I'm a total newbie at cooking. I also am single and work 12 hour shifts. I've been trying my best not to eat out or get frozen meals, but I don't know what to cook that still isn't already half repaired in a box or something super simple like burgers.What are some recipes that are good for bachelors that aren't too hard or take too long to make but are still more complex than chicken and rice?
Rice n chicken, noods n sauce, beans, split pea and ham soup, stew, chili, fresh baked bread, air fryer potatos
>>21776321>Say I want something more than chicken and rice>suggests chicken and rice
>>21776329Poultry and Asian grain (steamed)
>>21776319As a person working 12 hour shifts, maybe the issue is skipping all prep some nights and going right into heating of leftovers or morphing them into a 2nd night of food without boredom of being the same. To do that, a frozen portion can be saved a week or so until you want it again. I'll do that all the time with crock pot soups like 13 bean, or beef stews. Chili night is like 30 minutes beginning to end, and night 2 can be chili dogs, chili nachos, or served over rice or noodles. A broiled flank steak goes on top of pasta, a salad, or tucked into a wrap or burrito.
>>21776319Chicken salad and tuna salad are hard to fuck up and are endlessly customizable. Throw it on some bread with cheesehave some cans of soup or those quinoa and beans paks found in the tuna aisle for when you inevitably mess up and dont have enough food. But you're better off spending your off days cooking a large amount of good food and portioning it out in container(s). Other anon was right with the chiliand salty nuts for snacks
Pastas are your friendTacos (especially Tacos De Rajas con Queso. SUPER easy and super tasty)Pulled PorkSmash BurgersLearn how to cook a steak
>>21776319Mashed potatoes, spaghetti with garlic butter sauce, Mac and cheese homemade, homemade French fries, homemade hash browns
>>21776319Fried fish, fried pork, fried chicken, chocolate cream pie
>>21776319Turkey n rice
I breaded and fried my thanksgiving turkey leftovers and it was really good
>>21776319Sheet pan baking anon. Most dishes can be cooked at 400-425 for 30 min with half way rotation. Very little food prep is needed and there is barely any cleanup, parchment paper helps with this.
>>21776714you can make a curry after work in like 10 minutes then leave it to simmer the meat while you take a shower and do laundry / other daily chores. rice can be done in about the same time as well with a good rice cooker. you just have to be intelligent about your time after work, plan your meal ahead, and don't dilly dally around and waste time.t. Ive worked 12.5 hour shifts for 11 years
>>21776319same OP. In fact I somehow messed up cooking frozen sausages>package says to heat them in medium heat for 12~15 mins>get a pot and set the temp to half of its max value>gets really hot, put in some oil>oil starts burning oh shit better put in the frozen sausages>the ice starts to steam with the oil, cover it with a lid>wait literally a minute >notice the outside of the sausages are charred, turn the heat the fuck downcome the FUCK ON
>>21776736Use butter for everything.
>>21776720>Most dishes can be cooked at 400-425 for 30 minYour bell peppers are going to be mush. Your sausage will be over done.
>>21776733>curry in ten minutesare you the guy who writes all the recipes online?
>single>work 12 hour shiftsIt's fucking over bro. Your best bet is meal prepping a large sloppa on Sunday and eating that the whole week.
>>21776849if you can't saute vegetals then pour liquid onto them and throw chicken into it in 10 mins you may be mentally disabled
>>21776849I suspect they use jarred curry sauces? I've done that before, they're okay but I usually add more concentrate to the whole jar
>>21776319>small rice cooker (Japanese)>Crock-Pot>a 12'' sauce pan>V60 coffee pour over, a small digital scale, and a decent electric bean grinderCrock a beef stew portioned enough to last 4 days. Rice is simple to do on the fly. Fried rice the leftovers the next day (eggs and bacon are hard to fuck up as well). Carrots, (sweet) Potatoes, ect. are generally retard proof to throw in the oven. Asparagus will take 10ish minutes (put just enough water to not quite boil off completely by the end in the pan). Fish is fast-ish to around the veggies' oven time depending on the temp used; if you're feeling adventurous, throwing it in the pan's convenient (sear 1/10th the cook time the top, finish the rest of the way until mid 130s F and rest a few minutes covered).Picrel's the best QRD you'll get. Ideas for sauces with whatever you've got on hand should be relatively easy. The main thing is to pick a few things you really like, and keep doing them until you're saying "Fuck yes that's good" to yourself. Label things' cook dates, and try not to stretch more than 5 days for food handling safety's sake.
>>21776879>completely ignores prep timeyup, you're the guy who writes all the recipes online
>>21776319Meat with veg in the slow cooker. You can make 2 kinds of meat on the weekend, and also make some various grains (kasha, pasta, rice, barley) on the weekend to mix and match with the crock pot stuff through the week. Also get some canned sauces (cream, tomato, rose, teriyaki, pad thai) to slop on the slow cooker stuff to keep it varied.
>>21777596Also, you can make a batch of pancake batter and keep it in the fridge for the week, just add in different spices or fruit or jam into each days batter.
>>21777576>throw chili peppers, onion, garlic, ginger in my vitamix for 15 secondsdamn
>>21776319Can't you just think of what you'd like to eat then look up a recipe online? Like how do you decide what you're gonna order? Just do that, except make it yourself instead of ordering
>>21777616Ok so when you say "make a curry" what you meant "make a lifehack-version sludge that technically shares the same ingredients as curry"
>>21777635making a paste or slurry out of the aromatics is literally traditional. I don't know why you're trying to argue from a position of complete ignorance but I guess thats normal for 4chan
>>21777654Enjoy 10-min sludge, bro
>>21777687Bro curry isn't a ragu as long as the protein is cooked it makes no difference how long you cook curry for.
>>21776319Do you own a crockpot OP?
>>21776319Get into baking meat pies. They are delicious and relatively quick to make. You can make a batch and eat them for several days.Chili and stews are other dishes that are pretty easy and will last for days.You can also do wonders with leftovers. Make pasta one day, have delicious pan fried chewy pasta the next. Brown some sausages and veggies and eat with leftover fried pasta. Or have potato dumblings one day and fry 'em the next day and combine with eggs.You can also prepare food in advance. There are dishes that get better when they are kept in the fridge for one or two days. Heringsstip for example. It's strips or bite sized pieces of hering with pickles, onion rings and thin apple slices in a yoghurt-dill sauce. It's eaten cold but on warm potatoes.Really, get into the habit of cooking more than you eat in one go. Once you learn a bit about cooking you can turn leftovers into their own full dinners.
>>21776319Easy recipe? I have a pretty easy chili recipe that is my go to. Pic related from last time I made it. 3 onions6 jalapenos2 pounds ground beef6 tsp chili powder3 tsp oregano3 tsp smoked paprika6 tsp cumin3 tsp garlic powder1 6 oz can tomato paste2 28 oz cans diced tomatoes3 16 oz can black beans3 beef boulion cubes>dice onions and jalapenos>in big pot saute onions and jalapenos in olive oil for ~10ish minutes or until soft and slightly browned. >add ground beef, seasonings (chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, smoked paprika) and add salt and pepper. Cook stiring with spoon to break up meat till browned ~5 minutes>stir in tomato paste and boulion cubes, cook for 2 more minutes>add canned diced tomatos with the juices and add black beans with the juice and add a splash of water. >bring to a simmer and let thicken for ~10minutesI like to eat it with cheese and crackers and sliced fresh jalapenos on top. If you don't like spicey food, I guess you can use bell peppers, but it won't taste as good.
>>21776319Pasta and rice of course are the best bets, but other than that:Any sort of soup, stew, or chiliEnchiladasStuffed peppers or mushroomsChicken ParmLasagna (more time-consuming, but fun and will make a lot of portions that reheat well)
>>21776319Hehe woofles
