How to make ordinary dishes taste better

Everyone who likes to mess around in the kitchen has a lot of little secrets that help bring simple dishes to perfection. Chefs have more secrets than stars in the sky.

We chose 15 tricks that we find interesting. Perhaps you will discover something new and save time and effort by cooking.

Cook secrets

How to Remove Chili Pepper Scorching
Do you like chili peppers, but it scares you? Just remove the seeds and partitions, and then wash the pepper in cold water - the aroma will remain, and the burning will go away.
How to cut onions with perfect cubes
Cube onions are very simple: cut the bulb in half, and then cut the top. Make a few horizontal incisions, then a few incisions along - their number depends on how large the cubes you want to get. And finally cut the bow across.
The Secret to the Perfect Test
The secret of the perfect dough for sweet pastries is very simple: the weight of the flour should be the same as the weight of sugar, and the weight of the eggs should coincide with the weight of the butter.
How to prepare a poached egg
If you have ever tried to cook an egg poached and even more tried to bring the technique of cooking to perfection, you probably have already experienced all the known tricks. However, all this is absolutely useless without a key condition: really fresh eggs. The secret is that these eggs have a strong yolk and they are better in shape, so there is no need for vinegar and other dances with tambourine. Superfresh eggs have a strong inner membrane, due to this, egg albumin is well held around the yolk.
New taste of potatoes and marinade for meat
Surprise your guests with an original recipe for fried meat. Marinate it in dark beer or mix the soy sauce with light beer and spices. Meat marinated in beerIt can turn any dinner into a festive one. In the beer marinade, vegetables and potatoes can also be stewed.
How to get a delicate puree
Before turning boiled potatoes into mashed potatoes, it must be thoroughly dried. To do this, throw the tubers in a dry hot pan and hold there until the remaining water evaporates. The main thing is that the tubers do not start to roast. And only then start cooking mashed potatoes - so you will get a very delicate and exquisite dish.
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How to Get Snow White Rice
If you want the rice to remain snow-white, add some vinegar to it.
Crunchy danks
Many people love potatoes, but not everyone knows that you can cook them in an ordinary waffle-tray. Such a trick will significantly save time, and the dish will turn out to be beautiful and crispy.
Golden carrots
To onions and carrots quickly brewed and acquired a beautiful golden crust, in the process of roasting sprinkle them with a pinch of sugar. If it is only about onions, use flour instead of sugar.
Thick and shiny sauces
You know why restaurants always have such thick and shiny sauces? Because before serving, they add a couple of pieces of cold butter. So add a few pieces of cold butter to the finished sauce and it will be thicker and more beautiful.
Flavory paste
Cook the paste almost to ready, then transfer to the sauce and dovari. The paste will be saturated with aroma and will be better combined with the sauce. If the sauce is too thick, add some water from under the paste to dilute it and give it a shine.
Make the meat juicy.
You know why pork chops and chicken are always so juicy in restaurants? Because they're soaked in salt solution. This makes the meat juicy, tasty and aromatic (and if you overcook it, it will not be so noticeable). Salting time depends on the weight of the product - 1 hour per 1 kg of weight, but not more than 8 hours and not less than half an hour. In addition, in the case of small pieces, such as chicken thighs, time is calculated based on the average weight of one piece. Before cooking, do not forget to remove salt from the meat.
If the food seems tasteless
Acid animates any dish. A drop of lemon juice or vinegar dissolves fats, enhances aromas and resurrects tasteless dishes. Like salt and sugar, acid balances flavors and makes food taste better.
Keep the cake fresh
As long as the cake is fresh, it is soft, moderately moist and airy. Once he stands for a day, and he begins to crumble and crumble. You can solve the problem in two ways: eat everything immediately on the day of purchase or add an apple to it. If you put the rest of the cake on a glass stand with a lid and place a whole peeled apple next to it, the cake will not dry out so quickly. Apples tend to release moisture into the environment, so that your dessert will retain its taste until the last crumb.
So the eggplant isn't bitter.
There are hundreds of recipes for eggplant dishes, but in almost every one we read: before cooking eggplant, you need to remove bitterness from them. Don't make the eggplant bitter.It is necessary before cooking to cut them, salt and let stand for 5 minutes, then rinse in cold water.

"Site" It will also tell you how to fry eggplant so that it does not absorb too much oil.

Using these simple tips in your kitchen, you can surprise your guests with original and new tastes of traditional dishes. The food should be delicious, even if you're not a chef.

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