25 Food Hacks Every Home Cook Should Know | Epicurious 101
In this edition of Epicurious 101, professional chef and culinary instructor Frank Proto shares 25 food hacks that will make you a faster, cleaner, and more confident home cook. From fruit and veg to reheating rice, organizing your kitchen, storing leftovers, and mastering simple chef techniques, these practical cooking tips will help you cook smarter every day.
00:00 Intro
00:06 Prep Hacks
03:16 Old Tool, New Tricks
04:48 Steam Hacks
05:46 Rice Hacks
08:02 Storage Hacks
10:16 Salad Hacks
11:59 Nut Hacks
12:44 Squeeze Bottle Hacks
13:36 Grill Hacks
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Yay, you're back! This is one of my favorite channels and I love the cooking hacks. I have learned some things!!!!
Wrap your serving spoon in cling film when you're serving mash potatoes. It will keep your spoon mash free and all into the plate.
Getting people to cut their wrists peeling mango is genius. Based on 6.2M subscribers the statistics say 115,412 horribly sliced wrists and 38.4 deaths.
1:21 maybe I’m a weirdo, but I just wash kiwis and eat them with the skin on… tons of nutrition in the skin and it adds a little flavor that I enjoy.
Chef, if that glass breaks under your hand, you'll sustain a life changing injury. A friend tried to put a candle in an empty wine bottle and severed tendons and ligaments. I really wouldn't push against a glass like that.
13:26 get something like a toothpick, put it in the dot and draw a little curve. Looks great.
Frank really out here dropping the term "Salad Fingers" like it's 2007 again!
Woah thank you!
If I have to hear that microwave whirring away for 20 minutes every time I want to make rice it would probably drive me nuts!
my party trick in college was opening bottles with a phone book
2:35 wasteful, imo. Just use a small towel….
Cool with everything… But rice in the microwave is a sacrilege. 😅
I use silicone hot pads to stabilize my cutting board.
I always carry a cheap lighter, so I'm also never without a bottle opener.
Rice or quinoa in a small pot takes around 12-15 minutes. Much less fussy than two long stints in the microwave, messing with plastic wrap, and 5 more minutes afterward of resting!
Beyond those rice hacks, I liked your other hacks, thanks for the ideas.
FRANK, THE ABSOLUTE GOAT!!!
Can you do a video about religion based foods, like foods that different religions have, like Christianity, Muslim, Judaism, all those and more, please
I love these videos!
Not gonna lie the rice is stupid imo as it takes the same amount of time.
11:06 early internet jump scare IYKYK
I use a dirty dish or bowl for my cutting refuse, but giving it the term makes me one step closer to being an okay cook
Just say NO to PLASTIC in the Microwave. The same amount of time to cook rice on the stove than in microwave….no time saving, all you did was add plastic to your food! No thanks! I ran a commercial kitchen for 7 years…who would waste time peeling garlic gloves? You buy in bulk peeled.
I think I’m already a pro lol😅 using most of these somehow
Sorry Frank, “Salad Fingers” has been a thing for 20 years now, and it has nothing to do with salad.
Did somebody say Salad Fingers?
Salad fingers you say? Can I see your rustyyyy spooons??🤣🤣🤣
Wow. So many helpful tips. What a fantastic video. I learned so much! Thank you!
6:14 This method doesn't accomplish anything AND it needlessly uses plastic that will never decompose
Just get a rice cooker
I use ice cube trays to freeze grated ginger and ginger slices. I use a lot of ginger and this makes it so easy.
Fun video, thanks.
No need to peel kiwi, fyi.
I sprinted to the comments after he said Salad Fingers 😅
You gotta love how rice is both "perfectly cooked" at 6.41 and 7.25. The first looks like a gooey mess, the second seems fairly dry….
Cooking rice in a microwave for the same amount of time as a stove is…. better? Why not take the same amount of time, cook it normally on the stove in a pot and NOT use plastic for absolutely no reason.
Holy C*** : The first 60 seconds of this video changed my life !. Lets carry on with the second hack …
Use Dry Erase markers on you bags and plastic containers. Washes off in the dishwasher.
Adding engagement because these tips deserve more visibility!
I adore Chef Frank
This guys is goated
Loved these. The only one I wouldn't try is steaming your cheese on your burger. All the condensing steam made that burger so watery. Just cover it without steaming.
I see that microplastics are a part of your diet.
11:05 He can’t possibly know how much mental damage he has caused by mentioning “Salad Fingers” 😭😭
“We label everything”
*presents us with unlabeled squeeze bottles*
4:34 funny how that reminds me of doing a new trick with a lighter 🤣
Food hack. If you cook rice properly you don’t need to rehydrate it
So that's how you make steamed ham(burger)s!
Why does everybody have the exact same microplane?! Why is there only this one single microplane in the entire world?
I am begging Frank to google "salad fingers" lmao