use the crock as well. > > Shawn > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 As to cooking it the crockpot--i've never done pasta in it, but im sure its possible. I don't reallky use recipes, so i couldnt tell you what the ratio is like, but rice+liquid in crockpot=cooked rice. Once, my girlfriend put uncooked and unsoaked kidney beans, uncooked/nonsoaked lentils, raw rice, chopped potatoes broccoli, bell peppers, fresh corn and other stuff in the pot *at the same time.* I yelled at her lots, explaining that fresh broccoli cooks a LOT quicker then unsoaked beans. We cooked it all day, and had to add extra liquid a few times, but, can i say, it was the best stew i've ever had. too bad she has no idea what she put in it Crockpots are magic -suz Brett Sanders <brettsanders2001 wrote: Hi Shawn, I make brown rice frequently. I take 3 cups of dry brown rice and run water over it until it is clean. I take 7 cups of water and boil it in a sauce pan. When it comes to a boil I add the rice and cook it on simmer for 35 minutes or until it has absorbed all of the water. I cover it during this process. After it is absorbed I spoon it into a 10 cup plastic container and when it has cooled down I put it in the fridge and use it at least once per day. I feed it to my dogs as well by mixing it with their other dog food. Cooked brown rice is a staple in my home as well as cooked black beans. Good luck with your rice. To your health. Brett Sanders matrixenos <matrixenos wrote: Is there anyway to cook pasta or rice in a crockpot? One of the most frustrating things that I see on recipes is... " add cooked rice " " add cooked pasta " Heck, I'm looking to cook with my crockpot not use it as a glorified warmer! Oh I also saw a recipe awhile back that I've been wanting to try. You basically put layers of salt and whole baking taters in your crockpot to make baked potatoes. I'm also waiting to try this boiled raw peanut recipe. You take some raw peanuts (I only have two small bags at the moment - need more) put seasoning and water in the crockpot and set it. Sounds like an interesting way to use the crock as well. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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