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Read This Before Adding Milk To Your Slow Cooker Meal By Garrett Palm Oct. 28, 2025 11:39 am EST

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Are you about to pour milk into your slow cooker? Wait a moment and read this before you do, and it may help keep you from ruining your dinner. Adding milk to your slow cooker before preparing a meal can result in the milk curdling. Yes, this is part of how homemade paneer or cottage cheese is made, but are you trying to make a creamy cream soup or a chunky cream soup?

If you are making anything in the crock pot that involves milk, it's best to add it near the end, like in this slow cooker country chicken recipe . About 15 minutes before the dish is done cooking should be enough. This happens because milk is an emulsion of water, butter

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