16 cooking tricks that every chef uses and what you need to know
Being an expert in the kitchen is the dream of many people, after all who never dreamed of repeating the Master Chef’s achievements at home?
Cooking is an art and for many people it seems something unattainable. You must have heard someone say that “he was not born to mess with the pots” or that “what I do best is my son”, is not it?
In fact, there is no mystery or secret that makes the art of cooking difficult. Just know what are the right tricks that bosses use and make your life a lot easier.
Learn the 16 most used tricks that you need to know today to ensure your success when it comes time to get your hands on the masses!
1. Save time by cutting cherries
Place all the tomatoes under a lid, press lightly so they do not move and cut them in half with a knife.
2. Learn to cut food faster
Use a pizza cutter to chop foods faster than you can, for example, use in an omelet.
3. Use electric cutters
An electric kitchen cutter can speed up your work when cutting, chopping and peeling food.
4. Keep Your Bananas Preserved
To prevent them from rusting more easily, use plastic wrap paper to protect them at the cutting site.
5. Prepare bacon in the microwave
To have a very crispy and dry bacon, heat it for 30 seconds in the microwave, at high power.
6. Mold your cookies more easily
Want round, perfect-looking cookies? Use a glass of wine to make the mold and cut the dough.
7. Cook eggs in the oven
How about preparing your boiled egg by using the oven on to prepare some other food? Just put them back on the railing.
8. Make chocolate shapes with balloons
This idea results in a kind of chocolate fudge to put cakes, sweets and ice cream. Simply fill a balloon with air and pass melted chocolate in a half-full water bath, leading to the freezer. Then just pop the balloon and remove it from there and serve whatever you want in the chocolate bar.
9. Make omelets in the microwave
Want to make a quick and simple omelette without fear of burning? Is easy! Prepare the mixture and put it in a mug, in the microwave for 45 seconds and you’re done! You’re ready to be delighted!
10. Bake tortillas in the oven rack
Like eggs, you can prepare tortillas in the grill of your oven. The good thing is that they already come out in the right format, hot and crispy to be served.
11. Make a bacon grid for the filling of your bread
Imagine preparing a bacon that, when ready, is already in the right shape to be served on your bread? Then prepare a bacon grill! Just put the braided slices, wrapped in foil and bake them. When ready, they will be perfect to be put into a slice of bread form or to be served on a plate.
12. Ensure the cooking of your burgers
If you make handmade ground beef burgers, make a small hole in the center of them to make it roast more evenly, without getting the edges cooked and the center still barely past.
13. Learn to choose fresh eggs
You know that frustration when you’re going to open an egg to prepare it and it’s rotten? For it is possible to lessen the chances of this happening: to clear the doubt, immerse them in a transparent container with water. If it sinks, sign it’s cool.
14. Cut potatoes faster
Want to cut potatoes more easily to make them fried in the traditional model? Use a tool to cut apples to leave them in the right format, without work.
15. Take out accidental egg shells more easily
Do you know when you smash an egg and drop that little bark that comes to agony? Yes, removing it is simple: just dampen your finger and remove it. The clear waste will be almost zero and it will exit easily.
16. Avoid pouring boiling water from the pan
One way to prevent water from overflowing from the pan and soak your stove when boiling is to use a wooden spoon on top of the pan. Simple and practical!
So, what do you think of these incredible tips? Adopt them in your day to day and have a more practical routine in the kitchen!
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