Does evaporated milk curdle in a slow cooker?!
Answers: I know fresh milk does.
It's already cooked. Might depend on what you are putting in there with it though. Your best bet is to add it in the last hour of cooking.
"Milk/Cheese
Milk, sour cream, and cream break down over long periods of cooking, and should be added during the last hour. Condensed cream soups are good substitutions for milk and can be cooked for extended times. "Healthy," or reduced fat cream soups can be used in any recipe as a substitute."
Here is a potato soup recipe that tells you how they do it in a crock pot. I think your clam chowder would be similar.
"Crock Pot Potato Soup
Portions: 8-10
Ingredients:
6 potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 leeks (optional), chopped
1 large carrot (or 10 baby carrots), chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 onions, chopped
5 cups water
1 T. salt
1 T. parsley flakes
1/3 cup butter
4 chicken bouillon cubes
1 can evaporated milk
Instructions:
1. Put all ingredients except evaporated milk into crock pot.
2. Cook low: 10-12 hours, high 3-4 hours
3. Stir milk in last 1/2 hour " from
http://www.techsoup.org/community/soupre...
don't know never tried it, but if you are making a cream based soup did you know that you can use powdered coffee creamer (mix it in blender with water) Thats what they teach them in cooking school- that way your soup doesn't scorch!!
Probably will. Milk curdles when boiled, and slow cokers are usually set for 200oF on LOW, 300oF on HIGH.
If you're not worried about fat, you can always use whipping cream. <blush> It wont' curcle.
How does this exist if it is evaporated? :)