Food Hacks: How to fix soggy food?

How many times have you opened your tiffin boxes and seen the warm and crispy food look soggy and giving off water? If your good delivery is late, the heated food becomes cold and loses its tightness?  Soggy good is a real nightmare, but they can be fixed depending on what you are trying to fix.

How to fix soggy foods and eat them warm and crisp?

Here are a few hacks to fix soggy food and make it look like warm and fresh, straight from the oven!

Fries and baked goods

The best way to fix fried and baked foods is to put them straight in the oven on a re-heating cycle. You can place them at 190 degree centigrade in an over or toaster for five to ten minutes and flip them halfway. This ensures that both sides are equally heated. If you are using an air fryer of food like French fries then try heating them for three to five minutes at 175 degree centigrade. Ideally, do not microwave them. Putting them inside the microwave makes it soggier. So opt for either the oven, air fryer or toaster depending on the food itself.

Cold cheese and left-over pizza

Whether your pizza has turned cold while delivery or it’s a leftover one that you are having later, try putting it in the oven or skillet to re-crisp it. the heat generated also fluffs up the cheese. If you are using a skillet, pre-heat it over medium heat , then place the pizza slice and cover loosely. Leave it for two to three minutes and see the magic happen. For oven users, place it on a baking sheet for eight to 10 minutes at 190 degree centigrade. What needs to be kept in mind is that never place the whole pizza inside but in slice. The smaller the area, the faster the heating process will be. If you have quite a few slices, either work on both simultaneously, or opt for a few rounds of each.

Fix your breakfast

Toast and cereal is a common breakfast! It is also common for the breakfast to be lying while you catch on your nap. If your toast or bread turns soggy in the meanwhile, put it inside the toaster and for breads, you can either opt to dry roast it or turn them to crouton bits or breadcrumbs which you can use whenever required. Unfortunately, cereal once turned soggy is an irreversible process. But you can try to strain the milk, bake it again and see if it can eaten or else crush it to form the base of your next cupcake!

Lazy veggies!

Vegetables turning soggy means it has started absorbing moisture which is leading it to loose its desired texture. To fix it, drain the excess moisture or reheat it in a very hot pan or oven so that the moisture evaporates and you get the tight and fresh texture of the vegetables again.

Puff it up!

For puff pastries, pies and quiches which not only use bread and vegetable fillings but also puffy pastries which tend to dry out soon, the only option is to re-bake it. Cover it with a foil and place it in the oven to bake at 190 degree centrigrade . Once you notice the crust firming up, it means that the insides are also fixed and you can consume it as good as freshly baked.

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