Nobody loves scrubbing burnt food after a good meal. Learn how to avoid this dreadful chore for good!
When soup makers burn at the bottom, one of three things is usually the cause. These things include cooking with temperatures that are too high, not stirring the soup or adding the ingredients first.
Urg. That burnt stuff is just the bane of every soup lover out there. But you can avoid this problem when you follow three golden rules.
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Why Does My Soup Maker Burn On The Bottom?
Whenever you work with a thick liquid over a heat source, there will always be the risk of residue sticking and burning on the bottom of the pot. This happens a lot with soup maker appliances. Needless to say, it’s annoying and makes cleaning the pot more effort than it’s worth. But if you really enjoy making soup for the family, there are easy ways to solve this problem for good.
The three most common reasons why soup burns on the bottom include:
- The cooking temperature is too high.
- Not stirring the soup during the cooking process.
- Adding the ingredients first.
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The Cooking Temperature Is Too High
Soup makers come with varying power ratings. This design allows you to cook many recipes according to the perfect temperatures that they need. Indeed, not every soup recipe is brewed with exactly the same type of heat.
But regardless of how high or low your soup maker can boil, sometimes things get a little too toasty. When the temperature goes past the recommended heat, the chances are almost 100 per cent that some of the soup will start to stick and burn at the bottom.
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How Do I Prevent This Problem?
The good news is that you probably already know the answer! Simply stay within the heat that was suggested in the recipe or slightly lower. Lower is safer than slightly higher. Your food will still get cooked if you turn the heat down a little. If the soup maker does not allow you to adjust the temperature, then it is recommended to get one with lower heat ratings or variable heat ratings.
Not Stirring The Soup When Cooking
The soup cooking process requires you to stir the broth once in a while to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the soup maker. This is necessary because the solid ingredients of the soup will always try to sink to the bottom of the vessel. If allowed, they will stick to the bottom and due to the heat, this process can happen fairly rapidly.
How Can I Prevent This Problem?
You can avoid this from happening by simply stirring the soup from time to time. Take a wooden spoon if you can because there’s a trick involved here. But using a metal spoon might damage the bottom of your soup maker. Each time you stir, feel with the tip of the wooden spoon if the surface at the bottom of the pot feels smooth. That means that nothing is accumulating – yay! But the moment you feel gunk at the button, stir more often and thoroughly.
This is a schlep job but the stirring needs to continue until the soup is done and ready to serve. But think of the alternative. Do you really want to eat soup that has a burnt aftertaste and then clean a burnt pot? Nope.
Adding Solid Ingredients First
Many fans of soup agree that to get the best-tasting soup you have to make it from scratch. There is really nothing like a bowl of homemade chicken or beef-and-vegetable soup. But unfortunately, making your own soup also leads to a very common mistake and that is to add the solid ingredients first.
The types of ingredients that tend to cause a burnt bottom in a soup maker includes food with a high content of sugars and starch. Indeed, such foods tend to burn really fast when exposed to direct contact with the inside base of the cooking vessel.
How Do I Prevent This Problem?
Luckily, this problem is just as easy to solve as the other two causes of burnt soup makers. To avoid this particular issue, you simply add half a cup of water to the soup maker before adding the solid ingredients. This will prevent the solid food from making direct contact with the base of the cooking vessel. Remember to stir the soup until it is ready to serve!
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A Quick Summary On Why Soup Makers Burn On The Bottom
- Soup makers are fantastic tools for those who enjoy soup. They bring out the flavour of the soup and also shortens the cooking time.
- A common problem is that soup often burns at the bottom of the soup maker.
- There are three common causes for burnt soup makers.
- One of the worst offenders is cooking the soup at a temperature that is too high.
- Forgetting to stir the soup throughout the entire cooking process can also create a burnt layer at the bottom.
- A common mistake for beginners who make their own soup from scratch is also to add the solid ingredients first.
- Burning can be avoided by cooking the soup at the temperature suggested by the recipe, stirring the soup until it is ready to serve, and also adding enough water first when you make your own soup from scratch.
- It also helps to thoroughly clean the bottom after cooking soup.
