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Baked Potato

Jeanni G. — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 20:19:20 +0000

The HOTLOGIC^® User Guide and the company’s website say that you cannot cook a potato in a HOTLOGIC^®. The information is correct, unless you follow this method. If you use this exact brine recipe, the potato will fully cook just waiting for butter to top it.

I used a Russet potato, cleaned it, sliced it, soaked in brine overnight and then cooked it for 8 hours in the brine water, and it came out cooked perfectly. I could easily break it apart and fluff it with a fork.

Questions

Because I am rushing to make this information available quickly after my successful experiment, I don’t know the answers, yet, to these natural questions:

Will this work with any type of potato? Yes, this method will cook russet, red and white potatoes
Can I use any type of salt? No, potatoes soaked in brine made form the pink salt are barely cooked and hard after 8 hours. After 8 hours the potatoes in the Canning & Pickling salt solution are well cooked and tender.
Does it have to cook for 8 hours? Depends on how “done” you like your potato. Canning & Pickling salt solution after 6 1/2 hours produces potatoes that are just cooked and starting to get tender.

Salt

Surprisingly, more salt was actually a problem and hindered the cooking process. I used Canning & Pickling salt so that it would dissolve completely in the room temperature water. In one container I used one (1) teaspoon of salt with two (2) cups of water. In the other, I mixed two (2) teaspoons of salt with two (2) cups of water. After soaking the potato slices overnight and cooking in the salt water for 8 hours, the potatoes in the lower salt solution cooked completely. The potatoes in the higher salt solution, were not.

Baked Potato

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Ingredients

1 small Russet potato
1 t Canning and Pickling salt
2 c water, room temperature

Instructions

In a 2-cup measure cup add water and salt. Stir until the salt is dissolved. Set aside.
Wash and slice a potato. Place in the heat-safe container the potato will cook in the next day.
Pour in enough salt water to cover the potato. Cover the dish. Refrigerate overnight.
Next morning, Place dish in the HOTLOGIC®. (Cover on dish is optional.) Plug in the HOTLOGIC® and zip shut. Cook for 8 hours.
Remove potato slices from water. Add butter or other preferred topping and enjoy.

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Cooking Quinoa in a HOTLOGIC®

Jeanni G. — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 03:50:25 +0000

Soon after learning that rice will not cook in a HOTLOGIC^®, I decided to try cooking quinoa (kēn′wä) in a HOTLOGIC^®. I was pleased to see that it cooked well.

Quinoa is a simple grain to cook. To make 2 cups of cooked grain takes half a cup of dried grain and 1 cup of water or broth and season to taste. The only issue I had was with the floating seeds. The floaters tended to not absorb any water and stayed hard. I learned to stir the seeds into the liquid before cooking.

There are simple variations that can be made when cooking quinoa. One is to include a tablespoon of chopped, raw onions and two tablespoons of cooked black beans to the ingredients. Another is to add diced, uncooked carrots to the quinoa before cooking.

I, also, like to use cooked quinoa is to make Crunchy Pumpkin & Quinoa Dog Treats in my HOTLOGIC^® for my dogs. I cook a half a cup of quinoa with one cup of water. Once it’s cooled, I am ready to mix up the ingredients. This recipe is cooked overnight because it takes 10 – 12 hours for the treat to completely dry out.

Quinoa

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 2

Servings 4

Ingredients

½ c quinoa, uncooked
½ t Better Than Bullion^® Beef
1 c water

Instructions

In 3-cup, heat-safe dish add quinoa and water. Stir in Better Than Bullion^®. The floating quinoa might not cook, so stir to force the quinoa below the water.
Place covered dish in the HOTLOGIC^®. Plug in the HOTLOGIC^® and zip shut. Cook for 2 hours.

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Broccoli

Jeanni G. — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 03:49:24 +0000

I like cooking frozen broccoli florets in my HOTLOGIC^®. For over a year, I cooked this vegetable first and then reheating later. I realized that this was a waste of electricity and my time because this vegetable cooks just fine in a HOTLOGIC^®.

The one downside of cooking a green vegetable in a HOTLOGIC^® is that it will lose color the longer it stays cooking/heating. It is one vegetable you may not wish to leave in all day.

Variations can be made to the recipe below. Instead of broccoli, you can use frozen cauliflower. A different fat, such as olive oil or bacon grease, can be used instead of butter. You may have a different seasoning that you prefer to use.

I haven’t tried reconstituting freeze-dried broccoli and seeing how well it tastes cooked liked this. When I tried freeze-dried cauliflower, I really did not like the taste of it. I don’t know if it was the brand or if a change in flavor that always happens to cauliflower when freeze-dried. It is not a consideration to see if it works as a variation to this recipe.

I have successfully reconstituted freeze-dried broccoli and had it with alfredo sauce, so it might work fine with this recipe. Eventually, I’d like to experiment and try the freeze-dried broccoli in the Egg Casserole.

Broccoli

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 2

Servings 2

Ingredients

3 c frozen broccoli
2 T butter
seasoning salt to taste

Instructions

Put the broccoli in a 4 cup, heat-safe dish.
Thinly slice the butter and distribute over the top of the broccoli.
Sprinkle with seasoning salt.
Place covered dish in the HOTLOGIC®. Plug in the HOTLOGIC® and zip shut. Cook for 2 hours.