What did you cook in your Ridge Monkey?

MickyTwoPints · Mar 24, 2018

I got a Ridge Monkey for Christmas. Going to try it out for the first time this evening with a nice piece of sirloin

. Hopefully even with my lack of cooking skills I should be able to manage that ... fingers crossed.

CampervanBits · Mar 24, 2018

Main thing to remember with the Ridge Monkey is always cook on a low heat or else you will just burn the contents.

We have had a mad rush on these over the past few weeks but we have a new delivery arriving on Monday of the XL version.

CampervanTime · Mar 29, 2018

Just got my first Ridge Monkey yesterday.

So - what do we cook in it first?!

So many ideas floating about

- Bacon
- Eggs
- Muffins
- Brownies
- Pizza
- Meatballs + Sauce

Something more extravagant?!

Needs to be something decent so I can convince my wife it's a good idea to have one

Loz · Mar 29, 2018

Spanish Tortilla (Omelette) you know the one with the potatoes that Mary Berry cooked this week, see iPlayer

Makes turning over a doddle

PudnBob · Mar 29, 2018

We have used ours like a raclette. Brilliant

Borris · Mar 29, 2018

Not had ours very long but so far i'm very impressed. It makes excellent cheese and onion toasties and woderful bacon butties.

Victor · Apr 1, 2018

Two more successful meals on the RidgeMonkey this weekend, sirloin steak burger yesterday and tonight we did chilli cheesy nachos.

Unhealthy I know but hey, we are on holiday

CampervanTime · Apr 2, 2018

Well our first meal was a home made pizza (with frozen pizza dough) - lovely.

We've then used it a couple of times for bacon, brie and chilli paninis, very tasty.

A really great cooking device!

Hotel California · Apr 25, 2018

As we are on our first real trip while getting the RM i'm very happy with it so far .
Been making bacon/eggs , patatoes , toast , chickenbreast in it the last few days .
As i used a canister coocker to bake meat outside in a normal pan trying to avoid splatters and smells i must say the RM does the trick .
Tonights feature here at St-Ives campsite , went out and got some salade , rasped some carots , tomato/cumcumber .
Chickenbreast and a simple bag of prefab patatoes

All ready within' 15min using just the RM.
Baked the potatoes using no butter , thrown them in a bowl coverd them up with alu paper , small amount butter to bake the chicken ....done all with thesame divice!

motacyclist · Apr 25, 2018

hotel california said:
As we are on our first real trip while getting the RM i'm very happy with it so far .
Been making bacon/eggs , patatoes , toast , chickenbreast in it the last few days .
As i used a canister coocker to bake meat outside in a normal pan trying to avoid splatters and smells i must say the RM does the trick .
Tonights feature here at St-Ives campsite , went out and got some salade , rasped some carots , tomato/cumcumber .
Chickenbreast and a simple bag of prefab patatoes
All ready within' 15min using just the RM.
Baked the potatoes using no butter , thrown them in a bowl coverd them up with alu paper , small amount butter to bake the chicken ....done all with thesame divice!
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Hotel California · May 4, 2018

Also can show this breakfast all made in the RidgeMonkey.

Quick lunch
And a "croque" like the French call it ...
For you guys a ham&cheese toast?

Specially everything with toasts i find very nice to make since having the RM.
Toastbread is easy to keep a few days and very easy to make.
Making a toast (actually making anything) you need only low fire .
The pan is very easy to clean on the inside .
Toast in the morning

The pan looks like this after making 4 toasts , if you just wipe it out with a paper kitchentowl (after cooling down) you could easy store it away and clean properly at a later time

motacyclist · May 4, 2018

We tried to do chicken curry in ours tonight. Started off ok, got the chicken cooked but then we ran out of room for the rest of the stuff and had to transfer to a larger pan!

Not really the monkey’s fault, just me trying to use the new toy for everything!

One thing was really useful, the chicken had loads of water in it so I was able to just turn the monkey on it’s side and drain it off

And was able to use the RM to warm the naan bread up while the curry cooked in the saucepan. :thumb

No photos taken, sorry!

soulstyledevon · Jun 6, 2018

Is it a bugger to clean...?

motacyclist · Jun 6, 2018

soulstyledevon said:
Is it a bugger to clean...?

No, just wipe it with a kitchen paper towel. Wash properly when you get home if you think it's necessary. I don't.

It's a good piece of kit. Makes a boring sandwich into a tasty toastie. And you can use it to heat those partly baked petit pans and have freshly baked bread.

Hotel California · Jun 6, 2018

soulstyledevon said:
Is it a bugger to clean...?

A normal pan is easyer to wash up , as the two sides are not detacheble neighter the handle ....but still a good thing to carry imo.

motacyclist · Jun 6, 2018

hotel california said:
A normal pan is easyer to wash up , as the two sides are not detacheble neighter the handle ....but still a good thing to carry imo.

I was thinking of drilling out the existing hinge pins and replacing them with something removable so the two halves can be used separately, doubling the cooking area and making it easier to clean. ..... what do you think?

Martin · Jun 6, 2018

Looks like there is a new version coming out where you can detach the plates at the hinge and it also has a detachable handle.

Loz · Jun 6, 2018

I did a large beef burger in ours last weekend and fine except the fat went everywhere when I turned it over

(need the bin nearby next time)

I have asked Mrs Loz to make the Marry Berry Spanish tortilla (potato omelette) and freeze it in portions in chinese tubs so when we are away next month I can defrost one and drop neatly into the RM for frying

will let you know how it goes...

Yorkie · Jun 10, 2018

bigmac77 said:
What can you do in a Ridge Monkey that you can't do in a frying pan?

Hi.
I tried both a monkey and fry pan to roast vegetables and didn’t find much difference really.

I did sliced potatoes with rosemary several times and they are much better in the monkey.

Yorkie · Jun 10, 2018

I like to cook my own bread at home, has anyone tried bread cakes from dough in the RM?

Broch Hunter · Jun 10, 2018

Everything VW California said:
Main thing to remember with the Ridge Monkey is always cook on a low heat or else you will just burn the contents.

We have had a mad rush on these over the past few weeks but we have a new delivery arriving on Monday of the XL version.

I would say the main thing to remember is to take the silicon tool set out of the Ridge Monkey before putting it on the heat

Luckily I remembered it before too much silicon melting had taken place

motacyclist · Jun 10, 2018

Yorkie said:
I like to cook my own bread at home, has anyone tried bread cakes from dough in the RM?

I’ve done those “Petit Pans” in ours (the ones that are half baked). Quite handy to carry because they have a long shelf life, so if you run out of bread you can use those.

Broch Hunter said:
I would say the main thing to remember is to take the silicon tool set out of the Ridge Monkey before putting it on the heat

Luckily I remembered it before too much silicon melting had taken place

I very nearly did that too! Maybe we should attach a piece of bright coloured tape to the tool set so it sticks out to indicate they’re inside!