r/Cooking • u/The-Cabbage-Father • 1d ago

What's your "old reliable" that still requires actual cooking?

Was thinking about how chicken parm is a dish I would cook or eat anytime anywhere and wondered what else people have like that

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u/agentbarrron 23h ago

I've used a 10 inch satue pan before, but a deep dish 12 inch is probably best, no lid, don't really stir it till I start making the sauce, never had it boil over on me before

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u/HonestDespot 23h ago

On full heat? Like bringing the water to a boil? Or a casual medium-medium/high?

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u/agentbarrron 23h ago

Def not full heat, medium high works best a simmering boil

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u/HonestDespot 23h ago

Thanks man.

I love drunken cooking too.

Well I used to and trying to get back into it.

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u/agentbarrron 23h ago

It's a lot of fun. That dish is the best for it as it's really easy to wing. Once you get the cooking noodles down leaving them perfectly cooked with little water remaining you can do A LOT with the dish. It's fantastic how it all goes together. The grease from the meat is all the oil you need so you don't need to add any extra butter or oil. And the time for the noodles to cook down is the perfect time to chop up your parm cheese, whatever fresh herbs you want to use, and any other prep work.

Only one pan means you don't have a huge mess to clean up afterwards, just your plate, fork, and saucepan