JP3178786B2 - How to cook frozen food in containers - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method for cooking frozen food in a container. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for cooking frozen food in a container that can be eaten only by thawing with a microwave oven.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many frozen foods that can be eaten simply by being thawed in a microwave oven have been circulating. Something like that has come to be seen. These frozen foods such as bowls generally have a structure in which frozen cooked rice is placed in a container with a lid, and the frozen seasoning liquid containing the ingredients is placed thereon. However, when the above frozen food is thawed in a microwave oven,
The seasoned liquid containing the thawed ingredients gradually penetrates into the rice that is being thawed, and when the thawing is completed, the rice rice will have a texture that looks like a soaked or boiled rice. In addition, the ingredients were burnt due to lack of water, and the bowls that came out when ordering at the cafeteria seemed to be so.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a food which is cooked on rice or the like and, if necessary, fried or the like, is seasoned with or without ingredients, and is eaten in a warm state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of cooking frozen food in a container that can be eaten freshly made, such as immediately after being ordered when ordering at a cafeteria.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises the steps of providing a partition between a frozen rice cooked in the bottom of a container and a frozen seasoning liquid containing ingredients placed on the rice cooker, The present invention has been made based on the finding that the above problem can be almost solved by inserting a concave inner lid.

Namely, the present invention is placed in the main solid foods frozen to the bottom of the container, if necessary, place the secondary solid foods frozen on the main solid food, these top, a lid in the concave
And, if necessary, at least one
A container having a concave inner lid provided with at least two small holes, and a space between the solid food and a frozen seasoning liquid containing or not including an ingredient placed on the bottom of the upper surface of the inner lid. is the placing so as to cover the opening of the further container containers frozen food made by fitting in a space is provided between the liquid seasoning of the upper lid provided with a steam vent hole on the upper surface to the opening of When heated by a microwave oven, the steam coming out of the solid food at the time of thawing,
Start convection in the space between the bottom and the bottom of the inner lid
Heated, and this vapor is applied to the opening of the container and the opening.
Between the placed concave inner lid and the upper side of the concave inner lid
A space formed between the seasoning liquid and the top lid through a small hole around
In the convection along with the steam generated from the seasoning liquid
And then escape from the steam vent on the top lid
After, remove the upper lid, then including ingredients contained in the inner lid, or a cooking method of the containers frozen food, characterized in that drilling on the main solid food or secondary solid food a seasoning solution containing no .

Hereinafter, the method for cooking frozen food in a container according to the present invention will be described in detail. First, as foods targeted by the present invention, specifically, gyudon, oyakodon, chukadon,
Food such as Tianjin rice, Marbodon, Katsudon, Tendon, curry rice, cutlet curry, hamburger curry, hayashi rice, curry udon, kitsune udon, ramen, spaghetti (napolitan sauce, meat sauce), etc. No.

As is apparent from the above-listed foods, the main solid food in the present invention is mainly made of carbohydrates, and specifically includes cooked rice, boiled noodles, pasta and the like. Similarly, it is not particularly limited as long as it is mainly made of carbohydrate and is not easily affected by freezing and thawing. On the other hand, the auxiliary solid food in the present invention is to be placed on the main solid food,
Specific examples include noodle tools such as fried, tempura, hamburger, meatball, fried egg, or baked pork, oil fried and the like.

[0008] The seasoning liquid containing or not containing the ingredient in the present invention (hereinafter, simply referred to as seasoning liquid) is a seasoning liquid that has been cooked, and is added to the above main solid food and, if necessary, to the auxiliary solid liquid. A food that is formed by heating the food in a hot state to form the food, and may be prepared by a conventional method according to the intended food.

Next, the configuration of one embodiment of the frozen food in a container according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (1) is a container, at the bottom of which a main solid food (2) such as cooked rice is put in a frozen state. In the case of a cutlet bowl or the like, for example, an auxiliary solid food (8) such as a tonkatsu can be further placed on the main solid food (2) in a frozen state.

On top of this, a concave inner lid (3) is placed on the container (1).
The seasoning liquid (5) with or without ingredients is placed in a frozen state on the bottom of the upper surface of the inner lid (3). Further, the inner lid (3) is provided with at least one or more small holes (4) around the upper part of the side surface where the seasoning liquid (5) after thawing does not contact.

Further, on the inner lid (3), an upper lid (6) having a vapor vent hole (7) provided on the upper surface is fitted to the opening of the container (1).

In consideration of the above configuration, the shape of the container in the present invention is preferably a cup-shaped or tray-shaped one having a certain height and an appropriate area. Further, since the material of the container, the inner lid and the upper lid is frozen or heated by a microwave oven, it is necessary that the container, the inner lid and the inner lid have resistance to freezing and heat resistance. It is necessary to have the property, but there is no particular limitation as long as the above condition is satisfied. Specific examples include paper, PP (polypropylene), PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), and the like.

Next, an embodiment of a method for cooking frozen food in a container according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an appropriate amount of a main solid food such as cooked rice is put in the container (1) and then frozen in a freezer or the like, or an appropriate amount separately frozen in a container shape is put in the container (1). If necessary, the separately frozen secondary solid food (8) is placed on the main solid food (2). Next, the frozen inner lid (3) containing an appropriate amount of the seasoning liquid containing or not containing the ingredients is placed so as to cover the opening of the container (1), or the inner lid (3) is placed first. Is placed so as to cover the opening of the container (1), and then a suitable amount is separately frozen in the form of an inner lid. Finally, the upper lid (6) is fitted to the opening of the container (1) to complete the process. Also, as another cooking method,
It is possible to set the main solid food, the sub-solid food and the seasoning liquid before freezing all in a container and then freeze them all at once, but it is not preferable because it takes a long time to complete the freezing.

Next, the opening operation of the frozen food in a container according to the present invention after thawing by a microwave oven will be described with reference to the drawings. After putting the frozen food in the container into the microwave and starting heating, a short time after the start, the frozen main solid food (2), the seasoning liquid (5) with or without the ingredients, and the auxiliary solid food (8) depending on the food, are produced. It begins to thaw, and the moisture contained in the main solid food (2) becomes steam and starts convection in the space created between the bottom of the inner lid (3),
This steam heats not only the main solid food (2) itself and the auxiliary solid food (8) but also the bottom of the inner lid (3), so that the seasoning liquid (5) with or without ingredients is heated. Will be. Further, since the vapor gradually escapes from the small hole (4) provided in the inner lid (3), the inner lid (3) does not come off due to the pressure of the vapor. Further, this steam also causes convection together with the steam generated from the seasoning liquid (5) in the space formed between the seasoning liquid (5) and the top lid (6), and this time, the seasoning liquid (5) Will be heated from above. Finally, these vapors escape through the vapor vent (7) of the top lid (6).

When the thawing by the microwave oven is completed, first, the container is taken out of the microwave oven, the upper lid (6) is removed, and then both ends of the inner lid (3) are lifted to include or contain the tools contained therein. If the non-seasoning liquid (5) is clear on the main solid food (2) and the auxiliary solid food (8), the intended food is completed.

As described above, in the present invention, foods such as katsudon, which are ready for ordering at a cafeteria or the like by simply thawing in a microwave oven, can be easily prepared, as well as conventional containers. The thawing time can be greatly reduced as compared with food.

[0017]

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the method for cooking frozen food in a container according to the present invention will be specifically described based on examples. Example 1 First, 100 g of cooked rice was put in a cup-shaped container (diameter 100 mm × height 100 mm, material / paper) so as to be flat, and subjected to a freezing treatment in a freezer at −40 ° C. for 100 minutes. Next, 150g of seasoning liquid for gyudon cooked separately on the inner lid (height: 40mm, material: polypropylene)
, And subjected to a freezing treatment in a freezer at −40 ° C. for 100 minutes, and placed on the opening of the container, and then an upper lid (cardboard) was fitted to the opening of the container.

Comparative Example The same procedure as in Example 1 was carried out except that the frozen seasoning liquid for beef bowl was directly placed on frozen rice without using the inner lid.

The frozen foods in containers of Example 1 and Comparative Example were
Each was heated in a microwave oven of 500 W for 5 to 6 minutes, and in Example 1, after the seasoning liquid in the inner lid was put on the cooked rice, the two were compared. As a result, the thing of Example 1 was completely thawed, and was in a state of freshness, but in the case of the comparative example, the central part of the cooked rice was not yet thawed, while The textured portion was as if it had been boiled, and the leeks and other ingredients on the ingredients were burnt, which was very likely.

Example 2 First, 100 g of cooked rice was put flat in a cup-shaped container (diameter 100 mm × height 100 mm, material / paper) and frozen in a freezer at −40 ° C. for 100 minutes. After the treatment, a separately frozen tonkatsu was placed on the cooked rice. Next, seasoning liquid 150 for katsudon cooked separately on the inner lid (height: 40 mm, material: polypropylene)
g, which was subjected to a freezing treatment in a freezer at −40 ° C. for 100 minutes, was placed in the opening of the container, and then an upper lid (cardboard) was fitted to the opening of the container.

Example 3 First, 100 g of spaghetti boiled by a conventional method was placed in a tray-like container (length 150 × width 100 mm × height 100 m).
m, material / paper) so as to be flat, and subjected to a freezing treatment in a freezer at −40 ° C. for 100 minutes. Next, 150 g of the cooked Napolitan sauce was separately filled in the inner lid (height: 40 mm, made of polypropylene) and subjected to a freezing treatment in a −40 ° C. freezer for 100 minutes, and placed in the opening of the container. Then, the upper lid (cardboard) was fitted into the opening of the container.

[0022]

According to the present invention, the partition is put between the frozen rice and the like put in the bottom of the container and the frozen seasoning liquid containing the ingredients put on the bottom with the concave wrap, that is, ,
Since the seasoning liquid is not in direct contact with the main solid food and sub-solid food by placing the concave inner lid, when thawed in a microwave oven, the thawed seasoning liquid becomes the main solid food and sub-solid food. Therefore, the solid food does not absorb the sauce and has a texture that is soaked or boiled, the clothes of the auxiliary solid food are not broken, and the ingredients are not moist due to lack of moisture. In addition, since the steam from the solid food does not escape directly to the outside of the container due to the inner lid, the solid food becomes difficult to dry and is uniformly heated, so that it can be quickly thawed. The thawing time is shortened as a whole by heating from below.

[0023]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of one embodiment of a frozen food in a container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the configuration of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Frozen main solid food 3 Middle lid 4 Small hole 5 Frozen seasoning liquid with or without ingredients 6 Top lid 7 Vapor vent 8 Frozen auxiliary solid food

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-60-83553 (JP, A) JP-A-2-150244 (JP, A) JP-A-6-125755 (JP, A) 116985 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A23L 3/36-3/365 A23L 1/10 A23L 1/16

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A frozen main solid food is placed in the bottom of a container.
If necessary, place the frozen secondary solid food on the main solid food , and place a concave
At least one or more
The concave inner lid provided with a hole, including the ingredients on the bottom of the upper surface of the inner lid, or with the frozen seasoning liquid not containing,
Is the placing so as to cover the opening of the container by providing a space between the solid food, and more space is provided between the liquid seasoning of the upper lid provided with a steam vent hole on the upper surface to the opening of the container is fitted Te
The frozen food in the container is heated by a microwave oven ,
The steam that comes out of the solid food when thawing is between the bottom of the inner lid
Convection in the space that came, heated the bottom of the inner lid,
The steam is applied to the opening of the container and the concave
Between the inner lid and the small area around the upper side of the concave inner lid
In the space formed between the seasoning liquid and the top lid through the hole,
Convection occurred together with the vapor generated from the taste liquid
After escaping from the vapor vent hole of the upper lid, remove the upper lid, and then sprinkle the seasoning liquid with or without the ingredients contained in the inner lid on the main solid food or the auxiliary solid food A method for cooking frozen food in a container, comprising: 2. An auxiliary solid food in which an appropriate amount of main solid food is put in a container and then frozen in a freezer or the like, or an appropriate amount is separately frozen in accordance with the shape of the container and put in a container, and if necessary, separately frozen. On top of the main solid food, and then put an appropriate amount of seasoning liquid with or without ingredients and place the frozen inner lid over the opening of the container, or place the inner lid first. 2. The container is placed so as to cover the opening of the container, and then an appropriate amount of the container is frozen in the form of an inner lid, and then the upper lid is fitted into the opening of the container. A method for cooking frozen food in a container as described in the above. 3. The method for cooking frozen food in a container according to claim 1, wherein the concave inner lid is a concave inner lid provided with at least one or more small holes around the upper side. 4. The method for cooking frozen food in a container according to claim 1, wherein the main solid food is cooked rice, noodles, and pasta. 5. The method for cooking frozen food in a container according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary solid food is a noodle tool such as fry, tempura, hamburger, meatball, fried egg, fried pork, and fried chicken. . 6. The method for cooking frozen food in a container according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the container is a cup shape or a tray shape.