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Browing bite-sized pieces of food

 
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R. Gee
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:32 pm    Post subject: Browing bite-sized pieces of food Reply with quote

Browning bite-sized pieces of food by sauteing the first side in a pan and turning over each piece to finish browning is not my idea of efficient cooking. What about placing all the pieces in a layer to broil brown on one side and using them in a recipe? Done that - seemed like an adequate option. Maybe laying pieces on a sheet of foil and somehow using a foiled baking sheet to flip them on the ungrilled side to finish? Haven't had the nerve to try this.

Just brainstorming. What have others tried in place of the time-consuming traditional method?

Thank you for your feedback. Unsure
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kgb1001001



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:06 pm    Post subject: Wouldn't provide as much flavor Reply with quote

Browning only one side would certainly work, but since only half as much of the surface area is browned that means that only half as much of the wonderful products of the maillard reaction (and don't start that thread again!) would be in the resulting recipe.

Instead, how about some sort of gadget that allowed you to more easily flip the food without the risk of hot grease spilling? Maybe what we need is a clamshell frying pan with two surfaces like a waffle iron...
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Dilbert



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt broiling would generate the surface temperatures desired fast enough to actually brown meat vs. just turning the color....

thinking about the about of cubes / strips I can saute/sear/brown in a 10" pan, and how that would lay out "flat" and how to flip that much "flat" doesn't encourage me <g>

couple things I've "learned" about browning meats:
- do not use a non-stick pan
- use heat as high as possible short of burning the fat/oil
- the shape of the pan is very important to the ease of flipping - nicely curved corner with slope side is ideal, for me at least.
- do not continuous fiddle with the contents; browning requires time at temp
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Browing bite-sized pieces of food Reply with quote

R. Gee wrote:
Browning bite-sized pieces of food by sauteing the first side in a pan and turning over each piece to finish browning is not my idea of efficient cooking. What about placing all the pieces in a layer to broil brown on one side and using them in a recipe? Done that - seemed like an adequate option. Maybe laying pieces on a sheet of foil and somehow using a foiled baking sheet to flip them on the ungrilled side to finish? Haven't had the nerve to try this.

Just brainstorming. What have others tried in place of the time-consuming traditional method?

Thank you for your feedback. Unsure


OoOooh, I hate having to deal with all those little bits. While I didn't put on my white lab coat when I first tried it, I used a solid copper fry pan to start the process on the stove-top, then finished it in my portable convection oven. Without turning.

Those copper pans conduct the heat so well, moisture is evaporated excpetionally fast and allows the food to brown far quicker. This is your presentation side. The convection oven gives the up side some nice color without turning.

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