Helpful Cooking Tips Culinary Experts Recommend
  • 3 years ago
If you’re one of the many people that took up cooking as a pandemic-hobby, you know how advanced some recipes and techniques can seem.
Thankfully, there’s a plethora of tips available to make your time spent in the kitchen much more enjoyable.
Here are 10 helpful tips that are taught in culinary school, as shared by professional chefs.
1. Make sure you are keeping your knives sharp.
2. Dry your meat and fish before cooking.
3. Brine meat before cooking to add flavor.
4. Use a dough scraper, not a knife, to scrape food off of your cutting board.
5. Add baking soda to your tomato sauce to lower its acidity.
6. Always preheat your oven, grill, stove and skillet.
7. Put an avocado in a paper bag with a banana to speed up the ripening process.
8. Don’t overheat your oils, as it can ruin the flavor.
9. Don’t waste your food scraps — use them to make soup stock.
10. Rescue over-salted foods with butter, lemon juice, vinegar or water.
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