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Cooking & Baking

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Morbius

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Sat Jul 5, 2025, 09:11 PM Jul 5

My oven doesn't work. [View all]

The last time I tried to use it I got the smell of methane in my kitchen. I think there's a leak. There's no problem with the stove. I can't afford a new oven. Accordingly, I live without the oven, at least for the time being.

So this week, I tried a way to make frozen pizza without the oven, and it worked. I took a 12" frozen pizza (Jack's brand) and did the following:

Preheat skillet, high temperature
Microwave pizza on large plate for 90 seconds
Transfer pizza to skillet; cover; cook for 2 minutes
Transfer pizza back to plate, microwave for 90 seconds more
Transfer pizza back to skillet, cook uncovered for one minute.

Done! Crispy, all the way cooked. Is it good? Well, it's cheap frozen pizza. Good wasn't gonna happen even with the oven. But it's not bad; quite acceptable. Fast, too.

Now, here's the deal: before this thing with my oven occurred, I purchased a package of pork tenderloin. I have made this in the past as a stir fry, but there's way too much meat for that - over 1.6 lb (and there's just the three of us). Can anyone recommend a way to cook this so it is tender?

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