How To Dice An Onion As Perfectly As The Professionals
Check out our handy step by step photo sequence of how to dice onions properly. This is how the professional chefs do it. It doesn’t requires any special knife skills, but this method is safe, easy, and fast. It’s help you can get on with the rest of the food prep and finally get down to enjoying your meal!
The Science of Slawsome Slaw
No backyard cookout would be complete with a side of slaw, whether it is a creamy coleslaw with mayonnaise, sweet-and-sour vinegar law, or a custom creation. Begin putting together the one that is right for you with this extensive tutorial.
Stickburning: Smoking With Wood
Here’s everything you need to know about smoking meat with wood logs, including working with different styles of barbecue pits and wood ovens and using different types of wood logs.
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The Science of Rice
Read everything a good cook needs to know about buying, storing, cooking and serving white rice, brown rice, wild rice, arborio rice, risotto, converted rice, minute rice, instant rice, and enriched rice.
Cooking BBQ Hot And Fast, Low And Slow, And The Reverse Sear Method
What is the right cooking temperature for barbecue? It depends. Not all food should be cooked low and slow or hot and fast. Sometimes, a combination of both is best, as seen in the reverse sear and in sous-vide-que. Read more about 2-zone cooking and when to grill with the lid up or down for perfectly cooked BBQ.
The Science of Cheeseburgers
The cheeseburger is an American icon. Here’s how to make a great one including a list of the best cheeses and tips on technique.
How to Smoke Turkey Legs, Disney Style
This tested recipe reproduces the monster turkey legs you see if you visit any of the Disney parks where you will see folks stumbling around with delirious smiles. The secret to success is curing then smoking the giant turkey legs. This recipe also works fine with chicken legs, though they will cook faster.
Before You Start Cooking, Mise En Place, Put Everything In Its Place
Want to be a better cook? Learn mise en place. This French term means, roughly, ‘everything in its place.’ It is a mindset and a practice that helps you plan ahead and stay organized, which streamlines the prep and cooking processes. It can help shorten cooking and cleaning times and help prevent cooking disasters.
The Science of Soy Sauce
There are different types of soy sauce, but beware of the stuff in little packets from Chinese takeout restaurants: Many are not soy sauce! Get the facts on how soy sauces like shoyu and tamari are made, what’s in them, and how they bring the delicious flavor of “umami” to your food.
Perfect Grilled Chicken Breasts, The Sous-Vide-Que Method
Ensure moist and tender boneless chicken breasts on the grill every time with this ultimate guide to the sous-vide-que cooking method. By starting the boneless chicken breasts in a low and slow sous vide water bath then finishing them with a flavorful touch of smokiness on the grill and you’ve got chicken perfection.
How to Smoke Turkey On A Gas Grill
Here’s how to set up your gas grill for smoking a turkey. Why all the fuss? Because turkey needs to be cooked properly to make it safe to eat, and if you overshoot the mark by as little as 5ºF, the bird goes from tender and juicy to tough and dry. Bone up on the gas grill basics here.
The Science Of Cooking Prime Rib, Tenderloin, And Other Beef Roasts
There are some tricks to learning how to cook a perfect prime rib, tenderloin, round, rump, and other beef roasts and we have assembled them all in one place! Discover our secrets for ensuring it is cooked right from end to end and with a deeply flavored crust in this ultimate prime rib recipe.
The Science Of Mushrooms
It’s OK to wash mushrooms. And here is everything else you need to know about various cultivated and wild mushrooms, including cremini, portobello, shiitake, chanterelle, enoki, maitake (hen of the woods), matsutake, morels, oyster mushrooms, porcini, and truffles.
What Causes The BBQ Stall: It’s Not What You Think
Large hunks of barbecued meat have this nasty habit of rising to 150°F inside and then stopping there. But what causes the stall? It’s likely not what you think!