Onions in cooking are used in raw, boiled, fried, pickled and salted types. Although to preserve all the useful properties, minimal thermal exposure is recommended. Onions can be both a flavor seasoning for the main dish (and it is combined with meat, fish, rice, potatoes, flour products, cottage cheese, and other vegetables), and the basis of the recipe. Many national cuisines have their own “branded” culinary products, in which onions can be called a key ingredient: French onion soup, British onion pie, etc. There are some culinary tricks that will allow you to cook this product (or a dish based on it) as tasty as possible: If you add a little granulated sugar to the oil during frying, the onions will brown better. So that the chopped onion does not burn during sauteing, before sending it to the frying pan, you should roll the “straw” in flour. Then it will simply acquire a reddish hue. Onions can be added to minced meat not only to improve the taste, but also to extend the shelf life of the meat part. To get rid of onion bitterness in the manufacture of salads, raw onions are slightly scalded with boiling water, and hands and knife are smeared with wet salt.
When choosing onions, preference should be given to dense clean heads, without damage, holes and stains. The sweetness-bitterness of a vegetable depends not only on the variety, but also on the length of daylight in the place of cultivation (southern onions are considered sweeter), the mineral content of the soil, the softness of the climate, the abundance of precipitation, etc. For example, with a large amount of annual precipitation, sulfur is actively washed out of the soil, which creates prerequisites for growing a sweeter vegetable. However, in general, it is believed that white varieties have a stronger flavor and are better suited for filling pies, red and purple ones have a sweet taste and are well combined in salads and marinades, and the Spanish variety is softer and sweeter, as well as onions with yellow–brown husks are better suited for frying.
These juicy, spicy and full of flavors kebabs will not leave you indifferent, kebab in Persian “roast meat” is an Arabic dish, an oblong cutlet fried on a skewer. I decided to cook not quite a traditional kebab, as I used soy sauce, it turned out great kebabs.
Rice cooked according to this recipe turns out delicious, crumbly, tender, lush… and so you can continue indefinitely. If you don’t like dry rice, this recipe is for you. Now I cook rice just like that. Try it and you!!!
Two different dishes, two flavors. I suggest you cook this simple dish with me. The fish turned out to be spicy and fragrant, thanks to a mixture of Provencal herbs and lemon zest, rice and buckwheat gave a delicate sound to the dish.
I read about this dish on the Internet, but when I started cooking, I improvised.. it turned out so delicious that I couldn’t share it. There are similar ones on the site, but my casserole is different. I often cook pancakes, steak, potato pancakes with meat, etc., but this is the first time I cook this dish.
A very simple, fairly budget recipe that can be used to decorate both a festive table and a weekday morning with a cup of coffee. With wild mushrooms, of course, it tastes better, but it’s so good!
Rice that Mexican housewives cook at home. We can say that this is a simplified version of the famous Mexican rice in its restaurant version, when hot chili pepper, sweet pepper and corn are added to the rice. Delicious rice! The dish and side dish are just wonderful.
At the dacha, it’s a pity to waste time cooking everyday food, but no one canceled the meal, and rice with vegetables is a great option for dinner, for example. Delicious, hearty, flavorful, almost dietary, and if you use bags of boiled rice, it turns out very quickly anyway. To taste it?
Chicken and mushroom pie. Unexpected guests? Or do you want to cook something unusual, but at the same time 100% like everyone? I want to present you a very quick, easy and delicious pie. The ingredients for it will be found in every refrigerator.
The idea to cook this dish was suggested to me by my friend, for which I thank her very much! Interested, I looked for different recipes for this dish… and I realized that, knowing the principle, you can experiment endlessly, each time using a new set of products. Dedicated to lovers of Chinese cuisine…
A great alternative to cutlets with a side dish is large cutlets of fragrant rice stuffed with chicken meat! The option is quite low-calorie, you can say dietary, but the taste is reflected only in the positive qualities! Cook these burgers at least for dinner, lunch or breakfast – in any case, the family will be full and satisfied! It’s very tasty, with a crispy crust!