10 Common Steps In Recipes That In-The-Know Cooks Always Skip

26/06/2024

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If you cook often at home and follow many recipes, you're probably used to seeing a lot of common cooking instructions that pop up repeatedly. And chances are, there are probably some steps you choose to ignore. So Redditor u/shr00mshoe asked, "What is a cooking step that everyone else swears by but you always skip?" Here's what people from Reddit and the BuzzFeed Community said about cooking instructions they simply don't follow.

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garlic

1."Adding garlic and onion at the same time. That's just a recipe for burnt garlic."

2."I don't wait for the oven to preheat. I especially love to make bacon this way. I put the tray into the cold oven and then turn it on. My bacon comes out perfect every time."

Bacon oven

Potato and carrot

3."Unless company is coming over, I never peel potatoes or carrots. Scrub them and eat them with peels still attached."

4."For soups, I skip the veggie amount and just use the whole thing of whatever I have. Half a cup of onion? No, the entire onion is going in. Three sticks of celery? No, I'm using however much is in the fridge. It’ll turn out just fine."

veggie soup

pasta

5."I never rinse pasta after straining it because the sauce sticks to the noodles better this way. I've always felt like this is a totally unnecessary step."

6."I rarely properly measure dried spices. Measuring ingredients, in general, has never been my strongest suit. For any of the spices I use, while cooking a dish, a teaspoon is just a bit in my palm, a tablespoon is more than that, and anything less than a teaspoon is just a pinch. People always rave about 'how well-seasoned' my food tastes."

spices

eggs

7."I never whisk eggs when making scrambled eggs. I crack them right into the heated pan, and I think they come out better that way."

8."I am never EVER boiling my tomatoes and skinning them to make a sauce. This is the very definition of extra."

Tomatoes Sauce

Onions

9."I don't put a horizontal cut in my onions when dicing. The layers are already a form of horizontal cut, and while it's not a huge time saver or anything, I can't tell the difference in my dice when I do or don't do the horizontal cut."

10."When baking, I never refrigerate overnight. I understand this step helps to develop the flavor and texture, but if I'm making cookies, I want a cookie today, thanks."

Do you have something to add? What is a common recipe step you choose to ignore or a piece of cooking advice you disregard?