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Chinese fried potatoes when you're tired of banal potatoes

It would seem that fried potatoes can surprise you. However, it can be prepared in such a way that it will be completely different from the dish familiar from childhood. Try Chinese fried potatoes.

The most tender meat that you can eat even with your lips

Beef is a fairly specific meat in cooking, so without proper culinary skills, dishes made from it turn out less appetizing than from simpler chicken or pork. If you have had a bad experience with beef and are biased towards it,

“Murmansk lard” or spicy lightly salted marinated mackerel

If you like spicy lightly salted fish, then be sure to try this recipe. Mackerel prepared in this way is perfectly stored in the freezer, and when cut it thaws literally in minutes, so you can eat it immediately or after

Tricks for cutting and saving: How to pickle trout at home

There is no point in talking about the difference in taste between lightly salted trout created in a factory and prepared independently.In the first case, the quality of the product remains on the conscience of the manufacturer, while in the second it is enough to choose fresh

This is definitely the most compact way to store tomatoes.

From ripe tomatoes you can make an excellent dried seasoning, which will be stored for a year or even more in a glass jar in the kitchen without any loss. Dry tomatoes ground in a coffee grinder can be further diluted with boiling water, added spices and

How to bake 5 kg of meat in a pit in one piece

To treat guests, it’s a great idea to serve a mountain of meat, baked in one piece. To make it really tasty and aromatic, doing it in the oven is not an option. Try baking it in a pit over coals, the result will simply amaze you. It's a long time

Lard in brine, a unique taste familiar from childhood

You can pickle lard in different ways. According to some recipes it turns out boiled, according to others it turns out hard. If you want to make lard with a soft skin, but not boiled, then try this cooking method.

Just put the meat in a bottle and get sausage, it couldn’t be simpler

A rather unpleasant moment when preparing homemade brawn is the preparation and filling of the intestines or stomach. It is much easier to use an ordinary plastic bottle instead. The taste of the brawn will be the same, and it will take less time to cook.

How to quickly and without cooking preserve all the benefits of vegetables for the winter

Boiled dressings for first and second courses are inferior in taste and aroma to fresh ones, so it is preferable to freeze chopped vegetables rather than canning. Salting them will be even more practical. Let's look at how to do this very tasty, quickly and so that

Sauerkraut in brine, so crunchy

In winter (with a lack of fresh vegetables in our diet), sauerkraut comes to the rescue. This vitamin snack is good both on the everyday menu and on the holiday menu.

It can’t even compare to store-bought: How to smoke mackerel in an apartment on a regular stove

Fans of smoked meats can smoke fish in their own kitchen. The method is very fast, not smoky and extremely simple. The result is perfect smoked mackerel that tastes better and is cheaper than in the store.

A snack for all occasions. Incredibly delicious recipe for canned lard in brine

Those who like to store lard frozen or covered with salt lose a lot, since it is difficult to come up with something better from it than a cold appetizer in brine. Be sure to prepare a couple of jars of this dish, and you will not regret anything.

How to fillet a herring without bones in 1 minute. Everyone will succeed 100%!

When removing the spine of the herring along the back, as many cooks do, small bones may remain inside the fillet. To avoid them, you need practice, which an ordinary person does not have. Without experience, you can perfectly fillet a herring using one little-known technique:

Kvass like from a barrel, healthy from chicory

Chicory kvass, unlike classic bread kvass, is made very quickly. You can put it on in the morning, and by the evening you can enjoy an excellent cold drink. There are many recipes for kvass, but most of them either take a long time to make or are not

Grilled mackerel - faster and healthier than meat

Cooking fish takes little time. Grill the mackerel fillet. To do this, we independently divide the freshly frozen carcass into 2 fillets.This must be done correctly and carefully so that the fillet turns out beautiful, as much as possible.

Zucchini pizza in a frying pan - light, tasty, fast

Light, but at the same time satisfying pizza, the filling of which can vary from sausage, meat, mushrooms to simply tomatoes and cheese, is made on zucchini dough using a minimal amount of flour. Pan fried zucchini base

Butter cucumbers - once done, you'll cook them all the time

This recipe is a favorite in our family, I close a lot of jars for the winter, and everyone who tries it asks for the recipe. The ingredients are the most readily available, without exotic ingredients. The cooking time is divided into 2 stages and takes a total of an hour and a half.

Cooking flatbreads with suluguni in the oven at home

In many countries, these include primarily the regions of the Caucasus, East and South America, a variety of flat cakes are used instead of bread. Moreover, they are rarely bought in stores, preferring to cook them themselves. And this time we decided

How to make delicious foamy kvass

In the summer heat it’s nice to drink cold homemade bread kvass. This is a very tasty, refreshing carbonated drink, and most importantly natural. Be sure to take the time to prepare it according to this recipe, you definitely won’t regret it!

Marinating zucchini. Well, a very tasty and simple recipe

Zucchini is an affordable and healthy product. You can prepare many interesting dishes from this vegetable. If you are tired of the usual squash caviar and pancakes, then prepare pickled squash for the winter according to the original recipe. From simple

The chef shows how chicken is cut in the best restaurants

To make a chicken dish tasty and beautiful, you need not only to use an excellent recipe, but also to properly cut the carcass into neat pieces. If you have a sharp knife, this is not at all difficult.

How to easily make delicious homemade kvass

Who doesn’t like to quench their thirst with delicious kvass in the summer heat? But it is not always at hand when you want it. Therefore, the best solution would be to make kvass at home yourself. And today’s recipe will tell you how it’s done.

Homemade chicken sausage and ham

Housewives living far from cities prepare homemade sausage often and in large quantities. But for those who have lived in large cities since childhood, this process often seems something incomprehensible. First of all, because of two main questions: where

Zucchini chips

To cook zucchini in the “Chips” style, you need to do one important manipulation. It is simple and useful, but few people know this “secret”. The point is that you need to get as much juice out of the zucchini as possible. Then it will become elastic and acquire

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