11 Foods You Should Never Put in a Slow Cooker

slow-cooked sauce or soup shortly before serving.

If you’re following a slow-cooker recipe specifically designed for pasta, follow its timing carefully. The amount of liquid and cooking time make a huge difference.

3. Fresh Seafood
Shrimp, fish, scallops, and other delicate seafood generally don’t need hours of cooking.

Put them in at the beginning of a slow-cooker recipe and they can become rubbery, dry, or fall apart completely.

What to do instead
Add seafood near the end of cooking. Shrimp, for example, often needs only a short time to become