There is no desire to wash the baking sheet after cooking a dish in the oven? Nowadays you can easily do without this exhausting work. There is a wonderful salvation. It is known to many, but there are still people who would be interested in knowing how to use a baking sleeve.
What it is
A roll of synthetic material, transparent and heat resistant. It is a practical and convenient thing in the kitchen. Thanks to the package, the dishes turn out juicy and tasty. They bake evenly and do not lose their beneficial properties. You can choose the right size for each dish and easily prepare it:
- pork ham and leg of lamb;
- chicken and goose.
In addition, you can bake without fat. So those who want to lose weight should pay attention to this method of cooking.
Now a little about the ties. There are two options for securing the ends of the bag. The first option is regular ties, strips of synthetic material.
The second option is a baking sleeve with clips. Let's look at how to use it below. The first and second options are safe.
We can talk about transparent bags for a long time. But you can feel their “help” only when you cook something in them.
What dishes can you prepare?
Before we talk about how to use a baking sleeve, let’s find out what you can cook in it.
- Delicious fish.
Salt the prepared product, rub with various seasonings, and sprinkle with a little lemon juice. Bake in the oven.
- Chicken with potatoes.
Many people will like this dish. After cooking, it just melts in your mouth. Rub the bird with a mixture that consists of: vegetable oil, pepper, salt, garlic. After the chicken, start with the potatoes. Chop it coarsely, salt it, add mayonnaise. Bake the prepared foods in the oven.
- Vegetable stew.
This dish is suitable for those who care about their figure. Take any vegetables you find in your refrigerator. Salt them, pepper them, add a little butter or sunflower oil and put them in the oven.
- Mushrooms with liver.
Chop all the ingredients. Don't forget to pepper and salt them. It will be delicious if the mixture is poured with cream. Bake it.
Don’t think that these are all the dishes that can be prepared using a baking sleeve. Most likely, many people know how to use this item, but repetition has never bothered anyone.
It's worth remembering
There are always rules that must be followed. Here are a few that are especially important if you decide to cook with your sleeve. They will help you avoid many problems.
- Do not overuse salt and spices. With this method of baking, spices and salt usually manifest themselves more intensely.
- The meat will turn out more juicy and tasty if you stuff it with garlic and carrots. Cut the carrots into strips.
- If you want to achieve the effect of steaming, cut the food into pieces, put everything in a sleeve, add a little broth or water to it.
- The dish is ready thanks to the baking sleeve. How to use and what to do when removing the bag from the oven? Carefully take it along with the grill and transfer it to a plate.
Remember! Be sure to take one with a grill. Once heated, the synthetic material tears easily. If you ignore this advice, you may get seriously burned.
A few subtleties of preparation
In order for the dish to turn out delicious, you need to know how to use the baking bag in the oven. A few tips to help you do everything right.
- Place the bag of food on a baking sheet or mold and make several punctures in it. You can use a toothpick for these purposes. The holes are needed to prevent the sleeve from bursting from the air.
- To obtain a golden brown crust, cut the bag twenty minutes before the end of cooking, push the edges apart and return the dish to the oven.
Remember! When the sleeve is cut, steam escapes. Be careful not to get burned.
Food prepared in a bag is very healthy. When baking, a minimum amount of fat and salt is used. This will be very appealing to those who want to lose extra pounds and adhere to proper nutrition.
In addition, housewives will not have to scrub the dishes in which the dish was prepared.
Let's start cooking
So, let's start figuring out how to use a baking sleeve.
As mentioned above, this item is similar to a bag. It is made of transparent film that can withstand high temperatures, but not more than two hundred and thirty degrees.
For everything to work out, it is advisable not to make a mistake with the size of the package.
- Cut a piece from the roll, which should be one and a half times larger than the product prepared for baking.
- One end of the sleeve is secured with a special clip (clip). They are usually an addition to the bag.
- Put all the products in the bag, salt, pepper, add spices.
- Press the bag with your hands. In this way you expel the air from it. The film should adhere well to the products.
- The next step is to also secure the second end with a clamp.
- Before putting the finished bag in the oven, pierce it in several places. Place in a cold container and place in a preheated oven.
Remember! The baking sleeve (pictured) should not come into contact with the heated wall of the oven. How to use it will tell you its correct position during cooking.
Conclusion
You can cook in the bag in any oven. The most important rule is not to exceed temperature limits and, of course, no open fire.
How to use a baking sleeve? There is only one answer to this question - easy. If you have a desire to create, then everything will work out. Buy baking bags and start cooking.
Baking bags, having appeared in Russia relatively recently, quickly became kitchen assistants for many women. Manufacturers of baking bags claim that with the help of such bags you can easily and quickly prepare delicious and healthy dishes. Is it so? How safe is it to cook food in oven bags?
What is a baking bag and how to use it
Baking bag made from special materials that can withstand high temperatures and remain inert (i.e., do not interact with the products inside the bag and do not release harmful substances).
You can find it on sale baking bags of various shapes and sizes: large bags for baking whole poultry, smaller bags for preparing baked vegetables, elongated bags for baking fish, etc.
The method of using baking bags is very simple:
The package is placed on a baking sheet, frying pan or other container intended for the oven. The edges of the bag should be turned back 2-4 cm for easy loading of products. Then the ingredients of the dish are placed inside the bag, after which it is tightly closed and secured with special heat-resistant clips (usually such clips are sold complete with bags). If there is no clamp, you can tie the bag with thick threads or a strip of film cut from the bag itself. Next at the top baking bag you need to make several small holes using a toothpick or scissors to allow steam to escape.
The bag is placed in a preheated oven so that it does not come into contact with the oven walls, separating racks or open fire. Despite the holes made, when the dish is heated, the bag will increase significantly in size - take this fact into account when placing it in the oven.
How safe are oven bags?
The most common material in manufacturing baking bags is polyethylene phthalate (PTEF), the English name is Polyester (PET). This material remains inert, does not emit harmful substances and does not melt at temperatures up to 220-230 degrees Celsius.
The safety of cooking food in baking bags requires compliance with two conditions:
1. Selecting high-quality bags made from PTEF-based film (or other material whose inertness at high temperatures has been confirmed by authoritative international research).
2. Proper use of the bag when cooking. It is important to ensure that the bag does not come into contact with the walls of the oven or open fire, do not heat the oven to more than 200 degrees Celsius, and do not use the “Grill” mode.
What signs may indicate unsafe use? baking bags?
- A sharp, unpleasant odor when the package is heated (and any odor other than the appetizing odor of the dish being prepared);
- Darkening, clouding of the bag, change in color or loss of transparency when heated (we are, of course, not talking about contamination of the bag with the ingredients of the dish);
- Loss of plasticity by the bag when heated: if the bag has become brittle, breaks easily, or “crumbles,” it means that it does not meet quality standards, or the temperature regime was violated when preparing the dish.
Bag or sleeve?
The baking sleeve consists of two layers of heat-resistant film, glued along the edges. If the sleeve is made of high-quality materials, it is not inferior in safety to baking bags.
What to choose - a sleeve or baking bag? It depends on the specific purpose, on what dish the hostess is preparing. In most cases, the bag is still more convenient, since it only needs to be tied on one side, and there is a lower likelihood of liquid leakage: sauce, fat, meat or vegetable juice.
In what cases is a baking sleeve more convenient? For example, if the housewife decided to bake a whole large fish carcass, but there is no package of that size at hand. The advantage of a baking bag is that you can cut a piece of it to any length.
A piece is cut from the sleeve about twenty centimeters longer than the length of the dish being prepared. One end of the sleeve is secured with a clip or thread, then the components of the dish are placed inside. Having secured the sleeve on the other side, holes are made in it and placed in the oven.
Are foods cooked in a baking bag healthy?
Main advantage baking bag(the same can be said about the sleeve) is that food is cooked in it “in its own juice”, without adding fat. Therefore, such dishes are lower in calories than fried foods.
In addition, the dishes in the bag do not burn, and that golden “crust” does not form on them. Of course, this “crust” gives dishes an appetizing appearance, smell and taste, but it contains carcinogens - harmful substances that accumulate in the body. However, housewives who do not adhere to the principles of healthy eating know a way to get an appetizing crust, even by preparing the dish in a baking bag. To do this, 15 minutes before the end of baking, remove the dish from the oven and cut the bag.
Another plus baking bag– useful microelements are retained in the prepared food, which are “washed out” during cooking and remain in the broth, and when frying, they are destroyed due to too high temperatures.
What can you cook in a baking bag?
Finally, here are a few recipes for delicious dishes that can be prepared in a baking bag.
Roast pork in mustard sauce
Ingredients: 500 g pork, 500 g potatoes, 1 large onion, half a tablespoon of mustard, half a glass of water or broth, salt, spices to taste.
Preparation:
Cut the meat and potatoes into cubes, and the onion into half rings, put everything in baking bag. Mix mustard with warm water or broth, add salt, spices (ground pepper, coriander, basil, or other spices to your taste). Sprinkle the sauce over the meat and potatoes, close the bag, and pierce holes in the top.
Place the bag in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 60 minutes.
Fish and chips
Ingredients: 500 g fish fillet (pike perch, cod, pike, etc.), 500 g potatoes, 1 medium-sized onion, half a glass of sour cream, herbs, salt, pepper.
Preparation: Cut the fish fillet and potatoes into pieces, add the onion cut into half rings, place in baking bag. Mix sour cream with herbs, pepper and salt, pour the resulting sauce over the fish. Close the bag, pierce holes in it and place in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 1 hour.
Shish kebab in a baking sleeve
Ingredients: 1.5 kg pork, 2 lemons, leeks, onions, pepper, cilantro, salt, pepper.
Preparation: Cut the meat into large pieces and place in a saucepan. Add chopped onion, leek, cilantro, pepper and salt. Squeeze the juice from the lemons and sprinkle it over the meat. Cut the remaining lemons into large pieces and also add to the meat. Leave for 4-5 hours in a cool place.
After this, place the meat on wooden skewers, alternating with onion rings. Place the skewers in the baking sleeve, secure at both ends, and pierce holes to allow steam to escape.
Bake in the oven for 1 hour at 200 degrees. The meat turns out juicy, tender and, unlike “real” kebab, does not contain carcinogens!
Beef, baked whole piece
Ingredients: beef - a piece of about 1 kg, several cloves of garlic, salt, pepper.
Preparation: Rub the meat (washed and dried with a paper towel) with salt and pepper. Using a sharp knife, cut pocket holes in it into which the halves of the garlic cloves are placed. The meat is placed in a baking bag, tie the bag and pierce holes for steam to escape. Bake in the oven for one and a half to two hours at a temperature of 200 degrees.
If desired, you can bake pork in the same way.
Vegetables baked in a bag
Baked vegetables are a universal side dish for meat, poultry, fish, or an independent dietary dish, tasty and healthy! You can use the recipe below or use other vegetables to prepare the dish - the ones you like best.
Ingredients: 4 potatoes, 2 young zucchini, 1 large onion, 1 bell pepper, 2 tablespoons of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, salt, spices to taste.
Preparation: cut peeled potatoes and zucchini into slices, onions and peppers into rings. Prepare sauce for vegetables by mixing sour cream, butter, salt and spices. Mix salt and vegetables, leave for 20-30 minutes. Fold into baking bag, tie, pierce holes. Bake at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.
You can easily and simply prepare delicious and healthy dishes in a baking bag. The main thing is to choose quality packages and follow the rules for their use. Bon appetit!
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Baking bags and sleeves- a great opportunity for making your culinary life easier. Personally, I am simply delighted with this product of scientific and technological progress and I think its main advantage is that after baking food in them, the oven and dishes remain clean.
The bags are made from heat-resistant transparent polymer film (polyethylene terephthalate) with a thickness of 12 microns and approved for contact with food. They can be safely used in microwave ovens, as well as gas and electric ovens at temperatures up to 200°C. In them, the prepared products seem to be stewed, cooked in their own juice. For a golden brown crust at the end of cooking, you need to open the bag - I cut it in the middle with scissors and tuck the edges if it is a baking sleeve. If this is a bag that is tied at the top, then cut off the top and tuck the edges. The bags can be used for deep freezing of products and defrosting in the microwave, as well as for heating ready-made products.
Advantages:
- Juicy and flavorful dish
- No oil or fat
- No need to wash dishes or oven
Precautionary measures:
- Do not use bags at temperatures above 200°C.
- When opening the package after use, do not get burned by the steam!
- Do not use with the “Grill” option turned on.
Instructions for use:
- Preheat the oven up to 200°С
- Place the bag in a baking tray or mold, in which food will be baked. For convenience, first Unscrew the edges of the bag by 2 cm. Then the bag will keep its shape and the edges will not get dirty. If you use a baking sleeve, you must first cut it (the length is 2 sizes of a piece of meat) and tie it on one side with the included heat-resistant clips or thread. You can cut ribbons from the same film and tie them with it.
- Pre-prepared portion of meat, fish or vegetables place in a bag.
- Close package for baking with the included clips.
- Pierce top the bag with a toothpick or make small cuts with scissors to allow steam to escape.
- Place the baking sheet with the bag in the oven so that the edges of the bag do not come into contact with the walls of the oven or open flame.
- Cooking time for 500 g of product at 180°C:
Chicken……….. 30 minutes
Mutton……. 35 minutes
Pork……… 35 minutes
Beef……..25 minutes
Vegetables…………25 minutes
- If you want to cook dish with crust, then 15-20 minutes before the end of baking, remove the baking sheet with the bag from the oven and cut it. (the package itself is not hot - be careful with the contents and steam). Then put back in the oven and finish cooking.
- Remove the finished dish from the oven and let cool slightly. Cut the package. Carefully! Don't get burned by the steam!
- The meat juice accumulated in the bag can be used as a sauce for meat and vegetables.
Like these ones dishes I'm cooking in bags and sleeves for baking:
(pork baked with vegetables)
The bags are made from heat-resistant transparent polymer film (polyethylene terephthalate) with a thickness of 12 microns and approved for contact with food. They can be safely used in microwave ovens, as well as gas and electric ovens at temperatures up to 200°C. In them, the prepared products seem to be stewed, cooked in their own juice. For a golden brown crust at the end of cooking, you need to open the bag - I cut it in the middle with scissors and tuck the edges if it is a baking sleeve. If this is a bag that is tied at the top, then cut off the top and tuck the edges. The bags can be used for deep freezing of products and defrosting in the microwave, as well as for heating ready-made products.
Advantages:
Juicy and flavorful dish
No oil or fat
No need to wash dishes or oven
Precautionary measures:
Do not use bags at temperatures above 200°C.
When opening the package after use, do not get burned by the steam!
Do not use with the “Grill” option turned on.
Instructions for use:
Preheat oven to 200°C
Place the bag on a baking sheet or in the form in which the food will be baked. For convenience, first unscrew the edges of the bag by 2 cm. Then the bag will keep its shape and the edges will not get dirty. If you use a baking sleeve, you must first cut it (the length is 2 sizes of a piece of meat) and tie it on one side with the included heat-resistant clips or thread. You can cut ribbons from the same film and tie them with it.
Place a pre-prepared portion of meat, fish or vegetables in a bag.
Close the baking bag with the included clips.
Pierce the top of the bag with a toothpick or make small cuts with scissors to allow steam to escape.
Place the baking sheet with the bag in the oven so that the edges of the bag do not come into contact with the walls of the oven or open flame.
Cooking time for 500 g of product at 180°C:
Chicken……….. 30 minutes
Mutton……. 35 minutes
Pork……… 35 minutes
Beef……..25 minutes
Vegetables…………25 minutes
If you want to prepare a dish with a crust, then 15-20 minutes before the end of baking, remove the baking sheet with the bag from the oven and cut it. Carefully! Don't get burned by the steam! (the package itself is not hot - be careful with the contents and steam). Then put back in the oven and finish cooking.
Remove the finished dish from the oven and let cool slightly. Cut the package. Carefully! Don't get burned by the steam!
The meat juice accumulated in the bag can be used as a sauce for meat and vegetables. 