Food Hacks How-Tos
How To: Clean & Disinfect Your Barbecue Grill Grate with an Onion
If you have an outdoor grill, you know what a pain they can be to clean, let alone disinfect. But there is a little trick to cleaning and disinfecting gas or charcoal grills. Watch this video for the quick solution.
How To: Poach an Egg in the Microwave
When you don't have time to do it the right way, here's a short-cut: poach an egg in the microwave, courtesy of The Kitchn. You Will Need:
How To: Poach a King Salmon in a Coffee Cup in Your Hotel Room
Staying at a hotel for business? You probably think that traveling means you can't cook, right? Wrong. There are lots of ways to make delicious dishes if you're inventive (and we're not just talking about heating things up in the microwave, guys and gals).
How To: Peel a Banana Like a Monkey
In this video, we learn how to open a banana like a monkey. First, take your banana and grasp it in your hand. Now, flip the banana upside down so you have the part without the stem. Push the bottom together at the tip until you see the banana in the skin.
How To: Colonel Sanders' KFC Recipe Revealed!
The Holy Grail of chicken has just been found by an unsuspecting reporter of the Chicago Tribune. Yes, that's right: The secret 11 herbs and spices in Colonel Sanders' Original Recipe chicken has finally been revealed, and it looks legit as hell.
How To: Make In-N-Out Burgers at Home
Here at WonderHowTo, we're fascinated with the art of fast food replication: McDonald's, White Castle, KFC, Taco Bell, and now Serious Eats brings us another American classic—the fabled In-N-Out burger. Those of us on the western side of the country are all too familiar with In-N-Out. Delicious fries. Fresh ingredients. The legendary secret menu.
How To: Turn Your Wok into a Food Smoker
Woks are good for more than just tossing Friday night's chow mien with beef and broccoli. In fact, you can use a wok to impart a deep and delicious flavor into foods through smoking. But how exactly do you smoke foods using a wok? Watch this video from CHOW to find out.
How To: Chill a Beer Ice Cold in Seconds with Ice & Salt
If you've just done a beer run for a party and come back with a bunch of beer that isn't cold, forget the bathtub, toilet tank, freezer or whatever method you use to quick-chill your brews and try this super easy fix instead.
How To: Keep Sliced Pears and Apples from Turning Brown
To prevent sliced fruits like apples and pears from oxidizing and turning brown before serving, start by juicing one lemon.
How To: Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Rip-Offs: Thin Mints, Samoas, & Tagalongs
CHOW presents a guide that may stir up a little competition for our nation's young Girl Scouts. Prefer homemade to preservatives? Then check out CHOW's spin on three classic Girl Scout cookie recipes below.
How To: Get More Juice Out of Lemons for Making Lemonade
Lemonade is the perfect summer drink, but you can go broke buying all of the lemons you will need to make a whole jug! In this tutorial, learn how to get the most from your lemons and juice every last bit of liquid out of them, with one easy step.
How To: Get More Juice Out of a Lemon
In this Food Network Video Bites episode, learn how to get the most juice out of a single lemon. The only tool you will you need to successfully do this is a microwave.
How To: Get More Juice from a Lemon (Roll vs. Microwave Methods)
Precious resources can be wasted if you do not have the knowledge necessary to get the most out of a fruit or vegetable.
How To: Extract Pomegranate Seeds More Easily by Making Precision Segment Slices
Hate the sticky mess of slicing into a pomegranate? Of course you do, but it doesn't have to be like that. By cutting off the top and making a few precision incisions down the outside, you can crack that sucker open and knock out all of those little arils into a bowl (or, just eat them straight out of the fruit).
How To: Prevent an avocado from browning
CHOW gives advice on how to prevent an avocado from browning. You might have noticed that an avocado, when it's cut, starts browning pretty rapidly. The best thing to prevent it from browning is red onion. Cut up a big red onion into chunks and put them in a bowl. Put the cut avocado in the bowl on top of the onions and cover. This works better than plastic wrap or lemon juice or any other method to keep the avocado from browning.
How To: Seed a Pomegranate the Easy Way
Don't know how to seed a pomegranate the easy way? Make a mess every time? It's okay, you're one of many—you're not alone. In this how-to from Food Wishes, learn a secret trick that's well known in the restaurant biz to get those seeds out easily.
How To: Use Mason Jars with a Blender
A mason jar is a great way to preserve your food, but did you know that you could use a mason jar with a blender?
How To: Vacuum Seal Food in a Ziplock Bag Using a Microwave
Vacuum seal your food without a vacuum machine. Use a microwave and a ziplock bag to make leftover food last longer. Watch this how to video to learn how simple it is to vacuum seal food.
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