Bottled Roasted Meat - A Secret Trick to the most Magical microwave Roast Beef Brisket Ever/Stewing Beef - Melt in the mouth!
Delish! – Tastes just like slow-roasted oven meat, but way better! Cooks in its vacuum of steam, juices, and fats. You will NEVER guess it was cooked in a microwave!
Your guests won’t know the difference! 😉 Why? You are going to slow cook it at a temperature lower than defrost. Starting at a temperature of 10 % power on and off, allowing it to rest on the countertop in between cooking bursts, for the duration of the day, or cooking time - that’s if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen as I do. When it starts bubbling up and sizzling – Do not allow pressure to continue building up, as your glass jar will burst open and break! Remove from oven to allow to continue cooking on your countertop. When the temperature drops, you may return it to the microwave oven to continue cooking, so on and so forth, until the meat is melt in the mouth tender.
How I stumbled upon this recipe:
One day when the cat ran out of food I took out some stewing beef from the freezer in its meat tray covered in plastic wrap I placed it on defrost in the microwave, and as it came closer to thawing out I lowered the temperature to low which is lower than defrost and continued cooking it, still completely sealed in its package. And Wow! It came out absolutely, divine!
The steam built up together with the meats own juices and fats, as it roasted and browned in its packaging. I know this is unhealthy but didn’t think of it at the time – Those days we didn’t have much internet. The meat was just like roast beef, but better, and the cat? Loved it! And that Siamese cat, Little-Girl lived to the ripe old age of 21! I discovered this was a delicious way of roasting pieces if stewing beef until it just falls off of the bone. Just a bit of salt is all it takes once it is done and that’s all it needs. – It doesn’t dry out. It is moist, juicy with an outer crispy crust where the fat layers have crisped up, as the meat sizzles and browns this way.
It usually takes me around 4 – 6 hours.
Use meat which has marbled fat between its layers, and pack your jar tightly, add NO water, and close the lid.
Metal only arcs or sparks if placed on the floor of microwave turntable. Many times I have reheated apple pies and Tipsy tarts in pie foil containers in the microwave, centered on an upturned saucer successfully without any sparks or arcing at all. Just to be safe, make sure that you are in the kitchen whilst doing so.😉
Note:
Use a quality glass preserving jar with similar strength to that of a mayonnaise jar. Glass jars made today are very thin – therefore be warned! Those of a few years back in the 70s – 90s are the best. They come with very strong metal clips which will not arc or spark in the microwave as they are not in line with the microwave beams, so long as you have your glass jar centered on your microwave turntable.
Debone your meat before packing into the glass jar. I usually use a stewing beef like brisket or any other with good fat layers between. The meat will roast and brown in its own steam, fats, and juices.
Below is just a sample of how I used to do it. I never add water to mine - NOT at all!! I have also broken many a glass preserving jars in the microwave by allowing the pressure or steam to build up too much in the closed jar through impatience – so please, take your time and have lots of patience! Make sure you remove it the minute you see the pressure building up, and put it on your kitchen countertop to continue cooking. Lids must be sealed tightly with rings on. The magic happens in the bottle. Don’t worry about the metal rings of jars, as they will not be hit by the microwave beams. The beams bypass them as they cross the floor area of the turntable.
The meat will still taste delicious, just like oven-roasted except far better, and nobody will ever guess it was cooked in a microwave, as it cooks under the same method – Even better – sealed in a vacuum of its steam fats, and juices.😉 Enjoy and don’t shout at me if your jar breaks.😉 Just go slow and be careful, then you have nothing to fear. Take your time and just don’t rush.😉
