How can I use my crock pot for a stove top soup?
Some soup recipes want the soup to cook on the stove for a few hours. Most of the time it is not a problem for me to do that if I am home. However, sometimes I have to leave the house for a few hours and I do not like leaving with the stove on. To me, crock pots seem safer for that. I am not asking about the safety of leaving the house with the stove on though. I want to know what setting to put the crock pot on if the soup recipe says to simmer on low (referring to the stove).
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It depends on what kind of settings your crock pot has. A low simmer on the stove is probably equivalent to something fairly low on your slow cooker, though. If all you have is warm, low, and high, you want low - in some cases it might be too hot, though. You're aiming for just short of boiling, so a setting that gets you a few bubbles now and then is good. More than that and you're cooking a bit vigorously, and on a "warm" setting you likely aren't heating it enough to cook properly and stay safe. If you have some kind of continuous settings, you can possibly adjust to get exactly where you want!
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For soups, you can basically just transfer those to a stock-pot for the stovetop. Cooking time will be based on how long you have. I give mine at least 1 hour on medium-low. I always add cooked meat to my soups for the stove-top – so I precook it before making the soup.Can I use my slow cooker pot on the stove top?
No, it's not recommended. The pot is made of ceramic. You wouldn't normally cook with stoneware on the stovetop. It is safe to use in the oven.Can you simmer soup in a crock pot?
A low simmer on the stove is probably equivalent to something fairly low on your slow cooker, though. If all you have is warm, low, and high, you want low - in some cases it might be too hot, though. You're aiming for just short of boiling, so a setting that gets you a few bubbles now and then is good.Is a crock pot the same as boiling?
You can boil water in a crock pot, but it will take about 2 hours or longer on the High setting. The exact time will vary depending on the amount of water and model of slow cooker. In addition, the water inside a crock pot will likely stabilize at a simmering boil and may never reach a full rolling boil.Can you burn soup in a slow cooker?
You overcook the recipe. Many slow cooker recipes like roasts and soups can take eight or more hours to cook. (It's called a "slow cooker" for a reason.) However, thicker recipes that don't have a lot of liquid (such as casseroles or meatloaves) can burn on the edges after just a few hours, Olson says.4 cozy 🍜 Vegan Soup Recipes | Slow Cooker + Stove Top
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An alternative to the crock pot is the oven: preheat your oven to 200F/90C; meanwhile, assemble the soup in a heavy oven-proof pot (no plastic handles!), bring to a simmer on the stove, then cover and bake.
Answer 3
There are two reasons you may want to boil soup:
- To hold the ingredients at the liquid's boiling point for a period of time, so that they get cooked
- To reduce the soup - that is to thicken it by removing water in the form of steam
You're not likely to be able to reduce soup effectively in a crock pot. For one thing, they are only likely to bring the liquid to a very gentle boil -- usually to reduce soup we bring it to a full rolling boil, to lose as much water as possible. For another thing, crock pots are designed to be run with the lid on, so very little steam gets lost.
Crock pots are brilliant, however, for holding food at boiling point. Start it on high; as soon as you see bubbles, bump it down to low. If you're going out, just set it to low - it'll reach boiling point eventually.
If you usually add water to the soup, use slightly less when using a crock pot, because less of it will boil away.
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