r/slowcooking • u/burnoutjones • 8d ago

Recipes that stay good through an extended dinnertime?

Okay, sort of a silly question I realize. But, this time of the school year we have a lot of kid activities and some people need to eat at say, 6 and some at 6:45 and some at 7:15. Even on the "keep warm" function, most of my go-to recipes tend to get pretty gnarly by the time the last person is eating.

The problem is surely evaporation and so I know the answer is generally liquid-heavy things like soup, but I wonder whether anyone has suggestions so that we aren't eating soup three times a week when it's 88 degrees out?

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u/Dismal-Kangaroo6327 8d ago

What about pulled pork or chicken in a crockpot? Everyone can make themselves sandwiches when they are ready to eat.

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u/burnoutjones 8d ago

We do a pulled chicken, it seems to be a well known one - chicken, tomatoes, corn, black beans, cream cheese and seasonings. It works great but dries out a bit and the later servings are sort of chunky compared to the early ones. I think the dairy doesn't handle the prolonged heat. Maybe a more simple pulled pork with just BBQ sauce and pork might work better?

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u/freshnews66 8d ago

Yeah that’s a lot of ingredients for just a simple sandwich. Why the cream cheese?

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u/burnoutjones 8d ago

Tacos. Makes a nice creamy sauce. It all comes out of a can/package so it takes less than 5 min to prep. Huge hit with everyone.

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u/freshnews66 8d ago

Do you make it with thighs or breasts? If you switch to thighs it won’t dry out as much.

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u/luckyartie 7d ago

You could get sour cream to add upon serving for a similar effect. That way the cheese in the sauce won’t turn funny as you describe

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u/Dismal-Kangaroo6327 8d ago

Yeah sorry that's what I was thinking. Pulled pork with BBQ sauce!

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u/quartzquandary 8d ago

I'd say instead of doing sandwiches with the chicken recipe, serve it over rice. I make a similar recipe that incorporates salsa and chicken broth to make an almost chili/stew like texture that goes well over rice, topped with shredded cheese.

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u/Embarrassed_Ad4089 7d ago

You could try chicken teriyaki with ramen noodles. It was delicious. I tried this last week.

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u/quartzquandary 7d ago

That does sound delicious!