On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just finished a 4oz. piece of fresh (not frozen) pork steak. I wrapped > it in foil, put in the pan on "3" for about 12 minutes and then flipped > it over for another 28 minutes. At that time it was 260 F in the pan > (oven thermometer) and the meat was kind of resistant to the fork, not > to use the word "tough". Not very browned, however. > > I suppose if I had started with a hotter pan it would have browned more. > But, I seem to out-and-out burn the meat with hot pans. --------------- I mentally picture the pork 100% wrapped in foil, or no exposed meat at all. Is that correct? If so to brown that you will need to raise the temp in cooking to 350-450. Now is this pan going in the oven or on top of the range? Why not back up here and go over "Roasting 101" 1) You do not have to brown your meat to start. 2) There is a general min per pound @ a temp rule that varies on ovens and doneness for people. Base line in the sand is 350 degree F 20 min per pound = med to med well. Pork, chicken should only be cooked to Med well and removed from heat source and let stand if in a roast or whole chicken. So a 4# whole chicken @ .89 /# will cook for hour and a 1/4 and stand for 5 min before eating when cooked at 350. It just works. Skin will be moist or dry depending on the cooking space used. If you did this in a dutch oven in an oven the moisture level would be high and the carmelization of the skin would be minor. Just put the same chicken whole on a soda/beer can in the oven and season salt the skin A LOT your browning would be much greater. Same time and same temp. Pork runs the same way in time to cook in the oven like this. Some people will brown the meat before it goes into the oven. Extra work and not sure your get much in flavor out of it in the end. Others will reuse the juices and make a sauce / gravy to accompany the meal. That would be me. :) -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
