FryBoy
Washing Up
The operative part of crockpot is "crock." I tossed mine after a couple of uses.
Vera,VeraBlue said:Hi bullseye
The purpose of the searing step is to form a crust around the meat that will hold the juices in during the longer cooking processes required for many cuts of meat. If you are searing correctly, there is no way you can bring the temp up to a safe zone because the middle of the meat should still be cold. Searing is only to brown the uppermost layer.
I do not believe you can sear in the ceramic part of your crock pot because I don't believe it can get hot enough. As you can probably tell, searing is done at very high temperature. You can eliminate the searing step when you use your crockpot. The flavours won't be effected overmuch, and the meat will still be moist due to the slow cooking.
FryBoy said:The operative part of crockpot is "crock." I tossed mine after a couple of uses.
carolelaine said:I braise my pot roast and then put it in the crock pot. The reason I like the crock pot is it doesn't tie up my oven for hours, and in the summer it doesn't heat the house up the way the oven does.