How do you simmer if you don't have a lid?
Chef's answer
Need to cover a pot or pan but can't find the lid? Use a baking sheet or cookie pan (the "lid of choice" in most restaurant kitchens).
Frequently asked Questions 🎓
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Some recipes call for scallops to be soaked in milk before cooking. When you buy fresh scallops, what you are getting is actually the large abductor muscle, which the scallop uses to open and close its shell. Soaking scallops in milk is a way to tenderize them and remove any fishy odor.
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Can you use butter to cook bacon? No, because the bacon already has some fat in it, which will help grease the pan. Not to mention, you need to start bacon in a cold pan.
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So Why Do You Need a Meat Thermometer? Meat thermometers are used to take the internal core temperature of meat being cooked. This is important to ensure a safe temperature as sometimes meat does not cook evenly. If you serve a meal that has not been completely cooked through it may cause food poisoning..
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It depends on what chorizo you're using. If you're using soft (i.e. uncooked) chorizo then no, you don't need to remove the skin, because it should cook with the sausage. If you are using the cured, ready to eat chorizo you should take the skin off as it will be tough..
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Buying Chorizo Fresh chorizo is usually sold in large links using hog casings and should be cooked within 4 or 5 days of purchase, although it can be frozen for up to two months. ... Dry chorizo does not need to be refrigerated and can be kept in its package at room temperature until you're ready to cook with it.
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Do not add oil to cook bacon. As bacon contains its own fat (the white streaks), it will melt into the hot pan and fry the bacon. You can then use the melted fat to fry eggs and get a great bacon flavor if you want. A lot of people like to eat their bacon baked..
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You don't need to rinse fish, chicken, pork, or any other meat before cooking. Not only does it not get rid of bacteria, it spreads bacteria (if water splashes from the sink in the process of rinsing). ... Fish is not fundamentally different from chicken, so you don't have to rinse it.
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