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Choose the Stew mode
for traditional Crock-Pot/slow
cooker style recipes, beans, one-pot pasta and to steam
fish or vegetable. The Stew mode allows you to select the
amount of cooking time up to 4 hours and 50 minutes. Most
recipes will cook 2 hours.
It is highly recommended that you refer to the recipe
booklet provided for the first few recipes you make in the
Slow Cooking mode
. See also the “
VitaClay Cooking
Charts for VM7900 & VF7700
” that came with the Cooker
for guidance on ingredient proportions.
Remember to always check the cooking progress halfway
through and make adjustments accordingly for liquid and
cooking time.
Basic Soup or Stew Cooking Directions
•
Place your soup ingredients (including water, broth
or stock) into the clay pot, stir and cover with the clay
pot lid.
•
Ensure the exterior of the pot is clean and dry.
•
Place covered clay pot into the Cooker on the
heating element.
•
Close the Cooker cover. You w
ill hear a “click” when
it snaps shut. Plug cord into a 120-volt AC/60Hz
outlet. The Cooker will beep and “Start/Cancel”
indicator light will start blinking.
•
Use the “Slow Cooking” key to select the soup or
stew cooking mode. The black indicator arrow on the
LCD display will show which mode is active.
•
The LCD display
will show “
2:00
”
as the default
cooking time
; which means your soup or stew is set
to cook for 2 hours.
•
You may shorten or lengthen cooking time by
pressing the Timer keys
within a few seconds
of
selecting the cooking mode: