Being a 20 year old is very fun, you are old enough to pretty much do what you want, but young enough to do stupid things like party every day all day right? But with it, you also need to learn to do basic things, like cooking. The list below of 26 foods you should learn to cook will help you transition into adulthood. Because everyone needs to know how to cook rice, YES, plain rice, it’s the easiest thing ever to cook, if you don’t how how, you’re not allowed to be an adult, So please read on.
1. A delicious grilled cheese
Pro tip by serious eats is to toast one side of each slice then sandwich the cheese between and toast the other sides – full recipe here
2. The perfect roast chicken
This chicken roast recipe has only three ingredients and it will serve you a lifetime – click here for the recipe
3. Basic roasted veggies
This is the easiest thing to make, throw some veggies on a baking sheet with oil and salt, put it in an oven at 450 F, and cook until it looks and tastes good, the trick here is to know that hard veggies like carrots take longer to cook so you need to cut them small, here is the recipe
4. Homemade Fudge Brownies
Just read the full recipe here, it’s super easy
5. Macaroni and cheese from scratch
You don’t need a recipe – It’s that easy, but still – click this
6. Oh baby – perfectly seared steak
Short version – pat it, season it, cook it over high heat with fat, let it rest, or just read the long version here
7. Best Guacamole ever
It may surprise you to know that authentic guacamole doesn’t have garlic or tons of lime juice in it, see what it does have here
8. Easy tomato sauce
It’s basically just canned tomatoes and some season that have been cooked together, here is a good recipe to try
9. Heavenly chocolate chip cookies
In 2008 the New York Times did a great story where they tested and re-tested many chocolate chip recipes to find the best one, after many attempts they found that letting the dough rest for a night before baking it gives the best results, here is the recipe
10. Slow cooked pork
A very easy thing to do with a slow cooker – read all about it here
11. Easy Frittata
When you need to serve breakfast for a group of people or you just have a lot of veggies you need to eat, put them all in a pan and pour some whisked eggs on it, let it cook and then put it in the oven for a few minutes, done! here is the full recipe
12. Pan roasted chicken thighs
This is hands down the cheapest recipe to make chicken breast, you will use it a million times in your life, trust us, here is the recipe
13. Sautéed greens
Heat a pan with oil, once it’s hot throw in some greens and let it cook for a while, season with salt according to your own taste, here is the recipe
14. Dreamy pancakes
Learning to make these pancakes will turn you to a Sunday hero – check it out here
15. Mussels with white wine
These are so easy to make you will be shocked- read how here
16. Whipped cream
Put heavy cream in bowl, whip it until it thickens then add a little sugar, pair with some strawberries and you’ve got yourself a dessert. Here is the recipe
17. A good burger
There is a lot to know about how to grill burgers, but for now let’s start with this basic recipe
18. Creamy mashed potatoes
Peel and cut the potatoes into small pieces, put them in a pot with water and bring to a boil, cook them until they are soft enough that a fork slides in and out of . in another pot heat some milk and butter or half and half and when it’s done mix it all together with the potatoes and mash it all up with salt. You can add garlic or spices and pretty much whatever you like, here is the recipe
19. Blanched veggies
Easy to follow these steps:
1: bring a big pot of water to a boil
2: Salt the water
3: Pour some veggies in and let them cook in the boiled water
4: After a minute taste the veggies – when it tastes good to you, it’s done
20. Rice
Really? You need a recipe for rice? well OK, here it is
21. Healthy bake fish
If you’re too scared to cook the fish like it is and without a pouch made of foil that is fine, but if you want to cook it straight up with marinade sauce, here is the recipe
22. Beef stew
A great way to learn early on the art of braising, Sear meat on all it sides in a pot, take it out and put some onions in the same pot, add some liquid like wine, put the meat back in the pot with some veggies like potatoes, carrots and beans and cook on a low/medium heat for a while, here is a full recipe
23. Simple cake
You need an electric mixer and some sort of a baking pan, the easiest cake in the world is a loaf cake, Here is a great vanilla loaf cake recipe
24. Basic frosting
The old delicious buttercream frosting, you need a stand mixer or an electric mixer because you are going to beat the butter for a long time, here is the recipe
25. Easy salad dressing
Basically a salad dressing is olive oil with balsamic floating around, follow this simple recipe for a great dressing
26. Good cheese plate
It’s not cooking per se, but this is very important because cheese! Learn the basics here
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