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1. Cooking Porridge
Cooking porridge may seem simple, but without the right techniques, making a delicious and fragrant porridge can be challenging.
As the porridge boils, it often overflows, making the stove and pot messy. To prevent this, add a little cooking oil to the porridge. Not only will it prevent spills, but it will also enhance the flavor and aroma of the porridge.
Cooking porridge may seem simple, but without the right techniques, making a delicious and fragrant porridge can be challenging.
As the porridge boils, it often overflows, making the stove and pot messy. To prevent this, add a little cooking oil to the porridge. Not only will it prevent spills, but it will also enhance the flavor and aroma of the porridge.
2. Boiling Instant Noodles
When preparing instant noodles, most of us wait for the water to boil vigorously before adding the noodles. However, this method results in unevenly cooked noodles.
To ensure even cooking, add the noodles when the water is just simmering with tiny bubbles, stir a few times, and when it starts to boil, add a little cold water. Wait until it boils again, then remove the pot. This ensures that your noodles will look evenly cooked and have a uniformly soft texture.
When preparing instant noodles, most of us wait for the water to boil vigorously before adding the noodles. However, this method results in unevenly cooked noodles.
To ensure even cooking, add the noodles when the water is just simmering with tiny bubbles, stir a few times, and when it starts to boil, add a little cold water. Wait until it boils again, then remove the pot. This ensures that your noodles will look evenly cooked and have a uniformly soft texture.
3. Cooking Rice
Typically, when cooking rice, you may put both rice and water together to boil simultaneously. However, if your household uses tap water for cooking, this can result in bland and less nutritious rice. Tap water contains a substance that depletes the vitamin B1 in rice.
The best way to use tap water for cooking rice while preserving its texture and nutritional value is to boil the water before adding the rice.
Typically, when cooking rice, you may put both rice and water together to boil simultaneously. However, if your household uses tap water for cooking, this can result in bland and less nutritious rice. Tap water contains a substance that depletes the vitamin B1 in rice.
The best way to use tap water for cooking rice while preserving its texture and nutritional value is to boil the water before adding the rice.
4. Seasoning with Soy Sauce
Soy sauce is a special seasoning in the culinary world, and it can be quite selective among diners. While some may dislike soy sauce, others love dishes with soy sauce, especially stir-fried dishes with vegetables. So, how do you season with soy sauce to make it delicious and appealing to everyone?
For stir-fried dishes in general and especially those with a sour taste, you shouldn't add soy sauce early. The sugar content in soy sauce, when exposed to high temperatures, breaks down, resulting in a less tasty dish. Therefore, it's best to add soy sauce just before removing the dish from heat, adding a small amount of soy sauce when the heat is turned off. The rest is up to personal preference for dipping.
Soy sauce is a special seasoning in the culinary world, and it can be quite selective among diners. While some may dislike soy sauce, others love dishes with soy sauce, especially stir-fried dishes with vegetables. So, how do you season with soy sauce to make it delicious and appealing to everyone?
For stir-fried dishes in general and especially those with a sour taste, you shouldn't add soy sauce early. The sugar content in soy sauce, when exposed to high temperatures, breaks down, resulting in a less tasty dish. Therefore, it's best to add soy sauce just before removing the dish from heat,
5. Seasoning with Salt
Seasoning with salt for a savory and easy-to-eat flavor is a simple task. However, seasoning with salt while maintaining the crispiness of the food and preserving its original taste requires a special technique:
- If it's a vegetable dish: You should add salt before removing it from the heat to prevent the vegetables from becoming mushy and to retain the nutrients in the vegetables.
- If it's a root vegetable dish: You should add salt a bit earlier to allow the salt to penetrate and evenly distribute the salty taste.
Seasoning with salt for a savory and easy-to-eat flavor is a simple task. However, seasoning with salt while maintaining the crispiness of the food and preserving its original taste requires a special technique:
- If it's a vegetable dish: You should add salt before removing it from the heat to prevent the vegetables from becoming mushy and to retain the nutrients in the vegetables.
- If it's a root vegetable dish: You should add salt a bit earlier to allow the salt to penetrate and evenly distribute the salty taste.
6. Seasoning with Various Spices
In the kitchen, there are many types of spices. That's why knowing which one to season first and which one later to make the food flavorful and tastier is not known to everyone. The key is to season the one that takes longer to infuse into the food first and the one that absorbs quickly into the food later:
- For two essential spices, salt and sugar: Season sugar first and then salt. Following that, add other spices in order: vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and broth powder.
- For spices with distinctive flavors like fish sauce and soy sauce: Season the food after it's almost cooked, or else it will release an unpleasant smell. For example, in a stir-fried meat dish, when it's almost done, turn off the heat and then add fish sauce.
In the kitchen, there are many types of spices. That's why knowing which one to season first and which one later to make the food flavorful and tastier is not known to everyone. The key is to season the one that takes longer to infuse into the food first and the one that absorbs quickly into the food later:
- For two essential spices, salt and sugar: Season sugar first and then salt. Following that, add other spices in order: vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and broth powder.
- For spices with distinctive flavors like fish sauce and soy sauce: Season the food after it's almost cooked, or else it will release an unpleasant smell. For example, in a stir-fried meat dish, when it's almost done, turn off the heat and then add fish sauce.
7. Use Broth Powder Wisely
If you add broth powder to your food too early, it may introduce harmful toxins to your health and your family's. Therefore, after cooking the food, transfer it onto a plate or bowl while it's still hot, then add the broth powder.
Note: Do not sprinkle broth powder directly onto the food; dissolve it in a bit of broth or cooking water, then mix it into the dish.
If you add broth powder to your food too early, it may introduce harmful toxins to your health and your family's. Therefore, after cooking the food, transfer it onto a plate or bowl while it's still hot, then add the broth powder.
Note: Do not sprinkle broth powder directly onto the food; dissolve it in a bit of broth or cooking water, then mix it into the dish.
8. Steaming or Steaming Fish
Steamed dishes may seem easy to make, but preserving both the color and flavor, especially with fish, is not straightforward.
The secret to this dish is an egg. Break an egg and evenly spread it over the fish; when steaming, the fish will absorb the nutrients from the egg, making the dish tastier and much more nutritious.
Steamed dishes may seem easy to make, but preserving both the color and flavor, especially with fish, is not straightforward.
The secret to this dish is an egg. Break an egg and evenly spread it over the fish; when steaming, the fish will absorb the nutrients from the egg, making the dish tastier and much more nutritious.
9. Using Water When Stir-Frying or Frying
- For stir-fried dishes: Especially when stir-frying meat, quickly flip and add a little water to the pan. This will make the meat tastier, more aromatic, and softer, enhancing the eating experience.
- For fried dishes: You can mix water into the oil at a ratio of three parts water to one part oil. Start frying the ingredients only when the oil completely floats on top of the water.
- For stir-fried dishes: Especially when stir-frying meat, quickly flip and add a little water to the pan. This will make the meat tastier, more aromatic, and softer, enhancing the eating experience.
- For fried dishes: You can mix water into the oil at a ratio of three parts water to one part oil. Start frying the ingredients only when the oil completely floats on top of the water.
