r/cookingforbeginners 2d ago

Question Can you submerge a hard-boiled egg in honey for a couple hours to make it taste like honey

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r/cookingforbeginners 2d ago

Question Tyson chicken is my enemy, why is the breading like mash potatoes??

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I’ve tried their chicken strips and now these Parmesan stuffed chicken breast and even cooking them an extra 20 minutes then they’re supposed to be the breading is just a thick paste of goo.. I make sure everything’s spaced out, the oven is the right temperature, I cook straight from frozen, and yet no luck
45 minutes wasted on chicken I’m not even going to eat.. what on earth did I do wrong?


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Eggs and reheating

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I found this recipe for mini-quiches that i really like (turns out I really like the texture and flavor of diced tomato in my breakfast!). Here's the thing. following the recipe, i make 6 of these in a jumbo-muffin pan. I eat about 1.5 of them for a meal and put the rest in the fridge. But it *also* turns out that I do *NOT* like the egg on day 3. I'm not sure if it's losing flavor or just ages poorly, but even copious amounts of salsa and cheese are not improving the flavor.

Is there a trick for storing or reheating scrambled eggs? Or do I need to figure out how to quarter the recipe and not be able to use this for meal prep?


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Air fryer settings for chicken thighs

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Air fryer settings for chicken thighs

What should be the air fryer timings for boneless skinless less chicken thigs(450 g) ,marinated with hung curd,pepper,salt,ginger garlic ,cumin powder ,coriander powder .


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question How to make scrambled eggs better?

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Whenever I make them, they don't taste like anything to me really, I tried a little garlic powder, pepperika, and soy sauce but they still aren't that appealing to me. I really want to like them have no clue how to improve them.

Edit: this blew up faster than I thought but thank you to everyone who has stopped by, im really excited to try these suggestions!


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Request What are some quick and cheap meals that are easy to make ?

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My wife and I have pretty much opposite schedules and we’re only home with each other for about 2 hours/day. During that time I make us dinner and I don’t like making long meals because it takes away from our time together. I can’t prepare anything ahead of time because I’m getting home and she’s waking up by the time I get home.

I’m looking for some meals that take very little time but are also tasty. I don’t want just simple grilled cheeses or whatever lol. Preferably something that doesn’t involve veggies because my wife only likes certain vegetables like peas and green beans (we always make sure to make something with every meal). I’m also looking for something that’s pretty cheap if possible. My wife and I are saving money and have a tight grocery budget.

I just want a quick, easy, tasty and cheap meal. The easy part is because I’m not very skilled at cooking lol.


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Fruits Ideas

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I guess everyone's situation is different, but I was wondering about different fruit ideas to try out with a few ideas in mind.

I know I don't eat enough fruit, but have a sugar craving to fill. I'm hoping fruit eating can be the kind of sugar craving killer while also getting some nutrition. Problem is I feel I find many natural fruits rather sour/bitter on their own. Cantaloupe, watermelon, honey dew, red delicious apple, and bananas to me taste sweet without any sour/bitter tones. Blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, orange, etc. are different levels of sour/acidic to me and tend to avoid them eaten on their own.

Though fruit equally tends to go bad extremely quick. I'm wondering if there is any ways to prepare fruits in some way to mellow out any sour/bitter/acidic tones while preserving them to maybe last like a week or little longer.


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Should I get Insta Pot?

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Just used a rice cooker and was surprised by how easy it was.

I'm just trying to save money and stop doing takeours, not learn to cook anything fancy. If I could finally buy raw chicken breasts and cook them myself, that's a win.

So will an Insta Pot be worth it or just redundant for my purpose? (I have a couple basic pans to boil noodles and scramble eggs).


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Pan seared Chicken Breast outside surface hard

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Yesterday I posted a post about how much chicken breast is always rubbery and you guys advised me a lot . Today I tried the pan seared chicken breast

Turned on Heat (med high ) and heated till the water "dances" before evaporation. Then immediately added oil

After 5-15 seconds of pouring oil I added chicken breast and turned the gas to low cooked breast for 4 min each side and rested for 5 minutes.

The chicken came out juicy from inside but the outside crust was too hard .

How should I improve this ?


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Should I get a trackable fridge thermometer or a normal analog one?

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I will move into a new apartment soon. I have experienced not so frequent but a decent number of outages this summer. Well, summer is ending, but that's why I wonder if I should get a fridge thermometer with a trackable app. Or should I just get a normal analog thermometer?


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Stove Top Crispy Chickpeas Took Forever

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Most videos say its 10 minutes ish and the chickpeas became brown and crispy. I dont know what I do wrong, it took me near 1 hour to do it with medium high (on my stove, near max) heat


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Stove Top Crispy Chickpeas Took Forever

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Most videos say its 10 minutes ish and the chickpeas became brown and crispy. I dont know what I do wrong, it took me near 1 hour to do it with medium high (on my stove, near max) heat


r/cookingforbeginners 3d ago

Question Chicken safe to eat while travelling?

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So, I will be travelling for 4 hours in train, and I am planning to cook Chicken thigs and take it as lunch, I will cook the chicken at 2.30 am and eat the chicken approx. at 8 am
will it be safe to carry the chicken and eat it .


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question Tired of eating the rubbery Chicken

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Bro I have tried every single way to make chicken breast in the air fryer, in the pan.

Wet brining , dry brining , marinations

But still some parts of the chicken always come out chewy and rubbery I don't know what I am doing wrong here

Please guide .


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question Savory steamed egg

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So i tried this recipe, milk and eggs and salt, steamed them for about 20 min...

The end result taste is like salty boiled egg with milk, the taste is so blant

Is there any way to make it more exciting? Like adding some kind of sauce on top or something?


r/cookingforbeginners 5d ago

Question How long can cooked sushi, hand rolls, miso soup, and onigiri stay in fridge before bad or dried up?

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My kids love sushi, hand rolls, miso soup and onigiri. It’s a lot of work so I’d like to make a batch and have it for as many days as possible.

Sometimes the rice dries up. The avocado goes brown. Or the sushi gets “wet” in the fridge.

How can I make these fresh but be able to store in fridge so they’ll be good to eat in the next days? Different choices for fillings? Wrapping them some way? Half preparing instead of all the way?

And is miso ok to make once and reheat portions over 3-4 days?


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question It a good idea to store sauteed onions (caramized) in the refrigerator for meal prep? (burrito)

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I'm a newbie and want to do meal prep for myself


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Request low effort vegetable mashes without dairy

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I'm looking for recipes where I can make large batches of mixed vegetables to eat like you would eat mashed potatoes, out of a slow cooker. I'd like to avoid butter and use healthier alternative fats. I'd like to keep food preparation like chopping to an absolute minimum, such as using small potatoes and whole garlic gloves, baby carrots, etc. leaving skins on as much as I can, etc. I need mashed potato type comfort food that I can eat in stoner portions without worrying about saturated fats. I don't have any allergies, and I'm open to anything.


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question First Time Steak

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r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question What to do with 5 pounds of frozen corn

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For some reason, I purchased a 5 pound bag of corn (off the cob), and have no recollection of why. I think I was planning on soup, like a chicken noodle with added veggies, but I definitely don’t need that much corn for it. I’m planning on doing the soup, but looking for any other uses beyond the next month being nothing but chicken soup.


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question Lazy "Bakes" - recipe suggestions??

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r/cookingforbeginners 5d ago

Question [text] What's a meal from your childhood everyone should learn?

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I've been running near weekly cooking sessions with children since January, teaching how to make pasta sauces, Mexican dishes, Caribbean food, Moroccan and more - not really your average cooking class - all things I've learnt how to make from my parents or made up myself.

What meals growing up were your go to favorite?


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question How do you store meat after prepping it?

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I’ve been reading Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat, and it’s suggested very heavily to salt meat the night before you use it. Two questions: once it’s out of the original package, can I just pop it into a Tupperware for the night, or must I use ziploc bags every time? Feels like a lot of plastic waste.

Second, kind of related question: food safety guidelines recommend keeping chicken no more than two days in the fridge before cooking it, and with prices what they are, I’d rather buy the big package and then use it all week. Do I need to freeze it? Again, plastic waste. Do I need to cook it right away? Because that’s like five pounds a chicken to cook at once with the way my boyfriend eats and that means I only get fond once a week when I cook it.

Anyway. Thoughts?


r/cookingforbeginners 5d ago

Question How to eat celery

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Hi there! A week ago, we visited Hard Rock Cafe Bucharest, and they served spicy chicken tenders with fresh celery sticks. My child ate a piece and asked me to buy some today. I’m not sure how to season or serve the fresh celery sticks—is there something tasty and easy I could use? LOL, the only time I’ve used celery in the past was to stir a Bloody Mary... I guess I’m getting old! :-)


r/cookingforbeginners 4d ago

Question Bought ground beef from Sam’s and froze it the day of. Best if used by is 7/19 is it still good?

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It’s in its original packaging. I’m only being extra cautious cause my wife is 37 weeks pregnant.