If you're tired of the traditional vegetable mix, try a different concoction. Saute the frozen vegetable mixture and season with dill or tarragon. You can also chop vegetables by hand and mix them with oil and spices before frying. Alternatively, grill the vegetable mixture and season it with spices for a smoky flavor and aroma. Finally, make a steamed vegetable mixture as a side dish that's low in fat and has a range of healthy vitamins.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small shallots, minced
- 4 cups (600 grams) frozen vegetable mixture
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 grams) dried dill or tarragon
- ¼ teaspoon (1.5 grams) salt
- ¼ teaspoon (0.5 grams) freshly ground pepper
Serves 4
Fried fresh vegetables
- 1 medium onion
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 vegetable marrow
- 1 eggplant
- 2 small potatoes
- 5 small tomatoes
- 1 red or yellow bell pepper
- 2 heads of garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Dry seasonings (such as sage, thyme, or rosemary) to taste
- 4-5 tablespoons (60-75 milliliters) olive oil or more, to taste
For 6 servings
Grilled vegetable mix
- 1 tablespoon (12.5 grams) light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (1 gram) fresh basil leaves
- ½ teaspoon (3 grams) salt
- ½ teaspoon (1.5 grams) garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon (0.3 grams) ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 8 asparagus stalks
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1 medium yellow squash
- 1 small red onion
For 6 servings
Steamed vegetable mix
- 2 cups (480 ml) chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 cup (175 grams) broccoli heads
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1 cup (120 grams) carrots
- 230 grams green beans, cut ends
- ¼ white cabbage
For 6 servings
Steps
Saute frozen vegetable mixture
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Fry the shallots in a skillet, covered, for one minute over medium heat. Pour 1 tablespoon (15 ml) extra virgin olive oil into a large skillet. Place over medium heat and chop one small shallots while the oil is heating. Pour the shallots into the oil and stir as you roast. Cook the onion for one minute until tender.
- You can substitute canola, peanut, corn, or safflower for virgin olive oil.
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Add frozen vegetable mixture. Measure out 4 cups (600 grams) of the frozen vegetable mixture and place in the shallot pan. There is no need to defrost the vegetables before adding them to the shallots.
- You can use a classic frozen vegetable mix or your favorite mix (such as stir fry or California mix).
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Cook vegetables for four to six minutes. Cover the pan with a lid. Cook the vegetables for four to six minutes until they are sufficiently browned.
- You can stir the vegetables once or twice to get an even roast.
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Season the stir-fried vegetable mixture and serve. Remove the lid from the skillet and sprinkle the vegetables with ½ teaspoon (0.5 grams) dried dill or tarragon, ¼ teaspoon (1.5 grams) salt, and ¼ teaspoon (0.5 grams) freshly ground pepper. Stir in the vegetable mixture and serve.
- Store the rest of the vegetable mixture in an airtight container in the refrigerator for no longer than three to four days.
Frozen vegetables are a real salvation for the modern housewife, who, in between cleaning, washing, children and work at home, must still have time to prepare delicious meals for her household. In this article we will tell you, how to cook frozen vegetables deliciously at home.
The British were the first to learn how to freeze vegetables back in the 19th century. An inventor from England, G.S. Baker, who moved to the United States, decided to build a real business on this business. He harvested an unusable crop, freezes it, and then sells it. This idea was quickly picked up by the world, so today in every supermarket you can find whole departments selling frozen vegetables.
Although there are still unscrupulous sellers of frozen vegetables and fruits, and there is no escape from them. They are easy to recognize - you just need to look at the packaging with vegetables in order to understand whether the product is of high quality or not:
- The packaging must have a consistent appearance;
- There should be no frost or icing on it (this indicator will indicate to you that the vegetables have already been defrosted several times);
- At the time when you decide to buy frozen vegetables, their production date should not exceed six months;
- Pay attention to the temperature at which vegetables are stored in the refrigerator in the store (the optimal temperature for frozen products is -18 degrees).
However, if you are afraid of using low-quality store-bought food, freeze vegetables grown on your own in the season, and then prepare great dishes with them for your friends and loved ones. Only for this you need to know the correct freezing technology. It should be instant:
- Immerse the vegetables chopped into identical pieces in boiled water for three minutes (if you freeze greens, then I dip them in boiling water for literally one second);
- Pour the vegetables over with ice water and place them on a flat surface to dry;
- Pack cooked vegetables in airtight containers and place in the freezer.
And if you do not neglect these rules, then you can not worry - frozen vegetables and fruits will retain all their useful properties.
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Important! When you think about what can be prepared from frozen vegetables, remember that the main thing is not to defrost them, but to use them frozen in the cooking process - in no case should they melt, otherwise they will lose their value.
What can be cooked from frozen vegetables: recipes
Frozen vegetables can be cooked in absolutely different ways - stew, fry, boil, bake. The only thing to consider when preparing any meal is that frozen vegetables cook very quickly. It is best to put them in the dish at the very end, a few minutes before serving the dish.
Several interesting recipes, how to cook frozen vegetables, we will present to you in our article. They can come in handy even when you're preparing a dinner party. Your guests will never guess that you have used a ready-made semi-finished product, because it will turn out delicious, nutritious and healthy.
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How to cook frozen vegetables in a pan?
If you are looking for a way how to cook frozen vegetables for a side dish deliciously, use the traditional method - fry them in a pan in some delicious sauce. For this you need:
- Purchase a mixture of frozen vegetables, which should include broccoli, different types of cabbage and onions, as well as carrots;
- Heat a pan over high heat (do not add sunflower and butter at this point);
- Pour frozen vegetables into a hot skillet, but do not cover them with a lid - this will cause water to evaporate from them;
- When the moisture is completely gone, add either vegetable or butter to the vegetables, as well as spices to taste;
- After 5 minutes, pour the vegetables with any tomato sauce.
You can serve such a vegetable side dish with meat, porridge, boiled potatoes or pasta.
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The exact same cooking method is suitable for those who are looking for an interesting recipe, how to make frozen vegetable stew... But there are some nuances here:
- You don't need to evaporate water from frozen vegetables (they can languish in it)
- Before frying vegetables, first fry the meat of your choice in butter in the same pan
- Vegetables should be cooked together with meat under the lid for half an hour.
How to cook frozen vegetables in a multicooker?
For those who adhere to a diet, it is probably interesting to know how to steam frozen vegetables? Of course, there is no better device for this method than a multicooker. To cook vegetables you need:
- Fill the multicooker container with water (two glasses will be enough)
- Place a special bowl for steaming dishes in the multicooker
- Pour a mixture of frozen vegetables into this bowl.
- Switch on the "Steam cooking" cooking mode and switch off after 12 minutes
Simultaneously with the steam processing of vegetables, you can cook any cereal (it must be poured into a container into which water is poured). This is a great way to cook rice with frozen vegetables... Just keep in mind that then the vegetables will cook for the same amount of time as rice. When the cereal is cooked, you will need to mix it with vegetables directly in the multicooker or pour the dish into a regular saucepan.
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In a container where you can boil cereals, you can even cook first courses. We will briefly tell you how to make frozen vegetable soup:
- Pour water into the container, immediately place frozen vegetables in it
- When the vegetables are boiled, add all the ingredients for the soup (potatoes, meat, processed cheese, mushrooms, etc.)
- Select the mode on the multicooker "Soup"
Some of the resulting mixture is interrupted in a blender. It turns out a very tasty and healthy puree soup.
How to cook frozen vegetables in the oven?
Lovers of baked food will be interested in learning how to cook frozen vegetable mix in the oven... Before proceeding to the description of specific recipes, we list a few basic recommendations that it is advisable to consider when using frozen vegetables for baking in the oven:
- The oven must be preheated to 180 degrees before placing a baking sheet of frozen vegetables in it.
- So that as a result the dish in a baking dish does not spread from excess moisture that is released from frozen vegetables, they must first be fried in a pan or in a saucepan.
- To prevent the dish from turning out dry, frozen vegetables should be laid out on parchment, greased with vegetable or butter.
- Add spices to baked vegetables at the very end before serving.
- Frozen vegetables are baked in the oven for no longer than half an hour.
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Now, using specific examples, we will figure out how to cook a couple of dishes with frozen vegetables in the oven:
- How to cook meat with frozen vegetables?
- Place prepared meat on a baking sheet (cut into slices or slices and season with spices immediately)
- Pour sour cream or creamy sauce over the meat
- Pour the prepared frozen vegetables on top of the sauce and place the baking sheet in the oven for half an hour
- Before serving, the dish must be cooled for 10 minutes, and then garnished with herbs or sprinkled with grated cheese
- How to cook potatoes with frozen vegetables?
- Peel 6 potatoes and cut them into round wedges
- Soak them in sauce and spices
- Top the potatoes with chopped onions and prepared frozen vegetables
- Bake potatoes with vegetables for half an hour
- Cool the dish before serving, sprinkle with cheese and season with spices
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On the Internet, you can find a huge number of different recipes for preparing frozen vegetables. Do not be afraid to experiment and surprise your loved ones with delicious dietary meals.
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How to choose the right frozen vegetables, how healthy they are and recipes, how to cook delicious dietary meals with them for a healthy lifestyle.
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Don't have time to cut vegetables and prepare complex dishes? Freeze vegetables for future use, which will significantly save your precious hour in the kitchen.
The history of freezing vegetables
Freezing food is a modern invention. However, this oldest way of storing food was first patented by the British 200 years ago. The inventor G.S. Baker, who lives in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, began to freeze vegetables and fruits with commercial gain - he freezed unusable crops in order to sell them later. Simultaneously with it, experiments in Germany showed that it is possible to freeze food in a quick way, in just a few hours. And just a year later, Clarence Birds developed a way to freeze food for sale in small packages. Today, food storage in various ways of freezing is widely used all over the world.
However, it is unfortunate that all the vegetables that are on store shelves all year round have practically no useful properties in comparison with those grown in season. But there is a way out: prepare meals from self-frozen vegetables. Most of the nutrients and vitamins are retained in them. In addition, frozen vegetables are a real find for modern housewives, because they do not need to be cleaned, washed, cut or otherwise processed. And the package can contain any set that is necessary for a healthy and tasty dish.
How to choose frozen vegetables in stores?
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If you prefer to buy frozen vegetable mixes, then it will be useful to know the following information. Make sure that the factory packaging has the words "flash (shock) freezing". Shock freezing is a technology that allows you to maximally preserve the taste, color, structure of vegetables, as well as up to 90% of vitamins and 100% of microelements. Nutritionists say that these vegetables are no worse than fresh ones in terms of their beneficial and nutritional properties.
The packaging itself must be free from damage, swelling and icing. Inside, the vegetables should mix freely, and not be frozen in lumps - this means that they have been defrosted repeatedly. The presence of frost on the package indicates a lower storage temperature for vegetables. Do not buy vegetables if the above conditions are not met and if the production date is more than 6 months. And be sure to pay attention to the temperature inside the refrigerator counter - the optimal indicator is usually 18 ° C.
After purchasing frozen food, wrap it tightly in foil to bring it home, especially if you don't plan to cook right away. This will prevent them from thawing.
How do I cook frozen vegetables?
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Naturally, frozen vegetable mixes can be purchased at the supermarket. But it is better to prepare them yourself. Then you will be sure of the quality of the product, the freezing time, and freeze the products that you need.
Having decided to cook a frozen vegetable mixture, it does not need to be thawed, because vegetables will partially lose their taste, and most importantly all vitamins. Immerse them in hot water or place them in a hot skillet. Then an excellent result is guaranteed. You can defrost vegetables only for salads.
Before you start cooking, keep in mind that the semi-finished products are frozen and will take longer to cook. they need to melt first. Also be aware that such mixtures are watery, which will cause liquid to escape during cooking. But on the other hand, you can use less oils, because products are stewed in their own juice, and, accordingly, the dish will turn out to be dietary.
How to cook frozen vegetables: a classic recipe
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Is your family hungry and you don't know what to cook quickly? Use frozen vegetables for a delicious and healthy side dish in just 15 minutes.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 40 kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Mix of frozen vegetables - 1 kg
- Sour cream - 1 tablespoon
- Mayonnaise - 1 tablespoon
- Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
- Salt and spices to taste
Cooking frozen vegetables:
- Place the frozen mixture in a hot skillet. Wait for the vegetables to thaw, release water, and soften.
Then bring the vegetables to a boil, season them with salt and spices.Reduce the temperature to the lowest temperature and simmer under a closed lid for 15 minutes.Add sour cream, mayonnaise and soy sauce to the mixture. Mix everything, simmer for 2-3 minutes and serve the dish to the table. For a side dish, you can serve a fried piece of meat or fish.
Other recipes for frozen vegetables
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If you want to see your favorite summer vegetables on your table, stock up on them at the height of the season. And how to properly prepare them, while maintaining a fresh taste, read below.
1. Greens - dill, parsley, basil, green onions, sorrel, spinach
- Place the herbs in a bowl and rinse. Then transfer to a colander and rinse again. Dry after the last rinse: leave them in a colander to drain the water.
- Spread a waffle or cotton towel on the table and lay out the herbs to dry completely. Turn it over and shake it several times.
- Put dry herbs in a vacuum bag, releasing all the air from it, and send to the freezer.
2. Mexican vegetable mix - courgettes, bell peppers, broccoli, chili peppers, peas, carrots, corn
- Divide broccoli into inflorescences, rinse and dry.
- and bell pepper, wash, peel from the stalks and seeds, dry and cut into strips.
- Wash the courgettes, dry, cut into cubes and blanch for 2 minutes using a colander. Then dry them well.
- Peel the carrots, wash, cut, put them in boiling water and boil for 2–5 minutes. Then rinse and dry.
- Hull the corn and green peas and boil for 3–6 minutes. Throw in a colander, rinse and dry.
- Combine the prepared vegetables in a large bowl, mix, pack in bags and send to freeze in the freezer. You can use a similar mixture to make stews, soups, or salads.
Rice with frozen vegetables
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Rice is a great side dish for a good meat steak.
Ingredients:
- Rice - 1 glass
- Frozen carrots - 1 pc.
- Frozen bell peppers - 1 pc.
- Frozen green peas - 100 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Olive oil - 3 tablespoons
- Salt and spices to taste
Cooking rice with frozen vegetables:- Heat the olive oil in a skillet and fry the chopped onions for 3 minutes. Then add the frozen carrots and continue to fry for another 5 minutes.
- Add frozen green peas and cook for 5 minutes.
- Season with salt, pepper, spices and cover with well-washed rice, spreading it evenly over the entire surface. Do not stir the mass.
- Pour boiling water over the food in the ratio of water and - 2: 1. Cover the skillet with a lid, heat low and simmer for 15 minutes, until the rice has absorbed all the liquid.
- Then let the finished dish brew for 10 minutes and you can serve it to the table. Stir all products carefully before serving so as not to disturb the structure of the rice.
Frozen vegetable soup
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It's far from the summer season, but you want a light soup? Use a frozen vegetable mixture, which can be varied. For example, courgettes, tomatoes, cauliflower, green beans, etc.
Recipe Ingredients:
- Any frozen vegetable mixture - 400 g
- Potatoes - 2 pcs.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Meat broth - 2.5 l.
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Salt, pepper, bay leaf - to taste
Soup preparation:- Send the meat broth to the stove to heat up.
- Peel the potatoes, wash, cut and cook in the broth.
- Peel onions, wash, cut into cubes, sauté in vegetable oil and send to a saucepan.
- Do not process the frozen mixture, but simply dip it into the broth.
- Add bay leaf, season with salt and pepper and cook until cooked. Serve the soup with sour cream and fresh herbs.
Frozen vegetables with chicken
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The main advantage of this dish lies not in its quick preparation, but in the fact that it belongs to the “proper nutrition” menu. Chicken breasts are supplemented with vegetables, maybe even frozen, - an excellent dietary protein product.
Ingredients:
- Frozen vegetables - 500 g
- Chicken fillet - 300 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Sour cream - 100 g
- Mustard - 2 tablespoons
- Salt and spices to taste
Preparation:- In a frying pan in heated vegetable oil, fry the washed and chopped onions until golden brown.
- Wash the chicken fillet, cut into strips and add fry to the onion.
- Cook the chicken for about 5 minutes and lay in the frozen vegetables without thawing.
Greetings to all readers!
Such a question usually arises when for some reason there is no ready meal, and the family has already gathered and knocks with spoons. Prepare frozen vegetables according to this recipe - and on your table in 15 minutes a delicious and healthy side dish, as bright as a piece of summer.
Of course, you won't be full of one "herbal" dish, I have a great quick recipe for it.
Ingredients for the frozen vegetable garnish:
- a mixture of frozen vegetables 1 kg,
- dried ground oregano 1 whisper,
- ground dried basil 1 whisper,
- ground black pepper 1 whisper,
- ground red pepper on the tip of a knife,
- sour cream 1 tablespoon,
- mayonnaise 1 tablespoon,
- soy sauce 3 tablespoons.
Preparing a side dish of frozen vegetables:
It is very convenient to have several bags of frozen vegetables in the freezer. To prepare a side dish, take 1 kg of a mixture of cabbage, bell pepper, beans, potatoes - whatever you want. The more varied the composition, the tastier and more beautiful the result will be. You can buy the components separately and arrange them according to your mood, or you can purchase packages in which some kind of mixture has already been selected.
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This time I have all kinds of cabbage: broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, even the outlandish Romanesco cabbage, green beans and green peas. No need to defrost!
We spread the mixture in a dry frying pan, turn on the stove.
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First, our vegetables thaw, release water and become soft. At this point, I suggest cutting large pieces: take a large piece with a spoon from a frying pan and cut it in a spoon with a knife. But this is a matter of taste, if you like large pieces, then leave it as it is.
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Bring the mixture to a boil, add spices: oregano, basil, black pepper one pinch at a time, red pepper - a little bit, on the tip of a knife. Reduce heat and leave to simmer under a closed lid for 15 minutes. During this time, 3-4 times look under the lid and stir the future garnish. If you see that all the water has evaporated, add a little (about 100 ml) so that the vegetables are juicy and do not burn.
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When the cooking time is up, add one tablespoon of mayonnaise, sour cream and 3 tablespoons of soy sauce to the mixture. We mix everything, be sure to try if it is necessary to add salt, and turn off the stove. The side dish is ready, help yourself with pleasure!
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This is my favorite easy-quick-tasty way how to cook frozen vegetables, and how do you prepare them? I would be grateful if you share the recipes, because frozen vegetables are a real basis for creativity in the kitchen :-).
Secrets of cooking frozen vegetables. The simplest and most delicious recipes for cooking frozen vegetables with other products.
In winter, when fresh vegetables can only be found in supermarkets, and even then at a crazy price, there is an opportunity to take advantage of a cheaper, but not less useful option - buying frozen vegetables. As a rule, the most popular and delicious crops are included in such vegetable mixes.
But what is the right way to handle frozen vegetables? What is so unusual and appetizing of them that you can cook? Let's try to figure it all out and explore delicious and simple cooking recipes with frozen vegetables.
How to cook frozen vegetables properly? How many frozen vegetables are cooked?
- Before preparing frozen vegetables, it is worth finding out how the process of freezing them goes.
- Immediately before freezing, vegetables are blanched (poured over with boiling water) and immediately dipped in cold water to avoid their full readiness
- Therefore, when creating culinary masterpieces, this must be taken into account, because such products need less cooking time than fresh ones.
- Each pack of frozen vegetables has instructions on how to cook them. It is advisable to stick to it, otherwise there is a risk of ruining the dish.
And here is the process of cooking vegetables:
- Take a suitable saucepan and pour water into it. The proportions of water and vegetables are one in five. Some crops (corn, peas and beans) will need twice as much water
- At the boil stage, salt the water to taste
- Put frozen vegetables in boiled water
- If the vegetables are stuck together and in the already boiling water are kept in one continuous lump, carefully separate them with a spatula or spoon. The fact is that when cooking the inside of the lump, the vegetables will still be damp, and the outside ones will be ready.
- Since the water stopped boiling after the vegetables were thrown in, we wait for it to boil, add our favorite spices and seasonings to the pan, and cover it with a lid. At the same time, we fasten the fire to the smallest one. Cover with a lid so that the water does not evaporate quickly. In addition, in this way the vegetables will be, as it were, steamed, which is very useful.
- When the vegetables are cooked, turn off the gas and drain the water from them. If you don't drain the water, you can digest the vegetables.
As mentioned above, each pack of frozen vegetables has a cooking time indicated. If such information is not available or the pack is not at hand, then here is the approximate cooking time for vegetables:
- All cabbage (cauliflower, Peking cabbage, broccoli), zucchini and carrots should be cooked for no more than seven minutes
- Cooking time for beans and corn is no more than five minutes
- All greens and leafy vegetables are cooked for no more than two minutes
How to cook frozen vegetables in a pan?
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- The easiest and least troublesome way to cook frozen vegetables is to fry them in a pan. To do this, you need to put a clean frying pan on high heat and put vegetables on it.
- It is better not to reduce the gas for several minutes - this way excess moisture will come out of the vegetables faster. When the water evaporates, it is advisable to screw on the gas and add a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil
- Then cover the pan with a lid and let the vegetables simmer until cooked.
- This way, fried frozen vegetables are perfect for a self-sufficient dish or can serve as a gravy for any side dish.
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Cooking frozen vegetables in a slow cooker is also considered fairly straightforward. In this case, it is best to follow both instructions - for the multicooker and for vegetables.
Each housewife has her own recipes and methods for preparing frozen vegetables. However, they all agree that it is better not to defrost vegetables before using.
Here is an approximate algorithm for cooking vegetables in a slow cooker:
- We put vegetables in a specially constructed mesh
- Pour water to the level indicated in the multicooker
- Salt and pepper vegetables, add your favorite seasonings and spices
- Turn on the multicooker to the "steaming" mode
- We set the timer for half an hour
It should be noted that cooking vegetables in a steamer and multicooker allows you to maximize all the nutrients and vitamins in them.
How to cook frozen vegetables in the oven?
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- When baking frozen vegetables in the oven, it is recommended to pre-fry them in a pan or saucepan. Then all excess moisture will be evaporated from them, and the dish in the form will not spread
- In order to remove excess water from frozen vegetables, they can also be defrosted beforehand.
- After the excess moisture has been removed, place the vegetables on a baking sheet or in a special baking dish greased with sunflower or olive oil. It is better to salt and sprinkle vegetables at the end of cooking, as salt can provoke additional production of juices and their premature evaporation. As a result, the dish may turn out to be dry.
- It is better to bake vegetables in the oven at a temperature of 180-190 degrees for no more than half an hour. Ten minutes before full cooking, the baking sheet needs to be taken out, salt, pepper vegetables and add the necessary seasonings. It will turn out very tasty if you rub hard or melted cheese on top of the dish. The combination of vegetables with cheese is a classic of the genre
- Then the baking sheet must be sent back to the oven for the remaining ten minutes. After this time, vegetables can be served. Baked vegetable dishes are good both hot and cold
How to make frozen vegetable puree soup?
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In principle, almost all frozen vegetable soups are prepared according to the same scheme. Only additional ingredients change.
The main stages of work:
- Boil vegetables in salted water until tender (according to the above instructions). When salting water, it is worth considering the salt concentration in other products that will still be added to the dish.
- When the vegetables are ready, do not drain the water from them. Pour the rest of the soup components directly into the vegetable broth (hard cheese, processed cheese, fried or boiled mushrooms, meat)
- Pour all the ingredients together with the broth into the blender bowl and interrupt them.
The resulting puree soup can be decorated with herbs, croutons or sour cream can be added to it.
Soups of this kind have become very popular today. They are dietary and very light. We are especially pleased with the invention of such soups by mothers of babies. The latter with great pleasure gobble up unloved products in a broken form, and do not even suspect about their presence in the dish.
Stew of frozen vegetables, recipes
There are quite a few different recipes for making frozen vegetable stews. Here are some of the easiest and most delicious ones.
Simple frozen vegetable stew
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Ingredients:
- Frozen assorted vegetables (carrots, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, green peas and leeks) - 400 g
- Frozen broccoli - 400 g
- Bulb onions - 2 pieces
- Vegetable oil (sunflower or olive) - 4 tablespoons
- Water - 50 ml
- Black pepper
Cooking steps:
- We take a saucepan with a thick bottom
- Pour oil into it
- Finely chop the onion and add it to the oil
- When the onions are fried, add vegetables to it
- Mix the vegetable mixture and pour all the water into it
- Pepper, salt the stew and leave to simmer for twenty minutes
Potato stew with frozen vegetables
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Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 6 pieces
- Frozen vegetables - packaging
- Bulb onions - 2 pieces
- Garlic - three cloves
- Greens - dill, parsley
- Bay leaf
- Seasonings and herbs to taste
- Vegetable oil
Cooking steps:
- We clean the potatoes and cut them into pieces the size of pieces of vegetables
- Lightly fry the potatoes in a pan in vegetable oil
- Finely chop the onion and fry in another pan
- Put the vegetables in the third pan, let the liquid evaporate, add oil and fry slightly
- We spread the onions and potatoes to the vegetables, add all the other ingredients and simmer over low heat until tender
Omelet with frozen vegetables, recipes
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Omelet with frozen vegetables in a pan
Ingredients:
- Chicken eggs - 4 pcs
- Frozen vegetables - 200 g
- Vegetable oil
Cooking steps:
- Put the frozen vegetables in the pan
- When all the water has evaporated, add vegetable oil and fry the vegetables
- At this time, beat the eggs.
- Pour the beaten eggs over the toasted vegetables
- Salt and pepper the dish to taste. You can add herbs or seasonings
- Cover the omelet with a lid and let it cook for up to seven minutes
Omelet with frozen vegetables in the oven
Ingredients:
- Frozen vegetables - 500 g
- Olive oil - 1 tablespoon
- Chicken eggs - 6 pcs.
- Milk - 125 ml
Cooking steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Take a square baking dish with a side of 20 cm
- Lubricate it with fat
- We cover the bottom and sides of the form with parchment paper, so that the paper hangs a little more from the sides
- Pour oil into a frying pan and put vegetables in it
- Let the vegetables roast for three minutes
- Putting the fried vegetables in a mold
- Beat eggs and milk thoroughly
- Salt and pepper the egg-milk mixture, and pour vegetables with it
- We send the form to the oven for half an hour
How to cook frozen vegetables in sour cream?
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There are countless recipes for cooking frozen vegetables in sour cream. They are cooked both in a frying pan and in the oven and slow cooker. You can add a bunch of different ingredients to such a dish - meat, fish, seafood, etc. In this case, vegetables can be stewed in sour cream, or you can add it at the last stage.
Here is the simplest and most cost-effective recipe for vegetables in sour cream.
Ingredients:
- Frozen vegetables - 1 kg
- Sour cream - 2 tablespoons
- Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
- Pepper
- Condiments
Cooking steps:
- Pour frozen vegetables into a hot frying pan
- We are waiting for the water released by them to boil
- Add seasonings to boiling water and reduce the gas to medium
- Cover the vegetable mixture with a lid and simmer for about fifteen minutes
- After ten minutes, add half a glass of water to it.
- After fifteen minutes, turn off the gas
- Add sour cream, soy sauce to the finished vegetables and mix everything
- We taste the resulting mixture and, if necessary, add salt and pepper
Recipe for delicious buckwheat with frozen vegetables
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Buckwheat with vegetables can be cooked in a slow cooker and in a pan. Here are two pretty simple but delicious recipes for making it:
Buckwheat with vegetables in a frying pan
Ingredients:
- Buckwheat - 1.5 tbsp.
- Water - 3 tbsp.
- Frozen vegetables - 400 g
- Vegetable oil
Cooking steps:
- We carefully sort out buckwheat and wash it out
- Pour water into a saucepan, add cereals and add a little
- Cook pretty cool porridge
- Pour vegetable oil into a hot frying pan
- Pour vegetables into the oil and add a little of them
- Fry vegetables over medium heat for about ten minutes
- At the end of this time, add buckwheat porridge to the vegetables
- Fry the resulting dish over low heat for five minutes
Buckwheat with vegetables in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- Buckwheat groats - 2 multi-glasses
- Water - 3 multi-glasses
- Frozen vegetables - 300 g
- Olive oil - 2 tablespoons
- Soy sauce
- Greens
Cooking steps:
- We sort out my buckwheat as well
- We immerse not thawed vegetables in the multicooker
- We cook them in the "baking" mode for about ten minutes
- Add water and buckwheat to vegetables
- We set the "buckwheat" mode and wait for the signal that the dish is ready
While buckwheat with vegetables is being cooked, you can make a sauce for it. To do this, combine olive oil, soy sauce and chopped herbs (parsley or cilantro). The sauce will need to be poured into buckwheat and only then, if necessary, add salt to the dish.
How to cook meat with frozen vegetables?
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Meat with frozen vegetables in a pan
Ingredients:
- Pork - 0.5 kg
- Frozen vegetables - packaging
- Vegetable oil
- Pepper
- Condiments
Stages of work:
- Pour some water into a deep frying pan and let it boil
- Wash the meat, dry it and cut it into small pieces
- Put the meat in a frying pan, salt, pepper and sprinkle with your favorite seasonings
- Simmer it over medium heat for about twenty minutes
- After the water has boiled away, add vegetable oil
- Already in oil, fry the meat for a couple of minutes
- Add frozen vegetables to the meat
- When the vegetables have released all the water, add some salt and seasonings
- Gradually stirring the meat with vegetables, bring it to readiness
Meat with vegetables in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- Beef - 500 g
- Frozen vegetables - packaging
- Water - 1 multi-glass
- Salt, pepper, seasonings to taste
Cooking steps:
- Wash beef, dry and cut into small pieces
- We put the meat in a slow cooker and cook on the "baking" mode for half an hour
- Add frozen vegetables, salt, pepper and season
- Pour in water
- In the same mode, we cook the assortment for another forty minutes.
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When cooking frozen vegetables, consider the fact that they cook in half the time. This is due to their preliminary heat treatment before freezing. Therefore, in a common dish with fresh vegetables, frozen vegetables should be added at the final stage.
No matter how many housewives would like to wash frozen vegetables, this is not necessary. There is simply no need for it. Firstly, during the washing process, part of the vegetables may fall out of the colander, and secondly, in addition to frozen water, the vegetables will be further weighted down by running water.
Using frozen vegetables, you can enrich any dish with vitamins and nutrients. In addition, there is no trouble with them. They prepare quite easily and quickly.
Video: Cooking frozen vegetables