Reheating Leftover Pizza In A Frying Pan/Skillet

UPDATE: Note that this was an early attempt of mine at doing this. I've since refined my method for better results. First off, I probably won't do it with frozen pizza any more. Also, I've lowered the temperature to low-medium and covered the skillet to let it heat more evenly over a slightly longer time. Sorry if anyone has watched this video and burned their pizza!

Leftover pizza is always a great food--whether it's eaten cold or heated up. If you are going to heat it up though, there are a few options. Using an oven or toaster oven is pretty effective, but takes a while--and it takes a lot of energy to heat up an entire oven for a few slices of pizza. Using the microwave is the quickest method, but the taste suffers. Not only that, but the crust tends to be on the soggy side.

Heating pizza up in a frying pan or skillet on medium-low heat actually makes the crust crisper than it was when the pizza first came out of the oven! It's a delicious alternative heating method that actually doesn't take all that much longer than putting it in the microwave (with much better results)!

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[anixben]

Well this project would have worked for me if i had labeled it. I had it in the freezer 1 hour and when i get home it is gone. Damn it

[gschultz9]

D'oh!

[Light Yagami]

it's better to cover it with tin foil, that way it gets less soggy ;)

[gschultz9]

Thanks for the suggestion! The pan's cover works pretty good, but I'll try tin foil too.

[Light Yagami]

no problem...just make sure to cover it loosely so the extra steam can get out...I got the tip from chef John at foodwishes

[gschultz9]

Cool. Thanks again!

[jasonofcompsci]

Why would you freeze pizza. Your never going to keep it more that 2 days and it makes reheating it a pain. Your putting way to much time into a slice of pizza.

[gschultz9]

Sorry to have wasted five minutes of your life.

[Stompdowner]

As you could hear "for a while" implying the pizza slices have been frozen for longer than a few days.

[robertdmonopoly]

"Where is the kool-aid" -words of Mac Miller

[mainenwo]

I think the toaster oven would of made the same effect

[gschultz9]

That's okay. At the time we were living in a house that was built in 1930...and never really updated. We're now in an apartment that has a much more modern kitchen--but it's about a third of the size!