How to Cook a Tasty Stew

Making a chicken stew or similar recipe may not be something new for you. You must have tried it or something else somewhat similar many times cooking it in a usual way. There is another method to use a Dutch oven or slow cooker also for making stew recipe.

Cooking tips for Dutch Oven Stew

One of the very useful things for a kitchen is a dutch oven. This is also called by the other names like stockpot or French oven. As compared to stockpot, a dutch oven is made with the thicker bottom and walls. The thicker bottom enables a dutch oven to transfer heat more uniformly and evenly throughout the food very easily. Dutch stoves are useful for boiling rice, making pasta and are very good for the purpose of deep frying because of their thickness and raised side walls.

In case you are interested in using Dutch stove for cooking stew, you can cook the meat or chicken to brown color in the Dutch oven or stove. You can make meat brown very fast in the Dutch oven in more quantity than that you make using a smaller vessel or pot. Dutch oven is multipurpose for cooking and it is possible to cook a variety of food in it. So you can have the choice to cook stew in the stove or in the oven.

Dutch oven is preferably made of cast iron. It is observed that the cast iron may chemically react with some foods. Therefore, it is a practice with some of the manufacturers to put a layer of enamel on the castings, while some other manufacturers do the pre -seasoning of the pots by rinsing them in oil. Oil is either sprayed into the stove or baking of the stove is done over the oil. The pre -seasoned layer of cast iron may get eroded easily soon due to usage. It is better to use the layer of enamel.

Tips for Cooking Stew in Crock-pot

Tasty stew recipes can be cooked using a crock-pot or slow cooker or a simmer. The method of cooking stew in a crackpot is very simple. The meat or the chicken is to be scorched so that the liquid or juices inside and the spicy ingredients get sealed inside and do not drip out. Then you have to cook it for about five to eight hours in a medium to slow heat setting,

The stew when cooked in a slow heating cooker will be very soft and mild. The pieces of meat may come off and the ingredients used for cooking or imparting taste will get embedded perfectly giving the flavours.

In case you have got plenty of time to cook your stew, say the whole day, you ought to have a slow heating cooker to prepare your dinner.

Whatever type of chicken or stew, spicy or mild you may like to prepare, it is best to use a crock-pot stove for cooking it. And it will ensure that when you return home in the evening you will find the meat or stew almost ready for you. You may need to spend one or two hours to cook the stew in a normal way in a pan. But a slow cooker gives you the food now immediately when you want to eat it.

Spending to buy a slow cooker is always a good investment. In return you can cook many variety of meals or food with slow cookers. It is very easy to learn the use of slow cookers, if you have not used it before. When you buy a crock-pot, you get a booklet or CD of instructions for use. You may find here many tips and recipes to cook tasteful food and you can start with it immediately.