18 Microwave Hacks You Need to Know (Nicole's Best Tips & Tricks!) | Allrecipes

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Your microwave can do a lot more than reheat leftovers. In this video, Nicole puts 18 clever microwave hacks, tips, and tricks to the test, from peeling garlic and butternut squash with ease to reviving stale bread, reheating rice, and softening butter without melting it. She even shows how the microwave can help you dry fresh herbs, poach an egg, cook pasta, and make a warm chocolate mug cake in less than five minutes.

Along the way, discover Nicole’s highest-rated microwave tricks, including her “12/10” method for shucking corn and a dried herb hack that earns an impressive “100/10.” Plus, learn the right way to reheat food without drying it out, make crispy potato chips at home, toast nuts, steam vegetables, sanitize sponges, and even  clean your microwave when the work is done. These easy kitchen hacks might completely change the way you use your microwave.

Timestamps:
0:00 – 18 Microwave Hacks You Need to Know
0:23 – Juicing Dry Citrus
1:02 – Easy Peel Garlic
1:39 – Peeling Butternut Squash
2:54 – Shucking Corn
3:50 – Mug Cake
5:50 – Ice Cube Rice
6:50 – Reviving Stale Bread
7:58 – Softening Butter
8:35 – Drying Herbs
10:15 – Poached Eggs
11:40 – Tear-Free Onions
12:27 – Steaming or Parcooking
14:40 – Reheating the Right Way
16:17 – Crispy Chips
17:54 – Toasting Nuts
19:02 – Cooking Pasta
20:26 – Steam Cleaning
22:11 – Sanitizing Sponges


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