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Cooking either in boiling water, or by heating the food until boiling

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Can white rice be burned without looking yellow, brown or black?

I try to boil my rice by using just enough water, if I don't cook it in enough water or cook it for too long, the rice will burn. However, when I burn the rice, I detect it because some of them stick to the pan, and some of the rices close to the…
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Does boiling meatball remove some flavor

I want to cook some meatballs by boiling them in plain water. Does this remove flavor from the meatballs? I have a instantpot pressure cooker and I thought it would be way easier than baking for example.
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What going to happen to Dulche De Leche during baking?

Dulche De Leche is condensed milk that boiled already. But what if put it in something that going to be boiled or baked. How it's going to be, how it's going to taste like? Do people do it?
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Optimizing for efficiency: boiling frozen salmon without defrosting

Background: I'm trying to eat healthier - not necessarily optimizing for taste but for cooking complexity/time and health. I have frozen salmon filets (small/thin) I'd like to cook in boiling water, doing nothing else than boiling water, setting…
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Cooking time for vegetables in plain water versus in a soup

I have consistently observed that a given vegetable simmering in a soup (that is, with multiple other vegetables and herbs, and usually salted) takes five to ten times longer to get soft than when the same vegetable is simmered alone in plain water.…
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How to properly boil egg white?

I am trying to boil egg white. It's around 500gr. How to boil it properly? In previous attempt, I boil it using a stainless steel container with no lid and put it in a pan filled with water. I screw up since the water is able to reach the egg. This…
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Avoiding foodborne botulism

It's difficult to find information on the internet about botulism prevention that doesn't talk specifically about canning or jarring your own foods or using pressure cookers. I'm wondering if it's possible to inactivate the botulin toxin itself and…
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Could I boil rose milk?

I forgot to boil the milk before I added rose milk essence in it. Could I boil now? I have been keeping the mix in the refrigerator for 5 hours now. I am not sure could I boil the milk now or not.
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How to slow down evaporation when cooking?

Does water evaporate faster when rolling boil with a lid or simmer without a lid? If I use a certain stove plate with a certain sauce pan set to its lowest setting it will cause the water to roll boil with lid on and just simmer without a lid. My…
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Which containers to boil dulce de leche for 7 hours?

I want to make dulce de leche by boiling it. As the store bought cans leach plastics like BPA into the food, I want to avoid using it. What are jars/cans, preferably reusable that you can put inside some food, close it and boil for several hours…
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how long to boil rice for Biryani?

Whenever I boil rice to cook biryani, I end up over-cooking it and rice break into pieces after the steaming stage 1. So I want to know how long to boil rice for biryani? 1 Biryani is a rice dish, very popular in indian subcontinent and surrounding…
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What temperature is a rolling boil?

At what temperature is water called at a “rolling boil”? How long does it take until water is at rolling boil?
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Does it matter if I start boiling hard eggs in hot or cold water?

Does it matter if I in which water temperature I start to prepare hard eggs? Of course, the preparing time will be still measured from boiling - but does it make any difference? - regards the temperature difference between the eggs and the…
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How to know if water has evaporated from curry/stew?

I am trying to get a curry to be thick and less watery. At the moment I am removing solids, boiling water off and then adding solids back in later. Unfortunately some green vegetables I put in are not practical to move and so as the water lessens…
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Can you boil spinach with less water?

I usually boil spinach in quite a bit of water. The spinach becomes tiny upon boiling leaving quite a bit of water with nutrients in it. What is the least amount of water I could say boil 100g of spinach in? If I could boil the spinach and be left…
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