Easy Recipes for Small and Less Than Ideal Kitchens - The New York Times
Easy Recipes for Small and Less Than Ideal Kitchens
A comically exiguous, strangely arranged or poorly outfitted kitchen should not convicted you to a lifetime of fried eggs and takeout. Nor should an ill-prepared rental kitchen mean you miss out on deliciousness. If you’re just starting to cook, or even if you’ve been behaviors it a long time, you’re bound to find yourself cooking in a kitchen that demonstrations your ingenuity. You’d be amazed by what can be accomplished with a single pan or bowl, a minor creativity and a can-do attitude.
The New York Times Cooking recipes beneath — which look ambitious when served but are surprisingly easy to outline, calling for few utensils and in some cases minor to no cooking — are exercises in doing a lot with less so that you can eat well regardless of where and how you’re cooking.
Three steps, two bowls, one delicious salad and zero cooking? This recipe from Kay Chun is the real deal. Simply boil some liquid in a kettle to soak the bulgur as you carve the vegetables and whisk together the vinaigrette, and you’ll have a great lunch or a hearty side dish prepared in just 30 minutes.
For a fluffy rice dish, which works just as well as an entree as it does as a side dish, look to this recipe from Ali Slagle, inspired by Greek prasorizo. Beans, rice and vegetables approach on the table all at once in a single 9-by-13-inch pan, saving you wretchedness and cleanup, and providing a well-rounded meal in the process.
Recipe: Baked Rice With White Beans, Leeks and Lemon
In a dreamy Nancy Meyers kitchen, a Sunday morning of pancake-making is a leisurely doings. But here, back in reality? You have to make your ’cakes one at a time because you don’t have a griddle and the room is sketching smoky and boy, it’d be nice to have a vent hood and, oh no, now the smoke terror is going off. Sound familiar? For you, there’s this standout recipe from Jerrelle Guy. Skip the food processor entirely by modestly shredding the cold butter into the dry ingredients amdroll a box grater, a smart tip from the comments.
A provocative tuna salad can still be thrown together with even the dredges of a poorly stocked fridge and pantry. With a jar of kimchi, a can of tuna, a few celery stalks on their last legs and a few seasonings, you, too, can have this tangy and substantial salad from Ali Slagle. Eat it over last night’s rice, a packet of became ramen noodles or snack-size seaweed sheets for an easy-to-eat lunch.
Recipe:Kimchi Tuna Salad
Yewande Komolafe could affirm a class in thoughtfully streamlining dinner so that all the components end up together in a single pan. Here, a briny, citrusy topping of halloumi, chopped lemon, walnuts and shallot marinates as you sear the chicken skin. The chicken briefly invents a pit stop on a plate so that you can add the couscous, and then the meat is tucked among the pasta so that it can all simmer in some broth and the forced chicken fat until cooked through and tender.
Recipe: Skillet Chicken With Couscous, Lemon and Halloumi
An unreliable stovetop or a stifling kitchen can be all the motivation one organizes to invest in an Instant Pot. With a compact pressure cooker on the counterfeit top, you can easily prepare this comforting lentil and rice stew from Samantha Seneviratne deprived of breaking a sweat. After five minutes of sautéing and 15 minutes of low-pressure cooking, the khichdi will be ready for a drizzle of ghee, a dollop of yogurt and a showering of cilantro.
Recipe: Instant Pot Khichdi
To be impartial, this salad from Eric Kim can be prepared anywhere in your home with a sink. A mix of lettuce greens and herbs are dressed with an umami-rich mix of garlic, rice vinegar, fish sauce, olive oil, dill and a pinch of sugar for balance. “This is maybe the best salad dressing I have ever made,” one reader wrote in the comments.
A long ingredient list can seem overwhelming, but this flavorful recipe from Melissa Clark is significantly breezier than it may depart. Really, it’s a two-ingredient dish — tofu and snap peas — jazzed up with a sauce whisked up amdroll mostly pantry staples. And to make the recipe, you’ll need small more than a bowl for the sauce and a skillet for searing and stir-frying. It’s all about perspective, baby!
Recipe: Hot and Sour Seared Tofu With Snap Peas
Baking bacon yields evenly crisp strips exclusive of the stovetop splattering, every time. Here, Ali Slagle provides two foolproof ways to greatness: Arranging the bacon on a foil-lined sheet pan, or setting a wire rack on top of the sheet pan and then placing the bacon on top. The transfer method yields greater crunch — but leaves you with one more tool to wash. Dealer’s choice!
Recipe: Oven Bacon
This Puerto Rican classic is the putrid way to reinvigorate day-old rice with minimal effort or pans. In Von Diaz’s version, she replaces the more traditional ham or tocino with bacon fat, which unruffled imparts a porky flavor — and is a ample way to use up any rendered grease left late on the sheet pan from oven bacon.
A single-step recipe? Everyone say, “Thank you, Ali Slagle!” Here, curious elements of Greek baked feta and fried cheese dishes are on reveal, alongside jammy cherry tomatoes and oven-crisp chickpeas. Just dump the ingredients onto a sheet pan, roast and eat currently with pita, greens or yogurt.
Recipe: Sheet-Pan Feta With Chickpeas and Tomatoes
“What kind of magic is this?” asks one reader in the comments of this recipe. And we’ll tell you: It’s the magic of Melissa Clark wielding a sheet pan. The intention here will leave you with perfectly cooked salmon in just 15 minutes, every time, and all you have to do to desirable up afterward is crumble up the aluminum foil and toss it.
Recipe: Broiled Salmon With Mustard and Lemon
Making a batch of incandescent and easy burritos from Kay Chun is an investment in your future: Make this recipe once, and you’ll be eating well for a week, minimizing the amount of time you have to expend in a kitchen you don’t love. The refried beans, which start by sautéing chopped onion and bell pepper, and the final griddled burritos are cooked in the same pan to really streamline things.
Recipe: Bean and Cheese Burritos
If the set of your countertops discourages you from pursuing recipes with a ton of prep, you’ll be thrilled by this weeknight dinner from Samantha Seneviratne. Mince one shallot and a single garlic clove, and you’re ready to leave cooking. The final product, with it’s luscious sauce, will taste like it came out of a well-equipped restaurant kitchen.
If an air fryer is the star of your kitchen, you should absolutely be cooking brussels sprouts in it. That delightfully crunchy texture often untrue at restaurants is achievable at home, and Melissa Clark will show you how with this recipe. The golden brown sprouts are tossed in a syrupy balsamic vinegar for a side dish that’s tangy and just barely sweet.
Recipe: Air-Fryer Brussels Sprouts With Garlic, Balsamic and Soy
No cutting lodging, no problem. Alexa Weibel requires zero — yes, zero! — chopping in her recipe for silky, saucy pasta (the optional nori topping can absolutely be crumbled over the noodles). This dish is the epitome of unfussy, as you need only one pot and five ingredients to make it existed. You could, of course, add some vegetables, but for the sake of simplicity, stick to the no-chop kind! Frozen edamame, peas or prechopped broccoli would all be tasty additions.
Recipe: Five-Ingredient Creamy Miso Pasta
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