How to Cook a Lobster
French chefs plunge them into boiling water; English ones, in an attempt to appear more humane, drive kitchen knives through their skulls before doing the same thing. No wonder the miserable creatures go red.
Chinese Cooking Technique: Thicken“Thicken”, or “Thickening” is a very common technique used in both Chinese restaurants and household kitchens. It is very easy to prepare, but if not used properly, can really mess up the presentation. Below is a brief description of “Thickening”. You can learn more about other Chinese cooking techniques in the Techniques section of our website.
How to cut a cakeFirst select a knife you are comfortable holding. A long slender knife works best. Begin the first cut about two inches from the edge. Cut along the entire edge of the cake keeping the knife in about two inches.
Chinese Cooking Technique: Deep FryThere are usually 2 ways of deep frying in Chinese cooking:
1. Deep frying the ingredients directly
2. Deep frying the ingredients with batter
The latter is the most commonly used method. Here are some pointer in how to deep fry Chinese food most effectively.
Non-stick woks do not require seasoning, and come with simple cleaning instructions from the manufacturers, while steel carbon and iron woks require seasoning. Cleaning a seasoned wok is a lot different than a non-stick wok, and this is what we will cover here.
How to Make Pizza Healthy For YouPizza. It’s the weakness of many, many people including me. I love pizza- always have. I eat it in moderation, but it’s still one of my favorite foods. There’s now good news for pizza lovers.
Cooking Instructions For Prime Rib RoastHave you been searching for cooking instructions for prime rib roast and still can’t find a recipe that will give you the juicy and tender prime rib roast that you deserve? The reason may be that recipes only give you the basic ingredients for cooking and not the actual cooking instructions. Let’s start with cooking instructions for prime rib roast that begins long before the day you prepare your prime rib.
Wok this Way! (Part 3 of 5) Seasoning Your New WokSeasoning your new wok: Seasoning is the most important thing you can do to your wok. Only carbon steel and iron woks need to be seasoned. The purpose of seasoning is to remove the manufacturer’s protective coating and coat it with a thin layer of oil. This creates a smooth cooking surface which enables food to shift and glide easily, thus preventing your food from sticking, discoloring, and picking up a metallic taste.
The Perfect Omelet(te), How to Cook ItEggs are one of nature’s little wonders, and what do we do with them? We beat them into submission, cook them to a leathery finish and use them to hang other, less palatable, ingredients together. The method I give, on the other hand, is my homage to the humble egg.
Cool Summertime CookingTips for keeping cool in the kitchen!
The Almighty Beer-Can ChickenA popular method of cooking chicken in recent years both in Barbeque contest as well as backyard barbeques is the beer-can chicken. Cooking a beer-can chicken couldn’t be any easier but the results are worthwhile. This is a technique that delivers a moist, succulent chicken and flavorful chicken.
The Best-Kept Secrets of Beef Revealed – Get Ready to Become the Meat Expert in Your Family!Do you helplessly stand at the meat counter looking from package to package, not knowing what to buy? Do you end up buying chicken because you don’t know which cut of meat to buy and wouldn’t know how to fix it if you did buy it? There are so many cuts of meat, at so many prices and so many ways of cooking that meat, it’s no wonder so many people are confused, and walk away with the same cut every time they buy meat. Bar-b-qued tri-tip again! You don’t have to worry anymore! I’m going to explain beef to you so well, you will become the meat expert of the family. Even your in-laws will admire your culinary skills. Your reputation as the best cook in town will soar, or if you don’t have that reputation now, you will after you read this!