Lesson 10 of 10 · Pro
A full dinner: timing dishes to finish together
Plan a main and sides so they reach the table hot at the same time, with a written timeline, food that holds, and cleaning as you go.
What you will learn
- How to work backward from the time you want to eat
- Which foods hold well and which go last
- How to use the oven, the stovetop and resting time together
- How to keep finished food hot, and safe, until everyone sits down
Practice dishes
Dishes that use this skill include chicken with roasted vegetables and rice, pork chops with potatoes and a green vegetable, salmon with rice and roasted broccoli, steak with potatoes and a vegetable, roast chicken with root vegetables, curry with basmati rice.