In The Kitchen

Cooking Tips And Techniques

No one is born knowing how to cook. We learn skill by skill, picking up smart ideas, quick tips, and cool tricks along the way.
Fish on grill grates
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Fish
Hunk of steak on the grill
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Meat
Papaya cubes in a white bowl on a blue napkin
How to Cut a Papaya
5 mins
Bowl of watermelon cubes with watermelon slices behind it on a wood serving platter
How to Cut a Watermelon Into Slices and Cubes
5 mins
Three ears of cooked corn on the cob on a blue flower plate
How to Cook Corn on the Cob
9 mins
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Two ears of corn with husk pulled back showing kernals on a wood cutting board
How to Freeze Corn on the Cob
Trimmed green beans in a plastic ziptop bag
How to Freeze Green Beans
Copycat Guacamole Recipe - person mincing an onion
The Simply Recipes A-Z Guide to Cooking Terms and Definitions
Conversion measurements illustration
Ounces to Cups to Tablespoons Conversion Chart
Head of green lettuce on a wood cutting board
How to Store Lettuce and Keep it Fresh for a Long Time
How to Grill Ribeye steak add the steak to the grill
The Best Cuts of Steak for Grilling
A bone-in raw steak seasoned with salt and set on a worn baking sheet.
How to Salt a Steak for Grilling
Grill with hot coals to show how to grill shrimp.
How to Heat Your Grill to Cook Steak
Seasoned bone in steak on a hot grill
How Long to Grill Steak
Close up grouping of multi colored onions
How to Store Onions
garlic bulb cloves and peeled garlic in glass container
How to Store Garlic
Fresh ginger in a plastic bag on a wooden cutting board
How to Store Ginger
Four burgers in a cast iron skillet
5 Tips to Help You Cook a Burger on the Stove
Burgers steaming on the grill
How Long to Grill Burgers
Three patties in a grill pan to show tips to make a great veggie burger.
How to Make a Vegan Burger Meat Eaters Will Love
A hamburger on a bun to show what kind of ground beef to buy for burgers.
The Best Ground Beef Mix Ratio for Burgers
A burger patty on a parchment lined baking sheet to show the best way to season a burger.
How to Season a Beef Burger
Perfectly formed raw beef burger patties
How to Make Perfect Burger Patties
Three plastic wrapped cake layers to show how to freeze cake.
How to Freeze Cake
Showing a Cake Frosting Technique using chocolate frosting.
How to Frost a Cake
Secrets for the perfect layer cake with a three layer cake on a cake stand.
5 Tips for the Perfect Layer Cake
Eggs in a saucepan with water.
How to Pasteurize Eggs at Home
Measuring cups, scales, and liquid measuring to show how to measure flour.
How to Accurately Measure Wet and Dry Baking Ingredients
Decorated chocolate cake on a white cake stand
5 Ways to Decorate a Cake with a Spoon
A glass cup of proofed yeast.
How to Proof Yeast
A wooden cutting board with a variety of yeast in their packaging and in mason jars to show how to store yeast.
The Best Way to Store Yeast
Cheese in ziplock bags to show how to freeze cheese.
How to Freeze Cheese
Eggs
How Long Will Eggs Last in the Fridge?
Egg in a glass of water.
A Water Test to Check If Eggs Are Still Fresh
Eggs frozen in an ice cube tray.
Can You Freeze Eggs?
Pork Chops with Ginger Pear Sauce
Safe Pork Temperature: What's the Temperature of Cooked Pork?
Small bits of cooked chicken removed from bone and without skin
How Long Does Cooked Chicken Last in the Fridge?
Raw Chicken Marinated and Zested With Lemon
How to Tell When Raw Chicken Has Gone Bad
Milk bottle ice cube tray bread in freeze
Can You Freeze Milk?
brown sugar container with piece of bread
How to Soften Brown Sugar
Pizza in a skillet and pizza on a white plate
The Best Way to Reheat Leftover Pizza
Raw butterflied chicken on baking sheet for chicken under a brick
How to Defrost Chicken
Oven Roasted Chicken Recipe - - whole chicken on platter
What's the Temperature of Cooked Chicken?
Cooked quinoa in Instant Pot
Instant Pot Cooking Times for Rice, Quinoa, and Other Grains
How to Truss a Chicken
How to Truss a Chicken
How to Cook Chicken in the Instant Pot
35 mins
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How To Freeze Soup, Beans, and Broth
How to Freeze Soup, Beans, and Broth
16 mins
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Freeze Rice
How to Freeze and Reheat Rice