Can you cook pork in slow cooker without liquid?
Chef's answer
So no you don't need liquid for all recipes. ... This is a good rule of thumb for most slow cooker recipes, but especially if you haven't added any liquid. If you're only making a meat dish, like pulled pork (or anything without veggies), you should at least add a little bit of liquid..
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Let it cook like you're trying to make one big chorizo sausage, and start moving it once the bottom is crispy. ... If it's too small, you won't have enough surface area to properly evaporate the liquid in the ground sausage. You could try a bigger pan, or doing it in batches, and see if that makes a difference..
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One of the most common slow cooker mistakes is adding liquid to every recipe, but unless you're making a soup or stew, you really don't need extra liquid. ... As a result, any water in your ingredients (veggies, meat, poultry) will seep into the crockpot..
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Home sausage makers generally agree that you want to add about 1 cup (8 ounces) of water per 5 pounds of sausage meat. As mentioned above, the water should be cold. When making sausage, you want to be using cold sausage meat, and adding room temperature water will raise the temperature of the sausage meat.
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The trick to pot roast is to cook it at a low temperature for awhile, and to use a braising liquid. A braising liquid keeps things moist. You can use beer or wine, broth or stock, or even just water. Any combination of those will work as well..
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Should the roast be covered with liquid in the slow cooker? You don't need a lot of liquid to cook a roast in the slow cooker. In fact, I often cook very fatty pork roasts without any liquid at all. However, the liquid adds flavor and keeps a lean roast from getting dry.
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Should the roast be covered with liquid in the slow cooker? You don't need a lot of liquid to cook a roast in the slow cooker. In fact, I often cook very fatty pork roasts without any liquid at all. However, the liquid adds flavor and keeps a lean roast from getting dry.
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So, add your roast to the roasting pan. Then pour beef stock into the skillet, about 2 cups per roast. You're going to want the liquid to go halfway up the roast in the roasting pan so the amount really depends on the size of your roast and the size of your roasting pan..
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