Dumplings - a universal semi-finished product that allows you to organize a full dinner in a couple of minutes. You can make soup or casserole out of them. It is especially convenient to cook dumplings in a slow cooker. Today, many interesting recipes for such dishes are known.

How to cook dumplings in a slow cooker?

Knowing how to cook dumplings in a slow cooker will be useful to every housewife. It is very easy to do. Suitable for this purpose and fresh home, and a frozen store product. To cook dumplings (1 kg) in the device under discussion you need to take: butter, 1.5 l of water, bay leaf, salt, pepper.

  1. The bowl of the device is oiled and filled with water. The liquid needs to be salted, pepper, add bay leaf.
  2. The “Soup” mode starts, the multicooker lid closes. After 7-9 minutes, you can pour pelmeni in boiling water. The cover must be closed again.
  3. The dish is cooked for about 25 minutes.
  4. It is advisable to stir the volume a couple of times so that the components do not stick together.

Ready-made dumplings with ketchup, sour cream or hot mayonnaise are served.

Cooking Fried Dumplings

Most models of modern multicookers even allow you to cook fried dishes. And for this, the special mode "Frying" is not at all necessary. For the dish in question is used: 600 g of any ravioli, 4 tbsp. l sour cream and vegetable oil, a couple of large spoons of boiling water, salt, seasoning. Cooking dumplings step by step.

  1. Vegetable oil is poured into the bowl of the device, after which the "Frying" or "Baking" mode is activated.
  2. Dumplings with salt can be laid out in a container after about 5-7 minutes.
  3. Under a closed lid with regular stirring, they will cook for 17-20 minutes.
  4. Next, water with sour cream and seasonings is sent to the bowl of the device.
  5. Under sour cream sauce, the ingredients are cooked for another 12 minutes in the same mode with the lid open.

An additional sauce to such a dish is not required.

Steamed dumplings in a slow cooker

It is in the slow cooker that it is easiest to cook dumplings for a couple. For this method of heat treatment, you will need to use a special plastic basket. It always comes with the device. You also need to take: 1.2 liters of water, 800 g of dumplings, salt, spices, butter.

  1. The basket is greased with oil (you can use vegetable or melted), after which the semi-finished product is laid out on it.
  2. The capacity of the device is filled with water in the required volume according to the instructions.
  3. Salt and any aromatic herbs are added to the liquid. To taste, you can use bay leaves, peppercorns.
  4. The cooker lid closes.
  5. In the “Steamed” program, the product takes 30 minutes to cook.

If you do not use oil to lubricate the grill, then you can significantly reduce the calorie content of the finished dish.

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Lazy Dumplings Recipe

If you have free time, you can cook homemade lazy dumplings and put them out in a slow cooker. For such a dish will be used: egg, 230 g flour, 80 ml water, 330 g minced meat, salt, onion.

  1. Wheat flour is sifted into a deep plate, a pinch of salt, an egg and warm water are added.
  2. Hands knead the dough. The mass as a result is elastic and very soft.
  3. The dough is covered with cling film or a towel and left at room temperature for 25 minutes.
  4. Onion is added chopped onion with blender, salt and seasonings to taste. If you decide to pour chopped herbs, then you need to use a couple of tablespoons of boiled water.
  5. The dough is rolled into flour in a round thin layer.
  6. Stuffing is spread on the resulting base over the entire surface, after which the dough is carefully folded into a roll. It should be tight.
  7. The roll is cut into pieces no wider than 2 cm.
  8. The resulting kruglyash go to the bowl of the multicooker and are completely covered with water.
  9. In the “Baking” mode, the dish is cooked under a closed lid for 35 minutes.

If there is not enough liquid during the cooking process, you can increase the volume.

Multicooker casserole

The dish is usually prepared from frozen dumplings. They will need 450 grams. And, besides: 2/3 Art. water and grated hard cheese, 5 tbsp. oily sour cream, salt, spices.

  1. Frozen dumplings are laid out in the bowl of the device.
  2. Sour cream, water, salt and spices make the sauce.
  3. The resulting liquid is poured into the semi-finished product.
  4. The program "Baking" for 35 minutes.
  5. After about 20 minutes, open the lid of the device, and fill in the grated cheese.

During cooking, the dish completely absorbs the sauce, becomes soft and tender.

Dumplings soup

When there is little time before dinner, dumpling soup will save the situation. For it will be used: 250 g of semi-finished product, 3-4 potatoes, carrots, 2 liters. water, onion, salt, herbs, aromatic herbs, oil.

  1. Shredded vegetables are passaged in the Baking program until soft.
  2. Carrots and onions are poured with hot water. The base of the soup is salted and seasoned with aromatic herbs.
  3. Cubes of potatoes and finely chopped greens are thrown into the capacity of the multicooker.
  4. After 25 minutes of cooking in the same mode, dumplings are added and left for another 12-15 minutes.

Lunch is served with sour cream or ghee.

Nuances of cooking in a slow cooker: Redmont, Polaris

For cooking semi-finished products, a multicooker of any brand is suitable, for example, the Redmont and Polaris models. It is especially convenient to cook dumplings in those devices where there are specialized programs for processing semi-finished products. If they are not, you can use the "Cooking", "Steamed" or "Soup" mode. On average, dumplings are boiled for about 30 minutes.

If you are using a frozen product, you can turn on the Baking program for 35 minutes. With the lid closed, the dish will be stewed, with the lid open, it will be fried. In most Redmont models, both programs are located separately - "Frying" and "Stewing".

When wondering how to cook dumplings in a Polaris multicooker, first of all, you need to study the modes available for the device.Many models of this brand have a special program “Pizza” or “Roasting”. They will make it especially tasty to cook a semi-finished product.

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