6 Common Cooking Mistakes Everyone Has Made

1. Don’t wait for the meat to cool before cutting

This is a common cooking mistake that almost everyone makes, especially in busy days, you fry or boil the meat and then try to cut it as soon as possible. The sweet juice in the meat will flow out and the meat will become dry, no longer sweet. To keep the sweetness of the meat, you need to let the meat cool down a bit before cutting it into slices.

2. Using a dull knife

Sometimes you are too lazy or forget the simple step of sharpening your knife before using it, or occasionally you put the knife in a knife sharpener to make it sharper. But remember that dull knives often cause more accidents than sharp knives, because they are more prone to slipping when cutting or chopping food.

3. Putting wet food in the pan

This is the most common cooking mistake, you are lazy and don’t fully dry the food before putting it in the pan, causing the oil to splash and the food to not crispy.

4. Being lazy with seasoning

You may be too confident in your seasoning skills and think that the food will taste good even without seasoning! Don’t be careless, famous chefs always season whenever they can throughout the cooking process. To make your food taste better, don’t be lazy with seasoning!

5. Not reading the recipe carefully

Sometimes even a small mistake can ruin a delicious dish and a small tip can make your cooking much better, so reading the recipe carefully is something you can’t skip if you want to become a good cook.

6. Putting too much food in the pan

When stir-frying or frying, if you put too much food in the pan, the temperature of the pan will drop suddenly, causing your food to be unevenly cooked, not crispy but soggy.