Cast Iron Patina vs Seasoning

Seasoning means a few things in Cast-Iron cooking. It can mean the Verb To Season, or the act of seasoning your pan, which can be as simple as wiping the surface of the cast-iron with oil and walking away. The oil coating can be called a seasoning, as a noun. This prevents rust, but not …

Food Safety in Cooking & Reheating

Contrary to popular belief, even amongst accomplished Chefs, reheating food to 165 after cooking & holding for service does not make the food safe to eat in the same way cooking from a raw state may. Cooking Raw meat to the recommended internal temperatures kills most bacteria. I will say that the recent update to …

Three of my own Reverse Smoker Designs

Here are 3 of my own Reverse Smoker Designs. I just doodled these rather quickly on my phone just to get them down. A bit sloppy as it was just for me, but thought I'd share them as-is. #1 - On the Top Left, we have a fire box on the bottom right for Hot …

Properly Seasoned Carbon Steel

There seems to be quite a common misconception confusing unseasoned Carbon Steel for Seasoned, I'd like to try and clear this up and give a comprehensive understanding of Carbon Steel. Carbon Steel is prone to rust easier than probably any other form Steel & Iron around. It is manufactured, then immediately coated with Paraffin or …

Cookbook Chinese – Ingredient & Recipe Translation

Here is my Vocabulary Translation List of Cookbook Chinese, for the most common things found in cookbooks. It's good for Chinese wanting to translate their Recipes into English, or for English Speakers to learn Chinese cooking. It's a small part of all the things found in Chinese cooking, and I'll add to this list as …

The Best & Worst Pots & Pans – Materials, Safety, Selection, Kitchen Needs & Capability – A 2021 Buyer’s Guide

As a Professional Chef for 30 years, being a health-conscious Chef for most of it, and now Vegan Chef for the last few years, I've tried most pans generally available on the market. I've used Non-stick Pans in Commercial Kitchens, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Copper, Carbon Steel, Cast-Iron, etc, and have used Ceramic, Glass, Diamond, Titanium, …

Instant Vortex Plus 7-in-1 Airfryer Review & How-To

We had originally purchased the Instant Vortex 4-in-1 before I discovered this. We got this Instant Vortex Plus 7-in-1 instead and just sent the 4-in1 back to Amazon before even opening it through an easy drop off at Kohl's. They refund the money before they even send it to Amazon, we had it in just …

Using Your InstantPot for Sous Vide Vegetables

We have an IP-LUX60 V3 InstantPot, which is a very functional, high quality InstantPot, but not one of their more expensive ones. This InstantPot has 2 functions for open-Water, unpressurized Cooking. The first is Slow Cook, and the Second is Soup. For Sous Vide, set the InstantPot to Slow Cook, then hit the "Adjust" Button …

Kalani’s Hawaiian Granola

Preparation: Roasted Ingredients: Oats, rolled, or lightly-rolled like you find in some countries Chopped Macadamia Nuts ( or Cashews, Pecans, or Sliced Almonds) Desiccated Coconut, Shredded or Unsweetened Coconut Shredded Unsalted Sunflower Seeds, raw White Sesame Seeds, raw Wheat Germ Other Raw, Unsalted Seeds: Pumpkin, Flax, Hemp, etc. Liquid Mix: Ingredients: Real Maple Syrup with …

Organic Sour & Tart

Citric Acid - First extracted from Lemons. Resembles Salt, and is often called 'Sour Salt'.. It adds Sour without any flavor, and is used instead of Vinegar or Lemon Juice in many food and beverage productions Malic Acid - the source of Tartness. First extracted from Apples, extreme Tartness, used with or in place of …

Sweet Taro & Sago Dessert With Bananas – Filipino Cebuano Binignit / Ginataan

Ingredients: Taro Root 芋头 Orange Sweet Potato or Yam 番薯 Purple Sweet Potato 番薯 Cassava / Yuca 木薯 White Yam 淮山 Sugar Dash of Salt Sago 西米 Glutinous Rice Balls (Optional, added in with Sago) Greenish-Yellow Banana or Plantain, cut into rectangle pieces Coconut Milk Jackfruit 大树菠萝 Cut into Strips (Optional) Method: Choose 3 of …

Chef Kalani’s Vegan Hamburger Steak

For the Burger: Get whatever Vegan burger patty or sausage substitute you want which has a neutral flavor, and mash it up Or make your own: In an Instant Pot with Soyean, Job'sTears, Pearl Barley, Wheat Berries, Quinoa, and Millet, etc, Then add binder ingredients, such as some Lentils, some Rolled Oats, Rolled Rye, etc,. …

Vegan Barbecue Sauce Basics, Composition, Options, Variations & Theory

Tomato Tomato Sauce Pureed & Reduces Tomatoes or Tomato Paste+some water Roasted Tomatoes, pureed Organic Ketchup Vinegar Dark Vinegars Sweet Vinegars Fruit Vinegars, Rice Vinegars Malt Vinegars etc Balsamic Vinegars Wine Vinegars Infused Vinegars etc Sweetener Dark Brown Sugar Maltose Agave Molasses Maple Syrup Raw Sugar etc Robust Savory Liquids Store-branded Worcestershire Sauce Dark Soy …

Chef Kalani’s Batters & Coatings For the Wok; Batter & Coating Theory etc..

On Batters for the Wok: Batter Basics Flours Wheat Flour Pastry Flour Bread Flour All-Purpose Flour Rice Flour Corn Flour Cornmeal Cornstarch Potato Starch Tapioca Starch Liquid Plant Milk Kombucha Ginger Beer Pineapple beer Soda Water Water Vegetable Broth Plant Yoghurt Mixed with other liquid above Coconut Cream Beer Fat Vegetable / Cooking Oil Olive …

Vegan Sausage Basic Information

Binders Egg Replacers Wheat Flour Rice Flour Cornstarch Potato Starch Tapioca Starch Wheat Starch Potato Starch, Sweet Potato Starch Soybean Flour Chickpea Flour Mung Bean Flour Tofu Soy Protein Powder Cooked White Rice Cooked Brown Rice Cooked Wild Rice Cooked Pilaf / Mexican Rice / Paella Rice Bread Crumbs Dry Soy Milk Powder Dry Soy …

Chef Kalani’s Homemade French Fries & Chips

French Fries, also known as "French-Cut Potato Fries", or "French-Fried Potatoes", are often referred to as "Chips" in Great Britain, due to the difference in cutting styles British use random cuts with their knives to cut approximately similar shapes from the potato before frying and serving them The French use their own "batonnet" or "alumette" …

Curries – Curry Types, Curry Theory, Regional Variations, Procedures, etc…

There are 4 Main Types of Curries: Thai Curry Japanese Curry Indian Curry Variations of the Above Other Types of Curries: Korean Malaysian Vietnamese Indonesian Chinese Laos Khmer Burmese Philippine Nepalese Bangladeshi Sri Lankan Pakistani/ Balti Afghani West Indies British / Western-Style Curry Overview: Curry is used to describe a dish of meat, poultry, seafood, …

My Homemade Vegan Mayonnaise & Various Salad Dressings

Things you will need: Blender or Submersible Blender Ingredients: Aquafaba from Chickpeas Clean Neutral Oil Procedure: Bring all Ingredients to Room Temperature Put the Aquafaba into a blender, or in a flat-bottomed, straight-sided cylindrical glass, ceramic, or steel, container if using a Submersible Blender Add a few drops of Vinegar or Choice to the Aquafaba …

Bread Basics – Flour, Gluten, Leavening, Baking Theory, Procedure, Methods, etc

Flour: White Flour is milled from wheat kernels after the outer protective bran shell covering and the germ (the new wheat embryo) have been removed, leaving only the Endo-sperm, which is mostly Starch and Protein, and otherwise serves as food for New Wheat Germ Embryos White Wheat Flour contains 63-73% Starch and 7-15% Protein, the …

Cooking Measurements Reference & Conversions Chart

I made this a long time ago, when I was trying to translate & reproduce foreign recipes with the highest degree of fidelity For Reference Only - its always best to check your own ingredients, and go with Flavor and your own Taste Preferences Dry Goods All-Purpose Flour and Confectioners' Sugar Cups     Grams   Ounces …