{"id":309,"date":"2022-08-29T03:13:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T03:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2022-08-29T06:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T06:25:13","slug":"easy-foil-packet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/easy-foil-packet\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Foil Packet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\">Packet cooking is a dream for anyone feeding a family \u2014 individual servings can be cooked up as needed, and there\u2019s virtually no cleanup for you to do. Even better? The packets can be cooked outside on the grill, meaning you won\u2019t be heating up the whole kitchen during the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\">Foil packets are my go-to for quick weeknight dinners and entertaining alike. These recipes will show you how you can use your grill every night of the week for complete and easy meals.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong>Preheat the grill to 400 to 425\u00b0F<\/strong>: This will be medium or medium-high depending on your grill. If you\u2019re cooking these packets in the oven instead, preheat to 425\u00b0F.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong>Cut the foil packets before you start<\/strong>: Prepare 8 (8-inch long) sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil and set aside. You\u2019ll use two per packet \u2014 when grilling, a double layer of foil ensures the food is properly insulated and that it won\u2019t cook too quickly. It also prevents leaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong>Tightly seal your packets:\u00a0<\/strong>Packet cooking utilizes steam to cook the food, so tightly seal each packet by folding the seam tightly to completely seal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">\u00a0Easy Foil Packet Meals for the Grill<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong>The grains:<\/strong>\u00a0You can (and should!) cook pasta, rice, and grains in foil packets. Just make sure they are small, quick-cooking shapes and that they are first in the packet and therefore closest to the grill grates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong>The proteins:\u00a0<\/strong>The recipes below call for a variety of protein \u2014 some are sliced, some are kept whole. Consider the other ingredients in the packet when choosing which proteins to use and how to prepare them. For example, whole chicken breasts should be paired with long-cooking potatoes, while quick-cooking shrimp is best paired with quick-cooking orzo and asparagus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong>Cooking liquids:\u00a0<\/strong>Packets with grains like rice require more liquid \u2014 such as water and broth \u2014 while vegetable and protein-only packets just need a simple sauce like pesto or salsa. For the shrimp packet, the shrimp and asparagus let off enough liquid to cook the orzo pasta.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packet cooking is a dream for anyone feeding a family \u2014 individual servings can be cooked up as needed, and there\u2019s virtually no cleanup for you to do. Even better? The packets can be cooked outside on the grill, meaning you won\u2019t be heating up the whole kitchen during the summer. Foil packets are my [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifoilthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}