Converting oven recipe to slow cooker

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I have a casserole recipe that I generally cook in the oven. I'd like to try it in my slow cooker for several reasons: convenience, timing, opening up the oven for another dish. Is there a general rule of thumb to convert the directions for the oven to an equivalent for a slow cooker?

Best Answer

Roughly speaking, the low setting on a crock pot is 200 degrees Farenheit, and the high setting is 300 degrees.

Crock pot time vs oven time:

  • 4-6 hrs on low = 15-30 min oven
  • 6-8 hrs on low = 35-45 min oven
  • 8-18 hrs on low = 1-3 hrs in oven

In addition to the liquid notes above, you may want to make these changes as well:

  • reduce the amount of whole/leaf herbs by half
  • add ground spices during the last 30 min of cook time
  • you may prefer to brown meat before cooking in the crock pot; it's a flavor & fat issue
  • add rice or noodles in the last two hours of low cook time