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Super simple beef and chicken congee in a slow cooker

It’s getting close to the end of autumn and comfort food on a Sunday is a must. I used some leftover beef to add to chicken congee made in a slow cooker.

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Earlier today I recorded a podcast on sous vide cooking and food safety. I recorded video too and while the podcast drops tomorrow night, the video is available now.

Beef and chicken congee made in a slow cooker Gary Lum
Beef and chicken congee made in a slow cooker

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Recipe

Beef and chicken congee in a slow cooker
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
6 hrs
Total Time
6 hrs 10 mins
 

Want to use some leftover beef but don't like the idea of beef congee? Then mix beef and chicken together. It's not a bad thing. It's a good thing. 

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Australian
Servings: 1
Calories: 500 kcal
Author: Gary Lum
Ingredients
  • 1 Chicken
  • 250 g Beef rib fillet Leftover and vacuum sealed
  • 1 L Chicken stock
  • 1 cup Rice
  • Cos lettuce shredded
  • Spring onions sliced
  • Soy sauce
Instructions
  1. Thaw the leftover frozen beef and cut into small slices

  2. Unpack the raw chicken and get to room temperature

    Uncooked chicken and vacuum sealed beef Gary Lum
  3. In your slow cooker add 1 cup of rice and the stock

  4. Add in the beef and the chicken

  5. Set the slow cooker for 6 hours

  6. After the slow cooker has finished, debone the chicken

  7. Mix everything together in the slow cooker vessel

  8. Aliquot two large portions into containers for dinners

  9. Aliquot two smaller portions into containers for lunches

  10. Serve the congee in a small bowl and serve with shredded lettuce, sliced spring onion and soy sauce

  11. Shoot a photograph and then eat the meal

  12. Wash the dishes and write the recipe

  13. Blog and hope your friends share the recipe

Recipe Notes

An all time favourite. Mixing the beef and the chicken is a great move. 

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And now for something cheesy

I was recently approached by Georgia Davies about sharing this cheeseboard infographic. Unfortunately, I haven’t posted about cheese much lately apart from warnings that raw unpasteurised cheese should be avoided because of potentially fatal consequences.  Anyway, this cheese platter infographic looks fantastic. It’s full of visually stunning great ideas for you to try.
 Expert Tips for the Perfect Cheeseboard
Expert Tips for the Perfect Cheeseboard by Daffodil Hotel

 

Frequently asked questions

How did you connect your three blogs today?

Well, I blogged and recorded a podcast about sous vide safety, then I wrote a post in My Thoughts and Stuff and mentioned the sous vide podcast, and now I’ve cooked using meat that had been vacuum sealed.

What do you like about congee?

It’s the perfect comfort food for cold nights in Canberra. It’s peasant food. It’s simple to make and better to eat.

Why the leftover beef?

Why not? I didn’t want to waste it and combining meats is a thing. It’s a good thing.

Who inspires you for sous vide cooking?

Tony from Tony meets meat. Check out today’s blog post at http://yumlum.co/2qKfnj6

Do you have any similar recipes?

You better believe it. Check 1, 2, and 3.

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Donkey sauce with an 8-hour slow cooked rib eye fillet roast by Yummy Lummy

Donkey sauce I hear you ask? I made it for the first time last night and had it with leftover beef brisket on a brioche bun.

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8-hour slow cooked rib eye beef with salad, caramelised onion, and lashings of donkey sauce Gary Lum
8-hour slow cooked rib eye beef with salad, caramelised onion, and lashings of donkey sauce

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Recipe

Donkey sauce with an 8-hour slow cooked rib eye fillet roast
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 20 mins
 
The main part of this recipe is the beef, the donkey sauce just makes it better, similar to the way horseradish can enhance beef.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Australian
Servings: 1
Calories: 1000 kcal
Author: Gary Lum
Ingredients
  • 2 kg rib eye fillet roast (rolled and tied)
  • 1 turnip (diced)
  • 1 potato (diced)
  • 1 Hawaiian sweet potato (diced)
  • 1 onion (diced)
  • 1 carrot (diced)
  • 2 stalks celery (sliced)
  • 1 cup wine
  • 1 cup stock
  • spring onions (sliced)
  • Parsley (chopped)
  • Lime zest
  • Caramelised onion
  • Lettuce
  • Tomato
  • Donkey sauce
Instructions
  1. In the slow cooker vessel add the onion, carrot, celery, potato, turnip and sweet potato and then pour in the wine and stock. It doesn’t really matter what wine and stock you use.
  2. Place the rolled rib eye fillet on top of the vegetables and then place the slow cooker vessel into the body of the slow cooker and turn on for eight hours.
  3. After eight hours prepare a salad of tomato, lettuce and spring onion with some parsley too.
  4. Open the slow cooker and lift out the beef. Allow the beef to rest covered with aluminium foil for fifteen minutes.

    Eight-hour slow cooked beef straight out of the slow cooker Gary Lum
  5. After the beef has rested, carve the rolled roast into three even portions. Vacuum pack and seal two portions and place in the freezer for later enjoyment.
  6. Place the remaining portion into a shallow bowl and the plate up with the salad. Add a good portion of donkey sauce to meat and a couple of tablespoons of caramelised onion.
  7. Garnish with chopped parsley and lime zest.
    Limes ready for juicing and zesting Gary Lum loves lime
  8. Shoot a photograph and then enjoy the sumptuousness that is 8-hour slowly cooked rib eye fillet roast.
  9. Wash the dishes.
  10. Write the recipe and blog hoping people who read this will share it on social media, especially on their Facebook pages and Twitter accounts.
Recipe Notes

This dish will satisfy you and make you happy enough to smile  just at the thought of it. Meat is good.

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Limes ready for juicing and zesting Gary Lum loves lime
Limes ready for juicing and zesting
Eight-hour slow cooked beef straight out of the slow cooker Gary Lum
Eight-hour slow cooked beef straight out of the slow cooker
8-hour slow cooked rib eye beef with salad, caramelised onion, and lashings of donkey sauce Gary Lum
8-hour slow cooked rib eye beef with salad, caramelised onion, and lashings of donkey sauce
Donkey sauce ready for dripping all over myself Gary Lum
Donkey sauce ready for dripping all over myself

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Frequently asked questions

Why do you like slowly cooking beef so much?

I love the flavour but mostly the texture of the muscle bundles separating with little effort and that cutting across the grain is almost effortless with a good knife which means chewing is a joy.

Who created donkey sauce?

I answered this in my recent post. Check it out.

Why do you eat so much?

It’s a weakness. I must stop eating so much.

Do you have any similar recipes?

You better believe it. Check 1, 2, and 3.

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Donkey sauce Gary Lum
Donkey sauce

How to make donkey sauce beef brisket brioche bun burger by Yummy Lummy

Donkey sauce I hear you ask? What thoughts are going through your mind? I first heard of donkey sauce from Lauren who is a host on my favourite NSFW podcast, Mouthy Broadcast. At first, I was too scared to look it up in Google. I assumed I might need an incognito window. It turns out, it’s a real thing. I’ve described it more in the FAQ.

I made beef brisket brioche burgers with the donkey sauce. It was pretty amazing. The beef brisket was leftover from last Sunday.

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Donkey sauce hee-haw Gary Lum
Donkey sauce hee-haw

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Recipe

How to make donkey sauce beef brisket brioche bun burger
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 
I'm using leftover vacuum packed slow cooked brisket, brioche buns from Coles and donkey sauce that I've made without going to the trouble of roasting garlic. It's cold in Canberra, I have my windows closed, I don't need the apartment to be all stinky.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Australian
Servings: 1
Calories: 1000 kcal
Author: Gary Lum
Ingredients
  • 1/8 cup minced garlic (store bought)
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise (store bought)
  • 2 splashes Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon American mustard (do Americans call it American mustard?)
  • 2 pinches sea salt (what is kosher salt anyway)
  • 2 pinches ground black pepper
  • 2 pinches chilli flakes (this is my Yummy Lummy variation)
  • 250 g Beef brisket (frozen vacuum sealed)
  • 2 Brioche buns
  • Lettuce (shredded)
  • Tomato (sliced)
  • Coon Cheese (slices)
Instructions
  1. The day before (or if you’re not a Vulcan, go back in time) remove the brisket from the freezer and slowly thaw in the refrigerator.
  2. Place the brisket (still in the vacuum sealed bag) in a sauce of cold water and bring up to 70°C for 45 minutes.
  3. Make the donkey sauce by mixing the garlic, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt, pepper and chilli flakes until it is a smooth sauce using a whisk. If you like, you could leave it gloopy and a little sticky by just using your hands.
    Donkey sauce ready for dripping all over myself Gary Lum
  4. Unseal the brisket and cut to the thickness you desire. If you like you could make a meat mountain.
  5. Construct a burger or sandwich as you normally would.
    Slowly cooked beef brisket brioche burger with donkey sauce Gary Lum
  6. Shoot a photograph and eat the burgers. In an ideal world, I would have served these with potato gems (tater tots for my American friends).
  7. Wash the dishes and ponder the meaning of life.
  8. Write the recipe and then write a blog post wondering if search engine optimisation is really all that important, after all “content is king”.
  9. Hope that friends on social media and even perhaps the hosts from Mouthy Broadcast will share this on their social channels to make donkey sauce even bigger than it already is and to add more “in your end o” and double entendre to this post. After all, when I first heard Lauren mention donkey sauce my mind wasn’t on mayonnaise as she described oozing from her mouth onto her chest.
Recipe Notes

These tidy little burgers should keep you happy. Just be careful about spilling sauce over your hands, down your forearms and across your chest as the donkey sauce oozes out of your mouth.

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Donkey sauce ready for dripping all over myself Gary Lum
Donkey sauce ready for dripping all over myself
Slowly cooked beef brisket brioche burger with donkey sauce Gary Lum
Slowly cooked beef brisket brioche burger with the sauce 😋
Slowly cooked beef brisket brioche burger with donkey sauce Gary Lum
Slowly cooked beef brisket brioche burger

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Frequently asked questions

Where did you hear about donkey sauce?

From Mouthy Broadcast.

Who created donkey sauce?

Guy Fieri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fieri

Why is it called donkey sauce?

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2015/06/19/guy-fieri-reveals-origin-his-donkey-sauce.html

https://www.eater.com/2015/6/19/8812707/guy-fieri-donkey-sauce-origin

Why does Lauren like this sauce?

I don’t know, you’ll have to ask her.

What is Mouthy Broadcast?

An NSFW podcast hosted by three very funny people from the USA. I mentioned them in another blog post which you should definitely look at.

What the crap are you on about Vulcans and going back in time?

We’re aware that up until the mid 2100s, the Vulcan Science Academy had determined time travel is impossible.

You can find the recipe if you enter “donkey sauce” in a search engine.

Donkey Sauce

  • 1/4 cup roasted Garlic (minced)
  • 1 cup Mayonnaise
  • 4 dashes Worcestershire
  • 1 teaspoon Hot Dog Mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 4 pinches ground Black Pepper

In the bowl of a food processor, puree until smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary

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Donkey sauce

How to slow cook a delicious peppery chicken curry | Yummy Lummy

One of my favourite Dad-cooked meals is chicken curry. I can never get it just like Dad’s so I don’t try. This is an attempt at something different using a slow cooker.

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Slow cooked delicious peppery chicken curry made by Gary Lum
Slow cooked delicious peppery chicken curry

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Recipe

How to slow cook a delicious peppery chicken curry | Yummy Lummy
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
6 hrs 30 mins
Total Time
6 hrs 35 mins
 
I promise you this is a fantastic autumn or winter comfort food chicken curry. It’s slowly cooked for tenderness and has a lovely spicy kick for a party in your mouth.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Australian
Servings: 2
Calories: 1000 kcal
Author: Gary Lum
Ingredients
  • 4 Chicken thighs (skinless)
  • 2 Potatoes (quartered, medium sized)
  • ½ Cauliflower (broken into florets)
  • 1 cup Frozen peas and corn
  • 1 Tomato (diced)
  • 500 mL Chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon Curry powder
  • 1 dessert spoon Chilli preserve
  • 1 tin Green peppercorns
  • 270 mL Coconut cream
  • 1 packet Microwave rice
Instructions
  1. To the slow cooker, heating vessel, add the chicken, potatoes, tomato, cauliflower, peas and corn plus the chicken stock, curry powder, chilli preserve and green peppercorns.

  2. Place the cooking chamber into the slow cooker, seal the lid and set for 6 hours.
  3. After the timer goes off, turn off the slow cooker, unseal the lid and open the slow cooker. Remove the cooking chamber and empty the contents into a large wok and bring everything to a simmer to reduce the liquid.
  4. When the liquid has reduced add the coconut cream and bring to a simmer and reduce to a creamy consistency.
  5. Put the cooked rice into a bowl and add chicken and vegetables from the wok.
  6. Store the rest of the curry for another meal.
  7. Shoot a photograph and then eat the curry.
  8. Wash the dishes and then write the recipe up.
  9. Write a blog post and hope your friends on social media share the recipe and make you famous.
Recipe Notes

This is a pretty easy slow cooker meal, but I can totally understand how you’d like to make this in a pressure cooker or just slowly cook in a large saucepan.

I hope you enjoy making this and eating this. 

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Frequently asked questions

Is curry better the day after?

Yes, always.

Do you prefer cooking it in a slow cooker or in a pressure cooker?

It depends on how much time is available. I think the slow cooker, provides better flavour.

How much curry can you eat in one sitting?

I reckon I could eat two bowls of rice with half the curry in this recipe.

How will you prepare the leftover curry?

I will reheat it in a saucepan rather than reheat it in the microwave oven.

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How to make super tender beef brisket brioche burgers | Yummy Lummy

I recently did a slow cooked beef brisket. The meat was so tender, I thought it would be great on a burger.

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Beef brisket brioche burgers with lettuce, tomato, smoked cheddar cheese and garlic aioli made by Gary Lum
Beef brisket brioche burgers with lettuce, tomato, smoked cheddar cheese and garlic aioli

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Recipe

How to make super tender beef brisket brioche burgers | Yummy Lummy
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 30 mins
 
With this recipe, you will have the most satisfying of burgers. Tender meat, cheesy flavour and a sweet brioche bun.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Australian
Servings: 1
Calories: 1000 kcal
Author: Gary Lum
Ingredients
  • 1 kg Beef brisket
  • 100 mL Spicy barbeque sauce
  • 1 L Warm water
  • 2 teaspoons Brown sugar
  • ½ cup Red wine vinegar
  • 5 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Chilli flakes
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 2 Brioche buns
  • 2 slices Smokey cheddar cheese
  • Cos lettuce (shredded)
  • Tomato (sliced)
  • Garlic aioli
Instructions
  1. To a slow cooker vessel add the beef brisket.
  2. Add the water, brown sugar, red wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, chilli flakes, and garlic powder.
  3. Add the barbeque sauce on top of the beef.
  4. Place the cooking chamber into the slow cooker, seal the lid and set for 8 hours.
  5. After the timer goes off, turn off the slow cooker, unseal the lid and open the slow cooker. Remove the cooking chamber and remove the meat onto a cutting board.
  6. With a sharp cook’s knife, slice the meat for the burger and set aside the rest of vacuum packing.
  7. Make the burger as you desire.
  8. Shoot a photograph and then eat the burgers.

  9. Wash the dishes and then write the recipe up.
  10. Write a blog post and hope your friends on social media share the recipe and make you famous.
Recipe Notes

I bought the brioche buns from Coles in a pack of four. I regard two burgers as one serving.

Frequently asked questions

Is the beef brisket better in the slow cooker or slowly roasting it?

I reckon barbequed in a wood smoked oven would be best, but the slow cooker does a good job without any mess.

Do you really need brioche buns?

No not at all, soft round buns or hamburger buns would be fine, but brioche buns add a touch of fancy to the meal. Brioche is sweet and it is light. If you can get them, I’d go with brioche. They make for a great gourmet burger.

How many can you eat?

I had two and felt satisfied. I could have eaten four but that would have been overboard.

What did you do with the rest of the brisket?

I cut it in half and vacuum packed the two pieces and put them in the freezer for two more meals later in the week.

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