Sausages are very popular among many buyers, as they are tasty and most importantly they are already a ready-made product that can be eaten, but it is advisable to boil it beforehand, so we will consider in this article how many minutes to cook sausages and how to cook sausages in a saucepan, multicooker and microwave.

How to cook sausages in time?

By the time the sausages are cooked quickly enough and the time of their cooking directly depends on the chosen method of their preparation:

• How to cook sausages in the pan?  In a saucepan, sausages are cooked for 2-5 minutes while laying them in boiling water. If the sausages are frozen, then they are put in cold water and boiled for 7-10 minutes after boiling.
• How many minutes to cook sausages in the microwave?  In the microwave sausages boil an average of 3 minutes.
• How much time to cook sausages in a slow cooker?  Cooking time for sausages in a slow cooker is 5-7 minutes.
• How to cook sausages in a double boiler?  Sausages are cooked in a double boiler for 10-15 minutes.

Sausages do not need to cook longer than the above time, as they can boil soft and become more watery and tasteless.

How to cook sausages in a pan?

The most common method of cooking sausages is cooking them in a saucepan, so we’ll consider further step by step how to cook sausages in a saucepan in water:

• Clean the sausages from the film (if it is an artificial, natural shell, you can not remove).
• We select a saucepan of a suitable size (so that the sausages fit at full length), type water in it so that it eventually covers the sausages and set the pan on the fire, and bring the water to a boil.
• As soon as the water boils, we put the sausages, wait until the water begins to boil again and reduce the heat, then boil the sausages for 2-5 minutes (3 minutes on average).
• When the sausages are cooked, we immediately remove them from the pan (it is not necessary to leave them in hot water, as they will be torn and taste worse). Additionally, you do not need to cool the sausages with cold water, you can immediately eat them.

To the note: if the sausages are frozen, they are put in a pan in cold water at the very beginning of cooking, and after boiling water is boiled longer than usual (on average 7-10 minutes).

How to cook sausages in the microwave?

Since sausages are a “fast” meal for many, it will be useful for many to learn how to cook them quickly in the microwave:

• We clear the sausages from the artificial film, pierce them with a needle (fork, knife) in several places each sausage) and put them in a deep bowl (which can be used in a microwave).
• Fill the sausages with boiling water so that the water completely covers them.
• Put the bowl in the microwave and turn it on at maximum power for 3-5 minutes.
• After triggering the timer and turning off the microwave, we get sausages out of the water, they are ready for use.

Note: in the microwave, you can cook sausages even faster without spending time heating the water. According to this method, put the sausages in a shallow dish, at the bottom of the plate pour a little bit of cold water and put the sausages in the microwave at maximum power for 1-1.5 minutes.

How to cook sausages in a slow cooker?

In order to cook sausages in a slow cooker, you should perform the following sequence of actions:

• We remove an artificial cover (film) from sausages.
• In a multicooker pour 300-400 ml of water.
• In a container with water in a slow cooker, put the sausages, turn on the slow cooker, select the "Cooking" mode and cook the sausages for 5-7 minutes.
• At the end of cooking, we obtain sausages from the slow cooker (so that they do not remain in the water). Sausages - ready!

How to cook sausages in a double boiler?

Steamer is not often used for cooking sausages, but nevertheless, it is also possible to cook juicy boiled sausages. The sequence of actions is as follows:

• We clean the sausage from the artificial shell.
• Pour 1 liter of water into a steamer and put sausages on a special stand.
• Turn on steamer and steam sausages for 10-15 minutes.

Finally, consider the most popular questions that arise when many are looking for how to cook sausages.

What associations do you have when you hear the word sausages? You must admit that each of us was a student, and it was at this time that sausages were the main dish in our diet. Someone cooked them, and too hungry they simply ate without preliminary heat treatment. In the process of cooking sausages can break up into pieces or burst, thereby losing an attractive appearance. Let's figure out how to cook sausages in a pan so that they become an ornament and a tasty addition to the side dish.

How to cook sausages in the shell or without it: the main methods and tips of chefs

Probably, many housewives did not think that you can cook sausages according to various recipes. And this is true. There are quick ways to cook sausages, the so-called rapid methods. Recently, sausages very often began to be used to decorate dishes. You can make original figures from boiled sausages. Believe me, this dish will appeal to both adults and children.

Before we consider the simple method of cooking sausages, let's find out how to cook them: with or without a shell.

In the domestic market, you can see a wide assortment of sausage products. Sausages differ in thickness, length, variety, type, content, flavor and shell. If you decide to cook sausages placed in an artificial casing (film), then before cooking it is desirable to remove it. But sausages in the food, that is, edible casing, can be cooked without prior cleaning.

Now let's find out how much to cook sausages in boiling water. It is customary to boil them in boiling water for 4-5 minutes. But this time should be considered conditional, since each variety of sausages has its own peculiarities in cooking. For example, there are sausages that need to be cooked for 10 minutes, and some varieties are prepared in 1-2 minutes.

A simple way to boil sausages

This method is probably known to almost every one of us. After all, it was according to this recipe that we cooked sausages, being schoolchildren and students. Remember that the organic shell can not be removed, but the artificial film is better to remove. If you did decide to cook sausages in a casing, then pierce it with a fork in several places so that they do not lose their shape.

Cooking:

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Modern people are usually very busy. We are always in a hurry somewhere, do not have time to fully eat, so sometimes we have to cook in a hurry. If you do not have the time or desire to cook sausages according to the classic recipe in a pan with water, then you can use the express method of cooking them in the microwave. At maximum power sausages can be cooked in just 1-2 minutes.

Cooking:

To cook sausages in the pan, you will need a little more time than for boiling sausages.

Cooking:

1. Fill the tank with water and place it on the stove.
2. Clear the wieners from the artificial shell.
3. After boiling water, put sausages in a saucepan using special tongs or a spoon.
4. Boil the sausages for 7-9 minutes depending on their size and variety.
5. Ready sausages need to carefully remove from the pan using a skimmer or tongs.

Sausages "Original": cooking recipe

If you want to surprise your household with an original dish, try cooking sausages strung on spaghetti. Believe me, everyone will be delighted with such a dish. Cooking is quick and easy.

Composition:

• spaghetti;
• any sausages or wieners;
• water;
• salt.

Cooking:

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At present, it is rather difficult to imagine at least one family, in which they have never tried sausages. This product is very fond of children of all ages, and adults are very convenient to prepare them for dinner after a long working day - because it takes a minimum of time and effort. Some even prefer to eat sausages raw, but, nevertheless, before taking them in food, it is best to boil them. And it must be done correctly, otherwise the sausages will fall apart and lose the whole look, and with it the taste.

Selection of sausages

Before you proceed directly to the preparation of the semi-finished product, it must be purchased. And it is better to do this based on some facts.

First of all, pay attention to the price. This is a practical main selection criterion. The price of sausages should not be lower than the price of meat, which is indicated in the composition of the product.

Pay attention to the inscriptions on the packaging or price tag. It is best to purchase a product labeled with the GOST mark. However, the TU sign should not scare you too much. In this case, examine the composition of the selected product. For example, if cheese or nutmeg was added to sausages, such products will no longer comply with the canons of GOST.

Continuing to study the composition, pay attention to the fact that it is extremely undesirable the presence of ingredients such as thickener, all kinds of flavors, colors and starch.

Pay attention to the color of purchased sausages. In a quality product, a uniform light pink color should be observed, without all sorts of stains and blotches.
  Appearance of sausages should be pleasant and appetizing. Curves that are not smooth, shriveled semifinished products are not allowed.

Pay attention to the shelf life of products. As a rule, in high-quality sausages, it ranges from 3 to 5 days for the products that are sold by weight, and from 15 to 20 days for products packed under vacuum.

Preparing sausages for cooking

It would seem that sausages are so simple a product, what preparation can they need? However, if you want to put on the table beautiful, delicious, even sausages, it is worth considering some nuances.

First of all, it is necessary to get rid of non-natural cellulose casing on sausages, if it is present.

In the event that the semi-finished natural shell, it is better not to remove, to preserve the richness of the product. It will be enough to pierce the shell with a needle in several places.

If you decide to cook frozen sausages, do not defrost them, you will only waste time. Cook them should be the same as chilled, just increase the cooking time by 5 minutes.

Do not pour too much water into the pot. It will be enough to such a level at which the sausages will be slightly covered with water. If you need to know the exact amount of water, pour it into the pan at the rate of 100 ml of liquid per sausage.

In the water for cooking sausages do not need to add any additional spices, such as salt or pepper. First, all the necessary condiments have already been added to the semi-finished product in the required quantity, and secondly, the finished taste of the product may deteriorate.

Sausages can be cooked in different ways. Therefore, we analyze the cooking time for each of the existing methods.

The easiest way is to boil the semi-finished product in a saucepan. How many minutes do you need to cook sausages in this way? Cooking time will be from 3 to 5 minutes  depending on the size of the product.

You can boil sausages in the microwave. And you can cook the product, both with water and without it. In the case of cooking with water, the cooking time will take 5 minutes, without water sausages will reach readiness much faster - in just a minute or two. If you cook sausages in a double boiler, you should spread them out on the first tier of the device, and cook for 10-15 minutes.

You can cook sausages in a slow cooker. You can choose any of the proposed modes - cooking, baking, stewing or soup. Cooking time in this device will be from 5 to 7 minutes.

If you want to cook frozen semi-finished products, they should be cooked for about 10 minutes from the moment of boiling. Readiness can be checked by piercing the product with a toothpick. It should equally enter the entire width of the sausage.

In case you later want to cook sausages in the dough, you do not need to boil them beforehand.

It is not enough to boil the sausage semi-finished product for dinner, you also need to submit to it the corresponding side dish. What is suitable for sausages?

The most common side dish for sausages is spaghetti or any other pasta poured with ketchup.

Fully suitable and potatoes, and in various forms - fried, boiled and even stewed.

Boiled sausages with stewed cabbage are very well combined. You can even add raw sausages to the cabbage during cooking. Get a very tasty dish.
  As a side dish and suitable all kinds of cereals, for example, buckwheat or rice. In rice, it is best to add onions fried in vegetable oil. So it will be much tastier.

Stewed vegetables - another option for sausage semi-finished product.

With sausages, you can fry an omelette or simple fried eggs for breakfast.

Serve sausages on the table can be with almost any sauce - ketchup, mayonnaise, cheese and sour cream sauces, with sour cream, soy sauce, adjika and mustard.

It would seem, what could be, than to cook sausages for breakfast or lunch? The dish is simple, but there are some nuances in simplicity. Therefore, novice housewives, bachelors and students will not hurt to know the useful tricks in the preparation of sausages.

Despite the fact that the sausage product in the preparation of simple and unsophisticated, when cooking often occur incidents. If you digest the product, it will burst and boil, completely deprived of taste, and undercooked will be raw.

It should be borne in mind that sausages in a shell made of film and natural raw materials are cooked at different times:

• for boiling sausages in a saucepan must be dipped in boiling water and cook until ready. For these purposes, suitable small pan, dipper or stewpan. It is even easier to pull out of it with forceps or a fork, without damaging the shell;
• sausages in cellophane film is better to clean before cooking. In the hot state, it is difficult to remove the shell and not burn yourself. Put the peeled sausages into boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes over medium heat;
• sausages in natural casing are not subject to cleaning. They cook the same time.

Retain sausages in hot water should not be. Any semi-finished meat product is an almost ready dish that only needs a few minutes to complete readiness. Long-term heat treatment will lead to the fact that the dish will lose its taste.

The slow cooker has become an almost universal kitchen gadget. With it, you can cook any dish. And sausages are no exception.

For boiling need to take:

• sausages - 6 pieces;
• water - 3 measuring glasses.

If sausages are in artificial foil, it must be removed before heat treatment. Protein shell is not necessary to remove. Spread the prepared sausages evenly in a slow cooker, pour in water and cover with a lid. The dish must be cooked in the “steam cooking” mode, 10 minutes after the water begins to boil.

For the easiest way to cook sausages in a microwave, you need the following:

• sausages - 6 pieces;
• water - 2 l;
• lavrushka, pepper and salt - to taste;
• special glassware for cooking in the microwave.

Pour water into a glass saucepan or bowl and put sausages in it. If they are in an artificial casing, then before cooking it must be removed - after strong heating, the cellophane will shrink and it will be inconvenient to remove it. Regulate the amount of water depending on whether it fully covers sausages, if not enough, then add more.

Add bay leaf, pepper and salt to the water, and other spices to taste. Put the container in the oven, set either the “warm-up” mode, or “cooking meat”. If warming is selected, then cook sausages at full power for 3-4 minutes. With more product, the cooking time should be increased. On the "cooking meat" mode, sausages can be cooked for no more than 5 minutes.

At the end of cooking, drain the water, put the sausages on a plate and season to taste with ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise or any other sauce.

Cooking using a double boiler

Steamer is an ideal tool for those who prefer to cook the most healthy dishes. So why not cook steam sausages

This requires the following ingredients:

• sausages or sausages - 5-6 pieces;
• water - 0.6-0.7 liters (depending on the brand of steamer and its capacity).

The cooking process begins with cleaning the sausages from the films. If shells are natural, then they can not be removed from the product. Put the sausages in the double boiler basket, fill the water tank, put the sausage basket on top and close the lid. Depending on the brand of equipment, set the appropriate mode and time. Suitable mode of cooking meat and meat products, time - 10-12 minutes. Time to count after the water starts to boil. After cooking, carefully remove the sausages and serve with cereals, potatoes or vegetable garnish.

How to cook frozen sausages

The undeniable advantage of semi-finished meat products is that you can freeze them without the slightest damage. There is no harm to the taste and structure of the product. Thawing sausages before cooking is absolutely optional. They can be laid out in boiling water in a frozen state. Cooking time is increased to 15 minutes after re-boiling.

Original cooking sausages with spaghetti

Pall the usual spaghetti with sausages? You can cook an original and unfinished dish - spaghetti a la pizza.

The necessary ingredients are available and will always be in the fridge:

• spaghetti - 0.4 kg (one standard package);
• sausages, sausages or sausages - 0.6 kg;
• egg - 2 pieces;
• mayonnaise - 140 g;
• cheese - 200 g;
• any greens to taste;
• some parchment grease oil.

Boil spaghetti in salted water and drain in a colander. While the pasta is drained, cut the semi-finished meat into ringlets or cubes, chop the cheese into thin slices or chop it with a grater. Beat eggs, add a tablespoon of mayonnaise.

Put a piece of oiled parchment paper on a baking sheet. Boiled spaghetti lay around - it will be the basis of the pizza. Pour the base with the egg-mayonnaise mixture, top with sliced ​​sausages, pour the remaining mayonnaise and sprinkle with cheese. In the oven heated to 180 degrees to put a baking sheet. Bake until golden cheese crust. Sprinkle the prepared dish with finely chopped greens and serve, cut into portions.

Secrets of cooking sausages so that they do not burst

There are a few simple tricks that will help to avoid breaking the integrity of the product shell:

The shell of the semifinished product will not burst if it is laid out in cold salty water. Heat to boil, while further boiling is not necessary.

Before lowering in boiling water, chop up a sausage with a fork or a sharp knife in 2-3 places.

Alternatively, whole sausages can be steamed. Fill a tall saucepan halfway with water, place a sieve over it, or put a few forks or spoons in a crisscross pattern. Lay out on a sieve or hang for semi-finished meat products with forks. As soon as the water boils, cook sausages for five minutes.

Recipes, where you can apply semi-finished meat - a great many. And at the same time it is important that the product retains its taste and integrity. Observing simple tips, it is easy to get a properly cooked product.

In our rapid age, when many people are in a hurry to take their place in the sun, working hard and making a career, the food industry offers us in abundance various semi-finished products. Sausages - one of these products. They became a real lifesaver for our housewives. Homemade meatballs and casseroles can be left for the weekend, and on weekdays, when there is little free time, you can make delicious, tender and flavorful sausages for the whole family. But few people know how to cook sausages, and in fact not only the taste of these products, but also their benefits and safety depend on it.

The initial stage - remove the film

So, how to cook sausages? In order to prepare these semi-finished products, you need to do the following: before sending them to the pot with water in which they will boil, you need to remove the plastic film from them. Of course, there are people who prefer not to do this. They remove the film when the sausages are cooked. But it is worth considering that cellophane in the process of cooking produces harmful compounds, and we do not need them at all. If sausages are in a natural casing, then, of course, it is not necessary to remove it. It is enough just to wash the semi-finished products in running water. Cook as usual.

Now you need to pierce each sausage in several places. This should be done so that they do not burst during the cooking process. Agree that the burst semi-finished products are a little appetizing sight.

Cooking water

How to cook sausages correctly? First we prepare the water for them. Someone first boils it in a saucepan, and only then lays there sausages, and someone puts the semi-finished products in the pot, pours cold water and puts on the fire. You can do both, and so, but the first method is preferable, since in this case there is a minimal loss of the beneficial substances contained in these products. After boiling, you do not need to cook sausages for about 20 minutes. In order for them to be ready, 2-3 minutes is enough. Water does not need to be salted, as these semi-finished products already contain a sufficient amount of salt and spices. After the specified time, drain the water, serve hot dogs on the table. You can serve boiled potatoes, stewed cabbage, and pasta as a side dish. The perfect complement will be the sauce: sour cream, cheese, tomato, mayonnaise, adjika or mustard.

Cook sausages in a microwave or a double boiler

And what if you cook sausages, for example, in a microwave or a double boiler? Nothing is easier! The recipe for a microwave: put a bowl with water and sausages for 3 minutes at the maximum power level, that's all! Watch only that liquid completely covers sausages. The recipe for a double boiler: sausages, of course, peeled from the film, put in a bowl and put in a double boiler for 10 minutes. Prepared in this way, they turn out extremely tasty and juicy.

Conclusion

In this article, we talked about how to cook sausages. As it turns out, even this simple matter can cause difficulties for some people. Cook sausages properly, enjoy their delicate taste!