Here's what the book covers:
1. Basting - How to properly baste your food
2. Blanching - What is blanching, and when and how to blanche
- The best way to preserve the color, texture,
and flavor of your vegetables
- 4 simple
steps to blanching
3. Braising& Stewing - The essentials of braising and stewing
- 4 easy steps
to stewing your food
4. Cutting - cutting techniques and tips you'll use time after
time
- 2 types of knives - which is right for you
- How to grip the knife for best cutting results
and avoid injuries
- The 'knuckle curling' technique to hold the food
in place, avoid cutting yourself, and increase cutting speed
- 8 most important cutting techniques you
should know
5. Kneading Dough - How to quickly knead dough
- 5 simple steps to kneading the perfect dough
every time
- 3 quick ways to tell when the dough is well kneaded
6. Deep-frying - The proper deep-frying method
- My secret technique to determine the oil temperature
and readiness
- 6 tips to
deep-fry perfection
7. Garlic Handling - Tips to easily peel garlic, and 3 most common
ways to use garlic
8. Parboil - How to parboil and how it's different from blanching
9. Poaching - Preserve flavor, color, shape, and texture of your
foods with poaching. How to control the heat while poaching.
10. Rice Cooking - Cook perfect rice every time.
- 3 quick steps to washing and preparing rice
- The rule of thumb
to measuring the amount of water
- 7 steps to cooking rice the 'old fashioned' way
- 3 immediate solutions to the most common
problems cooking rice
- Making rice with a rice cooker
11. Sauté -How to sauté your food and seal in the
flavors.
- Avoid the 1 mistake most people make when Sautéing
12. Skinning Tomatoes and Peppers - 2 methods to show you how to
quickly and easily skin tomatoes and peppers.
13. Soup Stock Making - Make your own savory soup stock.
- The best ingredients to use for making soup stock
- The most economical way to make soup stock
14. Stir-frying - Easily master one of the most
popular Chinese cooking techniques - stir-frying.
- Woks - what kind is right for you
- How to control the temperature for best results
- Taking advantage of the smoking point of
oil for best stir-fry results
- 3 simple guidelines to handling splashing oil
- 5 steps to the perfect stir-fry
- 15 stir-frying tips to help you prepare tasty,
delicious stir-fries
15. Steaming - How to steam food properly.
- Finding the right type of steamer to use
- How to quickly 'make a steamer' if you don't
have one
- 8 tips to steaming the
perfect dish
16. Thickening Sauces - Learn to create sauces with different thicknesses.
- How to use the 1 ingredient to thicken sauces
- 6 tips for preparing and using starch water
Become
a grand chef today, and start cooking fantastic meals your family will
love. Click here to order Quick and Easy Vegetarian Cooking now, and
get my cooking techniques book as a bonus cookbook!
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