Fall is a time of change. The leaves change color, the weather changes from warm to cool, and we change our clocks to fall back an hour. This last change means that many of us will get home from work in pitch-black darkness; for me, the early onset of night makes me less inter ...more
Your waffle maker might just be the most underutilized tool in your kitchen. This one appliance can make bacon, eggs, hash browns, cupcakes, falafel, mac and cheese, and cinnamon rolls much more quickly and with less mess than traditional methods. Plus, the results all come ou ...more
The drinking straw isn't just there to help you make annoying noises when you get to the bottom of your soda. That little tube of plastic is extremely versatile and can make your life a lot easier with a little know-how. Curious? Read on to find out more. Bendy or straight, th ...more
Everything you thought you knew about cooking pasta is wrong. When I took cooking classes in Italy, they taught me to bring a large volume of salted water to a rolling boil, add a drop of olive oil so that the noodles wouldn't stick together, and wait several minutes until it ...more
Eating vegetarian isn't just for vegetarians. There are plenty of reasons, health and economics-wise, to consider forgoing the meat for a meal or three. Rather than get deep into the world of fake meat (although there's many a tasty alternative to be found there, to be sure), ...more
Everyone talks about how great sliced bread is, but there's nothing better than the taste of a just-baked loaf of crusty French bread. Like most beautiful things in life, however, the beauty of the baguette doesn't last. The next day, it's rock-hard, and good for very little e ...more
Making a good pie crust can seem intimidating to the uninitiated, but once you master this skill, a whole world opens up to you. Not only can you make all manner of fruit, custard, and cream-filled pies once you know all the tricks, you can branch out into the world of quiches ...more
So you want to prepare your own sushi but don't know where to start? Well, you've come to the right place. Watch and learn from Reiko Hashimoto's expert advice in cooking perfect sushi rice, the basis of every sushi dish. Make sushi rice and cook sticky rice. Click through to ...more
Make the perfect sushi. These sushi rolls are delicious and surprisingly easy to make. Food Safari presents this awesome Japanese recipe on how to make sushi. This particular sushi roll is called Norimaki. INGREDIENTS Sushi Rice: 4 cups koshihikari rice 120ml rice vinegar 2 ...more
Learn how to cook the perfect fried rice with this startcooking video. White rice and a few basic ingredients is all you need to make this delicious recipe. Fried rice is easy to make and a great way to use up leftovers. Enjoy!
Nothing tastes better than "fried". Even lobster. Even rice. Yes, and in combination, fried rice and lobster meat in a tightly pack crusted ball of yumminess is one of the best things you can try at home for the courageous at heart. What's it called? Lobster arancine. 'Aranci ...more
Japanese food is very popular. To cook Japanese rice you must go to a Japanese speciality store and purchase special Japanese rice, special vinegar and sugar. An interesting fact I learned from the video is that the vinegar makes the rice stick together.
Cook tasty Rice Croquettes using just a few simple ingredients. The ingredients are rice, chopped onion, flour, salt, and black pepper. Follow along with Vimal M, the Survival Gourmet, in this video cooking tutorial and learn how to prepare rice croquettes.
You will need: 1/2 gallon milk 1 cup white sugar 1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1/4 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ground cinnamon to taste Cook sweetened rice mixture. Combine 1/2 gallon milk, sugar, and rice in a saucep ...more
Watching this video will show you how to prepare a quick and delicious Thai basil chicken. It takes only 15 minutes to prepare this dish. Ingredients you will need are: 1/2C basil 2 garlic cloves fresh chili peppers 1/2 onion 2 tbs. vegetable oil 1/3C water 1 chicken breast wh ...more
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make crispy rice noodles. Begin with a 6-8 oz package of vermicelli rice noodles and soak them in water for 20 minutes. Then drain the noodles into a colander and let the dry. Now add 2-3 cups of peanut oil into a wok and heat it on ...more
The Hairy Bikers explain the best way to cook Noah's Pudding, a milk and rice based dessert. Delicious recipe idea from BBC foodshow 'Hairy Biker's Cook Book'. Learn how to make a milk and rice based pudding dessert. Search BBC Food on WonderHowTo for more great BBC recipe v ...more
In this video, we learn how to make shrimp fried rice. You will need leftover rice, shrimp, ham, onion, cilantro, red pepper, celery, garlic, green onion and frozen peas. First, take the shells off the shrimp and de-vein them. Then, chop up your vegetables and ham. Now, add wa ...more
Sure, you can buy Rice Krispies or something similar - but making your own puffed rice at home is not too difficult, and is much healthier! This techinque works with any starch. Fully cook your rice, and then dry it out (it usually needs about 24 hours to dry completely). Then ...more
It's every home cook's nightmare...burnt on the bottom, mushy on the top! RICE, the simplest of foods, but not so simple to cook...or is it? I'm from South Louisiana (think New Orleans then go further south) where rice is served with everything and cooking it is second nature. ...more
Watch this instructional cooking video to prepare Sanma Takikomi Gohan, or Japanese fried rice. If you can use fresh saury fish and fresh Shimeji and Maitake mushrooms for this recipe. This recipe serves two. Ingredients for Sanma Takikomi Gohan 1 Sanma - Pacific Saury 70g Car ...more
Pulled pork is a buffet table favorite. This how to video demonstrates how to make pulled pork with homemade barbecue sauce from your slow cooker or crock-pot. Ingredients for pulled pork: 3-1/2 lb (1.75 kg) pork shoulder blade roast 3/4 tsp (4 mL) each salt and pepper 2 tbsp ...more
If you've been wondering why you're so unlucky, maybe it's because you haven't been following the New Year's Day tradition like everyone else in the world. So, if you want your luck to change in 2011, you better grab the black-eyed peas and make some Hoppin' John! Now, Hoppin ...more
In this video, we learn how to make rice crispy monkey cookies. First, you can make your rice crispy treats like usual, just add some chocolate to melt with it! Lay these out into a baking dish and let cook until hard. Then, use round cutters to cut out a large round piece and ...more
Paella, the classic Spanish dish of chicken, prawns and rice is one of the most commonly cooked dishes around the world. You can mix things up by tweaking the ingredients such as substituting basmati rice. This video will show you how to cook an Indian style paella.
Stir fry is easy to make and always a lively dish to bring to the table. Join Betty as she makes her favorite sirloin steak stir fry recipe with asparagus and rice. It's delicious! You Will Need: *2 teaspoons cornstarch *1 tablespoon soy sauce *1 pound uncooked boneless sirloi ...more
Ingredients: 4 cups uncooked white rice 1/4 teaspoon orange food color 10 pods whole cardamom 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 cups white sugar 3 tablespoons heavy cream 1 tablespoon raisins 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts 1 tablespoon chopped almonds 2 teaspoons grated or ...more
This video shows how to cook Arroz Caldo the panlasangpinoy way. Arroz Caldo (literally translated as warm rice) is a type of congee (or lugaw) that closely resembles the risotto. Though ,this dish is of Chinese origin, the (new) name was actually given by the Spaniards ,becau ...more
In this video from NinjaSushiNewOrleans we learn how to make perfect sushi rice. Momo from Ninja Restaurant shows us how. You will need a rice cooker, a bowl, paddle, and a hand held fan or piece of cardboard. You will also need 4 cups of Tamaki Gold rice and 1 cup of sushi vi ...more
Boil brown rice until tender or purchase microwavable ten-minute brown rice. Mix brown rice and broccoli in a large frying pan or wok. While rice and vegetables sauté, slice tofu into small squares or rectangles. Add tofu to the brown rice and broccoli-amount of tofu will va ...more
Spice things up in the kitchen with traditional Indian food! Learn how to make a delicious Pilau rice recipe, including ingredients and cooking tips, in this free online cooking video on Indian food taught by expert chef Allen Diwan. Part 1 of 11 - How to Cook Indian pilau ric ...more
In this tutorial, we learn how to make chicken teriyaki stir fry. You will need: 3 chicken breasts, rice, stir fry veggies, sprouts, teriyaki sauce, Kikoman stir fry sauce. First you will marinade your chicken overnight and prepare rice in a rice cooker or how you prefer it. N ...more
Louis Ortiz shows you the ingredients for a small batch of rice pilaf. I'm going to use a half batch so I have a half cup of white basmati rice which is just a basic white rice. Then I've got one full cup of chicken stock. I've got some dice carrots and some dice onions. Part ...more
Rice, 1 bag of seaweed, 2 eggs, 1 carrot, 1 cucumber, 1 yellow radish, beef, cooking oil, sesame oil, sesame, salt, bamboo roller, vinegar. Add rice to cooking pot & rinse. Water should be up to your knuckles. Boil the rice, cook eggs, lower the heat on rice, flip eggs around ...more
Prepare an easy vegan asian cucumber salad which serves 6 people. It only takes 10 minutes to prep but will take 2-3 hours or even overnight to marinate. This extremely easy Japanese-inspired salad makes for a quick picnic or potluck addition. 1½ cucumbers ½ tsp salt 1½ tsp ...more
Forget the take out tonight, cook some fried rice food at home instead. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up an authentic dish of pork fried rice. You can serve your homemade pork fried rice by itself or with a main dish. Por ...more
This video shows you how easy it is to make Mexican (Spanish) rice. You start with a pan on medium heat.1 tablespoon of oil, 2 cups of long grain rice. Long grain rice because it’s good for this type of meal. You can get the rice in packets that you won't have to wash the rice ...more
Before making any of your favorite rice dishes, you'll need the basics of cooking white rice. This is what this video from StartCooking provides; it prepares you for any recipe that includes white rice. Enjoy! Video: .
You can't make great sushi without perfectly cooked sushi rice. See how to prep, cook, season, and cool sushi rice, and you'll be rolling in no time!
Beef fried rice is easy to make. Just remember to use cooked rice that had been cool for at least 4-5 hours. My favorite dark soy is mushroom flavor dark soy sauce. You will need rice, beef, corn, peas, carrots, salt, sugar, garlic powder, and cooking oil. Watch this video coo ...more
In order to cook rice and peas, heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions and garlic. Then cook for two minutes. Then add 2 cups of long grain rice and stir the ingredients. Lower the heat and add jerk marinade, thyme (dried & fresh). Then add spring onions cut them in half. Ne ...more
This is a recipe for chicken biryani. To start you will need half a kilo of chicken, one medium onion finely chopped, a cooked medium tomatoe chopped, one cup of yogourt, a heaped tablespoon of ginger garlic paste, half a teaspoon of termite paste, half a teaspoon of chili pow ...more
Fried rice is delicious, and a quick hot meal. For this dish, you will need shrimp, salt, garlic powder, sugar, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rice, carrot, celery, egg, green onion, and parsley. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to prepare shrimp fried rice with Tha ...more
This Thai fried rice is easy to make. You will need celery, carrot, pork, green onion, eggs, and rice. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make a quick and delicious fried rice dish with Thai chef Kai.
Stuffed peppers are delicious as an appetizer, side dish or even a full meal. Mix white rice, ground beef, onion and garlic together, then stuff into your peppers and simmer in tomato sauce. Part 1 of 3 - How to Cook bell peppers stuffed with rice, beef, mushrooms, onion and g ...more
This survivalist video shows you how to cook raw rice in a canteen cup with minimal resources. Only a cup of raw rice, a canteen cup and water are required for this method. First pour the raw rice in to the canteen cup and add water and let it soak for 15 minutes. Next drain o ...more
Learn this easy and delicious recipe for chicken and rice with dump cake, from our expert cook, in this free cooking video series on making chicken and rice with dump cake. Part 1 of 15 - How to Make chicken and rice with dump cake. Make chicken and rice with dump cake - Part ...more
Check out this how-to video for making perfect rice. Turn your cooker down to low if you really want to make your rice perfect.
Fried rice is a delicious side dish or meal and Filipino garlic fried rice has really exceptional flavor. Fresh chopped garlic will add loads of taste to your sticky Filipino rice and can is a nice accompaniment to cooked meats and vegetables. Try molding the rice into a cup s ...more
Check out this video cooking tip from The Chef's Toolbox in Australia. Watch this tutorial to learn how to cook rice with the rapid boil method like a chef. Cooking rice is easy with a little know-how, see how to do it right here. Points to remember for cooking rice (rapid bo ...more
In this video clip series our expert chef, Paris Sourivong, walks us through many of the different options you have when preparing fried rice and how to cook it. Part 1 of 8 - How to Make fried rice. Make fried rice - Part 2 of 8. Click through to watch this video on expertvil ...more
In this video, we learn how to make Rice Krispies treats. Start off with Kellogg's Rice Krispies, 4 cup mini marshmallows, and butter. You will also need a cake pan to place the treats in and pot to cook them in. First, melt three tablespoons of butter into the pot and add in ...more
It's one of the most popular queries on the web, meaning the wet electronic disaster is likely a common mishap. There are many answers out there, but if you're lucky enough to have never googled it, pay attention now. You never know when you may drop your cell phone or iPod in ...more
Eric teaches us how to cook rice and beans in this video. First, take black beans and rinse them out, then chop up an onion and bacon. Place your beans in a pot over heat and let simmer with bay leaves inside. Next, add in olive oil to another pan and then add in the bacon and ...more
Vegetables sushi rolls are a very healthy and delicious alternative to a lot of the trans fat food we eat today. It has this delicious fresh crunch to it which makes you crave it even more. Follow along in these five cooking how-to videos to learn how to prepare, roll and cut ...more
Check out this video to learn how to make a rice omelette.
Chef Barriere Deauville prepares bull fillet and farmhouse rice. This recipe takes 30 minutes to cook and prepare. The ingredients you will need are bull fillet, rice, shallots, onion, Provence herbs, laurel, chicken trussing, salt, pepper, olive oil and butter. Prepare bull f ...more
This Hearty Turkey Chili- Cincinnati Style is yet another tasty creation of Chef Hubert Keller. Ground turkey, sauteed vegetables, and savory spices complete the flavors of this recipe. Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 pounds ground turkey (6-7% fat) 2 cups ...more
Carolyn Hemming, author of Quinoa 365 The Everyday Superfood, demonstrates how to cook quinoa like rice. Quinoa is highly nutritious with eight amino acids, protein, vitamins, minerals and is a complex carbohydrate. Quinoa is simple to cook and cooks similar to rice. Use two c ...more
Here is another fantastic Pakistani recipe. Prawn biryani is a dish of prawns, rice and seasoning made in a Pakistani style. These prawns are sure to be full of flavor with lots of colorful seasonings and vegetables all cooked together. Ingredients: Rice (Basmati) - 300 gms. ...more