Have you ever tried a recipe that turned out to go horribly wrong, or maybe the end product, despite being good, just wasn’t worth the effort? What was that recipe, and what about it made you say “NEVER AGAIN”?
I ask this as I am actively trying to remove the stench of onions from my Instapot lid’s silicone ring after making French Onion Soup in it (so far steaming it with white vinegar on the steam setting, soaking the ring in a water/baking soda bath overnight, and baking it at 250 degrees F for 20 minutes have all done nothing, so I ordered a new one, I give up). And I realized that cutting all the onions and waiting hours for them to caramelize and now this damn smell issue just isn’t worth it. Plus I still have frozen soup in the freezer because I can only eat French Onion soup so many days in a row.
NEVER AGAIN.
Steak Ranchero. I had a version of it in a family owned Mexican restaurant that has been open for years near me. I moved away and missed it so much, I looked up how to make it online and I tried two different recipes from two different sources and they both came out tasting terrible. The first time the beef was super undercooked and chewy, and the sauce/salsa was very acidic and not very pleasant to eat. The second time the beef was still undercooked, included a bunch of ingredients that I would not have considered to be part of the actual dish (but may have been in the authentic/traditional dish) and everything came out underseasoned and didn’t taste anything like how they made it at the restaurant. I was so disappointed I actually never bothered to make it again. If I really want it, I’ll drive my ass to that restaurant five towns over. Or just wait until I move back there soon-ish.