How to keep food hot at home and on the road

Houses

Oven at low temperature for meat and large meals

Preheat the oven to 90 ° C and put in her food. After 20 minutes, check temperature of food thermometer. It should not fall below 60 ° C. If necessary, slightly increase the temperature in the oven. So it is possible to store dish to two hours.

Water bath for dishes pots and pans

Fill a large pot with water up to the middle and put on low heat. Ideally, the water temperature should be about 70 ° C. Place the pot or pan with food in the center of the water bath. Do not add the heat and gradually add liquid vykipevshuyu. Occasionally stir the food, so it does not burn.

Medlennovarka for soups and stews

Preheat medlennovarku, to shift in her hot food, and turn on the lowest temperature. This option is best suitable for soups, stews, sauces and mashed potatoes. But keep in mind that the food in it will continue to prepare, though very slowly. If you leave it for a long time, the texture of foods may change slightly. After turning off the food in medlennovarke cools more about two hours.

Hot dish

Warm them in the microwave

Place a stack of trays in microwave oven and heat at ordinary temperature calculation 30 seconds per plate. To avoid burns, use oven gloves when you remove them.

Hold them in the oven at low temperature

Preheat the oven to 65-90 ° C and place the dish inside a couple of minutes. mini-oven are also suitable for this purpose. Do not forget that not all of the dishes can be used in the oven. Feel free to put it in the heat-resistant ceramic and glass plates. Remove them with a tack and let them cool slightly before serving food.

On the road

Thermos per serving

It is particularly useful for liquid foods, such as soup. Pour it into a thermos, until it is very hot, and immediately close the lid tightly. Check how long you can keep food in your thermos. This information shall be indicated on the packaging. It is usually recommended to eat the contents within four hours.

ThermaBag for large meals

These bags are used for pizza delivery. They retain heat and are reusable and disposable. Close the hot dish with a lid or foil before you put into the bag. Keep it going no more than three hours.

Lunch box heated for use in the car

It can be connected to the cigarette lighter. Just check out what voltage is needed for the device and what makes your cigarette lighter to avoid short circuits. Put hot food in the lunch-box and connect it to the network. Leave the device is switched on only while traveling, to avoid wasting battery power in the rest of the time.

thermocontainer

Turn portable refrigerator cold box. To do this, it Cover the aluminum foil, Folded in two layers.

• Wrap foil container with hot food. Use a few slices to completely wrap the container. Cooking in this case must be very hot. Place the container in the middle of the refrigerator. Heat from it spread through the foil and warm environment.
• Take 2-3 new cotton socks and fill them with rice or beans. Tie the socks on top, so that the content does not spill. Warm them in the microwave for 2-3 minutes, then put it in refrigerator next to the container. They will maintain the temperature of food.
• Fill the empty spaces with towels. They should fit snugly to the container with the food, so as not to produce heat. Place the top of the bottle with hot water and close the lid tightly.

The temperature in such a container with time starts to fall, so try to eat the contents in the first two hours.