How To: Boil potatoes
Preparing a potato is very simple: just add water! (and boil...) This video shows you how to boil a potato so you can munch away on all your favorite potato-related treats.
Preparing a potato is very simple: just add water! (and boil...) This video shows you how to boil a potato so you can munch away on all your favorite potato-related treats.
CHOW member Eric Higgins uses whole canned tomatoes to cook. As their seeds spoil the food by giving a bitter taste, he gives us step-by-step instructions to remove them using a salad spinner.
Molly Ringwald is well known for being pretty in pink, but in this food video she's making chicken the pretty one instead. While her spoiled, popular characters from the John Hughes films would never dare set foot into the kitchen to slave over a hot stove, Ringwald, who is now a mother of three, has no problem cooking up a delicious meal.
In this video, we learn how to cook soft delicious beans. First, you want to make sure you are never using really old beans, around more than 2 years old. To keep your beans from getting old, add some citrus to them so they don't soften. Also, make sure you have the right water level when you are cooking the beans. Last, you want to make sure you are cooking the beans enough and not too much. To cook them right, use fresh beans and soak them for around 2-6 hours. Then, saute vegetables in the...
This instructional cooking video shows you how to cook Goya Chanpuru. Goya Chanpuru is a traditional Japanese stir fry. The Goya is a bitter melon that you will need to treat with salt to remove the bitter aftertaste.
Cook the perfect prime rib by mathematically calculating a precise cooking and resting time. In this video tutorial, a bone-in prime rib is seasoned with the secret ingredient parve and is cooked to a medium-rare pink with the perfect rare moisture.
Cook fresh lobster without fear using these easy tips. Lobster makes a delicious, extravagant Christmas dinner. Don't be intimidated by this cooking process, these hints will help. Learn how to cook lobster and prepare the cooked lobster for eating. Yum! Nothing like fresh lobster for the holidays.
Watch this instructional cooking video to cook a favorite Japanese dessert. Make two types of Kudzu mochi. Each recipe serves two.
Eating spoiled meat is a really easy and terrible way to get sick. If you have some old beef in your refrigerator and you're not sure whether it's rotten or not, watch this video for tips on how to determine whether you meat is safe to eat.
No matter how much you might love tacos, you're bound to get a little tired of the same old combination eventually. Why not mix it up at home with this awesome alternative to traditional tacos? Tilapia is one of the easiest pieces of fish to cook and goes great inside a tortilla with arugula. This video will show you how to cook tilapia tacos.
A lot of people think pasta is just pasta - water and wheat - but there are so many more sides to this Italian delicacy that most people don't know about. In this video, The Pasta Channel shows you how to choose the best pasta in the supermarket and cook it properly to get the most delicious Italian dinner experience. Learn about the differences between pasta styles, how to choose the right one to get the most out of your sauce, and how to cook it all together. Follow these steps for an enjoy...
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show demonstrates how to make popular Japanese dishes.
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show currently focuses on how to make popular Japanese dishes. This video demonstrates how to make Katsudon (Tonkatsu Deep Fried Pork and Egg Bowl).
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show currently focuses on how to make popular Japanese dishes. This video demonstrates how to make kakiage soba (mixed tempura soba noodles).
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show currently focuses on how to make popular Japanese dishes. Learn how to prepare Japanese Ichigo Daifuku, aka strawberry Daifuku. This is a Japanese dessert.
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.
Learn how to make Cajun ratatouille from our expert, which combines French and Cajun cuisine, in this free recipe video series on making Cajun ratatouille.
Learn how to prepare meat and vegetables for the crock pot to slow cook a pot roast in this free recipe video series from our expert cook on how to cook pot roast.
Looking for French food recipes but don't know where to start? Learn how to make French crepes, salads, and desserts, including ingredients and cooking methods and more, in this free video cooking series about French food taught by Marieve Herington.
This is a how-to on how to make a survival cook stove instead of spending $25 to buy one online. It is a simple projecting that requires an old can, a pair of scissors, and a knife. Be careful and pay attention to his excellent instructions! Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to build a cook stove out of a tin can.
This how-to video uses the magic of stop motion to demonstrate a recipe and the techniques for making some good pancakes. The 5th of February is Pancake Day - make sure to celebrate it by cooking up a batch of pancakes, and trying some new toppings. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make some pancakes.
Watch this video series to learn how to make squid, prawns and scallops with bell peppers. This is a great authentic Chinese recipe that is easy to follow.
Learn how to measure cooking ingredients. Some home cooks approach cooking as an art form, a splash of this, a dash of that, and soon each culinary creation is deliciously unique. Bakers are more likely to appreciate the scientific side of cooking, relying on the careful measuring of ingredients to ensure consistent results every time they prepare a recipe. To measure cooking ingredients, you'll need a glass measuring cup for liquids, and a dry measure for powders.
Fish always taste better when its is fresh. One important part of being a great cook is knowing how to clean, fillet, and cook fresh fish. This cooking how-to video shows you how to catch, fillet and cook snappers. Cook up great snapper recipes.
If you want to go from a Rookie Cook to an All Star, you must understand the cooking terms. And if you think blanch is just a character from "The Golden Girls," then this episode is for you. Follow along with this cooking how to video to understand basic cooking terms.
Find out how to make bacon wrapped mashed potatoes and scallops in this free seafood recipe video series from our professional chef.
How to make beef stew; get expert tips and instruction for making delicious homemade soup recipes in this free cooking video series.
How to make a meat lasagna; get expert tips and instruction for making traditional Italian food recipes in this free cooking video series.
Learn how to make different kinds of crepes from our expert and professional chef in this free cooking video series on easy crepe recipes
Coq Au Vin is a traditional French dish originally made with rooster and wine. Our expert shows you how to make this unique recipe with chicken in this free cooking video series.
Learn recipes for steam cooking with tips and techniques for steaming vegetables, fish, chicken and more in this free how-to video series on steam cooking basics.
Interested in making Greek food but you don't know how? Start with Greek fish plaki! This free online cooking lesson about Greek food taught by an expert chef will have you on your way in no time.
Ingredients you'll need to make a traditional Turkish pasta, including noodles, cheese and other seasonings; learn this and more in this free online cooking video about ethnic and Turkish food taught by an expert chef.
Learn about cooking chorizo and potato enchiladas with expert cooking tips in this free Mexican cuisine video clip.
How to make homemade fettuccine alfredo pasta and sauce; learn more about making traditional Italian food in this free cooking video series.
Learn how to cook using solar ovens. See how to cook eggs, peach cobbler cake, rice and dishes the solarcookingnut makes on a typical day.
In this series of video clips expert Louis Ortiz shows you the basics of cooking fish. He offers three easy fish recipes, demonstrating how to prepare and cook Seared Salmon fillets, how to fry farm-raised catfish, and how to make fish stock.
So many cooking shows focus on how to perfect food - preparation, cooking, and presentation. But often, so much attention and focus goes into the food itself that the utensils which produce the food, like pans, spatulas, and thermometors, get almost no attention at all.
This video teaches individuals how to cook classic grilled chicken using a BBQ pit. The first step is to begin mixing one cup of vegetable oil and two cups of vinegar. The next step is to add your favorite chicken rub and mix it all together with a pinch of pepper. The instructor marinates his chicken for four hours before cooking. The next step is to put the marinated chicken into the BBQ pit grill to begin cooking. The instructor notes it only takes about 10min to seer both sides of the chi...
Ingredients for Hiyashi Chuka (serves 2)