Practical tips on the list of ingredients:
1. Wash first and then cut: Cutting the vegetables after washing them can avoid the loss of soluble vitamins and inorganic salts.
2. Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in hot water: Soaking dried shiitake mushrooms in hot water increases their flavor and texture.
3. Add the right amount of warm water when scrambling eggs: adding the right amount of warm water to the egg mixture can make the eggs more tender.
4. Chill green beans in the refrigerator before cooking: Chilling green beans in the refrigerator overnight can speed up their cooking time.
5. Add a pinch of salt to the lotus root after cutting: adding a pinch of salt to the lotus root after cutting can prevent it from turning black.
6. Add a few drops of vinegar before the purple kale goes into the iron pot: adding a few drops of vinegar before the purple kale goes into the iron pot will prevent it from turning blue.
7. Put an apple in the pile of potatoes: Put an apple in the pile of potatoes to prevent them from sprouting.
8. Add a small amount of lard when steaming buns or pastries: Adding a small amount of lard when steaming buns or pastries can increase their texture and shine.
9. Add a pinch of salt to the dumplings before placing them in the pot: adding a pinch of salt to the dumplings before placing them in the pot will prevent them from sticking to the pot.
10. Add a few drops of vinegar when cooking seaweed or cook with spinach: adding a few drops of vinegar when cooking seaweed or cooking with spinach can make it easier to cook.
Useful tips on preparation steps:
11. Salt later in frying: Salt later in frying can avoid watery dishes and keep the flavor of the dish.
12. Add a small spoonful of oil when cooking rice: adding a small spoonful of oil when cooking rice can increase the luster and texture of the rice.
13. Add a pinch of vinegar while frying potatoes: Adding a pinch of vinegar while frying potatoes prevents the potatoes from burning and adds flavor to them at the same time.
14. Add small amount of vinegar or salt while boiling eggs: Adding small amount of vinegar or salt while boiling eggs will prevent them from cracking and increase their flavor.
15. Marinate meat in pineapple juice or papaya juice: Marinating meat in pineapple juice or papaya juice increases the tenderness of the meat.
16. Steam the fish after the water boils: Steaming the fish after the water boils will allow the surface of the fish to denature and solidify quickly, locking in the juices and making the fish more flavorful.
17. Meat blanching in cool water: Meat blanching in cool water can let the surface of the meat slowly warm up and keep the meat tender.
18. Add a small spoonful of vinegar when cooking bone broth: Adding a small spoonful of vinegar when cooking bone broth can promote the phosphorus and calcium in the bones to dissolve into the broth.
19. Don't use an iron pot when cooking green bean soup: Don't use an iron pot when cooking green bean soup as it will discolor the soup.
20. Add small amount of lard while steaming buns or pastries: Add small amount of lard while steaming buns or pastries to increase their texture and shine.
21. Cooking kelp with spinach: Cooking kelp with spinach will make it easier to cook.
22. Add a little white wine while frying peanut rice: adding a little white wine while frying peanut rice can make it more crispy.
23. Add egg mixture after turning off the heat when cooking eggdrop soup: adding egg mixture after turning off the heat when cooking eggdrop soup can make the eggdrops more delicate.
24. Blend with warm water while steaming egg custard: Blending with warm water while steaming egg custard will increase the tenderness of the eggs.
25. Don't use running water and hot water when panning rice: Don't use running water and hot water when panning rice, otherwise the nutrients in the surface layer of the rice will be lost.
26. Add a few drops of cooking oil to the rice while cooking: Adding a few drops of cooking oil to the rice while cooking will add luster and texture to the rice.
27. Salt the potatoes later while frying: Salting the potatoes later while frying them prevents them from getting watery and maintains their texture.
28. Add small amount of vinegar or salt while boiling eggs: Adding a small amount of vinegar or salt while boiling eggs prevents the eggs from cracking and adds to their flavor at the same time.
29. Marinate meat in pineapple juice or papaya juice: Marinating meat in pineapple juice or papaya juice increases the tenderness of the meat.
30. Steam the fish after the water boils: Steaming the fish after the water boils will allow the surface of the fish to denature and solidify quickly, locking in the juices and making the fish more flavorful.
The above are 30 practical tips for cooking in the kitchen, which are explained in terms of both the list of ingredients and the production steps. I hope these tips can help kitchen whites better grasp the skills of cooking, and improve the quality and taste of cooking.