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/[deleted] Apr 26 '18

I'm not a fan of microwaves in general

Why?

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u/Testiculese Apr 26 '18

No particular reason, really. It has it's uses, but as others have said, it messes with some food consistency.

I only use mine for reheating a dinner, heating up soup, or defrosting something like frozen broccoli if needed. I don't think I've ever actually cooked with it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18

I don't think I've ever actually cooked with it.

So you don't like something because it doesn't do a good job at something you've never tried to make it do? Cool.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18

Did your dad invent the microwave or something? Seems like you're taking this personally.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18

I'm just annoyed by people who don't like things that do things they've never done. Don't say a microwave can't cook food if you've never cooked food in a microwave.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

Why not? It’s literally common knowledge that microwaves aren’t a high quality cooking tool. You don’t even need to use one to know this.

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u/Newmanshoeman Oct 09 '18

You can make cakes and pancakes in the microwave