I have aidells sausage and i want to know if you can cook them in the crockpot without ruining the flavor.
I have never used my crockpot or one at all but i heard it is an easy way to make lots of food.
2007-02-18 06:50:33 · 8 answers · asked by mandi lala 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Crockpots are hands down one of the best inventions ever! They allow you to throw the food in, leave for the day, and when you come home, it's ready to go.
Any kind of meat can be cooked in a crock pot (along with a lot of other foods). The taste won't be changed at all. If you are cooking the sausage by itself, I would suggest wrapping it in tin foil - this will hold in the juices - then place the whole bundle in the crock pot and cook.
A high setting will cook faster and will have to be monitored. A low setting will be slower - but it will retain more moisture and you can leave it cooking for up to 6 to 8 hours while you go do other things.
2007-02-18 06:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by Camirra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can, but I would not & here's why..
the sausages are fully cooked when you buy them. All you have to do is WARM them up & they are ready to go. Warming them up takes about 7 minuites on a medium heat in a DRY (no oil, butter or water) skillet. Don't puncture the casing, as that is what keeps all the flavor & juices in the sausage link.
They can be microwaved for about 1 minuite (even though that is NOT recommended) if you wrap a wet paper towel around the sausage link. This way the casing will not toughen up on you.
When you throw the sausage link in a crock pot, the casing will probably break open & let the sausage contents out into the rest of the mixture in the crock pot. You'll end up with a split open sausage and it will looses it's individual flavor, but it will flavor everything else in the crock pot very nicely.
Also, watch out for the salt (sodium) content of the sausages--it is VERY HIGH.
I heard one of the Company's mucky muck's describe "boiling" the sausages this way, "if you are cooking them in alot of water or juices, the sausages will help you make a great "soup", but it will ruin the sausage".
What I would do, is cook them quickly by them selves at the end of the dinner preperation & serve them along with what ever is comming out of the crock pot. This way the sausage will retain it's individual flavors.
2007-02-21 10:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by polarbear94019 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this site. It gives lots of ideas for preparing different types of sausage using a crockpot. You can definitely do it.
http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotsausagerecipes/Crockpot_Sausage_Recipes_Polish_Sausage_Italian_Sausage_and_More.htm
2007-02-18 06:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by UofMWolverines03 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm using mine right now to make an awesome meat sauce for pasta. Yes sausages cook good in the crock pot I make kielbasa that's amazing..You need to find a good crock pot cookbook or try to search on line for crock pot recipes..It does take a few hours to cook sometimes all day depends on what you are cooking
2007-02-18 07:01:03 · answer #4 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Just put whatever meat you want to cook in there and add onions if you like them; and some veggies if you want and turn it on. They have temperatures on the outside of the crock pot and/or in the book that came with it. Enjoy!! It's delicious. You can let it cook while you do other things.
2007-02-18 06:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by Barbra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can use your crockpot for this. check out htis website for more ideas www.kraft.ca. They have a section just for crockpot recipes. enjoy!
2007-02-18 08:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you can cook just about anything in the crockpot.
2007-02-18 06:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you sure can, i use my crock pot alot
2007-02-18 07:23:20 · answer #8 · answered by trudycaulfield 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋