Questions tagged [boiling]
Cooking either in boiling water, or by heating the food until boiling
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Can you cook tomatoes in water without leaking/bursting them?
I want to fully cook tomatoes to their center without causing the internal gel or seeds to be leaked.
I have noticed that if you try to cook a tomato to its center by grilling you will burn the ...
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Improving my approach for plain water boiled brown lentils
I don't know if I am doing things right. How can I improve my recipe?
The recipe. Only 2 ingedients water and lentils.
I buy 1 plastic package of lentils from the supermarket. Around 500g.
I open the ...
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A pot of chicken broth explodes boiling. What causes it?
I am an active cook and make noodles all the time. I had this marvel just two times in my life. You have a pot of chicken broth (there's nothing in it, no salt even), you heat it on a regular electric ...
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Why are some Chinese rice noodles cooked starting from cold water?
The vast majority of dry pasta/noodles are prepared by boiling water first and then adding them to the already boiling water. However, the instructions on some types of Chinese rice noodles (eg. 南昌拌粉 ...
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Safe Water Boiled Lentils
What are the guidelines for safe water boiled lentils?
Like the Big Thaw from USDA
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Does simmering, boiling or roiling boiling water while cooking makes a difference? [duplicate]
So I've seen a few cooking styles when it comes to cooking things in high temperature water. You have people that blast heat at max and get the water to roiling boil, you have people that bring the ...
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A definitive physicochemical guide to smoke points of cooking oils?
I've seen many charts of Smoke Point charts for cooking oils online. And, there all slightly different if not very different. Even MasterClass and SeriousEats seems to have their own versions (butter ...
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Can sourdough starter be cooked well in a hot water bath?
I struggle a lot with baking sourdough bread and usually just cook the sourdough starter itself by frying it in some oil. However, I want to avoid the oil and was thinking if there is any way to cook ...
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Why do my recipes say I have to pour boiling water over the mung bean sprouts?
I've got a bunch of recipes, and nearly all of them expect me to boil water and pour that over the mung bean sprouts, before adding those bean sprouts to the rest of the dish. None of them clarify how ...
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Why does boiling hot dogs make the water dirty?
I boil some of my hot dogs and every time I do that the water becomes turbid. I am assuming that this water has salts and fat which makes it turbid. Do we know what is the composition of this water, ...
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Why does my IKEA pasta pan take so long to cook pasta?
I have a dedicated stainless steel pasta pan (well I assume that is what IKEA intended it for). It comprises of a pan, unventilated lid and a perforated liner which is designed to be lifted up by the ...
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How long does it take to boil fresh spinach?
I am going to cook a cream of spinach soup but I am confused about cooking time:
Starting with the point that I am going to cook fresh, full-grown spinach in broth, that is boiling it in water.
While ...
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Steam table - preventing spagetti sauce from burning?
Having debate with friend ... we have spagetti sauce in steam table at 250 f -- with lid off the spagetti sauce evaporates and reduces and burns on side of the steam table pan during duration of the ...
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Excess oil when boiling vegetables even though no added oil
When I make my vegetables, I boil tomatoes, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, collard greens and eggplants in plain water. To my surprise I always find oil on top of the water, even though I ...
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Why my fresh udon take so long to cook?
I made fresh udon recently with 2:1 of flour and water ratio. rest it for 30 minutes before knead it with foot (folding and flatenvit by foot about 4-5 times), then rest it again for 2 hour before ...
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