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• If you are unsure of the amount or worry that you might add too much salt, the best thing to do is give it a try! Add a pinch of salt and try and add a little more then try again and so on until the food tastes right. This is how professional chefs do it.
• Sprinkle salt over whole chunks of meat or chicken before baking, add a little broth or sauce while cooking, and be sure to add salt to the water when boiling pasta, potatoes, and cooking rice.

Have some sauces ready. A delicious sauce can transform an ordinary dish into a distinctive and delicious taste. By learning how to make some basic sauces, your cooking skills will increase by several steps in no time. Some fevers that can make themselves are as follows:

• Béchamel sauce: this is a familiar white cream sauce in many dishes - including baked vegetables, soufflé cheesecake and a variety of sauces served with pasta.
• Velouté sauce: this is another simple sauce made by combining roux with seasoned bone broth. Depending on the seasoning of the bone broth, you can tailor the sauce to suit chicken, fish or veal.
• Marinara: Marinara is a concentrated tomato sauce that is widely used in Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. This sauce includes fresh tomatoes and canned tomatoes, onions, herbs, and is used as a sauce for pizza and pasta.
• Hollandaise: This is a buttery, lemon-flavored sauce suitable for seafood, eggs and vegetables. You can combine melted butter, egg yolk and lemon juice to make a sauce.
• A few other sauces you can make are: barbecue sauce, garlic cream sauce, spicy sauce, sweet and sour sauce, cheese sauce and chocolate sauce.

Learn how to do it scrambled eggs. Place the pan on medium heat and melt 2 teaspoons of butter. Beat 2 eggs and 1 tablespoon (about 15 ml) of milk evenly in a bowl. Pour mixture into a pan and stir with a wooden spoon or plastic scraper until the eggs are frozen and broken into small pieces.

• This is one of the basic but very important cooking techniques that you need to learn to become a great chef.
• Boiling eggs is also an essential skill.

Learn how to make grilled chicken. Pat the whole chicken dry, season with salt, pepper, herbs and other spices depending on taste. Place the chicken on a baking tray with the ribs facing down, then place the chicken in the oven preheated at 175 ° C and bake for 45-50 minutes. Turn and grill the other side of the chicken for another 45-50 minutes.

• If you can roast a whole chicken, you are qualified enough to prepare a meal for the whole family.

Steam the vegetables in the pot for simplicity. If you don't have a steamer, you can boil about 1cm of water in a large pot. Place the vegetables in a pot, close the lid, and steam each vegetable according to the time directed.

• Steamed vegetables retain their colors and nutrients, so steaming is the best way to cook food for the health. When steaming vegetables properly, you add color and nutrients to every dish.

Follow the instructions in the recipe exactly when baking. This is not the time for experimentation or variation. Please carefully prepare the ingredients and quantities shown in the recipe. Unless otherwise instructed, spread a lot of oil into the mold, mix the dough until all the ingredients are combined, and regularly use a toothpick or food thermometer to check the cookedness of the cake.

• Baking is a valuable life skill that helps you to always have delicious cakes!
• Try making chocolate cream cake, vanilla sponge cake, coffee sponge cake, lemon sponge cake, and red velvet.

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Advice

• Whip liquids, flour and sauces mixture to create a smooth consistency. Whipping a mixture means vigorously stirring with a whisk or whisk to create air bubbles and thicken the mixture.
• Oranges / lemons have an edible peel. Therefore, you need to manipulate the plan to remove the shell. This is done using a vegetable peeler to peel the orange / lemon peel. When peeling, avoid the white skin underneath the skin, as this has a bitter taste.
• Kneading is a term used to describe pressing and mixing dough with the lower part of the palm of the hand (near the wrist). Kneading causes gluten to form in the flour, making the dough smooth and pliable. This technique is used to make bread dough, and is sometimes used to make scones and puff pastry dough.
• Flour mixing is a method of gently mixing ingredients (such as baking dough) so as not to lose the consistency of the dough. This should be done in a large bowl with a plastic scraper. The scraper is placed in the center of the mixture to bring the mixture from the bottom of the bowl to the top. You should also rotate the bowl while mixing the dough to get a good mix.
• Evenly whipping means stirring or blending ingredients using a whisk or fork. Since evenly bubbles produce air bubbles, the mixture will become loose and viscous, which doesn't use as much force as whipping.
• Soaking means immersing food in water that has been heated but not yet boiled to spread the flavor and color. When making tea, for example, tea bags or tea leaves are soaked in water.
• Pinch is the act of making some shallow cuts on the surface of a food, usually diamond-shaped. This method is used to soften food, melt fat to give it flavor or simply decorate it.
• Boil pasta style al dente to have a good meal. Terms al dente in Italian means "both soft and chewy" and is used to describe pasta that is soft-boiled but still feels tough when bitten.
• Concentrating a sauce means boiling the sauce vigorously so that the steam evaporates, reducing the amount of liquid. The remaining sauce will be thicker, have a richer flavor, and be the product of the condensing process.
• Apply grease to food preparation surfaces to prevent stickiness. Grease rinsing means pouring a layer of butter or oil over a pan or baking tray before preparing food to prevent stickiness.
• Blanching means adding fruits, vegetables or seeds to boiling water for partial ripening to increase flavor and color. Next, the food is dipped in cold water to cool down. Blanching can also help remove the skin of certain foods like tomatoes and almonds.
• Spreading involves applying a layer of grease or other liquid to the food during processing to increase moisture and flavor. This is done using a cooking brush or squeeze.

Warning

• If the pan gets too hot and catches fire during cooking, turn off the heat immediately and cover the pan with a metal lid, wet towel or fire blanket (or put out the fire with baking soda). Don't pour water into hot oil and don't use a fire extinguisher - both can spread the fire. Hold the scene for at least half an hour to cool down.
• Always cook meat, fish, poultry and eggs. Use a food thermometer to make sure food is cooked.
• Be careful not to let hot oil splash into the skin.
• Be careful when chopping food. If you cut your hand, immediately put your hand in cold water and cover the wound with a towel.
• Protect your body when dealing with heat. If the heat can cook the food, it can hurt you too. It is better to use heat resistant gloves when handling hot pots and pans.
• Watch for food allergies and inedible or toxic parts of foods before preparing them!