I am making chicken soup for dinner tonightThe recipe I'm using calls for the 2 3/4 of a cup of diced chicken to be precooked before it is put into the pot with the rest of the ingredientsThe other ingredients will have been sauteed and have simmered for about 25 minutesThen once i throw the chicken into the pot, I have to bring everything to a boil and then remove from heatCan anyone advise me on how to cook the chicken, roughly step by step, before i put it into the pot so it won't be over cooked at the end of the process? Any help would be appreciatedThank you.
Sawdust would indeed work well as a thermal insulatorDon't pack it tightlyNatural fibers would include wool from a sweater, I guessThat's a good insulator.
Alternating layers of foil and cardboard would work wellThe more layers the better.
Are you asking about thermal or electrical insulation? Of the three choices, cotton-wool will be the best general purpose thermal insulatorIn a few cases, aluminum foil will be the best thermal insulatorIf electrical, then choose bubble wrapWhy? For thermal insulation, you have to slow movement of heat energyThermal energy always moves from relative hot to colder area(there is no such thing as cold, only the absence of heat)Heat can move in three ways, conduction, convection and radiationAny material that can slow down the movement in any of those three ways is an insulatorFor most applications a product like cotton-wool works because the cotton-wool creates tiny air pockets that greatly slow down conduction, convection and radiant transferBubble wrap will also slow down heat transfer, but not as wellThe trapped air pockets in the bubbles are much much larger than the air pockets in cotton-woolSmall convection current still occur inside the bubbles transferring heat from one side of the bubble to the otherAlso, bubble wrap is made of polyethylene which is transparent to thermal radiation in the infrared spectrumRadiant heat will pass right throughLastly, aluminum foil can sometimes serve as an insulator, but it makes sense only when the heat source is high energy radiant source and conduction or convection are not a concernA good example is a space suitA space suit uses metallic foil on the outside to reflect the sun's raysIf you are asking about electrical insulation, then the choice is bubble wrapPolyethylene plastic and big bubbles of trapped air are excellent insulators against electrical spark, better than cotton-woolAluminum foil is not an electrical insulator, it is a electrical conductor so it has no use as an electrical insulator.
The way I do it is to cook it up on the grill on top of aluminum foilI dust it with sage and saltYou can just boil it as well or put it in the toaster over for about an hour at 375.
