Halogen Oven

[charliesteve]

Hi everyone, with the latest rage with cooking fresh chickens in the bag to avoid coming into contact with bare flesh, does anyone know if they are suitable for Halogen oven cooking. They say microwave cooking is not suitable but no mention of halogen ovens.
Thanks

[bhg481]

A microwave oven cooks the food using (sort of) radio waves, which penetrate the food, which absorbs it and cooks it. Only the food gets heated, although the cooking container may be heated by conduction from the hot food.
A halogen oven is just a small version of a conventional fan oven ie, just a heating element (like some electric fires) and a fan to circulate the air. The whole contents of the oven get hot.

[diddlydo]

Personally I would never cook a chicken in a bag (even though it's allegedly designed to be) as I'd be concerned about the effects of heat on the composition of the bag.

[EDDIE51]

^ Roasting bags are made for the job diddlydo, they are NOT affected by the heat. The food tastes better as it retains all the flavour and cooks in its own juices. Plus it keeps the oven clean by avoiding splashes of meat juice that burns on to the oven shelves and walls. Yet another advantage is that you can pick up the meat and lift it off the roasting dish by using the bag.
You should try it, once you are used to it you will never 'roast; without a bag again .

[murraymints]

I do chicken in a roasting bag in Microwave and it is fine but usually skinless breasts so no crispy skin

[Old_Geezer]

Is there really a "rage" for cooking food without touching it ?
Nowt as queer as folk, so they say.

[murraymints]

think Eddie just meant easier to lift out OG...it would have to be touched to get in the bag to begin with

[Old_Geezer]

Don't come in a bag then ?
I know supermarkets sell fish bagged ready for the oven: although 50% of the time I want to do something with it and so take it out anyway.

[EDDIE51]

Yes I meant easy to lift out of the roasting pan.
I did a roast chicken in a roasting bag yesterday and lifted it out by holding the bag, a lot easier than trying to lift out a hot chicken direct.

[diddlydo]

Never mind how the bag may react to heat, I want to baste a chicken frequently while it roasts which you certainly can't do when it's in a bog.

[gingejbee]

In a bog....Irish recipe?

[bhg481]

No, free range chicken ginge.

[gingejbee]

...oh yes, now we have the problem of catching it.....