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You can follow a recipe to a T or practice your cooking skills day in and day out, but some of the best culinary discoveries happen entirely by accident. Redditor ahrumah asked, "What are your favorite accidental lazy recipe discoveries ?" Here's what home cooks said. 7.
"90-second microwave lentils. Cook and toss in some taco seasoning. Throw them in a tortilla with some cheese, salsa, and other taco-ish stuff I have.
It takes five minutes tops and tastes crazy good." — yarnhooksbooks 10. "Saute shallots, dump a can of chickpeas with its water, add harissa.
Eat with grilled sourdough. Yum." — DueBoot5087 15.
"This was ultra lazy, but I had some bruschetta 'topping' (garlic, chopped tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper, and cubed mozzarella tossed with olive oil and balsamic) along with leftover bread. I tossed it in with some cold cooked spiral pasta, and the result was glorious." — Mustangbex 18.
"This past weekend, I used some rice as a weight to blind-bake a crust. After the blind baking (450F for 10ish minutes), the rice went from a normal semi-translucent color to an opaque white. I didn't want to waste rice, so I put it back into my rice container.
The other night, I cooked some of that rice. I was surprised and quite pleased with how it turned out..
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.The rice was creamier and stickier than normal (even after washing it thoroughly before cooking) and had broken up during the cooking process into smaller rice chunks. The texture of it was kinda like a cross between grits and rice.
I think it needs a little more water, but it cooks normally in a rice cooker. I seasoned it with salt, saffron, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and garlic. I was eating it plain by the bowl.
It was so tasty. Next time, I'll add dairy or coconut milk to enhance the creaminess. Maybe some butter too.
In any case, I think I'll start prebaking my rice more frequently now." — g0ing_postal Do you have something to add? What is a recipe hack, flavor booster, or cooking trick you discovered by accident that you now swear by? Tell us in the comments or in this anonymous form ..
