| Even if you frequently use your slow cooker to | | | | add them in their shells or de-shelled. Gumbo and |
| make beef, pork or chicken recipes, you might have | | | | jambalaya are slow cooker recipes and you can add |
| completely overlooked fish dishes. Fish is known for | | | | some tasty shrimp to these, whether you make |
| its ability to cook fast so perhaps you thought slow | | | | them on the stove or slow cook them. Clams and |
| cooking was not an option for it. Actually using a | | | | mussels are good for making stews, especially when |
| crockpot to make your fish and seafood recipes | | | | you use a tomato or white wine based sauce. |
| helps to keep the subtle fish flavor intact because no | | | | Slow Cooking Times for Fish |
| moisture is lost during the slow cooking process and | | | | Some meat dishes, especially when you are using |
| the heat is kept low. | | | | tough cuts, can take up to ten hours to tenderize in |
| You can use fish in casserole, stew, soup and pasta | | | | a crock pot but fish cooks faster, which is why slow |
| recipes. You can also poach or steam it in the | | | | cooker recipes for fish usually only need three or |
| crockpot. To poach fish, you just need to add it to | | | | four hours. Leaving the fish in the crockpot when it |
| the crock pot, cover it with water, stock or wine | | | | has finished cooking can dry it out so this is not |
| and add your chosen herbs or spices. Parsley and bay | | | | something to leave in there all day while you are out. |
| leaves are especially good for fish dishes. Poaching | | | | You will need to serve the fish as soon as it is ready. |
| might only take forty five minutes, depending on the | | | | You can cook steaks from big fish like mackerel, |
| type of fish you use and its thickness, so keep an | | | | salmon, haddock and cod. You would not be able to |
| eye on it. If you are using flat fish you can braise it. | | | | fit a whole one of these fish into the slow cooker |
| Roll it up before adding it to keep it in one piece and | | | | but the steaks cook well. If you have a whole fish |
| keep the flavor locked in. | | | | and it is very big, you can chop your own steaks |
| How to Cook Shellfish in a Crockpot | | | | from it or get a fishmonger to do it for you. Flat fish |
| Shellfish does not combine well with long cooking | | | | tend to be smaller in general than these bigger |
| times, so if you want to add some to a stew or | | | | species, so you can cook a whole plaice or sole. The |
| soup recipe, add it near the end of the cooking time | | | | flesh of these fish is not muscular since they are not |
| so it can warm through. Shrimp can be added to | | | | very active. This means the flesh will be delicate and |
| crockpot chowders, soups or stews. You can either | | | | soft when it is cooked. |