I saw this great tip the other day on a food network show called ‘Good Eats’. The episode was about making some chicken dish, but what caught my attention was the way Alton (the host of the show) used the oven.
Most ovens are built to halt heating for some time once it reaches the set temperature and then restart heating. This process would sometimes take a very long time if we plan to bake or broil something very dense or thick or simply want to grill kebabs. What Alton did was, he temporarily disabled the automatic temperature control process by keeping the oven door slightly open to fool the oven and keep the heating on constantly. The entire chicken was done in very little time than it would take otherwise.
Isn’t it a great way to make the oven work more efficiently and be more effective in lesser time?
Here is the link to the recipe that Alton was making in this episode and in the fifth paragraph are his instructions for the oven. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_141,00.html
