- Everyone — even chefs — make mistakes in the kitchen.
- We gathered up some of the most common blunders.
- Examples include cooking meat straight from the refrigerator, crowding your pan, boiling instead of simmering, and not using enough water to boil your pasta.
No matter if you're a professional or an amateur, everyone makes mistakes in the kitchen.
We gathered up some of the most common cooking blunders, based both on this infographic and our own research.
Whether it's overseasoning or overcrowding the pan, chances are that if you cook you've made most of these mistakes at least once.
Keep scrolling to see some of the blunders that could be sabotaging your home-cooked meals.
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You're using the wrong oil
Extra virgin olive oil works well for cooking many things, but not everything. If you're cooking something that requires particularly high heat, you're better off using a different oil, since EVOO has a low smoke point — i.e. it starts to burn at a low temperature.
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You're cooking meat that's not at room temperature
Meat that's at room temperature will cook more evenly than meat that's coming straight out of the fridge. It's best to let meat warm up for about 30 minutes before cooking it to ensure that all parts of it cook all the way through.
You're not using enough water when boiling pasta
Are your noodles sticking together? Contrary to popular belief, adding olive oil to your water won't help.
What will help is making sure you're cooking your noodles in plenty of water — probably more than you think you need. For every pound of pasta you cook, you should use about five quarts of water.
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