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When your chicken is even all across, it'll cook more evenly and you won't have some parts of the chicken coming out drier than other parts.
This'll loosen all the pulp so all the juice comes out easier and more potent.
Rinsing your rice is super important. Don't just rip the bag open and pour it into boiling water. Use a colander and run cool water through it until the water is no longer cloudy to get rid of all the surface starch from each grain. This way, your rice won't clump up AND it'll be super fluffy.
There's nothing like working up your energy to cook just to open up the fridge and realize you're missing the very things you need to make the meal taste good and have to make a store run. Your belly's gonna thank you for keeping these around.
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You don't want to cut your fruits and veggies on the same surface you cut your raw meat on, so keep everything totally separate by either cleaning and drying your cutting boards thoroughly or using separate cutting boards altogether. There are even color-coded cutting board sets so you don't forget while you're in the kitchen getting down.
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Your cake needs butter at room temperature to rise and grating it will get it there super quickly.
I'm a sucker for a non-stick pan and used to use one for everything because I didn't really know that much about how heat works and what temperatures are needed for different food types. I've since learned to use non-stick pans for stuff I realllyyyy can't afford to stick like eggs and pancakes. For food like bacon, I use my cast iron skillet. “It’s a different kind of heat with nonstick pans," Amanda Cohen, chef and owner of Dirt Candy, says. "It’s not quite as hot. It doesn’t get things as crispy since it’s really protecting things from the heat underneath."
Chick-fil-A shared on its website that it makes its fries in 100% peanut oil. We tried it on fries the other day in our home and it was AMAZING. You're welcome.
Some days you may not have it in you to stand over a pot of rice so minute rice will do. Other days you may not feel like peeling and cutting ginger. Pre-grated ginger is OK. You don't have to make biscuits from scratch. Pillsbury biscuits are FINE (especially with butter and honey drizzled on top of 'em. Yum!) No one is going to die because you didn't make every single thing from scratch every single time. Be gentle with yourself when you're cooking. Food's about fun!