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Tips I've picked up after spending most of 2020 cooking meals at home.
Is any of this good advice? Couldn't tell you, but I can tell you my partner loves the food I make, so it can't be that bad.
Is any of this good advice? Couldn't tell you, but I can tell you my partner loves the food I make, so it can't be that bad.
Just cook everything in butter, and more butter than you think you need to.
Why does everything you get at a restaurant taste good?
They're boiling that shit in butter, my friend.
It might sound unhealthy, but you're also now skipping oil, and it adds so much more flavor.
Why does everything you get at a restaurant taste good?
They're boiling that shit in butter, my friend.
It might sound unhealthy, but you're also now skipping oil, and it adds so much more flavor.
Get some Korean Gochugaru pepper, and everywhere you use salt and regular pepper, add some gochu.
It is amazing.
You can buy a huge bag of it and have it shipped to you online.
It is amazing.
You can buy a huge bag of it and have it shipped to you online.
Keep a bag of onions around.
Prior to the pandemic, we'd just buy the big loose onions as needed.
Never falling for that scam again, ever.
Bag of onions, saves some money, and you can quickly toss onion into almost anything you're making to give it some extra flavor.
Prior to the pandemic, we'd just buy the big loose onions as needed.
Never falling for that scam again, ever.
Bag of onions, saves some money, and you can quickly toss onion into almost anything you're making to give it some extra flavor.
For example, with these three tips you can literally make any vegetable taste outstanding.
I've been doing a lot of cooking this way, and combined with some basic exercise, I've lost a crapload of weight during the pandemic.
So, butter isn't the problem. Butter is the solution.
I've been doing a lot of cooking this way, and combined with some basic exercise, I've lost a crapload of weight during the pandemic.
So, butter isn't the problem. Butter is the solution.
Breading chicken:
Flour, Egg, Flour
In the first flour, you put salt, pepper, onion, and garlic powder (blacks and whites).
In the second flour, you put your reds (gochu, red pepper flakes, cayenne, paprika) and your greens (basil, etc).
Flour, Egg, Flour
In the first flour, you put salt, pepper, onion, and garlic powder (blacks and whites).
In the second flour, you put your reds (gochu, red pepper flakes, cayenne, paprika) and your greens (basil, etc).
If you're breading chicken to make an Italian dish, swap out the second flour for breadcrumbs. Some come pre-seasoned, so adjust that with whatever you like as you need to.
Since you probably don't have a deep fryer, and I can't comment on air frying, guess how you're gonna fry that chicken up?
Butter, and a lot of it.
Butter, and a lot of it.
If you don't have a deep freeze, get one, and start rotating stuff so you always have some proteins, and some easy/quick sides (as well as pizzas/etc for when you forget to take something out the day before).
Portion the meat, zip lock it, write the date on it, freeze.
Portion the meat, zip lock it, write the date on it, freeze.
Personally, not a recipe guy.
Figure out how to cook a couple of things to your liking.
From there, just kinda mix and match, use recipes for new ideas but deviate all you want.
Figure out how to cook a couple of things to your liking.
From there, just kinda mix and match, use recipes for new ideas but deviate all you want.
Medium is the default and in 90% of cases only heat you need to worry about on your stovetop. Start with medium, if you need to crisp or brown something, bump it up a tiny bit.
Max heat to boil water, Min heat to just keep a sauce warming.
Max heat to boil water, Min heat to just keep a sauce warming.
Cracking eggs?
Crack them on the counter top.
I used to be a bowl-edge cracker myself, but the science is in and cracking them on the counter is the superior method.
#eggtruther
Crack them on the counter top.
I used to be a bowl-edge cracker myself, but the science is in and cracking them on the counter is the superior method.
#eggtruther
Over easy eggs:
2 eggs into a bowl
Butter coating the pan, heat a notch below medium.
Tilt the bowl so they hit the pan gently, space between the yolks
Salt and Pepper lightly
Make a line down the middle with a spatula to divide the whites so you can flip independently
cont
2 eggs into a bowl
Butter coating the pan, heat a notch below medium.
Tilt the bowl so they hit the pan gently, space between the yolks
Salt and Pepper lightly
Make a line down the middle with a spatula to divide the whites so you can flip independently
cont
When is it time to flip? You'll notice 2 different parts of the white of the egg. The runnier stuff cooks very quickly. Then there's a second little goopy bag around the yolk.
When that starts to form up and turn white from clear, roll the egg.
cont
When that starts to form up and turn white from clear, roll the egg.
cont
Roll, not flip. There is a difference.
Ideally, you want that yellow on some of the white, but it's ok if you mess that up.
Turn the heat off immediately, let it sit in the pan for a few seconds more.
Slide those bad boys out onto the plate, done.
Ideally, you want that yellow on some of the white, but it's ok if you mess that up.
Turn the heat off immediately, let it sit in the pan for a few seconds more.
Slide those bad boys out onto the plate, done.
Get 1-2 good knives, keep them separate from and keep them in good condition. Prep work takes half the time with a good knife, and having a tool you can trust makes all the difference.
Made a rack of lamb last night, and I would've been lost without my knife.
Made a rack of lamb last night, and I would've been lost without my knife.
If you're lucky like I am, you have a partner to cook for.
When I was single and living alone, I would cook for myself but never put effort into anything.
Cooking for them, it motivates me and it's rewarding to see them enjoy it.
When I was single and living alone, I would cook for myself but never put effort into anything.
Cooking for them, it motivates me and it's rewarding to see them enjoy it.
Plus we hang out in the kitchen and talk and laugh and listen to videos or podcasts and it's really good bonding time.
I look forward to making meals, even if I've been working all day, cus it's such a nice time together.
Some of our best conversations happen in the kitchen.
I look forward to making meals, even if I've been working all day, cus it's such a nice time together.
Some of our best conversations happen in the kitchen.
Get a bucket of Maldons Salt, it's outstanding. Get the bucket, it'll look pricy, but you won't regret it and it will last a long time.
Also, I cannot stress this enough, go ahead and add a bit more butter. You're still not using enough.
Also, I cannot stress this enough, go ahead and add a bit more butter. You're still not using enough.
I am eagerly awaiting my friend Marcus to tear this thread to ribbons.
