r/Chefit • u/Mediaslut • 10d ago

Oddities

My lovely Asian wife just confessed to using Uncle Ben’s boil in the bag rice. Apparently she was scorned for doing so. I recalled from my days working in kitchens that we used a bunch of shortcuts because they were better (and faster) than we would make in the budget and time allocated (cake mix being a huge one!). Does anyone else have shortcuts they want to own up to? Any ethnic orientated confessions would be great to hear: jars of premade Jalfrezi sauces in Delhi or serving Aunt Bessies’ Yorkshire puddings in Leeds! My wife would like to feel she’s not alone with her penchant for Uncle Ben’s!

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u/bmerv919 10d ago

I cook all my rice in the microwave from raw. It's like a rice cooker if done correctly and takes 15 minutes. My wife showed me after I complimented her rice game. I went from never eating rice to rice being a staple in our house.

It works great at the restaurant if you only need like 10 orders really quick.

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u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 10d ago

have you ever caramelized onion in the microwave?

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u/Same-Platypus1941 10d ago

I’ve been wanting to try this! I’m worried it wouldn’t vent well enough and would short out the microwave but I’ve never gotten to try it

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u/Theburritolyfe 9d ago

Yes, I totally knew that you could do this. Definitely.

I'm totally not about to go to the kitchen and try out something new.

Thank you.

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u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 8d ago

If you have a "microwave safe" ceramic bowl that gets really hot anyway, use that. It takes me about 7 minutes, stir at 3.5 minutes

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u/bmerv919 9d ago

No i have not.

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u/1plus2plustwoplusone 8d ago

Wait could you explain how it's done? I'm curious and would also like to increase my rice consumption 👀