If you're looking to start cooking, congratulations because it's worth the hassle (and your pocket)!
After learning how to prepare and cut your ingredients, there's just a matter of learning the science behind cooking. Like, how high should your fire level be? Or how long does it take to grill salmon?
We have one solution for you; just get the Samsung Convection Microwave Oven with HotBlast.
Just recently, we did our Samsung Convection Microwave Oven with HotBlast review, and we're delighted with its performance. Whether it's defrosting meat to an ideal state, baking cookies or air-frying crispy croquettes; the oven exceeded our expectations.
If you are still confused, we break down here what you can do with this oven.
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What Can You Cook With The Samsung Convection Microwave Oven?
The Samsung Convection Microwave Oven with HotBlast is capable of several functions: Air Fry, Grill, Baking, Steam, Microwave and even Fermentation. With that, you'll have plenty of opportunities to make the most out of the oven.
Without further ado, here's what you can do with the oven thanks to its unique cooking technology.
HotBlast Auto Cooking:
This is a star feature that's found in many Samsung ovens, and it's built into this Microwave Convection Oven. Samsung's HotBlast™ technology offers a very efficient way of cooking that reduces cooking times significantly.
How it works is that powerful hot air is blown through multiple air holes inside the oven, and directly onto the food. This results in food that's cooked evenly with a crispy outside but maintains juiciness inside.
What can you cook?
- Frozen & Homemade pizza
- Lasagne
- Gratin
- Frozen french fries
- Frozen Buffalo Wings
- Roast chicken (whole and pieces)
- Beef Steak Pie
- Homemade mini quiche
Auto Cooking - Cook, Reheat & Steam:
With the Samsung Convection Microwave, you can reheat or cook both frozen and fresh ingredients at your fingertips. From Samsung's list of pre-set cooking modes, you can prepare perfectly cooked dishes that are healthy, moist and full of flavour, be it vegetables, rice or meats.
To enjoy pipping hot steamed food in this oven, Samsung has also included a three-layer stainless steamer cover that helps to keep food moisture wishing and prevent ingredients from overly drying out.
What can you cook?
- Frozen lasagne
- Frozen thin pizza
- Plated meal (3 components)
- Ready meal (1 component)
- Roast fish
- Roast beef
- Roast pork
- Grilled chicken breasts, salmon and fish fillets
- Frozen bread rolls
- Brownies
Auto Cooking - Slim Fry:
Together with the Samsung crusty plate which comes with the oven, you can cook your food with the same expected texture as well as taste without a hint of dryness, whether you used oil or not.
With a combined heat source of convection and microwave; both heat sources work simultaneously to deliver the perfect food texture as well as reduce cooking time by up to 50% compared to most typical air fryers.
What can you cook?
- Roast vegetables
- Frozen potato croquettes
- Homemade french fries
- Potato wedges
- Frozen onion rings
- Frozen prawns
- Frozen fried squids
- Frozen chicken nuggets
Dough Proof & Yaourt (Yoghurt):
With Samsung's fermentation technology, you can enjoy homemade dough or yoghurt at any time of the day. Optimised to provide the right temperature for dough-proofing and yoghurt culture fermentation, this allows you the freedom to customise your cooking preferences for you and your family.
What can you make?
- Pizza dough
- Cake dough
- Bread dough
- Small ceramic cup of yoghurt
- Large glass bowl of yoghurt
Power Defrost:
So you're constantly preparing food last minute? You probably spend quite an amount of time defrosting/thawing meat and likewise. Well, the Samsung Convection Microwave Oven with HotBlast can defrost your food in a timely manner.
To use, simply add your food into the oven, choose "Auto Defrost" and the type of item you are defrosting according to the oven's digital menu list. Then, wait for the oven to detect the weight of the food. Confirm the defrosting timer and start the process.
If the oven beeps in the middle of defrosting, remember to open its door and flip the food so that both sides are evenly heated.
What can you defrost?
- Meat
- Poultry
- Fish
- Bread/cake
- Fruit
All in all, we highly recommend the Samsung Convection Microwave Oven with HotBlast for those who are seeking an all-in-one cooking machine. Interested? Check out our full review below.