I have a pretty good kitchen tip today. And the funny thing is, I just learned it today.
I got a new widget on my sidebar. It's called chef's tips & each time my page is opened, a new tip is displayed. I try to remember to look at it each time I get online so I can learn any new tips.
I learned one today from this widget & here it is:
It said that to keep garlic from sticking to your knife when dicing it, spinkle it with a little salt first. I thought that sounded like a good tip & gave it a try today when making some sauce. It worked! I was mincing my garlic, so by the time I got done there was some garlic sticking to my knife. My first thought was that it really didn't work that well. Then about 20 minutes later I needed to mince up some more garlic for my meatballs. I did not salt the garlic & as usual it really stuck to my knife & my fingers. It really showed me the difference.
From now on I'll be salting my garlice before I dice or mince it!
It doesn't take much, not even a whole pinch of salt. I just used my shaker & salted it like I would salt something on my plate, which is definitely less than a pinch.
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6 comments:
I've heard that a little salt is also good for crushing it better.
Genius! I will be using this tip - thanks for sharing!
Did you know that salting bacon before you fry it helps keep it from splattering as much? I'm actually done this and it has worked, though I just try not to think about the whole salt on bacon thing. LOL
I've never heard of it, but I am cooking Chicken Alfredo tonight and have a lot of garlic to dice up, so I am definately going to try it.
I did try it last night. I had to cut up 3 garlic cloves and it worked. I just salted the knife while I was holding it, and when I cut the garlic, it didn't even cling to my fingers as it usually does. I am going to do this every time.
Stacey, I've never heard that about bacon before. The last time I fried bacon it popped me on the eye lid!
I'm glad that you found that it worked so well for you, Sandra.
The first time I tried it I was mincing my garlic really fine, & there near the end I thought it didn't work so much. But like I said, a few minutes later I chopped some more without using any salt & boy it sure stuck to my fingers like glue! LOL
I'll be using this trick from now on too. :)
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