With the advent of the multicooker in our kitchens, the cooking process has become even easier.
It is no longer necessary to stand at the stove and control everything.
It is enough to prepare products, lay in a container, set the required mode and enjoy the result.
Stewed potatoes are always tasty and satisfying, it’s not for nothing that our ancestors cooked this dish in Russian ovens.
In modern kitchens, the Russian stove has been replaced by a slow cooker.
Stewed potatoes with meat in a slow cooker - the basic principles of cooking
To prepare the stewed potatoes with meat in a slow cooker, it is enough to put the prepared products in the bowl, pour them with water and set the mode of “Quenching”.
For the preparation of best suited new potatoes, or varieties with high starch content. Potatoes are cleaned by carefully cutting off the darkened and green places, otherwise the taste of the dish will be spoiled. The vegetable is cut arbitrarily, in fairly large chunks or pieces.
Meat can be used any: pork, lamb, beef or poultry. This can be a tenderloin, cut into pieces or meat on the bone.
The taste of the dish can be varied depending on what seasonings you add. Traditional leaves are bay leaves and pepper, and add the rest to your taste.
You can diversify stewed potatoes with meat in a slow cooker by adding fresh tomatoes, vegetables, sour cream, tomato paste, cream, cheese or mushrooms. In general, you can safely turn on the fantasy.
Recipe 1. Stewed potatoes with pork in a slow cooker
Ingredients
100 ml of sunflower oil;
kg of potatoes;
bunch of dill;
pork - 300 g;
ground black pepper - pinch;
onions - 200 g;
curry seasoning - two pinches;
sour cream - 100 ml;
salt - 10 g
Method of preparation
1. Wash the pork tenderloin, dip it in napkins and cut into small strips or cubes. Put in a deep dish and season with curry and salt. Mix well so that the spices are evenly distributed over the meat.
2. Remove the peel from the potato tubers, rinse it well and cut it into centimeters thick. Fill the potatoes with cold water so that it does not darken. 3. Add oil to the multicooker container and turn on the “Frying” program. Heat the oil well, put the pieces of pork in it and fry, stirring occasionally, until golden.
4. Peel and chop the onion, dip it in the meat and continue frying in the same mode, stirring for 5 minutes.
5. Turn off the program, add potatoes and sour cream, season all black pepper, chopped dill and salt. Stir the contents of the container, close the lid and set the slow cooker to the “Extinguishing” mode. Cook the dish for an hour. In the process of cooking, stir in a potato with meat in a slow cooker a couple of times. After the signal of the end of cooking, arrange the potatoes in plates.
Recipe 2. Stewed potatoes with chicken and tomatoes in a slow cooker
Ingredients
large tomato;
half a kilo of potatoes;
salt;
half a pound of chicken legs;
black pepper;
bulb;
sunflower oil - 50 ml;
carrot;
bay leaf;
garlic - three cloves.
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the chicken drumsticks and dip them in napkins. Each rub with a mixture of salt and pepper.
2. Free the potatoes from the rind, rinse under the tap, dry slightly and cut into cubes.
3. Pour oil into the multicooker container. Set the “Baking” mode. Set the timer for ten minutes. Put the legs in the bowl and fry, turning them periodically. Then put the meat on the plate.
4. Peel the vegetables and wash them. Chop onions with thin feathers. Garlic melenkoh crumble. Carrot coarsely rub. Put the prepared vegetables in butter, in which the meat was fried, and fry everything together in the same mode, for about seven minutes.
5. Return the shins to the bowl, add the potatoes, put the bay leaf and diced tomato. Change the mode to “Quenching” and continue cooking for another hour. If the potatoes are damp, add another 15 minutes. Serve the stewed potatoes with meat in a slow cooker with fresh vegetable salads.
Recipe 3. Stewed potatoes with veal in a slow cooker
Ingredients
veal - 400g;
large tomato;
garlic - five cloves;
potatoes - kg
Sauce
bulb and green onions; olive oil - 50 ml;
pepper and thyme;
cheese - 150 g;
salt and cumin.
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the veal under running water, dry with a disposable towel, remove the film and cut the meat into small pieces. Put it in a multicooker container, without smearing it beforehand.
2. Peel and chop the garlic cloves into large chunks. Rinse the tomato, wipe with a napkin and crumble into cubes. Spread garlic slices and tomatoes on the meat.
3. Wash the peeled potatoes and chop into round slices. Spread it evenly on the tomatoes.
4. Cut the cheese into large pieces. Also chop the peeled onions and green onions. Put everything in a deep bowl, season with spices and pour in olive oil. Stir and spread the sauce evenly over the potatoes.
5. Place the food container in the slow cooker, turn on the “Quenching” mode and cook for forty minutes by closing the lid. Arrange the stewed potatoes with meat in the slow cooker and serve hot.
Recipe 4. Stewed potatoes with meat and mushrooms in a slow cooker
Ingredients
large onion;
half a kilo of potatoes;
350 g pork tenderloin;
50 ml sour cream;
200 g of mushrooms.
Method of preparation
1. Finely chop the peeled and washed onion. Peel the mushrooms, rinse them well, dip them and cut them into small pieces. Put mushrooms and onions in a multicooker container. Set it to “Frying” mode. Fry mushrooms with onions for ten minutes.
2. Rinse the pork tenderloin, dip it in napkins and cut it into small pieces. Put in a container for mushrooms, mix and continue to fry in the same mode for another ten minutes.
3. Peel the potatoes, wash them and chop them into large chunks. Send potatoes to mushrooms with meat. Close the multicooker lid, transfer it to the “Quenching” mode and cook the dish for 20 minutes.
4. After the signal, open the lid, put the sour cream in a stewed potato with meat in a slow cooker, season it with spices and put a few bay leaves. Close the lid again, select the “Quenching” program and continue cooking for another forty minutes.
Recipe 5. Stewed Potatoes with Meat and Mexican Mix in a Multicooker
Ingredients
frozen Mexican mix - half a pack;
600 g potatoes;
a pinch of black pepper;
300 g pork tenderloin;
salt - two pinches.
Method of preparation
1. Wash pork tenderloin under running water, dip it with a paper napkin and cut it into small pieces.
2. Turn on the multicooker in the “Frying” mode. Heat the container well. Put the pork in the bowl of the multicooker and fry it until golden.
3. Remove the peel from the potato tubers, cut them into medium-sized pieces and wash them well. Add potatoes to roasted meat.
4. Put the Mexican mixture on top of the potatoes, salt and pepper. Turn on Quenching. Set the timer to 25 minutes. Serve the meat stew in a slow cooker with sour cream sauce.
Recipe 6. Stewed potatoes with beef in a slow cooker
Ingredients
350 grams of beef;
salt;
20 g of dried herbs;
carrot;
2 g of allspice;
bulb;
2 g black pepper;
10 g of garlic;
50 ml of vegetable oil.
Method of preparation
1. Remove the rind from the potato, wash it and cut it into small cubes. Fill the potatoes with cold water so that it does not darken.
2. Rinse the beef tenderloin, cut off all the excess, dry with napkins and cut into small pieces.
3. Turn on the multicooker in the “Baking” mode. Grease the bowl with butter and put the pieces of beef in it. Cook meat for about ten minutes.
4. Clean and wash vegetables. Crumble into small diced onion. Carrot three on a coarse grater. We spread the prepared vegetables for meat, mix and continue to cook in the same mode for another five minutes.
5. Spread potatoes with meat, vegetables, salt, pepper and add finely chopped garlic and sprinkle with dried greens. Stir. We turn on the “Quenching” mode and prepare it by closing the lid for an hour. Serve the stewed potatoes with meat in a slow cooker hot.
Recipe 7. Stewed potatoes with smoked bacon and raisins in a slow cooker
Ingredients
ten potatoes;
black pepper;
150 grams of smoked bacon;
salt;
a handful of raisins;
Bay leaf;
two bulbs;
a glass of broth;
50 grams of lard. Method of preparation
1. Cut fresh pork fat into small cubes. Put it in the multicooker bowl and turn on the “Frying” mode.
2. Remove the peel from the onion and chop it into small cubes. Transfer the chopped onion to the roasted lard, which is already sufficiently heated and covered with a ruddy crust. Fry, constantly stirring with a wooden spatula.
3. Cut the smoked bacon into thin slices. Fried bacon with onions to put in a separate plate. In the bowl multicooker send brisket and lightly fry it.
4. Wash peeled potatoes and crumble into chunks of medium size. Put the potatoes in a container with brisket. Top roast bacon with onions.
5. Wash the raisins and put them in a multicooker container. Pour in the broth, season with spices and salt. Turn on “Stewing” mode and simmer potatoes with meat in a slow cooker for half an hour, closing the lid.
Potatoes with meat in a slow cooker - tricks and tips from chefs
- To cook stewed potatoes with meat in a slow cooker, take new potatoes. If you are using an old one, peel it off thicker than usual.
- To prevent the potatoes from falling apart during the stewing process, you can fry it slightly.
- After the beep, be sure to check the potatoes for readiness, if it is too hard, put it out for another 15 minutes.
- Do not chop the potatoes finely, otherwise it will turn into mashed potatoes.
- Once the stewed potatoes are ready, sprinkle them with chopped fresh herbs to make the dish more aromatic and tasty.
- Instead of broth, potatoes can pour cream. The dish will acquire a delicate creamy taste.
