Woman's 'game-changing' roast potato hack she uses without an oven
A home cook has shared her unique method for making crispy roast potatoes using a slow cooker instead of an oven, and the viral recipe has impressed thousands online.
When you think of roast potatoes, it might seem inconceivable to achieve that perfectly crisp finish without actually roasting them in the oven.
Yet one woman claims to have discovered a 'game-changing' method for making roasties without an oven whatsoever — instead putting her slow cooker to work to achieve the same result.
Ria McCullough shared her ingenious technique on social media, where it has since gone viral
In her Facebook post, Ria declared her version of the roast potato recipe was so impressive that she'll "never cook them conventionally again".
So how exactly did she manage it?
The home cook began with Navan potatoes, which she parboiled for 10 minutes, before leaving them to steam dry in a colander.
As they cooled, she dusted them with flour, salt and pepper, onion granules and some sage before shaking the spuds to ensure they were thoroughly coated in the mixture.
Ria then poured "a few glugs" of mild olive oil into her slow cooker, cranking the temperature up high so the oil would be sufficiently hot when she added the potatoes.
She tossed the potatoes in the oil until fully coated, then left them on high to cook for four hours, with a tea towel placed beneath the lid, turning them twice throughout.
Ria's post on the public Facebook page Slow Cooking UK garnered more than 2.7k likes and over 700 comments.
Alongside her method, she shared a photograph of her gloriously golden and crispy finished potatoes.
One person replied: "They are amazing, a little bit of oil. Didn't realise I could use the SC [slow cooker] for anything other than a casserole."
Another said: "Never thought of doing roasties in my SC, but they sure do look amazing."
While a third added: "OMG you've just saved my Sunday roasts (until I finally get a new oven that is lol) beauties."
