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techniques to improve your cooking




Source of Recipe


From NewsOK (Oklahoman Online)


Recipe Introduction


So you want to spend a Sunday organizing the week's worth of dinners but don't know where to start?
here are some techniques to improve your kitchen savvy:



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Stay organized. When you're done with an ingredient, spice, utensil or pot, wash it and put it back. And keep your counters clean.

Fill your kitchen with versatile ingredients.

Make a list before grocery shopping, "but don't be afraid to substitute an ingredient."

As for that chillin' and grillin', marinate meats, poultry and some seafood in freezer bags and stow in the freezer immediately. Thaw for 24 hours in the refrigerator, then pop on the grill.

Pick the very best, freshest product, Shilling said.

Skip butter and use olive oils, which offer monounsaturated fats and several key vitamins, including vitamin E.

Cook meats until rare and veggies only briefly to maintain crunch. This prevents overcooking when food is reheated.

Remember food safety. Freeze foods as soon as they are cooled to prevent bacteria and put no more in the freezer than will freeze in 24 hours.

Some foods don't freeze well. Offenders include mayonnaise, cream puddings and fillings, custard, gelatin salads, some cheeses, the whites of hard-cooked eggs and uncooked egg yolks.

Don't freeze fresh vegetables, including potatoes, without blanching them first. Blanch by boiling for just a minute or two, then remove and toss into ice water to maintain freshness, crunch and vitamin content. Dry vegetables,
then freeze for best thaw results.

Deep-fried foods don't stay crisp when they're frozen, then thawed. Digby breads items, then freezes them unfried. The client fries the items when they are thawed.

Fully cooked rice and pasta get mushy after freezing and thawing. Undercook them, especially if the pasta or rice will be frozen in a liquid or broth.
Try undercooking pasta by about half the time suggested on the package.

Try fresh herbs in place of dried; use about three times the measure when substituting freshly chopped.

Try different oils instead of the usual canola or vegetable. Purchase them in smaller quantities in specialty stores.




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