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Meat Cooking Basics: When to Cook Hot and Fast

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  Cooking meat at high temperatures isn’t just about getting things over with. If you freeze poultry and hope to cook it at a high temperature to save time, you might end up with bland meat that no one looks forward to when eating.   The ‘Hot and Fast’ method of cooking meat needs to be looked at closely to understand when it makes sense.   Let’s look at the case of the Hot and Fast meat cooking method and all scenarios when high temperatures are applicable.   When to Cook Your Meat Hot and Fast Consider the cut. Lean or thin cuts work best with the hot and fast method. Say a cut like chicken breast or sirloin steak is low on fat. Cooking it for an extended period might dry out the natural juices.   Low temperatures work best when there’s a lot of collagen to break down. But if the cut is low on collagen, applying heat and cooking it fast to preserve the flavor makes sense. Additionally, the hot and fast method makes sense when roasting, deep-frying, pan-searing, baking, or broiling

Meat Cooking: When to Cook Low and Slow

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  Cooking meat comes with specific nuances. Say you freeze poultry and later start cooking it without considering the kind of meat you have. You can end up with a tasteless piece of meat without knowing if it should be cooked slowly or fast.   Sticking to a certain heating process is necessary. In the case of the ‘low and slow’ method, the meat is cooked at a low temperature for a long period, so it doesn’t dry out or overburn.   Here, we break down the low and slow methods of cooking meat and the cases when it makes sense to cook at a low temperature .   When To Cook Low and Slow? You might initially think that cooking at a low temperature would make sense for frozen meat, but that’s not quite true. The low and slow method helps preserve the juices inside the meat, which in turn helps maintain the meat’s original flavour.   The method is thus ideal if you're trying to BBQ or grill the meat. It wouldn’t make much sense to slow-cook meat at a low temperature in cases such as roasti