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How Sheet-Pan Cooking Took Over Instagram - Eater
You know the shot: just-browned roasted vegetables and bright green pop of herbs on a perfectly patinated metal sheet
Picture it: an overhead photograph of bronze, burnished chicken thighs surrounded by wrinkly bursts of cherry tomatoes, tendrils of skinny asparagus, maybe some dollops of a green-hued sauce. Is that pesto? Chermoula? Scroll down your timeline a bit, and look here: an artful scattering of roasted carrots, some purple onions, and parsnips on a sheet pan. Is that… a roasted grape? Probably.
In recent years, cooking by sheet pan has taken the world by storm. A sibling to the “one-pot dinner” oeuvre of home cooking, sheet-pan cooking employs shallow baking pans made of aluminum or steel. Recipes usually involve permutations of protein, starch, and veg, and most proponents of the method cite relative affordability, approachability, and abundance (thanks to the sheet pan’s surface area) as hallmarks of a sheet-pan recipe — pile everything onto one pan, and dinner will soon be on the table.
You know the shot: just-browned roasted vegetables and bright green pop of herbs on a perfectly patinated metal sheet
Picture it: an overhead photograph of bronze, burnished chicken thighs surrounded by wrinkly bursts of cherry tomatoes, tendrils of skinny asparagus, maybe some dollops of a green-hued sauce. Is that pesto? Chermoula? Scroll down your timeline a bit, and look here: an artful scattering of roasted carrots, some purple onions, and parsnips on a sheet pan. Is that… a roasted grape? Probably.
In recent years, cooking by sheet pan has taken the world by storm. A sibling to the “one-pot dinner” oeuvre of home cooking, sheet-pan cooking employs shallow baking pans made of aluminum or steel. Recipes usually involve permutations of protein, starch, and veg, and most proponents of the method cite relative affordability, approachability, and abundance (thanks to the sheet pan’s surface area) as hallmarks of a sheet-pan recipe — pile everything onto one pan, and dinner will soon be on the table.