ITT post little cooking tips you've picked up over the years

Never flip meat when sauting. Cook on one side then put the pan in a hot oven until desired internal temp.

>>8734986
Who sautées meat?

Slice your garlic with a razor blade

When making ramen, don't drain the water and you have a soup

>>8735020
vegans.

>>8735058
Kek

If you microwave food it will get hot

>>8735076
So that's why the roof of my mouth hurts all the time huh?

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>>8734899
You can use a hot burner on an electric stove to toast bread.
>heat up/make soup
>turn off burner
>elements still hot
>drop bread on 'em
BOOM fucking toast. Probably works on gas ranges too but I've never tried it.

>>8735036
That sounds like a very good system.

if you're a cheap asshole and are going to make boxed macaroni and cheese, replace half the milk/butter with sour cream and add a tsp of cayenne. shit will still be cheap as fuck but taste 9000x cheesier

>>8734899
Noob tips:
>use a meat thermometer to check your internal temp on meat. Chances are your oven varies differently to that of the recipe creator's.
>add a tiny amount of sugar to pasta sauce if you suffer heartburn.
>beans belong in chili.
>letting a pizza sauce sit for an hour helps infuse the favor of your herbs and spices.
>fresh ground pepper is much, much better than pre ground pepper.
>learn how to de bone a whole chicken then use to carcass for stock. You can make it in a slow cooker.
>good quality beer tastes best at cellar temperature. Its not supposed to be as cold as the rocky mountains if it's any good. Also pour it in a glass.
>Pico de gallo is worth making and keeping around. That shit is versital.

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>>8736182
>beans belong in chili
>versital
are you sure about that?