HOW TO COOK USING A PRESSURE COOKER

Having a pressure cooker really makes the cooking easier. But many of us does not know how to cook using a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers are made to make a hard meat for stew soft and tender for cooking. Usually beef, pork bones and pork legs are just some of the goodies that are cooked using the pressure cooker. This is the correct steps in using a pressure cooker:

1. Clean up the pressure cooker. Usually a pressure cooker has a rubber, a basin plate and a pounder, the one you put on top and makes the sound when it boils.
2. Chop the meat that you want to cook using the pressure cooker. 
3. Place the meat inside the pressure cooker, make sure that the rubber is place on the cover of the pressure cooker. Cover the pressure cooker.
4. place the pounder on top of the pressure cooker.
5. Set the heat gradually. The counting of the minutes usually starts when the pressure cooker starts making the pounding sounds.
6. Usually it would take around 30-45 minutes to cook a hard meat.
7. Never remove the pounder or open the pressure cooker when it is still hot. It would really cause you a lot of trouble and even injury.
8. Place the pressure cooker under the faucet and slowly open the valve to easy the hotness of the pressure cooker.
9. Slowly remove the pounder and open the pressure cooker for the meat that you are cooking.

Having a pressure cooker is really a big help and you can use it for your cooking. 

THINGS TO DO BEFORE STARTING TO COOK

Many people love to cook and they usually end up desperate. It is because they don't prepare the things to be cook. As a chef, here are my tips before starting to cook:

1. Make sure that your ingredients are already prepared.
2. Make sure that the kitchen is clean and conducive to cooking.
3. It would be best that spices be prepared in serving plate so that cooking will be fast and easy.
4. Make sure that the pan or frying pan is ready and clean.

With this tips, cooking will be easy and fast.

COOKING UNDER TIME PRESSURE

It's already 11 am and my assistant chef is nowhere to be found. I got a text from her informing me that she could not make it in the morning because she was not feeling well. What can I do, this leave me no option but to do her task in the cooking. I am not angry towards her I understand her situation. 

The restaurant usually opens at 11:30 am, in preparation for the lunch time. For today's menu, I have lined up  12 dishes. This is the first time that I am cooking alone without an assistant chef to assist me. This is cooking under pressure. Just for the start, I received 10 orders immediately and more orders are coming. My attendants informed me that the are already many customers waiting outside. This is really new for me. I must do this alone and I must. My restaurant's reputation is vital to it's success and I cannot afford to lose it.

Well my chef skills are now being tested and I know I can conquer this. Let's start the cooking process!