Cooking your food thoroughly is an important step in food safety, and it is a necessity to keep your family healthy. In addition to health concerns, selecting the right cook time could be the difference between a delicious meal and a culinary flop. Serving your family burnt chicken or undercooked fish often leads to major disappointment at dinnertime. Fortunately, our team has outlined suggested cook times for our cooking bags, allowing you to prepare your next meal with even less hassle.
What Determines Meal Cook Times?
Unfortunately, there isn’t a magic number when it comes to cook times. The amount of time needed to cook your food will depend on a variety of factors:
- The type of food you intend to cook (meat, seafood, vegetables, etc.)
- Cooking method (grill, microwave, oven, etc.)
- Differences in oven temperatures or microwave wattage
- Whether your protein is raw, frozen, or pre-cooked
- Whether you’ll be cooking your protein alone or along with vegetables
Protein offers the greatest challenge when it comes to determining cook times. Your meal will take longer to cook if it is being cooked raw than it would from a par-cooked state. You may also need to alter your cook times if you place meat and vegetables in the same bag to ensure that all components are cooked through before serving.
Suggested Cooking Times for RCG! Cooking Bags
Whether you’re stumped on how long to cook fish or how to microwave vegetables, we’ve got you covered. To get the most out of your cooking bags, use the suggested cook times to get a perfectly cooked meal regardless of what you choose to prepare.
Microwave & Oven Bags
Microwave (1000w) 8oz 16oz
Fish Filet 3 – 4 mins 4 – 5 mins
Lobster Tails (Defrosted) 2 – 3 mins 4 – 5 mins
Crab Legs (Defrosted) 1 min 1.5 mins
Shrimp, Shellfish & Scallops 2 – 3 mins 4 – 5 mins
Clams & Mussels 2 – 3 mins 4 – 5 mins
Mixed Vegetables 3 – 4 mins 5 – 6 mins
Baby Potatoes 6 – 8 mins 8 – 10 mins
Chicken & Poultry 5 – 6 mins 6 – 8 mins
Beef & Pork 7 – 8 mins 8 – 10 mins
Oven (350° F) 8oz 16oz
Fish Filet 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Lobster Tails (Defrosted) 10 – 15 mins 15 – 18 mins
Crab Legs (Defrosted) 6 – 8 mins 10 – 12 mins
Shrimp, Shellfish & Scallops 14 – 16 mins 18 – 20 mins
Clams & Mussels 14 – 16 mins 18 – 20 mins
Mixed Vegetables 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Baby Potatoes 25 – 30 mins 30 – 35 mins
Chicken & Poultry 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Beef & Pork 25 – 30 mins 30 – 35 mins
Oven & Grilling Bags
BBQ and Oven (350° F) 8oz 16oz
Fish Filet 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Lobster Tails (Defrosted) 10 – 15 mins 15 – 18 mins
Crab Legs (Defrosted) 6 – 8 mins 10 – 12 mins
Shrimp, Shellfish & Scallops 14 – 16 mins 18 – 20 mins
Clams & Mussels 14 – 16 mins 18 – 20 mins
Mixed Vegetables 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Baby Potatoes 25 – 30 mins 30 – 35 mins
Chicken and Poultry 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Sausages 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Kabobs 20 – 25 mins 25 – 30 mins
Steaks 25 – 30 mins 30 – 35 mins
Rack of Ribs 25 – 30 mins 30 – 35 mins
The incredibly versatile cooking bags from Ready. Chef. Go! are designed to make cooking easier than ever. We also offer an extensive collection of recipes that will teach you how to use our bags to create dishes using any of these food types. Contact us today to learn more about cooking times or purchase your cooking bags here.
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