/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4260109]

I'm cooking Italian sausage tonight.

In the past, in the interest of food safety, I would boil the raw sausages for an hour, then sear them brown. Then I heard that overcooking them destroys a lot of the flavor. So, I'm thinking of boiling them for 30 minutes instead, then searing brown as usual.

I have:

>six raw sausages
>24 ounces
>680 grams

Am I doing this right?

[Anonymous No.4260158]

>boiling sausage
my nigger, there is full retard and then there is you

[Anonymous No.4260160]

How about not being a fuckwit and test both methods.

[Anonymous No.4260166]

>>4260158
not sure what your point is...boiling for an hour then searing has always worked great...i'm just thinking of cutting the cooking time down in half in the interest of preserving flavor

there must be some people on here who know, so if you're not one of them, gtfo my thread, faggot

[Anonymous No.4260168]

Why boil it all? Why not just cook them just by frying/grilling?

[Anonymous No.4260171]

>>4260168
*Why boil it at all

[Anonymous No.4260176]

>>4260171
cuz i always thought just pan frying would brown the outside and leave the inside undercooked...guess i'm paranoid about not getting worms or parasites...so what's the best way? i'm looking for good advice

[Anonymous No.4260178]

No, if you can't grill them, this is how you should cook them.

>Find pan with tight fitting lid
>Put sausage in pan
>Add about a quarter cup of water
>Let them steam for 10-15 minutes
>Take lid, drain excess water and brown/crisp the skins (usually another 10-15 minutes.

[Anonymous No.4260179]

There's food safety, and then there's paranoia bordering on OCD. Don't boil your fucking sausages.

[Anonymous No.4260182]

>>4260176
I would be inclined to pan fry. I'd start on a high heat, till they were brown all over and then turn the heat down until they were cooked through.

I really think you're being too paranoid about this though.

[Anonymous No.4260184]

>>4260178

Sorry, that should read take lid off.

You can also just let the water boil off if you're lazy.

[Anonymous No.4260189]

These plebs don't know what they're talking about. There's nothing wrong with boiling sausages then searing. 30 minutes, however, is overkill. 10 or so would be all you need. Also note that some of the preservatives in store bought sausages will cause a fully cooked sausage to still appear slightly pink. If it feels firm and smells fully cooked, it's probably done.

[Anonymous No.4260199]

OP, you are a stupid faggot, you know that?

All of Italy is rolling in its grave at your retard attempts at cooking sausages. In 22 years I've never heard of boiling sausages because "muh health and safety". You need to have a word with yourself.

[Anonymous No.4260200]

>>4260189

Boiling pretty much any meat though is just about the worst way to cook it.

Yeah, it makes everything edible and safe, but it also tends to leech out a lot of the flavor.

[Anonymous No.4260206]

BOILING any kind of meat for even 5 seconds will screw up the texture. Poach them in water that's on the verge of simmering. They'll be fully cooked in 20 minutes at most.

[Anonymous No.4260211]

I steam sausage in half a can of beer sometimes before I grill them, but yeah. That's overkill.

[Anonymous No.4260218]

Why not cook them in a pot with onions garlic peppers tomato sauce, then pulling out the sausage and finishing them on the grill. You'll have great tasty sausage, and a great pasta sauce.

[Anonymous No.4260220]

wat

I just toss dem sausages in a pan with 2"ish sides (about the height of the sausage), add water less than halfway the height of the sausages, simmer for 10 minutes covered. Uncover, keep simmering until water is evaporated and sausages brown, turning them as they do so.

[Anonymous No.4260224]

>>4260109
Oof. All those poor, overcooked, boiled sausages... Your tastebuds have my pity, sir.

[Anonymous No.4260261]

If your sausages are brat thick, I totally understand brah. What I usually do is I pick a beer, aromatics, broth, and spices to boil them in. I usually do chicken broth, onions and garlic, whatever beer type I have in my fridge that I think would go well (one time I did a raspberry cellis, which actually turned out delicious), and whatever spices I think will compliment the spices in the sausage.

For Italian sausage I'd probably do a lighter beer like a lager or an amber, or possibly a hefeweizen, onions and garlic, chicken broth, and some salt, pepper, a pinch of rosemary, oregano and fennel, and a good amount of basil and parsley. Fresh is a plus but not necessary. If you want to be really creative, add a pinch of anise or juniper berry.

Strain and save the broth to create a delicious man soup. Just chop up some sausage (if you have any left), toss in some veggies and rice or potatoes, and enjoy.

And screw the other plebs that judge you. Do what tastes right. Creativity is destroyed by people telling you what you should and should not do.

[Anonymous No.4260272]

>>4260261
dis nigga here know what he doin

[Anonymous No.4260287]

>>4260178
i use this method, except i brown them first, then add the water, and they always come out juicy and delicious for me. boiling for an hour (even a half hour) is definitely overkill OP.

[Sceak !!LciZj2frsW6 No.4260685]

>>4260109

AFAIK, for euro sausages you fill the pan 1/3 of the way with water, simmer, flip, simmer and fry or roast. Then you add your sauerkraut to the pan, give it a good 'ole stir, and plate.

[Bocce Champ(aka JimKelly) !Lean8xd7o. No.4261064]

>>4260109

if youre buying pre-packaged hillshire farms sausage it doesnt matter how you cook it.

if you have real stuff made by your butcher...

if im not cooking on the grill, i wrap the sausage in foil with some olive oil, peppers, onions, garlic. oven, 350, 30 minutes.

[Anonymous No.4261071]

>>4261064
>if youre buying pre-packaged hillshire farms sausage it doesnt matter how you cook it.

god you are the worst

[Bocce Champ(aka JimKelly) !Lean8xd7o. No.4261284]

>>4261071

yes because those preservatives and sodium really soak up the flavor

[Anonymous No.4261563]

>>4260109
>boiling for an hour

Jesus, OP.
You just need to hit an internal temperature of 160F for safety. You don't need to obliterate them.

[Anonymous No.4261572]

>boiling, poaching or simmering sausages
>not butterflying them
>2013

[Anonymous No.4261574]

>boiling, poaching or simmering sausages
>not butterflying them
>2013

[Anonymous No.4261594]

>>4261574

eh i'd be reluctant to butterfly them ... while that would quickly cook them, you're more likely to just dry them out ...

just put 'em in a pan with some stock and steam them for a good 10 mins ... will fully cook them and keep 'em juicy

[Anonymous No.4261601]

Im a chef. Heres what i think: You are insane. You have been ruining sausages everytime you have ever cooked them. People like you should not be allowed near sausages.

Unless you are buying dodgey as fuck sausages from some dude in an alley, in india, then dont worry about parasites and shit. You should always have it cook right through, especially with pork, but this is not hard to achieve with just a normal frypan or bbq.

Always cook sausages slowly. A proper, raw sausage cannot be cooked properly in less than half an hour(in a frypan). Never stab holes in your sausages, either. If they are large sausages, chuck in a handful of water half way through cooking and put over a loose lid for 5 minutes.

Sausages are great when cooked properly.. unfortunately, 95% of people are retards, and do stupid things like boil them for an hour.

[Anonymous No.4261605]

>>4261574
you'll lose all the juices if you do that

[Anonymous No.4261610]

>>4261601
lol'd

[Anonymous No.4261616]

>>4260109
> 1952
> boil the raw sausages
> for an hour

Do you wear a condom when you masterbate. Because of, well you know... Diseases?

[Anonymous No.4261650]

Sear, then boil in a bath of beer with onions, peppers, garlic, and dry seasonings (s&p at least).

Then dry off on the grill.