The skirt steak is one of the most underrated cuts of beef on the market. And given its versatility and attractive beefy flavor, it has an astounding quality-price ratio. Part of what has been holding the skirt steak back is the lack of knowledge around it. After all, this is not a popular steak, especially if compared to rib-eyes and ...

Potato starch is, fittingly, a form of carbohydrate starch extracted from the tuberous outgrowths of the potato plant.  Primarily used in baking and cooking so as to facilitate a variety of functions usually related to the texture and consistency of a recipe, potato starch is among one of the most commonly utilized ingredients in most commercial kitchens or bakeries owing ...

Traditional chili often incorporates some sort of beans into its ingredient list, both to add significant volume and to bolster the relatively savory flavor profile of the dish. The particular type of beans preferred both by modern recipes and tradition is that of the kidney bean, of which is often boiled or stewed in some way prior to its incorporation ...

Oftentimes confused for a berry due to its appearance and name, juniper berries are in fact a type of plant outgrowth called cones. Juniper berries are primarily utilized in the flavoring of alcoholic beverages like gin, as well as occasionally used as a spice in certain types of cuisines, though their utilization has so far been primarily seen in northern ...

White balsamic vinegar is an extremely popular type of balsamic vinegar primarily used as a recipe ingredient or dressing in a variety of dishes that cannot ordinarily incorporate the more common types of balsamic vinegar. White balsamic vinegar is said to impart a softly sweet flavor alongside an expected acidity that is quite common in most kinds of vinegar.  Unlike ...

A primarily English condiment, red currant jelly is a sweet and somewhat tart sauce produced from its namesake redcurrant berries, though occasionally incorporating other ingredients such as wine, mustard or even certain types of onion variants. Red currant jelly is usually used as a side dish when paired alongside such cuts of meat like lamb or game meats, wherein its ...

Peanut oil, otherwise known as groundnut oil, is a multipurpose lipid product fittingly produced from peanuts, whether in their roasted form or raw. The particular nature of the peanuts, their age, and whether they have been roasted prior to being turned to oil will all affect the taste and appearance of the end product peanut oil. However, due to allergies, ...

The pork belly cut of meat is considered one of the most tender and flavorful cuts of meat taken from a pig, with a distinctly fatty underbelly, tender muscle and an occasionally crispy or chewy outer skin, depending on the exact method used during its cooking. However, due to this popularity or for other reasons like religious and ethical beliefs, ...

Rice malt syrup, otherwise known as brown rice malt is a thick and viscous fluid primarily used as a sweetener in the culinary arts. Rice malt syrup is, much like its namesake, produced by the cooking of rice starch before subsequent processing so as to distill the remaining sugars found therein. Rice malt syrup has a variety of uses, whether ...

Originating from Mexico and primarily used in Mexican cuisine, the serrano pepper is a spicy chili pepper with an approximate scoville scale rating of 10,000 to 23,000, making individual batches of serrano peppers highly variable in their relative spiciness. Occasionally compared to other types of peppers such as the jalapeno pepper, the serrano pepper is usually consumed in its uncooked ...