Sauces & Dips How-Tos
How To: Prepare a versatile lemon sauce
Lemon sauce is very versatile. In this how to video Chef Paul explains how to make a lemon sauce from scratch. Use it for pork roasts, fruit sauces, bread puddings, or even pies. Watch and learn how easy it is to whip up a lemon sauce.
How To: Brown garlic butter
Have you ever read a recipe that asked for browned garlic butter? Let Chef Paul explain the preparation of a secret restaurant ingredient. Brown garlic butter is very easy to make. All you need is browned butter, parsley and garlic. Add a little glaze for a completely different sauce.
How To: Make fresh fruit sauces
It is a waste when fresh fruits go bad. In this how to video Chef Paul demonstrates how to make your own delicious fruit sauce. Use up fresh fruit you just bought or overripe fruit that has been sitting on your counter. Serve the fruity sauce over pancakes, waffles, ice cream or any other item of your choice.
How To: Make turkey pan gravy
No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without gravy. In this how to video Chef Paul shows you how to make turkey pan gravy. All you need for the turkey pan gravy is: flour, turkey drippings, stock and seasonings.
How To: Make five different homemade mayonnaise
Forget the store bought mayonnaise, make your own. In this how to video Chef Paul demonstrates how to make fresh mayonnaise at home. Watch and learn how to make a classic, spicy, garlic, bell pepper, and a onion flavored mayonnaise.
How To: Cook an Italian ragu meat sauce
Watch this how to video and learn how to cook up a classic Italian meat sauce. This ragu sauce recipe is very versatile and can be used as the base for many other sauces. Use this ragu sauce for cottage pie, spaghetti, or anything else you have in mind.
How To: Make an Italian pesto sauce
Watch this how to video and learn to make an Italian pesto sauce. Pesto sauce is perfect for any pasta dish. All you need to make this classic Italian sauce is basil, pine nuts, olive oil, pepper, garlic and fresh Parmesan cheese.
How To: Deep fry beer battered fish
Beer patter is perfect for deep frying just about anything. It is very simple to mix, all you need is two ingredients. Watch this how to video to find out how to make perfect batter for frying fish with beer and flour.
How To: Make straight forward bechamel sauce
Watch this how to video and find out how to make perfect white sauce with no lumps from UKTV Food. Bechamel is a basic white sauce often used as a base for other sauces. This French sauce is also a key ingredient in many other recipes, watch and learn how to prepare it.
How To: Make ghee (clarified butter)
Many people who have trouble with dairy can eat ghee because it lacks the milk solids that give rise to problems. Ghee has a distinct and delicious taste to add to your healthy dishes. Watch this how to video and learn how to make ghee in your own kitchen.
How To: Make a vinaigrette with preserved lemons
This lemon vinaigrette is a very simple yet tangy and tasty, it will keep in your fridge for a while. You can put it on just about anything. Watch this how to video to learn how to make a preserved lemon vinaigrette.
How To: Cook a Cajun style spaghetti sauce
Add a southern twist to a classic Italian spaghetti recipe. Watch this how to video as our Cajun Cooking TV host shows you how to cook up a Cajun style spaghetti sauce. To turn this recipe into a southern delicacy all you need is a Creole seasoning.
How To: Make teriyaki sauce from scratch
Store bought teriyaki sauce can be loaded with salt and weird artificial ingredients. Fortunately, teriyaki sauce is easy to make at home. You will need organic soy sauce, unrefined sugar, garlic, ginger, honey, and water. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make a fresh teriyaki sauce from scratch.
How To: Cook a sweet pepper relish
While sauces and relishes get a bad rap, if the ingredients are raw, all the nutrients are present, and pickled condiments can still have enzymes that will help digest food. This video cooking tutorial shows how to make a simple sweet pepper relish. You will need bell peppers, jalapeno, salt, sugar, and apple cider vinegar.
How To: Make a coconut peanut sauce
This great coconut peanut sauce goes well with spring rolls, noodles, or over chicken. You will need peanut, almond, or cashew butter, maple syrup, tamari soy sauce, brown rice vinegar, grated ginger root, hot pepper sesame oil, and coconut milk. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make a coconut peanut sauce.
How To: Make a ricotta fruit dip with your kids
Spend time in the kitchen with your kids and teach them to eat healthy. This how to video demonstrates how to make a ricotta fruit dips with your kids. All you need for this fruity ricotta dip is your favorite fruit, yogurt, and ricotta cheese.
How To: Blend a versatile tomato sauce
Knowing how to make tomato sauce is essential. Are you making pizza or preparing pasta? This how to video shows you how to combine tomatoes and other ingredients to make a versatile and tasteful tomato sauce. Enjoy!
How To: Blend Guy Kawasaki's famous teriyaki sauce
In this how to video Guy Kawasaki and startcooking.com team up to bring you this amazing BBQ marinade. Guy Kawasaki's famous teriyaki sauce is perfect for beef or chicken. You will be sure to impress your guests. Watch and learn how to make this delicous teriyaki sauce.
How To: Prepare delicious spinach and artichoke dip
This how to video shows you how to make a spinach and artichoke dip. This spinach and artichoke dip is a rich, and delicious dip that is easy to make, and sure to become one of your favorite recipes. Perfect as a dip or a side dish, it is just the thing for a potluck dinner or an hors d'œuvre party. Serve hot or cold with tortilla chips, bread sticks, or crackers and watch it quickly disappear!
How To: Puree fresh garlic with olive oil
In this how to video Chef Jean-Pierre's garlic puree is a great flavor enhancer for any recipe requiring garlic. Use it as you would use minced raw garlic in pasta sauces, salsa, stews, stir fry etc. Be sure to refrigerate it, or freeze it, in a tightly sealed container.
How To: Make fresh pesto with basil and any type of nut
In this how to video Chef Jean Pierre's shares his recipe for pesto. Pesto is very versatile sauce and should be made to taste. Most basil pesto recipes call for pine nuts, but you can easily substitute walnuts, almonds, or any other nuts you may prefer. Be creative! The best thing is you can freeze it, so it is available whenever you need it.
How To: Prepare raw hummus and guacamole
Raw and vegan dishes often entail food that is unprocessed and uncooked. This how-to video will show you great raw recipes to make at home. Watch and learn how to prepare raw and vegan hummus and guacamole. All you need for these dip recipes is: shaved zucchini, tahini
How To: Prepare a fresh tomato and basil no-cook pasta sauce
Fresh tomato sauce recipes are quick, easy and delicious. In this how-to video, Rita Heikenfeld from AboutEating.com shows you how to use simple ingredients in this "no-cook" sauce. Tomatoes, basil, cheese and green onion give this sauce recipe is simple to make, but impressive to serve.
How To: Make and freeze pesto using fresh basil
Pesto recipes keep summer going all year long. Rita Heikenfeld, from AboutEating.com, had a bumper crop of basil this year. And one of her favorite ways to keep that basil on her table year round is this pesto recipe for the freezer. Pair this basil pesto recipe with pasta for a fresh and delicious dish that will keep you thinking of your garden all year round. Watch this how to video and learn how easy it is to make homemade pesto with fresh basil. All you need is basil, olive oil, garlic, p...
How To: Make Mexican guacamole with fresh avocados
Watch as this how-to video shows you how to make the perfect guacamole chip dip in 30 seconds. For this Mexican guacamole recipe you need avocados, onions, jalepeno chili, lemon juice, coriander, salt and pepper. Mix the avocados until creamy and enjoy.
How To: Make a white and brown roux sauce base
Learn to make a white and brown roux with Professional Chef Gerald Hirigoyen. Roux is a great thickening base for sauces; just add your own flavorings or seasonings. Learn how to make a white and brown roux sauce by watching this video cooking tutorial.
How To: Make a Thai marinade
This Thai inspired marinade is great for chicken strips, and shrimp just before cooking on the grill or BBQ. Peanut, coconut, and hot sauce flavor this great marinade sauce. Learn how to make a Thai marinade by watching this video cooking tutorial.
How To: Make fresh Mexican salsa dip
A fresh tomato, purple onion, cilantro, lemon and jalapeno salsa can spicy up any dish. Watch this how to video and learn the step by step directions to make a quick and easy salsa. Let Bon Appetite magazine show you how to cook like a pro. Make fresh Mexican salsa dip.
How To: Make a basic bechamel sauce with Bon Appetite
Watch this how to video and let Bon Appetit Magazine show you how to make a basic French bechamel sauce. Bechamel is a basic white sauce often used as a base for other sauces. This French sauce is also a key ingredient in many other recipes, watch and learn how to prepare it with the help of Bon Appetite Magazine.
How To: Make Indian C yogurt chutney
This simple chutney (or Raita for some) is a dish that is packed with flavor, texture and color and and many more pleasant surprises along the way. A perfect compliment to tomato rice, khichadi, any pulao or for that matter any rice dish. Enjoy the crunch in your food! Watch this how to video to learn more about the C-chutney.
How To: Cook Indian style tomato chutney
Try this delicious recipe for tomato chutney, Indian style. Watch this how-to video and learn how simple it is to make. It goes great with just about any Indian recipe you make.
How To: Make masala in bulk for Indian recipes
Every few months I get together with a friend and we have a ‘masala making session’! We spilt the cost of the materials, the work load and then, split the masala. It takes a few hours but once it’s done, cooking is just so easy and so fast. All you have to do is add in the veggies or the meats and cook. Watch this how to video to learn how to make large quantities of masala sauce for all your Indian recipes.
How To: Cook Indian spinach raita with yogurt
Spinach raita is yet another tasty way to prepare the ever popular green vegetable. Spinach is a rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, tocopherol, vitamin E, vitamin K and magnesium. It also contains several vital antioxidantS and folic acid. Watch this How-to video and try this spinach and yogurt combo with rice or chapattis. It’s a perfect accompaniment to any meal.
How To: Make homemade Indian yogurt (dahi)
Homemade yogurt is so simple to make that you’ll wonder why you haven’t made it before. Watch this how-to video and try this recipe. You will agree that Indian style homemade yogurt has a delicious flavor that is very different from store bought ones, not to mention how much cheaper it is to make versus buying.
How To: Prepare cilantro and mint raita dip for Indian food
The cilantro and mint combination can be very addictive, full of flavor and freshness. Try this cilantro and mint raita and you’ll wonder if you are eating the raita with the biryani or the biryani with the raita. Watch this-how to video to learn how to make Indian Style cilantro and mint raita dip.
How To: Make a homemade tomato sauce with canned tomatoes
This how-to video shows you how to make a versatile tomato sauce that works great with any recipe. It is a foundation sauce that you can freeze and store in your fridge to use the next time you cook. Watch and learn how to make this this homemade tomato sauce.
How To: Make a fresh guacamole
Guacamole is one of the most popular avocado recipes. It's one of the most beloved Mexican recipes in California and around the globe. Chef Jason Hill of Chef Tips shares this easy guacamole recipe explains how to make the best guacamole dip ever. Feel free to add a couple cloves of crushed garlic to make it really authentic! The ingredients are avocado, tomato, cilantro, green onion, jalapeno, and lime. Learn how to prepare this avocado guacamole recipe by watching this video sauce-cooking t...
How To: Make a white sauce for fish tacos
Next time you grill up our fish taco recipe, try it with this fish taco white sauce. Chef Jason Hill shows you how to make this delicious, easy condiment. The ingredients are mayonnaise, yogurt, chipotle hot sauce, and lime juice. Learn how to prepare this white sauce recipe by watching this video cooking tutorial.
How To: Make an multi-purpose lemon herb marinade
This wonderful all purpose marinade uses lemon, garlic, and olive oil for its base. It is perfect for marinating any type of seafood, such as shrimp scampi and works great as a base for grilled Mahi Mahi or your favorite tilapia fish recipes. Use it on chicken or pork to brighten up the flavors while grilling. Just soak your meat of choice in the marinade for 30 minutes and prepare as desired. You'll find this an indispensable recipe in your kitchen. The ingredients are lemon, cilantro, garli...
How To: Make salsa with 7 simple ingredients
Chef Jason Hill shares an authentic Mexican salsa recipe using 7 simple ingredients: cilantro, jalapenos, kosher salt, garlic, lime, onion, and of course, tomatoes. Your friends will BEG you for this recipe! Learn how to prepare this salsa by watching and following along with this video cooking tutorial.