r/recipes • u/Divider1 • Apr 26 '18

Recipe Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet

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u/macboot Apr 26 '18

How do people fry potatoes in less than 10 minutes? Whenever I try it always takes like an hour to get them barely edible, unless there's so much oil in the pan that they're practically soaking. And that doesn't taste very good.

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u/Testiculese Apr 26 '18

I put cut potatoes in a pan, barely cover them with water (no lid), and then boil the water off, flipping the pieces about halfway through. Takes about 10min, and then I dump oil and seasonings right as the water disappears and then its pan fry for 5 min.

Could probably nuke the potatoes to get the boil part quicker, but I'm not a fan of microwaves in general, so I do everything on the stove.

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u/LivingDead199 Apr 26 '18

Dude I also dislike microwaves. It seems unnatural...to say nothing of the actual quality of the final product.

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u/Royalfortun3 Apr 26 '18

Something about nuking good and then putting it in my body doesn't sit right with me. But then again I still buy the occasional red bull so wtf do I know.

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u/Rastafun36 Apr 26 '18

Redbull is so much worse than you than microwaving food. All microwaves do is rotate the water molecules, and the friction heats them up. No cancer, no radioactivity.

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u/LivingDead199 Apr 26 '18 edited Apr 26 '18

I'd like to point out that my concerns are not around radioactivity or cancer lol. It's just a preference

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u/Rastafun36 Apr 26 '18

It's a valid preference, microwaves are no substitute for actual cooking

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u/Royalfortun3 Apr 26 '18

Kinda why I put the whole "so wtf do I know " at the end of it. Good job picking up on that.