Learning to cook can be a challenging enterprise. There is a dizzying array of ingredients, techniques, and equipment you will find in recipes across the web. But you’ve got to start somewhere. Here are my top 5 kitchen tools for beginners that will help kick-start your culinary adventures.
Chicken and rice go together like peanut butter and jelly. Every cuisine has a version of this combo. This is the version I grew up with: an old-school Southern chicken and rice recipe.
Chicken stock is a crucial ingredient in numerous dishes, but I don’t always have it on hand. Sometimes, I don’t have time to make it from scratch either. A good alternative is chicken bouillon. It has a much longer shelf life than chicken stock, so you can always have it on hand for when you run out of stock.
One of my favorite side dishes growing up was my father’s fried potatoes. While the term fried potato might make one think of french fries, in the South it has a totally different meaning. These potatoes are not deep-fried, but they are no less addicting.
