Cooking Techniques: Roasting, Roasting & Reheating Tips

Master professional cooking techniques like slow-cooking a ribeye roast or pressure-cooking dried chickpeas. From ingenious hacks like making onion rings with pancake mix to reheating Chinese food, improve your kitchen efficiency.

Chickpeas

How to Pressure Cook Dried Chickpeas

Chickpeas, or garbanzo beans, are the basis for hummus when they are pureed, and they are also delicious whole in soups, pilafs and by themselves. Cooking chickpeas by the regular stove-top method can take up to two hours, but with an overnight presoak, a pressure cooker reduces that time to just nine to 14 minutes.

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Macaroni and cheese

How to Cook Kraft Macaroni in the Microwave

Although a macaroni-and-cheese dish actually takes a little longer to cook in the microwave than it does when you are following the stove-top directions, knowing how to prepare the cheesy-noodle dinner in a microwave comes in handy for those cooking in a college dorm or office break-room setting.

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