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No-knead bread is stupid easy, all it takes is time. I make it weekly and get a ton of undeserved "holy shit you're a pro-baker" comments from friends. Have tried a few recipes and the best one comes from here.

1. Mix 3 cups flour, 1/4 tsp INSTANT yeast (make sure your yeast hasn't died or this won't work), 1/2 tbs salt, 1 1/2 cups water in a bowl. Barely takes any mixing, dough will be sticky.

2. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and leave it alone for 12-18 hours. I usually do all of this before I go to bed.

3. Take your dough and flour it/your hands. Loosely shape it into a ball and put it on some parchment paper and let it rise for an hour.

4. Preheat oven to 425 F. Take a big pot that isn't too thin on the bottom and stick it in the oven. Original recipe says a Dutch oven but I just use a sauce pot. Let the pot preheat with your oven.

5. Take pot out of the oven, put parchment paper with dough in pot, cover with lid, put back in oven.

6. Bake for 30 minutes, then take the lid off and bake for 15 more minutes. All done.

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Beef, beef broth, onion soup mix, potatoes, carrots and onion. Throw in a crockpot, cook until yum. I add a little flour at the end because gravy is good.
 
Oooooh cooking thread. I gotta put my hat in this ring.

SUPER EASY parmesan pasta. delicious, can feed you for more than a day, super rich and fucking awesome.

you need:
any pasta you want. it doesnt matter, ideally nothing tiny like ditolini. dont use the whole box.
all purpose flour
at least 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese (the type you put on spaghetti)
chicken stock or chicken broth, if ur vegetarian u could probably get away with veg stock.
butter
milk

instructions:
- boil pasta. add salt to the water dont be stupid.
- when the pasta is like, almost done to your liking, start up a sauce pan with 3 tbsps butter.
- when the butter is melted, add 3 tablespoons of flour. it will look chunky and dry, thats okay. stir it up.
- congrats bro, u just made a roux. now add 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of chicken stock to the sauce pan, and stir it whenever your hands are free after straining the pasta. dont let that shit curdle.
- after a while, the chunks of flour will melt down into it-- if they don't, dont worry yet.
- once the shit in the saucepan is starting to thicken, toss in 1 cup (pls dont use more, i know u like cheese, 1 cup is enough) of parmesan cheese and start stirrin.
- optionally add parsley flakes to the mixture.
- stir in those noodles my man!!!!
- and thats it. easy rich parmesan pasta. might give you a stomach ache. worth it.
 
I made burgers today. These are just burgers, not any special "easy variant", but cooking burgers is pretty easy.

SERVES 4 (8 burgers):

800g of ground beef
8 buns, rolls, pieces of bread. Doesn't have to be hamburger specific.
2 silver onions (any onion is fine)
2 pickles
100g cheese (any type is fine, I like cheddar)
ketchup
mustard
mayo (optional)
salt
pepper

Let meat warm up in room temperature
Mash into balls, roll between hands for intergrity
Form into patties

Place 4 in pan
Mill pepper and salt onto patties
Flip when bottom starts browning (~3min)
Add cheese on top right after flipping
Take first 4 patties aside, place next 4 patties onto pan

While patties cook, dice onion and slice pickles
Add onions and pickles (and mayo) onto bottom bun, ketchup and mustard onto top bun
When patties are brown on the bottom, place on the bun

Eat.

Here's how you chop an onion:

No lie this "why would you bother to type this self-evident stuff up" tier recipe will result in burgers better than those served at any fast food restaurant for cheap, easy, and definitely more healthy eats. Add any additional ingredients to suit individual taste.

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cummytummies said:
Here's how you chop an onion: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dCGS067s0zo
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Ramay's method assumes you have a sharp knife. I have cut many an onion the way Ramsay shows it, it's the classic method, and it works if you have the tools for it... otherwise it might slid, skip and slip. A dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one. I no longer use that cutting method for finely diced onions.

I become more and more convinced that White is the true teacher.
 
A recipe for something very simple.

Ingredients:
  • Refrigerated chicken eggs, preferably pasteurized
Steps:
  1. Boil 1.2 l water in a saucepan.
  2. Remove from heat and add 300 ml water. Gently submerge eggs into saucepan. Wait 17 minutes.
  3. Gently take out the eggs and set aside for 5 minutes.
  4. Crack the eggs and serve each in a small cup.
You can eat it as a side dish, as is, or doused with sauce and garnish. Here's the sauce recipe.

Ingredients:
  • Dashi
  • Mirin
  • Soy sauce
  • Scallion
Ratios depend on preference. A good starting point is 1 part mirin, 4 parts soy sauce, 5 parts dashi.

Steps:
  • Lightly cover the bottom of the saucepan with mirin and bring to a simmer.
  • Add soy sauce, stir, and leave the mixture to simmer.
  • Finely slice scallions as needed.
  • Remove the sauce and keep in refrigerator.
  • When ready to serve, add dashi to sauce.
Pour sauce on egg until half-submerged, sprinkle some scallions on top.
 
All right, I know we're all retards in disguise on this forum, and it's been a little bit since I posted last. So here's a basic bitch recipe for the kids and manchildren in your life.

EnemyStand's Homemade Chicken Tendies:
-Take a package of chicken breast fryer strips, wash them off, pat them dry with a paper towel and put them on a plate.
-Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Add cayenne powder if you want a kick. Don't season with anything else, you'll see why soon.
-Scramble two eggs in a bowl, while putting panko bread crumbs in another bowl. This is why you don't use too many seasonings on the strips: panko bread crumbs have more seasonings mixed in.
-Dip the chicken in the egg, then cover it in bread crumbs.
-Toss in the air fryer at 400F for twelve minutes, flipping when you get halfway through the cook.
-What do you mean you don't have an air fryer? Then put them in the oven at 400F for 16 minutes, flipping halfway through the cook! You have an oven, right?! (Goes without saying but if you use this method please preheat your oven)
-The flavor should be complex enough that you don't need to dip, but if you do just use ketchup. BBQ sauce doesn't work well with these.
 
I usually just grill my chicken when the weather is nice enough. Here's my winter recipe for just plain white meat chicken breasts. I'll explain it step by step as if you were a tard:

Ingredients:
-One skillet/frying pan (Can be cast iron or stainless steel I use cast iron personally)
-Chicken breast
-Enough olive/vegetable oil to coat the pan
-Any seasonings you want (salt, pepper, etc.)
-Whatever herbs you want to use have on hand(I like to use thyme, dried spring onions, and sage)
-At least 2 table spoons of butter (depends on the size of your skillet and how much chicken you're cooking)
-2 crushed garlic cloves (slap that bitch hard with the flat part of a chef's knife)
-A meat thermometer

The process:
-Heat up your oven to 400F (205C)
-Take the breasts out of the package.
-Season it with whatever you want, just not any herbs yet because they could stick to the bottom of the pan and burn. I personally just use garlic salt and pepper.
-Get a cast iron skillet or an oven safe stainless steel frying pan.
-Cover it in olive oil. If you're not experienced with olive oil and are worried about it burning, just use vegetable oil.
-Heat it up on medium high heat.
-Put the breast/s in face side down right before it starts to get smokey.
-Turn the heat down to medium low. I've had the oil get smokey on me when I've only done a single breast. I've never had this issue when doing a 3 pack though.
-Turn it once it starts to brown. You can judge when to do this from the smell and when the edges start to get color on them.
-Turn the burner off. The bottom should get enough color from the residual heat.
-Put a decent size chunk of butter into the pan.
-Add in the the crushed garlic cloves.
-Put any herbs you want on the chicken on top of the chicken and in the butter/oil mix.
-Baste the breasts with the butter and oil mix using a spoon. Do it the same way you would a steak.
-Stick it in the oven. How long this takes depends on how many breasts you have, how big they are, and your oven also plays a factor here. Mine's kinda shit and the temperature it reads on the display is usually higher than the actual temperature inside the oven. Use your own judgement. I would say about 15 minutes for one large breast.
-Take it out after your determined cooking time and check the temperature with a meat thermometer in the thickest part. You want it to be around 160F (71C).
-If it's done, set it on a platter for a few minutes and wait before you start cutting into it.

This looks like a lot, but trust me, it only takes like half an hour to do all of this. The only thing that requires any cooking "know how" is knowing when to turn it during the searing part and gauging the cook time when you put it in the oven. You can have whatever you want as a side. To keep it as simple as possible, just use frozen French fries and cook them in the oven with the chicken. Plain rice goes pretty well with it too.
 
cummytummies said:
I made burgers today. These are just burgers, not any special "easy variant", but cooking burgers is pretty easy.

SERVES 4 (8 burgers):

800g of ground beef
8 buns, rolls, pieces of bread. Doesn't have to be hamburger specific.
2 silver onions (any onion is fine)
2 pickles
100g cheese (any type is fine, I like cheddar)
ketchup
mustard
mayo (optional)
salt
pepper

Let meat warm up in room temperature
Mash into balls, roll between hands for intergrity
Form into patties

Place 4 in pan
Mill pepper and salt onto patties
Flip when bottom starts browning (~3min)
Add cheese on top right after flipping
Take first 4 patties aside, place next 4 patties onto pan

While patties cook, dice onion and slice pickles
Add onions and pickles (and mayo) onto bottom bun, ketchup and mustard onto top bun
When patties are brown on the bottom, place on the bun

Eat.

Here's how you chop an onion: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dCGS067s0zo
No lie this "why would you bother to type this self-evident stuff up" tier recipe will result in burgers better than those served at any fast food restaurant for cheap, easy, and definitely more healthy eats. Add any additional ingredients to suit individual taste.

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I suggest mixing a bit of seasoning into the meat when you form the patties rather than just adding salt and pepper on the outside. I really like old bay for seasoning burgers but pretty much any other basic seasoning mix should work.
 
You don't need to know much at all about cooking to be able to eat delicious, healthy meals that can put your local hipster to shame. Still shame on the hipster regardless; fuck those guys.

software: salmon, Old Bay, brown rice, Mrs Dash, fresh broccoli
hardware: baking sheet, oven-safe wire rack, oven, rice cooker (optional), microwave, microwave safe container, paring knife
  1. Throw 2 cups of uncooked brown rice and a dash of Mrs Dash original blend into a rice cooker with 2 cups of water. Use hot water for a faster cook.
  2. Coat some thawed salmon in Old Bay generously, gently rubbing it in just a bit. Use any salmon you can get that's not pre-seasoned or otherwise trash. I recommend Kirkland for quality and price.
  3. Put a folded, damp paper towel in the bottom of a microwave-safe container to cover the bottom.
  4. Trim some broccoli florets into bite-size pieces, adding them into the container.
  5. Sprinkle broccolli gingerly with Mrs Dash about halfway through and again after the second half.
  6. Broil your salmon on some kind of wire rack set over a baking sheet, flipping at about 60% of the way through.
  7. Microwave the broccoli with the lid just barely loose only long enough to cook it without losing crispness entirely.
  8. Serve to your newly impressed loved ones.
This might not sound like much, but please trust me and give it a shot. If you pay attention to your oven and microwaves' shenanigans, this will turn out perfectly with the utmost ease. I promise it really is very tasty, especially if you ignore any temptation to use oil. If you really want to go even easier, swap out the broccoli for a veggie steamer bag of some kind lightly seasoned with Lowrey's, though it won't be quite as good.
 
As I have to do all the cooking it is all easy.

I go to Iceland and get a package of the cubed frozen beef and a pack of frozen winter veg and dump them in my crockpot with some frozen chopped onion, garlic and seasonings of choice. Put water in and some stock cubes put it on low and when I come home from work diner is done.

I also make a maranaide for salmon of some soy sauce, ginger, garlic and gouchujang mix it up spoon it over the salmon that is sitting on tinfoil fold it up and seal it put in the oven and cook. I also usually cut some green beans (or other veg on hand) put some butter and garlic on tinfoil and put in the oven with the salmon. bake for about 20 to 30 minutes dependant upon temprature.

I do the same with chicken and pork. Oven cook.

If I want an easy pasta meal because I eat low carb I cook the konjac noodles i.e. dry fry them to get the water out of them. then cook some bacon, mushrooms, and peas which I add into a keto friendly alfredo/carbanara sauce and dump noodles back in.

I also use the konjac noodles to make a noodle bowl. Have a nice chicken stock, add in carrots, mushrooms, cabbage and at the end spring onions and cook for a bit then and some sort of cooked meat (usually what ever is left over) the dry fried noodles and add them in at the end.

As I hate doing dishes I always try to make it one pot cooking. Not always sucessful but close.
 
Tom Kha Gai using Tom Kha paste. It's easy as fuck and I recommend it to pretty much everyone. All you need is
-water or chicken stock
-Chicken thighs or breasts
-Thom Kha paste (These cost borderline nothing, you can get a decent sized tub for like 5 bucks at your local asian market and it will last you months even if you're making it every week)
-Coconut milk
-Mushrooms of any kind
-cilantro
-Fish sauce
-lime juice
To make it all you need to do is
-(optional) cook bit sized chicken in the bottom of your pan until slightly browned
-pour in water or chicken stock
-add in preferred amount of Tom Kha paste and fish sauce
-add in mushrooms
-cook until everything is about done
-add in coconut milk and stir
-garnish with cilantro and lime juice

You can additionally use noodles, other vegetables like bell peppers, chilis, pineapple, carrots, etc. Also can garnish with chili oil or flakes if you want it more spicy. It's super tasty and healthy, I've never met anyone who doesn't like it.
 
Titos said:
-Mushrooms of any kind
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I experimented recently with dried mushrooms with that dish and it worked very well.
My mom had some judas's ear soaking in water and most times it's just a rubery mess in your mouth
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I blended them with water and then added them to the sauce.
After simmering for a bit it gave the sauce a more mushroomy taste and the texture and color improved.
 
Here's my banana bread, which I've been told several times is fantastic. Most of the ingredient amounts are eyeballed, and some are entirely optional. Sorry I don't know American measurements.
2 cups sifted flour
1 tbsp baking soda
1 cup raw sugar (brown or white won't work)
As much cinnamon as you want (I use LOTS)
1 tbsp crushed lavender flowers (my special ingredient, optional)
Mix these dry ingredients in a bowl.

2-3 bananas, mashed
2 eggs
~50g melted butter (usually eyeballed)
lots of vanilla essence/extract (optional)
shitloads of honey (optional)
dash of milk (up to half a cup, to thin out the wet ingredients if they're too thick)
Mix these wet ingredients into a bowl.

Mix the wets and drys together, pour into a loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes at 180C until you can stick a chopstick in and it comes out (mostly) clean.
 
I make this every weekend..Take one london broil, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and rosemary, slice up an onion and lay it on top, throw it in a casserole dish with some whole carrots, add about a cup of water, cover with foil, and slow cook all day, it always comes out tender and perfect, with pretty much no effort whatsoever. That said, i like to make mashed potatoes and brussels sprouts with this, but you could slice it up and eat it as a sandwich, dipping it into the drippings.
 
None of these are easy recipes.

Tortellini Alfredo

Buy cheese tortellini from the grocery store, the refrigerated kind is best. Get whole Parmesan Regiano. No, other kinds of Parmesan will not do. Get heavy cream and butter.

Grate .5 to 1 cup of Parmesan Regiano, set aside. Boil the Tortellini until tender, around 4 mins or so. Drain and set aside. Rinse out pot and melt 4 tbsp butter in it on medium. Once melted pour in a few oz of cream, enough to make as much sauce as you want. Bring up to temp and add parmesan, whisking quickly. Wait for it to melt fully and incorporate and pour over the pasta.

Easy, quick, can be done in one pot in ten minutes, and delicious.
 
I have one which Mamma Flidd came up with when I was young. It's an "It's a few days before payday, how do make a tasty, low cost meal" one.

You will need:
Pasta - penne or bow shaped (Am sick, can't remember the name) work well​
Salt​
Oil​
Seasonings - hendos relish, dried mixed herbs work well​
A can of kidney beans​
A can of sweetcorn​
A can of chopped tomatoes​
Hot dogs - though works better with bock or bratwurst.​
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Put a pan of salted water with a little oil onto boil. While this is doing, open the cans. Strain off a little of the tomato juice but not all.

Chop the sausage - if using bratwurst or bockwurst it'll need to be precooked.

When the pasta is al dente, drain. Chuck the contents of the tins into the pan and the sausage. Add the pasta. Heat through, add more seasoning to taste.

It tastes better on the second helping, so maybe stand for a little if you don't need to eat right away. Has carbs, proteins and fats, tastes pretty darn nice. Only needs one pot, knife, chopping board, strainer and can opener to make.
 
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