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Don't Get Caught Making This One Big Slow Cooker Mistake When Making Christmas Dinner

Cooking the Christmas turkey and veggies in a slow cooker can be a failsafe way to make a delicious holiday meal...unless you make this one huge mistake!
Sheri Cyprus | Life Hacks
Published December 14, 2016
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Don't Get Caught Making This One Big Slow Cooker Mistake When Making Christmas Dinner

Cooking the Christmas turkey and veggies in a slow cooker can be a failsafe way to make a delicious holiday meal...unless you make this one huge mistake!
Sheri Cyprus | Life Hacks
Published December 14, 2016
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1. Duh Humbug!

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Thankfully, most of us are smart enough not to forget to plug in the slow cooker containing our Christmas dinner to feed all our family and friends.

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2. Turkey Size Matters

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Not many of us Christmas cooks will try to fit a too-big turkey into our slow cooker. So what is the common big mistake that can abysmally ruin a slow cooker Christmas dinner?

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3. Being Underwhelming

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Surprisingly, one of the very worst slow cooker mistakes for a Christmas dinner has nothing to do with undercooking or overcooking. 

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4. It's How You Play The Gobble Gobble Game

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The biggest Christmas dinner slow cooker mistake has to do with how you place your ingredients into the crock. 

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5. Being Best Dressed Doesn't Matter

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Both you and your turkey can be deliciously dressed this Christmas, but unless you place your turkey on top of the veggies in your slow cooker, an unevenly cooked meal is likely to result. 

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6. Veggies First, Turkey Second

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Whatever vegetables you want to cook with your slow cooker turkey, put them in the crock first to literally support the turkey and keep it from sitting on the bottom of the pot. Not using the order of veggies first, turkey second, is a common slow-cooker Christmas dinner disaster.

It's a huge mistake to slow cook the turkey on the bottom because it can stick to the cooker and both the vegetables and poultry are likely not to cook properly at all.

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7. That's The Rub

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Before you add your turkey on top of the veggies in your slow cooker, be sure to rinse the bird and pat it dry, then rub it down with a seasoning mixture. Look for a seasoning mix recipe that will add some color to your slow cooker turkey since this cooking method doesn't as easily brown the bird as much as the conventional oven method. 

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8. Don't Skimp On The Paper Towels!

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Drying your turkey really well with paper towels before adding your spice rub to the skin is crucial since it will help the skin become the brownest and crispiest it can get in a slow cooker. Having the turkey placed on top of the vegetables also helps accomplish this.

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9. Whatever You Do, Don't Peek

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After your turkey is all dried and rubbed with seasoning and you have placed it on top of your cut-up veggies, it's important you keep the slow cooker lid on tight for the entire 6-8 hours or so of cooking time. Really, even a few lid lifts to "check" on the turkey in the slow cooker can ruin how well it cooks.

If you're so bored you find yourself wanting to keep lifting the slow cooker cover to look at your turkey cooking, you can always use the empty cardboard rolls from all the paper towels you used to dry the turkey with to make ridiculous seasonal crafts. 

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10. Pretty As A Picture!

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After your turkey is cooked in the slow cooker, you can reach maximum browning and crispiness of the skin by placing it under the oven broiler for a few minutes. Of course, watch it carefully so it doesn't burn and your Christmas dinner made with the bird on the top of the vegetables should be a great success! 

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