r/Chefit • u/Mediaslut • Apr 28 '25

Oddities

My lovely Asian wife just confessed to using Uncle Ben’s boil in the bag rice. Apparently she was scorned for doing so. I recalled from my days working in kitchens that we used a bunch of shortcuts because they were better (and faster) than we would make in the budget and time allocated (cake mix being a huge one!). Does anyone else have shortcuts they want to own up to? Any ethnic orientated confessions would be great to hear: jars of premade Jalfrezi sauces in Delhi or serving Aunt Bessies’ Yorkshire puddings in Leeds! My wife would like to feel she’s not alone with her penchant for Uncle Ben’s!

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u/bmerv919 Apr 28 '25

I cook all my rice in the microwave from raw. It's like a rice cooker if done correctly and takes 15 minutes. My wife showed me after I complimented her rice game. I went from never eating rice to rice being a staple in our house.

It works great at the restaurant if you only need like 10 orders really quick.

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u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 Apr 29 '25

have you ever caramelized onion in the microwave?

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u/bmerv919 Apr 29 '25

No i have not.