Kite - Confident Cooking: Learn to Cook the Easy way

ConfidentCooking Learnto Cook the Easy way By OliverKite Copyright 2015 Chameleon Candy. All rights reserved worldwide. No partof this book may be copied or sold.

Inthis book I will show you how to cook seven delicious healthy mealssuch as Mongolian beef, turkey chili, and chicken arrabiata. I alsogive you the knowledge needed to create your own unique meals. Thisbook is great for beginners and will also be useful to moreexperienced cooks.

My goal is to teach people how to cook in aintuitive and easy to remember way. Wewill start off talking about equipment and ingredients. Then I willgive tips on cooking side dishes. After a few more tips it's on toexplaining the 4 step cooking method. The 4 step cooking method isthe core of this book and is the key to cooking all the dishes. Afterthat it's on to the recipes.

Notice how they are all cooked using thesame steps. It's onlysome of the ingredients that change. After the recipes it's onto theunique meal creation section where I reveal how to create your ownunique dishes. Pleaseread all the sections in this book. Have fun and enjoy your food!

Itis important to have the right tools for the job and this goes forthe kitchen too. Youwill need a good sized non-stick frying pan around 28cm or 11.You want a heavy pan. Youwill need a good sized non-stick frying pan around 28cm or 11.You want a heavy pan.

Some light pans don't retain enough heat intheir base and won't cook at a high enough temperature. Heavier panstend to cost a bit more.

Youwill need a good sized sauce pan with a lid. I suggest getting anon-stick pan, but if you already have a pan that isn't non stickthat will do fine. Youwill need a good quality sharp knife for chopping meat andvegetables. Isuggest buying two chopping boards, one for meat and one forvegetables. Isuggest buying two chopping boards, one for meat and one forvegetables.

I recommend getting plastic or wooden boards.

Thiswill be used to drain side dishes like rice and pasta. Don'tbuy a metal one, it can damage your non-stick pans. Don'tbuy a metal one, it can damage your non-stick pans. Again,don't buy a metal one. Inthis section I will recommend ingredients you will need to make themeals in this book.

You don't need to buy all these items at once.Instead, try out a meal or two and build your ingredient collectionbit by bit.

Anyquick cooking meat is fine. That includes chicken, steak, pork andturkey, they all work well. You don't have to use the meat stated inthe recipe. For example, just because it says Mongolian beef, doesn'tmean you have to use beef. You could use chicken, pork, and etc.

Somebeef can take a long time to cook, so make sure you buy quick cookingbeef such as steak. I buy turkey a lot. It's very low in fat and isreally tasty too.

Youcan pretty much use any vegetables to make these dishes. Here is thelist of the vegetables I recommend that work well in all the dishes: Garlic Ginger Onions BellPepper Courgette(Zucchini) SpringOnion Carrots Potatoes(used as a side dish) Trya few recipes and build your ingredients bit by bit. To get started,you will need at least the first seven items on this list: Oil(I use olive oil, any cooking oil is fine) Cornflour Salt& Pepper MixedHerbs ChiliPowder or Flakes TinnedChopped Tomatoes TomatoPuree or Paste Vinegar(any vinegar is fine) SoySauce (Dark Soy Sauce is best for cooking Sugar CurryPowder, Paprika, Cumin BrownGravy Granules TinnedRed Kidney Beans Thereare so many great herbs and spices, experiment! Allof the food in this list are side dishes.

It's great to keep yourcupboards stocked with dried food. It lasts ages and is there whenyou need it. This list gives you a few ideas on what side dishes youcan use.

Thereare lots of different types of pasta so experiment and try as many asyou can, it keeps things interesting. Again,lots of different varieties to try. Youcan get flavored Couscous in packets. Youcan get flavored Couscous in packets.

It's low fat, tastes great, andis really quick to cook.

Likepasta there are lots of different types, so keep things interestingand try different types. Isuggest using a kitchen timer or a timer on a phone to let you knowwhen the stated cooking time has ended. Check packets for cookingtimes. Prepareand start cooking potatoes before you start cooking your main meal.Potatoes tend to take around twenty minutes to cook. If they havecooking instructions go by that.

Set your timer. Stab the potatoeswith a fork to test if they are done cooking. If they feel soft theyare done.

Isuggest to start cooking pasta halfway through the cooking of yourmain meal. Turn down the heat on your main meal. Be sure to stillstir from time to time.

Follow the instructions on the packet andstart cooking your pasta. Set your timer and get back to cooking yourmain meal. You want your pasta al dente, which means the pasta stillhas some bite. It has firmness and is not soggy.

Startcooking your rice before you start cooking your main meal. Follow theinstructions on the packet.

Set your timer. When the rice has cooked,drain the water. Put the rice back in the sauce pan and put the lidon. The rice will stay hot in the pan until you're ready to serve.

Cookthis when you have finished cooking your main meal. Follow theinstructions on the pack.

It's really easy and only takes 5 minutes.

Noodlescook quite quickly. Start cooking them after you have cooked yourmain meal. Thereis a simple technique you can use to work out how much ingredient toput into your meal. Chop your meat and vegetables. Make a pile ofmeat and a pile of vegetables enough to feed yourself.

Then if you'recooking for two or more people just make another set of piles forthem and so on depending on the amount of people. Therecipes in this book are worked out to feed two people. Iuse one to two cloves of garlic in each recipe. When using freshginger, I use a piece the size of a large garlic clove.

Aftereach recipe I will recommend how long to continue cooking the dish.You don't have to follow these recommendations. Your meal will beready to eat after you have flavored and seasoned the dish.

Just makesure in the Preparation step you cut the meat into thin strips orsmall cubes. This way the meat will cook through quickly.

Rememberyou can always turn the heat off, take a few minutes break, andresume cooking where you left off. Ifa sauce ever gets to thick just add some water and mix well. Inthis section I reveal the 4 step cooking method. The 4 steps are thesame for all of the dishes in this book, only some of the ingredientschange.

By learning one dish you are really learning them all. The 4steps can also be used to create your own unique dishes. The 4 stepsare:

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