The post Air Fryer Tips You Must Know appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>Since the heat from an air fryer only comes from above where the food is, you will want to ensure that you flip or shake around what you are frying in order for all of the food to get crispy and be cooked evenly.
While some air fryers have non-stick baskets, others don’t, and even the non-stick ones can lose their coating over time. Add a little bit of grease or oil to the basket of the air fryer so that you don’t end up with food stuck to the metal, a messy nightmare, and a good way to ruin your dinner.
You might be drawn to making all kinds of wonderful recipes for fresh food with your air fryer, and that is great! However, don’t forget that air fryers also work great as a tool for making simple frozen foods like french fries—and they’ll taste way better than just sticking them in the microwave or oven.
The post Air Fryer Tips You Must Know appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Tips for Buying and Using Fresh Herbs appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The first thing we do when selecting and buying fresh herbs is smell them. If you get a pleasant, strong aroma of the herb that you are picking up, that almost always means that it is fresh and of good quality. If not, stay away!
After you purchase fresh herbs and bring them home, always place them in your refrigerator. This will help them stay good longer and also prevents them from drying up. When refrigerated, herbs can last up to a week.
You never know what can be found on fresh produce which is purchased, and that includes herbs. Before eating them or using them in a recipe, be sure to wash them in order to remove any unpleasant things that might be lurking on them.
The post Tips for Buying and Using Fresh Herbs appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Secrets for Making the Perfect Risotto appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>Italian chefs will let you know immediately that the rice you use is a key part of ensuring that your risotto turns out good. Don’t use cheap, long-grain rice. If you can find it, use short grain Italian varieties like carnaroli or vialone nano. If you can’t find those, bomba and arborio are acceptable substitutes.
It might go without saying, but choosing the right stock is also very important when it comes to making the dish, as it’s one of the bases. Any risotto containing fish or seafood should use a fish stock, while a veggie stock or a chicken stock can be good for other risottos. Never allow flavors to clash!
It takes a long time to prepare risotto and a lot of patience. A lot of time is spent watching it as it simmers in the pan, and it can be tempting to constantly stir around in the hopes that everything cooks evenly. However, don’t do this! This will agitate the rice and not allow it to properly cook. Only stir if you see the risotto drying up.
The post Secrets for Making the Perfect Risotto appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Tips for Keeping Your Microwave Clean appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>As a result, we’ve started employing some strategies to ensure that we don’t have to deal with a constantly dirty microwave, and these tips might just be useful for you too!
If there is one simple thing that will always help you ensure that your microwave will not get filthy, it is religiously covering the foods that you put inside in order to avoid splattering and mini-explosions. This is the source of many a microwave nightmare but truly is so easy to avoid.
Even if you cover your food in the microwave, it is probably unavoidable that a little bit of splatter might happen when you microwave foods. Keep a damp cloth next to your microwave and be sure to just give it a quick wipe down every time after you use it.
Every couple of weeks or so, one thing that ends up being really useful when keeping your microwave fresh and clean is putting a bowl of water with a sliced lemon or two into it and microwaving it for around a minute. This will give it a fresh scent and after it’s done microwaving, you can just wipe it down with a cloth to capture any stubborn pieces of food that might have been left over.
The post Tips for Keeping Your Microwave Clean appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post 3 Ways to Make Juicier Hamburgers appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>A dry hamburger is an easy way to ruin a meal, however, so you want to do all things possible in order to avoid that. Here are some tips to ensure that your burgers will be juicier than ever!
The easiest way to ensure that a hamburger ends up dry is by overcooking it. While you definitely want to follow food safety precautions, don’t overcook your burger, as a patty that’s too well-done will always turn out the opposite of juicy.
Much of the liquid material of ground beef can be lost if you spend too much time forming and molding your hamburger patties. Try to limit how much your hands work the meat as you form the patties in order to ensure that these essential juices aren’t lost.
While you might want to go “low and slow” when smoking meats in order to ensure that they stay moist and juicy, that isn’t the case with hamburgers. We like to get our grill nice and hot so that our burgers don’t need so much time and so that they cook faster, thus losing less moisture.
The post 3 Ways to Make Juicier Hamburgers appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Air Fryer Tips You Must Know appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>Since the heat from an air fryer only comes from above where the food is, you will want to ensure that you flip or shake around what you are frying in order for all of the food to get crispy and be cooked evenly.
While some air fryers have non-stick baskets, others don’t, and even the non-stick ones can lose their coating over time. Add a little bit of grease or oil to the basket of the air fryer so that you don’t end up with food stuck to the metal, a messy nightmare, and a good way to ruin your dinner.
You might be drawn to making all kinds of wonderful recipes for fresh food with your air fryer, and that is great! However, don’t forget that air fryers also work great as a tool for making simple frozen foods like french fries—and they’ll taste way better than just sticking them in the microwave or oven.
The post Air Fryer Tips You Must Know appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Tips for Buying and Using Fresh Herbs appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The first thing we do when selecting and buying fresh herbs is smell them. If you get a pleasant, strong aroma of the herb that you are picking up, that almost always means that it is fresh and of good quality. If not, stay away!
After you purchase fresh herbs and bring them home, always place them in your refrigerator. This will help them stay good longer and also prevents them from drying up. When refrigerated, herbs can last up to a week.
You never know what can be found on fresh produce which is purchased, and that includes herbs. Before eating them or using them in a recipe, be sure to wash them in order to remove any unpleasant things that might be lurking on them.
The post Tips for Buying and Using Fresh Herbs appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Secrets for Making the Perfect Risotto appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>Italian chefs will let you know immediately that the rice you use is a key part of ensuring that your risotto turns out good. Don’t use cheap, long-grain rice. If you can find it, use short grain Italian varieties like carnaroli or vialone nano. If you can’t find those, bomba and arborio are acceptable substitutes.
It might go without saying, but choosing the right stock is also very important when it comes to making the dish, as it’s one of the bases. Any risotto containing fish or seafood should use a fish stock, while a veggie stock or a chicken stock can be good for other risottos. Never allow flavors to clash!
It takes a long time to prepare risotto and a lot of patience. A lot of time is spent watching it as it simmers in the pan, and it can be tempting to constantly stir around in the hopes that everything cooks evenly. However, don’t do this! This will agitate the rice and not allow it to properly cook. Only stir if you see the risotto drying up.
The post Secrets for Making the Perfect Risotto appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post Tips for Keeping Your Microwave Clean appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>As a result, we’ve started employing some strategies to ensure that we don’t have to deal with a constantly dirty microwave, and these tips might just be useful for you too!
If there is one simple thing that will always help you ensure that your microwave will not get filthy, it is religiously covering the foods that you put inside in order to avoid splattering and mini-explosions. This is the source of many a microwave nightmare but truly is so easy to avoid.
Even if you cover your food in the microwave, it is probably unavoidable that a little bit of splatter might happen when you microwave foods. Keep a damp cloth next to your microwave and be sure to just give it a quick wipe down every time after you use it.
Every couple of weeks or so, one thing that ends up being really useful when keeping your microwave fresh and clean is putting a bowl of water with a sliced lemon or two into it and microwaving it for around a minute. This will give it a fresh scent and after it’s done microwaving, you can just wipe it down with a cloth to capture any stubborn pieces of food that might have been left over.
The post Tips for Keeping Your Microwave Clean appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>The post 3 Ways to Make Juicier Hamburgers appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>A dry hamburger is an easy way to ruin a meal, however, so you want to do all things possible in order to avoid that. Here are some tips to ensure that your burgers will be juicier than ever!
The easiest way to ensure that a hamburger ends up dry is by overcooking it. While you definitely want to follow food safety precautions, don’t overcook your burger, as a patty that’s too well-done will always turn out the opposite of juicy.
Much of the liquid material of ground beef can be lost if you spend too much time forming and molding your hamburger patties. Try to limit how much your hands work the meat as you form the patties in order to ensure that these essential juices aren’t lost.
While you might want to go “low and slow” when smoking meats in order to ensure that they stay moist and juicy, that isn’t the case with hamburgers. We like to get our grill nice and hot so that our burgers don’t need so much time and so that they cook faster, thus losing less moisture.
The post 3 Ways to Make Juicier Hamburgers appeared first on Cooking 4 All.
]]>