New To Cooking? Here Are 7 Microwave Shortcuts To Know

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New To Cooking? Here Are 7 Microwave Shortcuts To Know

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While cooking entire meals in this kitchen appliance might not be ideal, a microwave surely helps ease the process of meal prepping during the week. The time taken to fix yourself a nutritious and delicious meal is reduced considerably, enabling one to effectively do more when short on time.

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Frying small bits of food like sliced garlic or onions could get labour-intensive if it has to be overseen on a stovetop; however, adding them to a few spoons of oil in a microwave does the trick in a couple of minutes.

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Allowing nuts to get crunchy in an microwave prevents them from charring while also toasting them to the right level of brown, evenly.

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Although not essentially time-saving, cooking rice in an microwave is a fool-proof way of ensuring that you do not overcook or undercook your grains.

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If you’re afraid of something exploding in your face or want to avoid making a mess, simply add your popcorn mix to a bag and stick it in the microwave.

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Techniques like blanching or partially cooking vegetables are done more effectively using a microwave, since it allows the ingredients to cook with optimum moisture.

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With the microwave method requiring nothing more than a thermometer to check if chocolate has been tempered correctly, it is also one of the easiest ways to achieve right consistency.

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Got some wilted basil or coriander you want to turn into a powder? Simply stick them into a microwave for the residual moisture to evaporate before crushing.

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