30 People Are Sharing Their Most Life-Changing Cooking Hacks, And They Might Actually Surprise You

This is just smart and frugal. Been doing it for years. No green bell peppers though - it’ll make the stock bitter.

This is isn't a hack?

I want to do this too but living with parents i don't have enough space in the freezer for that, but from time to time i make "stock" out of any scraps and veggie/fruit skins as a fertilizer for my plants. Once even added whole banana skin. Basically a liter or 2 of free natural fertilizer, plants love it

Isn't this what you're supposed to be doing?

This is frugality and wisdom!

What is the point of the plastic wrap?

Microwaves are perfect for softening hard foods (carrots, potatos, turnip, beets, kale, broccoli) and any minor vitamins that might be "damaged" by the process would have also been damaged by other cooking processes. Using them is great for anything you want cooked by its own water.

Crispy english potatoes are far superior to baked Cut your taters in half, than each half into quarters. Drop them into a pot of boiling water for 15 minutes drain the water from the pot, leaving the potatoes inside, put lid on pot, shake vigorously for 15 seconds to rough up the edges Dump in some kind of fat (olive oil works fine, but clarified butter is better) season however you like (salt, garlic, old bay, thyme, oregano) and shake to coat. pour everything in a roasting pan, put it in the middle rack and roast for 30 minutes, then turn the broiler on for 5 minutes more. You end up with extra crispy skin, and pillow like interior.

I use the microwave for potatoes all the times. That's pretty much the only use I have for it other than popcorn. I make Pizza with potatoes (Italian fast food, little known here in the USA) and I first slice the potatoes, then I microwave the slices for 2 1/2 or 3 minutes. Then I place them on the pizza with cheese and parmigiano reggiano. Without the microwave the whole enterprise wouldn’t work because you cannot slice a baked potato thin enough.

This is very normal

The difference that zest can make is amazing. I just recently started adding lemon zest to my cheesecakes and lime zest to certain savory dishes. *Chef's kiss*

or buy quality chicken and learn how to cook breasts properly. just sayin

Stop hipping people to chicken dark meat. There is never enough, and I refuse to eat white meat

Because corporate farming has bred chicken breasts to be huge, uniform and utterly lacking in flavour.

Totally agree … only buy (and eat) the thigh … moist and delicious!!

A chicken breast is where your taste buds go to die

You can also use baguette bread instead

Yeah but the sloppiness is one thing I like about them

I just wear gloves. I don't trust myself! 😂

The most significative thing here is the image. People, this is the right way to hold a knife in the kitchen: thumb and forefinger holding the blade, and the rest of fingers in the handle.

I stab the chillies or peppers with a fork to minimise contacf while im cutting them

Sadly it didn't work for my burning hands after cutting chilli 😪

Tomato juice. Cut your tomatoes *after* everything else. Takes it all off. Or wash hands in milk before using soap.

For gluten-free people, gluten free soy sauce is a great way to add flavor to meat dishes like stews.

i figured this out by putting butter in my leftovers take out rice and obviously with some soy sauce it’s just a little bit better than usual

And to the butter and soy sauce and mushrooms, add cooking sherry. Divine.

I use this for popcorn. It's amazing

Omg butter and soy sauce is soooo good!

That's the first thing I eat when I buy the real stuff at Costco. They are indeed delicious in a soup, but I like them too much and they never last. It's the best part of the cheese. My dream is to buy a whole wheel of cheese one day.

Adding acidity to any sweet or savory dish can do miracles.

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Don't add much, tho. Or your baking powder will have no lift. Very dense banana bread!

My mom has been adding orange juice to her from-scratch pancakes for years.

Wash in boiling water, nothing much will escape that treatment.

kitchen scissors almost always have that feature

Don't use antique Bakelite like in the photo. It'll break immediately!

I watched an old video of Jacques Pépin doing a boneless whole chicken with shears and bought a pair as soon as I could. Chefs choice stainless steel. They come right apart to clean. Heavy duty enough for most anything.

I planted some leftover ginger in the flower bed... it grew well & even flowers... if I need ginger, I go out & dig up some. The smell of fresh ginger is 10x better than grocery store processed ginger...

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No need to actually peel the paper skin. Just scrape lightly with a spoon. Fast, effective, less wasteful.