#sauteing

8 Cooking Methods to Try at Home

Everybody’s got to eat and most dietary experts agree that cooking at home is the best way to do that. Eating out is expensive, potentially filthy and, eventually, boring. Cooking at home may seem daunting to some, but instead of trying to accumulate a mound of tried and true recipes, it may help to focus on the various cooking methods available to you in your pursuit of a good meal. These…

Write 31 Days – TIL / Day 13

13 October 2022 – Today I learned: That I can make sautéed fresh spinach up to two hours ahead, let it stand at room temp, and finish it up in 3 minutes just before serving. Normally, I don’t have a need for this — I sauté spinach all the time, but not a huge amount (one batch in one pan) and I’m not trying to time it exactly. However, on Monday we have friends coming to dinner and I plan to…

For Better Sautéed Mushrooms, Boil Them First

Everyone knows that moisture is the enemy of the Maillard reaction, which makes it tricky to brown ingredients that release water as they cook. But strangely enough, the secret to better (and faster) sautéed mushrooms is cooking them in water: Boiling your shrooms before pan-frying actually helps them brown. Read more…

How to Make Golden Fried Rice by Sautéing

On this day, we had run out of fish sauce and it was a rice day so, my aunt suggested we made fried rice instead of the regular white rice and fish sauce. In my home, we always have vegetables in the freezer so getting the ingredients for fried rice was not a challenge. However, there was one missing ingredient; sweetcorn. What is fried rice without sweetcorn? Is it tasty or not?

Well in this…