There's a hack for absolutely everything these days. No matter what you're craving and needed five minutes ago, you can probably find an easy version to make at home. This trick is clearly basic, as it only calls for two ingredients, but there are plenty of people who love the ice cream alternative.
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Once you get your salt solution down, you can get fancy and add all kinds of herbs, cut-up vegetables, citrus fruits, and seasonings to your brine. But there is another ingredient that you might want to consider adding to your brine: sugar.
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Lard often gets a bad rap. If you find yourself doing the Heisman when a recipe calls for this rendered pig's fat or you can't help but shrink back in sheer horror at the thought of scooping this greasy ingredient out of the jar, there are plenty of options you can use as a lard substitute.
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A Saturday afternoon grill party just wouldn't be complete without some juicy hamburgers, plump hot dogs, and fresh grilled peaches. Wait, peaches? Yes. There are several desserts that are healthier than you may think, including grilled fruit.
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Freezing meat is a good way to stock up and make sure you always have a backup option for dinner when you need it. The downside is you have to wait for it to thaw before you can start cooking. But if you planned on brining your meat before cooking, you can save yourself some time.
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If you're a fan of stuffed pastas, but worried that they were too difficult to make at home, then you might have avoided cooking them in the past. However, we're here to tell you that -- provided you have the right tools -- making stuffed pasta can actually be quite simple.
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A Sunday roast isn't a Sunday roast without Yorkshire pudding. The dish relies on steam to create the puffed puddings with a golden brown and crisp exterior and a light, soft center. For a Yorkshire pudding novice, however, this can be a daunting task. Here are a few simple tips.
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Croissant cereal is the latest in a trend of mini cereals that gained traction during quarantine and is showing no sign of stopping. The craze began with mini pancake cereal and we thought it may have truly ended with sushi cereal, but then miniature donut cereal became a thing too.
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Frying food at home can be really delicious, but the clean up is always a pain. Between waiting for the oil to cool and deciding if it's worth keeping or tossing, the cleanup process isn't exactly quick and easy. That's why this hack is one you have to try. It makes cleaning oil so much easier.
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The vacuum-bag-and-temperature-controlled-water method might not be immediately obvious for a prospective corn cooker. But, if you give it a shot, you might just find that the method takes this already delicious veggie to a whole new level. Here's why you should sous vide your corn.
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Aside from the humans who eat them, gingerbread people's biggest problem is exposure to humidity and moisture. So gingerbread cookies need to be stored in certain conditions to make sure they maintain freshness and texture until you're ready for the yummy to enter your tummy.
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Although steaming may seem like the easiest way to get greens to the dinner table, there is a huge veggie uh-oh that home cooks everywhere are making that is keeping their vegetables from living up to their fullest delicious and nutritional potential.
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Sometimes you'll see recipes that call for blanched almonds, either because the skin might come off during cooking or just to make the final product look a little nicer. Whatever the reason, blanching almonds yourself is super simple. It just takes some time to peel away all of the skins.
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There are few things more satisfying than a steak sandwich, and few things worse than biting into a steak sandwich and pulling all the filling out because your teeth just couldn't chomp through a tough bit of meat. There's a fix, of course.
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Piri-piri (sometimes peri-peri) chicken has its roots in two African countries, Angola and Mozambique. Piri-piri refers to the delicious sauce that gives the dish its unique qualities, made with bird's eye chillies. The name comes from the Swahili word for chile peppers.
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With minimal effort and just two additional ingredients -- alguashte, a spice made with pumpkin seeds, and fresh lime juice -- it's easy to transform these tart mangoes into a flavorful snack. It's very popular in El Salvador and Central America, where it's known as mango verde con alguashte.
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To keep your popcorn from going stale, Spoon University recommends putting it in the freezer. Sounds weird, but it works. By using this method, your popcorn will stay good for multiple days -- sometimes even weeks. According to the site, popcorn never freezes, therefore it doesn't go bad this way.
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Cooking clams can seem intimidating at first, especially since they're known for being a little tricky to clean. Without doing some prep work beforehand to get them really clean, you could end up biting into a sandy clam that's filled with grit.
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Katsu, or tonkatsu, is a way of life, and don't anyone tell you that it's just a Japanese chicken or pork cutlet. It's so much more than that. Good news: you can recreate this extra-crispy, juicy staple of Japanese (and increasingly, American) fast-food all on your own at home.
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It may seem like a ridiculous thought to use the vacuum-bags-and-temperature-controlled-water technique on a food that's arguably best enjoyed fried to a crisp. Still, don't diss it until you've tried! There are plenty of foods you never thought to sous vide, and bacon might just be one of them.
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For the true connoisseur of cuisine, knowing how to roast a chicken like a boss is merely the first hurdle. The true challenge lies in creating a meal that's worthy of the delicious bird...and this involves choosing the best possible wine to complement the dish.
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Have you ever grown a backyard full of basil, transformed it into a gallon of pesto, and asked yourself what you were thinking? The struggle is real. How much pasta with pesto can you really eat, right? Well, you're in luck. There are a million other ways you can work pesto into your dishes.
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If you're a fan of McDonald's ubiquitous offering, the Big Mac, then you need to check this out. One TikToker, user @ryanparkins05, decided to publicly demonstrate their love for the Big Mac by sharing their recipe for a Big Mac pizza on the social media platform. Wait, what?
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If José Andrés tells you he knows the best way to cook eggs, you can believe it's true. And if he can teach you some of his breakfast magic in a 60-second TikTok video, you'd be a fool not to listen. And recently, on his TikTok channel, he shared one of the best ways to make eggs.
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Bacon, while one of the most delightful meats we can eat, is one of our least favorite to make. no one wants to clean up that cooking aftermath. But Rachael Ray's trick ensures you won't have to draw straws or play rock, paper, scissors to decide who gets the dirty job.
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If you're serious enough about your morning cup of joe to buy whole coffee beans and grind them yourself, you definitely want to make sure you're storing them correctly. You might've heard the way to keep coffee beans fresh is by freezing them, but that might not actually be your best option.
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Magic cookie bars have many names, but you probably know them when you see them. This dessert bar is ooey-gooey and has seemingly endless layers of delicious treats packed inside. When all of the ingredients for these bars are combined, you end up with a deliciously sweet, perfectly balanced bite.
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