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Ask HN: What's your favourite recipe to cook at home?

3 points by jka 4y ago

brunooliv 4y ago
Carbonara - In most European countries/capital cities that are not in/or Italy, all the restaurants I've seen add cream to it which honestly makes the dish even heavier than what it already is, charge quite a lot for a plate, and, in 99% of the cases, you get a subpar, lukewarm pasta dish. At home, it's very easy to do it well, following the original recipe, it's extremely basic, very few ingredients, and honestly, tastes really awesome!! Disclaimer: I'm portuguese and a total foodie and pasta dishes are right up my alley, so, YMMV.
- badpadcap 4y ago
  I've discovered the "original" recipe probably 1 year ago and is definitely my favourite for it's taste and time to cook.
- jka 4y ago
  Tagliatelle or spaghetti by default? :)
_benj 4y ago
Two come to mind: Tomato rice, which is just placing a tomato in the rice cooker when cooking rice. I add more things nowadays like corn, onions, meat, salt and pepper. But I enjoy how easy it is to make and eat it with some sriracha :) The other one is spaghetti. I do enjoy using high quality ingredients for this one (spaghetti made with semolina flour, bronze extrusion, slow dried), good sauce makes quite a difference. I’ll cook them until barely cooked, right before al dente, then finish cooking then on the sauce and some extras (onions, olives, meat, red pepper flakes). This dish is one I really really enjoy but cook it less often since it takes a bit more time
- jka 4y ago
  Definitely going to try tomato rice soon, I hadn't heard of that before. Thanks!
pajamasam 4y ago
My favourite lazy meal: bacon, creamed corn and cheddar pasta. - Cook your favourite pasta and keep some of the pasta water. - Cut bacon into pieces and cook in butter until browned. - Add a can of creamed corn and some of the pasta water to the bacon. - Add the cooked pasta and cheddar. - Wait for the cheese to melt and enjoy! My favourite higher-energy dish is this one: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-sambal-pork-noodles https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-sambal-pork-no...
nikonyrh 4y ago
Pan frying chicken bits or minced beef, once it is cooded I add frozen vegetable mix (I tend to use 50% meat, 50% veggies) or canned corn, beans etc. Add cream or coconut cream, and either curry or herb based spices. Just only frying pan to wash, no extra kettles! An alternative is to coock them the same, but then transfer it into a large kettle and add water and some flour to turn it into a soup. It still tastes pretty much the same though. I rarey coock pasta, rice or potatoes.

3 points by jka 4y ago

Carbonara - In most European countries/capital cities that are not in/or Italy, all the restaurants I've seen add cream to it which honestly makes the dish even heavier than what it already is, charge quite a lot for a plate, and, in 99% of the cases, you get a subpar, lukewarm pasta dish. At home, it's very easy to do it well, following the original recipe, it's extremely basic, very few ingredients, and honestly, tastes really awesome!! Disclaimer: I'm portuguese and a total foodie and pasta dishes are right up my alley, so, YMMV.

badpadcap 4y ago
I've discovered the "original" recipe probably 1 year ago and is definitely my favourite for it's taste and time to cook.
jka 4y ago
Tagliatelle or spaghetti by default? :)

_benj 4y ago

Two come to mind: Tomato rice, which is just placing a tomato in the rice cooker when cooking rice. I add more things nowadays like corn, onions, meat, salt and pepper. But I enjoy how easy it is to make and eat it with some sriracha :) The other one is spaghetti. I do enjoy using high quality ingredients for this one (spaghetti made with semolina flour, bronze extrusion, slow dried), good sauce makes quite a difference. I’ll cook them until barely cooked, right before al dente, then finish cooking then on the sauce and some extras (onions, olives, meat, red pepper flakes). This dish is one I really really enjoy but cook it less often since it takes a bit more time

jka 4y ago
Definitely going to try tomato rice soon, I hadn't heard of that before. Thanks!

pajamasam 4y ago

My favourite lazy meal: bacon, creamed corn and cheddar pasta. - Cook your favourite pasta and keep some of the pasta water. - Cut bacon into pieces and cook in butter until browned. - Add a can of creamed corn and some of the pasta water to the bacon. - Add the cooked pasta and cheddar. - Wait for the cheese to melt and enjoy! My favourite higher-energy dish is this one: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-sambal-pork-noodles https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-sambal-pork-no...

nikonyrh 4y ago

Pan frying chicken bits or minced beef, once it is cooded I add frozen vegetable mix (I tend to use 50% meat, 50% veggies) or canned corn, beans etc. Add cream or coconut cream, and either curry or herb based spices. Just only frying pan to wash, no extra kettles! An alternative is to coock them the same, but then transfer it into a large kettle and add water and some flour to turn it into a soup. It still tastes pretty much the same though. I rarey coock pasta, rice or potatoes.