EASY RECIPES » Cooking

Cooking a steak with limited utensils?

chef — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:08:43 +0000

I need some help cooking my porterhouse. Normally I either grill it outside, or use a cast iron skillet.

I don’t have any of those at the moment, so I ask you. How would you cook a 1 1/2 inch bone in, porterhouse steak? I have all the spices, but I can either cook it in a non stick skillet, or in the broiler.

How would you cook the steak, and how long would you cook a 1 1/2 bone in steak to get it medium to medium rare?

Grilling is the best option but seeing as you don’t have that luxury at the moment i can offer you this advice. Most of the time at any major chain like lets say Outback or Longhorns they use a flat iron to cook your steaks anyway. Broiling has a tendency to dry out thick cuts of meat. Searing it will lock in the flavors. The key is finding the right temperature on your stove-top. Depending on how you want your steak cooked you would want to use a slightly lower temperature for higher degrees of doneness throughout. Or a higher temperature to sear the outside quickly and lock in the goodness. Make sure that your using butter in the bottom of the pan and another tablespoon when you flip. A good pinch of regular old salt hear and there on a steak can add a tremendous amount of flavor as well. Good luck!

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do you think they could merge the Science-Chemistry category and the Food-Cooking&Recipes category?

chef — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:08:08 +0000

they are so similar.

Indeed, but I’d hope that you’re not mixing up your vinegar with your H2SO4.

Sabudana Khichdi (Spicy Tapioca) Recipe by Manjula

chef — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:01:07 +0000

Sabudana Khichdi (Spicy Tapioca) Recipe by Manjula

Duration : 0:6:18

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Does cooking food in a microwave still retain the goodness?

chef — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:46:30 +0000

the same as conventional cooking?

Many things taste the same, some things taste better cooked in a microwave, and it’s much quicker. I just wondered if they destroy nutrients in food though?
I do conventional cooking as well but often use the microwave for quickness, or combination of the two methods.

Some studies show that microwaving changes the molecular structure of food, which wouldn’t be healthy. It also increases free radicals, which cause cancer. So, no mirowave food does not retain the "goodness".

Cooking Coarse 24-Pan Roux

chef — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:49:05 +0000

http://www.WebCookingClasses.com Chef Todd Mohr continues his discussion of thickening agents in today’s cooking lesson. In this episode of Cooking Coarse, Chef Mohr dredges beef cubes to be sauteed in olive oil, creating a pan roux. Cooking meals and getting easy dinner ideas doesnt have to include a home cooking recipe or a gourmet recipe, it can be a cooking recipe that youve created yourself with basic cooking methods. Cooking Coarse focuses on basic cooking methods to empower the home cook to create simple cooking recipes to make everyday cooking more creative and enjoyable.

Duration : 0:9:42

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What is the cooking social where you cook meals for a month?

chef — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:29:57 +0000

I had read about a cooking ‘class’ where you can meet with other people, you all cook lots of food in one evening (enough to last a month or a week) and you take home your food and freeze it and then use it for the next month or so. What is the name of this? Has anyone actually done this?

It’s called "Once a Month Cooking" or "OAMC". I couldn’t find any classes where you actually meet with other folks in person, but I found a website with a lot of information that may steer you in the right direction. Here’s a blurb from the site (I’ll provide the link below). Hope this helps!!!!:

*What is OAMC or Once A Month Cooking? It is a method of producing several entrees or meals in a one or two day-long cooking session. Meals and entrees are prepared for the next 30 days, then frozen. This makes cooking and clean-up minimal for the remainder of the month, giving you more time with your family, and to pursue personal interests.

Cooking Coarse 96-Crepes How to Make

chef — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:52:10 +0000

http://www.WebCookingClasses.com You don’t have to shop your store for a crepe maker. If you have difficulty making crepes, maybe its not a crepe maker or another crepe recipe you need. In todays episode of Cooking Coarse, the online cooking video course, youll learn the basic cooking method behind cooking crepes, regardless of the crepe recipe you choose. Chef Todd Mohr concentrates on how to make crepes in todays video, so that you can make up your own easy dinner or healthy cooking recipes with crepes.

Duration : 0:9:41

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Cooking Coarse 59-Kitchen Tools

chef — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:00:09 +0000

http://www.WebCookingClasses.com From his kitchen in Cary, North Carolina, Chef Todd Mohr reviews some of the necessary tools to have in your kitchen. Cooking meals and getting easy dinner ideas doesnt have to include a home cooking recipe or a gourmet recipe, it can be a cooking recipe that youve created yourself with basic cooking methods. Cooking Coarse focuses on basic cooking methods to empower the home cook to create simple cooking recipes to make everyday cooking more creative and enjoyable.

Duration : 0:10:2

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For a beginning cook, why does cooking and meal / menu planning seem like such a daunting task?

chef — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:51:54 +0000

it’s like… not only do i not really know how to cook… i feel like the planning and shopping is hard to figure out / balance out too. and finding time for it all.
how did you guys start out cooking/menu planning?

KIS…Keep it simple. It depends on how many you are cooking for but start out by going to a cooking site and finding some easy recipes. Find 7 of them…one for each day and write the ingredients on a piece of paper and use it as a shopping list for your weeks groceries. Make sure you dont double up on things…if one recipe uses 2 eggs and another uses 1 and another uses 4 dont go buying 3 dozen eggs. Just buy 1 dozen and use what you need. Once you learn how to make a few meals this way you can start to modify the recipes by adding or taking away things you like or dislike. For example if you are making a stew you might like to add mushrooms but you might not like carrots very much so you can leave them out. After a while you build up a repertoire of things you can cook and it’s not so hard to figure out what to buy at the supermarket because it is all in your head.

What is a good website with cooking recipes? ?

chef — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:51:14 +0000

I prefer a website that on the recipes they have pictures of how the food looks like.

Simplyrecipes.com

I love them I use them a lot. Also you can try if you like a certain food go to the store and check out the package normally food items have recipes on them.