13 simple steps that will help you become excellent cook Bashny.Net

Increase the output of citrus juice using microwave
Heat lemon (citrus or other fruit) in a microwave oven for 20-30 seconds. Then push the palm and roll it on a hard surface before cut in half. Fruit becomes softer, squeeze the juice will be much easier.





Remove excess fat from the soup hot or using ice cubes
Throw a few ice cubes into the finished soup or roast. Frozen and solidified fat globules rise to the surface in places where pieces of ice fell, and you can easily remove them with a normal spoon.
Another way that leads to the same result, is to first leave the cooled finished soup or roast in the fridge for a while. The fat will rise to the surface and hardens, it can be easily removed and then re-warm the dish.



Pour mussels and clams with water, add a few tablespoons of flour
They will open the sash and come out to eat a meal out and thus leave all the sand and gravel inside. Leave them in the water for thirty minutes to achieve the best results.



Throw a pinch of salt on a cutting board in front of the green shredder
The friction and weight of the salt will not stick to the surface of the green blade and raspolztis across the board. By the way, this method is good for rosemary or thyme, and here, for example, need only tear the basil hands.



Drain meat or seafood before frying in a pan
Use a cloth to remove all moisture from the surface of the meat. This will prevent excessive steam (or, even worse, spray) in contact with the hot surface of the pan. Moisture or vapor also prevent caramelization, which is well-cooked roasts owes its delicious crispy.



Wash the rice before cooking to prevent sticking in clumps
Put uncooked rice in a sieve or colander and rinse under running water to achieve transparency. This will help remove unnecessary starch, which is the reason for sticking rice during cooking. So you will easily get crumbly boiled rice.



Freeze cooked rice surplus
Once you have cooked a big pot of rice, refrigerate leftovers, put them in a container for microwave and freeze. When the rice is needed again, simply pour into a container a couple of tablespoons of water, cover with moistened towels and place in the microwave for 1-3 minutes, then stir. If necessary, repeat the process until the desired temperature.



Moisten fingers with water to remove eggshells
Contact with pieces of shell in the yolk - most unpleasant that may occur when cooking eggs. However, if you moisten your fingers with water, it will be easy to remove without destroying the yolk membrane and to maintain a positive mood before a meal.



Never thaw frozen steaks
Remember: a frozen steak will not only taste better after frying than previously thawed, it also is fried evenly and loses less moisture remaining school.



Chop the hardened brown sugar using the microwave and water
If your brown sugar has turned to stone, this problem has a simple solution. Place a piece of sugar in a container, sprinkle it with water and put on thirty seconds in the microwave. Repeat this procedure, checking every thirty seconds until the sugar is crushed. In the future, in order to avoid this problem, store the sugar in a sealed package or container with a tight-fitting lid.



Peel the garlic easily after processing in the microwave
Place the head of garlic in the microwave for ten seconds. When you get, swollen wet hulls will just slip under the fingers as if by magic.

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Prevent transfusions foam over the edge of the pan with a wooden spoon
This method works because the dry spoon room temperature destroys the foam bubbles and precipitates it (the phenomenon has a scientific explanation). It is important to have on hand a few wooden spoons, because for the foam settle necessarily need a dry, otherwise it could become deformed.

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Another method of cleaning garlic
Be crushed clove of garlic hand and put it in a metal bowl. Then insert the second bowl and shake first few seconds. When you remove the upper bowl will see completely peeled garlic cloves.

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Chop lettuce for a few seconds
Take a head of lettuce and hit it as hard as possible cobs down on a hard surface. Turn and remove the stalks, then leaves it easy to separate and can be quickly chop with a knife.

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