Cooking with an Oven - You can eat good/cheap and be lazy too

[mindlessobserver]

I think out of all the appliances in my kitchen, the oven is my absolute favorite. Why? Because you can cook pretty much anything in it with minimal effort and maximum reward. Dont believe me? Well...

Roast beef

1 eye of round roast
Canola oil
Salt
Pepper

Turn oven to 500 degrees

Coat round roast with oil
Cover in salt and pepper
Put in oven. Wait 15 to 20 min (depending on size)
Turn the oven OFF
DO NOT OPEN OVEN
check back in 5 hours or longer. Does not matter.

Perfect tender roast beef.

Pulled chicken (or roast bbq chicken)

2 split chicken breasts
(I prefer bone in, but you gotta remove bones at end)
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic, whole
Salt
Pepper
Bottle of bbq sauce

Put chicken breasts in pan
Chop onion in half, put in pan
Put garlic cloves in pan
Sprinkle on salt and pepper
Cover in bbq sauce
Cover with aluminum foil
Put in over at 275 degrees for about 4 to 5 hours depending on size

Eat as is with pan drippings as sauce over mashed potatoes. OR.

Pour chicken and drippings into pot (after removing bones if bone in) shred with a fork. Add a touch more bbq sauce. Eat as is, on a bun, in a taco, whatever.

Whole roast chicken

1 roast chicken
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper

After cutting chicken loose pat it dry
Cover it in olive oil
Cover in salt and pepper

Roast at 400 degrees for 15 minutes
Reduce heat to 375
Roast 20 minutes per pound.

Bonus points if you surround the bird with an onion, some split or baby carrots and quartered potatoes. You get your sides done at the exact same time.

You can take the pan drippings, pour into a pan and combine with a few pinches of flour and some butter to make a gravy.

London Broil

Take 1 london broil
Coat with olive oil salt and pepper
Roast it at 375 degrees for 8 minutes a pound.
You can also go the quick route and do 500 degrees at 2 minutes a pound
Or slow and do 175 degrees for 2-3 hours.

Eat.

Serve with a dipping sauce. I reccomend balsamic reduction but bbq or A1 work too.

Pot Roast

1 cup of beef broth
Worteshire sauce
Salt
Pepper
Onion
Carrot
Potato
Olive oil
A chuck roast

Coat chuck roast in olive oil salt, pepper and flour

Sear in pan for 3 minutes a side.

Put in pot.
Surround with carrot potato and onion

Pour in 1 cup of beef broth with a dash of Worcestershire. Cover pot.

Put in oven set to 275 degree for 5 hours or so.

Eat. You can also pour off the sauce, reduce it and add more flour to thicken it into a rich gravy.

BONUS ROUND

Use 1 cup of guiness beer in place of water to reconstitute beef bullion and pour that in instead.

At most all of these take maybe 10 minutes to prepare. You just gotta know get them in ahead of time.

EVERY OVEN IS DIFFERENT!

Oven recipes are to be viewed as guidelines only! Your oven is unique and special will not conform to what other peoples ovens do. Trust your instincts on times.

 

[Otis Boi]

What i like to do is get a lamb cut (preferably rib) make a rub of brown sugar,onion powder,black pepper and salt let that sit in the fridge for a while and preheat the oven to 400f.
Once that heats up I roll around some patatos in olive oil,black pepper and salt and sprinkle in rosemary and let those back for 15-20 min(check the potatoes with a knife by sticking them and making sure they aren't to soft but not completely firm you want them half cooked for the next part)

Once you checked your taters heat up a pan with cooking oil and sprinkle in some rosemary and brown the lamb in the pan, you are not actually trying to cook it just give it a nice coloring, then place it in the oven then cook for another 15-20 minutes. It should be good to eat by then and boy is it fucking good.

Sorry if the instruction are broad but it really is something where it comes down to cooking to taste and might be a bit of trial and error before you get it the way you want

 

[The Last Stand]

Leftover pizza is marginally better reheated in an oven than a microwave.

 

[I Love Beef]

I am thinking about it. I want to try cooking au gratin, first thing on my mind. Even got the utensils and proper cookware to do it, and with loaded meat and stuff.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Au gratin is very delicious but it's a stone bitch getting the cheese sauce right. I blame the high water content in most American cheeses

 

[Marco Fucko]

2 large Russet potatoes (about 1 pound), scrubbed and cut lengthwise into quarters
1 large onion (8 ounces), peeled and cut into quarters
2 large eggs
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt (or 1 teaspoon fine sea salt), plus more for sprinkling
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Safflower or other oil, for frying

 

[mindlessobserver]

I tend to get the best results out of Canola Oil when it comes to oven cooking. olive or sunflower oil has such a low smoke point that I need to rip the the smoke detectors out of the wall for anything above 325. Never tried Peanut Oil though...

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Leftover pizza is marginally better reheated in an oven than a microwave.

Cold pizza is better than reheated pizza. Don't @ me.

 

[Where Do You Find Them?]

Ovens are great. They mean people like me who can't cook to save their lives can still eat.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

I baked a piece a bread with ketchup, cheese and ham.

 

[mindlessobserver]

I baked a piece a bread with ketchup, cheese and ham.

Ketchups primary ingredient is tomato paste which is essentially just reduced tomato. If you squirt it into a frying pan and add a few tablespoons of water to it it will loosen up. Then add a few dashes of hot sauce or a sprinkle of crushed red pepper and you got a spicy tomato sauce.

Combine it with Concord grape jelly and you got a sauce that defies explanation but is just good when used on chicken.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

Ketchups primary ingredient is tomato paste which is essentially just reduced tomato. If you squirt it into a frying pan and add a few tablespoons of water to it it will loosen up. Then add a few dashes of hot sauce or a sprinkle of crushed red pepper and you got a spicy tomato sauce.

Combine it with Concord grape jelly and you got a sauce that defies explanation but is just good when used on chicken.

I made pizza bread with what I had.

 

[Some Manajerk]

Hear me out: brussel sprouts.
Turns out the reason everyone thinks the things are gross is because we learned to eat them boiled, which makes them flat out nasty. now here is a much better way.

1 1/2 pounds of sprouts, trimmed and cut in half
4 ounces of bacon, diced up
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and black pepper
balsamic glaze to taste.

heat the oven to 400 degrees. lay the sprouts, trimmings and bacon all together on na lined baking tray, drizzle with the olive oil, salt and pepper, then put in the oven for about 25ish minutes, until the bacon is cooked and the trimmings are nice and caramelized. put out, place in a bowl, then sprinkle the balsamic glaze and mix together.

stuff is delicious.

 

[Gustav Schuchardt]

I once tried a cookie recipe I found on 4chan but it didn't make cookies it made FIRE.

 

[Ex Cummunicated Sasser HD]

Hear me out: brussel sprouts.
Turns out the reason everyone thinks the things are gross is because we learned to eat them boiled, which makes them flat out nasty. now here is a much better way.

That and most people overcook them. If they have stopped being bright green, they are overcooked.

I do them similar to you, but parboil them first for 2.5 minutes, then stick them in a pan with lardons, butter, peppercorns and garlic (no salt needed if using lardons and salted butter). Just for a minute or so. Usually because if I'm doing sprouts, it means the oven is full with other stuff, so I use the stove.

Haven't tried balsamic. might give it a go.

 

[Judge Holden]

All imma say is this.

An oven thermometer probe in the thiccest part of the meat is your best friend and well worth the 20 buck investment.

 

[NyQuilninja]

rub boneless chicken breast down with crisco butter flavored shortening add A little bit of Cajun seasoning turn on oven to 425 cook 45 minutes
Use a wire rack broiler pan.
While those are cooking use a toaster toaster oven @425 to cook four good size red Potatoes Diced and sprayed with Pam or whatever spray oil you have sprinkle them with said Cajun seasoning

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

You can buy pre-breaded fish fillets and bake them in the oven.

 

[Coffee Shits]

Leftover pizza is marginally better reheated in an oven than a microwave.

I find that a combination of both works well. Using the oven alone I find takes too long and tends to go past the point of re-heating to re-cooking.

Take the pizza out of the fridge, let it come to a bit below room temperature. Nuke it at medium power for a few minutes to even out any pockets of cold (toppings). Finish it in a 325 degree oven for several minutes, let it rest for a few more with the oven off - skip this step and it'll be too sloppy to eat. Also works for calzones.

 

[melty]

That and most people overcook them. If they have stopped being bright green, they are overcooked.

I do them similar to you, but parboil them first for 2.5 minutes, then stick them in a pan with lardons, butter, peppercorns and garlic (no salt needed if using lardons and salted butter). Just for a minute or so. Usually because if I'm doing sprouts, it means the oven is full with other stuff, so I use the stove.

Haven't tried balsamic. might give it a go.

Brussels sprouts also changed to a less bitter variety. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo

I roast them too but just use oil, salt and pepper and maybe bacon.

I really like using the oven broiler. It's a great way to get things a little crispy and it's so fast.