Top Kitchen Essential Tools For Home Cooks

I can't tell you how many questions I get from people asking me what my best

kitchen

tools

are and what they should buy. I'm going to walk you through my top 20

essential

kitchen

utensils with some added extras that every serious

home

cook should consider purchasing if they don't already have it sounds good, come on, the first one is of course the chef's knife, whether it's an 8 inch, 10 inch or even a 12 inch chef's knife, this is your workhorse, use it to chop, chop, slice, heck. You've even peeled it before getting a great chef's knife. It should cost you at least $100 and won't go up to $5 or $600.

Make sure you have a good one now to keep that thing sharp. two is going to be my steel this is what helps restore the edge of your knife if it starts to dull it will not create the edge but it will help restore it if it is already sharp never cut the tomato into slices or 5 or 6 it gets very boring, hit it a little bit on that steel, go back to the tomatoes and you'll be in good shape now is the sharpener, there are

essential

ly two, one is this manual sharpener that has a row and a fine tip that you just pull back with your knife so it's nice and sharpening the other is electric there are usually three different settings this is a great tool if you have a ton of knives that all come off and your steel can't help you try getting an electric knife sharpener you won't regret it.

I promise you. For the cutting board, there are a million different brands when it comes to cutting boards, but I like wood and really all I have is maple or walnut. and a good cutting board should last a long time and using wood has a lot of antibacterial materials which is fantastic but of course it's up to you to keep it clean keep it oiled it will last you forever and number five. is a tool that I probably use in almost everything I do and that is a sheet pan, this is a medium size sheet pan, you may have heard it called a cookie sheet.

I put things there to prepare. I put things there. when I'm done cooking I make them cookies put meat on them and put them in the oven you name it this is a workhorse get a medium size cookie sheet or a medium size sheet pan and it will last you a long time. If it gets a little dark, that beautiful patina doesn't make the pan any different, now it works exactly the same for that pan and for many things parchment paper. I never really use aluminum foil that often unless I can. To make some BBQ parchment paper I use it all the time and in any professional kitchen it is used all the time, often when cooked directly on a tray it can have a metallic taste, sometimes a metallic taste to help with the parchment paper. under whatever you're cooking in the trap tray and the best part is it makes it easier to clean, it helps brown whatever you're using and here's a bonus: you can also wrap it up so it becomes a piping bag . just like you see here and then you enter number seven.

I have a very large pot, this beast is 10 quarts, that's two and a half gallons, that's quite a lot, you can even go higher. I have some that are 10 gallons for things like broth, but this should be good enough for

home

use, you can bake bread in this, you can make soups and this broth in this, whatever, this thing is a beast, be sure that it has a lid now along with a large pot. a small pot, this is a nice medium sized sauce pot, it's eight inches in diameter, it's fantastic if you want to make smaller soups, obviously sauces work great or it's also a great frying pan if you want to reheat food in there, it's fantastic, the next one is probably one of those important things and that is a great pan, it doesn't matter if it's eight ten twelve or even 14 inches, you have to invest in a good pan.

I only use cast iron and stainless steel and here's why when pans or pots get hot they secrete any material so iron gets hot it secretes iron it's good for you stainless steel doesn't actually release that much but think about the aluminum Teflon when it gets hot, that's what you're putting in your body and there's no need to spend thousands of dollars on any of these pots or pans. I always say if you can learn to cook, you can cook on a hot rock, but take the time to do a little research, invest in some pants that can last. you forever now for number 10 a microplane this is yours Esther this is your very very fine grater you can make things like nutmeg here it is used so often in a professional kitchen that you won't believe it they are not very expensive and you can keep them pretty, nice and clean because things get stuck in there, they will last you a long time and with a fine grater comes a coarser grater.

This simple multi-sided grater is a fantastic tool to have in your kitchen, whether it's cheese or you need to shave something, whatever, also be careful, these are the things you can really cut your fingers on and it's not pretty, so be careful with this and now, for strainer number 12, I have quite a few different sizes. shapes of strainers some are finer others are not great for straining pasta steamed vegetables rinsing raw fruits or vegetables if they are fine enough you can run some sauces through it to strain out anything unwanted have at least one good strainer now number 13 a peeler super essential, obviously, you can peel all kinds of vegetables or fruits or even cheeses if you want them to be very fine.

I also like to shave vegetables, like an ice shaved vegetable salad, it is essential to have a good sharp peeler, now this is a Swiss style peeler, perhaps used as a normal manual type of peeler that works this way. Anyway, you use it up this way and get one you love, you'll be fine. It will last you forever Here we go for the next pliers, you definitely need a good set of pliers. I remember being in the restaurant industry where we said the left hand becomes the towel you're holding and the right hand becomes your tongs because I use them constantly to move things, nothing worse than things that can't turn because you lose the grip or maybe you have rubber ends on the end of those tongs and they burn.

Get a good pair of metal tweezers that you won't use. I'm sorry now, for number 15, we have a beater. I highly recommend getting a list of medals because some of those batters are super thick or the sauces are super thick and nothing worse than having a rubbery, sticky little whisk that's also perfect if you keep it. clean it it will last a long time there was a whisk I used to use in one of the restaurants that was 25 years old keep everything clean it will last a long time now next a wooden spoon if you want Italian you already have 50 B whether you are mixing sauces or soups , anything in a Potter pan is great to have and most of them are obviously fine, this is wood so keep it clean, don't put it in the dishwasher, scrub it by hand. let it dry now for this one, the rubber spatula, this is your money saver in the restaurant industry because you can get every last ingredient out of that pot or pan, save some money in your restaurant, but it's also a great tool for keep things really Clean, you can plate things with it because you can smooth things out, make them look really, really pretty, definitely invest in a really good rubber spatula and then we have a food processor.

I have learned to love them over the last 15 years. It's great. It saves you time, you can make vinaigrette sauces, you can even make pasta dough in a food processor. I love them. Never put them in the dishwasher, clean them by hand like I said with anything here, if you take good care of it, literally. Lasting forever until the next one may seem a little crazy, but they are spoons. I have a huge jar on my shoulder here. I use them to taste things, stir things and plate, you always see me plating and in slow motion and a lot of my videos the spoon is essential, some nice metal spoons, make sure you buy a lot of mine, I have them small, medium , large, but a lot of different sizes, obviously, keep them super clean, you'll be good to go and last but not least in my top 20 essentials.

Listing are mixing bowls. I like the last few bowls. I feel like they have a very neutral flavor and by that I mean if you ever have a big metal bowl and you use a whisk and you mix it together, all of a sudden you're tasting something like that. Glass bowls with a metallic or almost tin-like taste are great to prevent that from happening to you. Metal bowls are obviously essential if you use them in a double boiler, but any type of unbreakable bowl that's nice and thick like ours. It's going to be amazing now, obviously, you can see in all the video clips here that I use all of these things all the time in my recipes, but that's 20.

I'll give you 10 additional items that I use frequently and you should consider purchasing them starting with the knife number 21 saw obviously I make, cut and eat a ton of bread and not only is it good for slicing bread but it is also great for peeling large melons or even watermelons or even cutting cakes. What happens is the serrated edge will allow you to kind of saw something so it doesn't break, get a good serrated knife and another knife that I love, number 22, this is the paring knife, you may not need a peeler. , maybe you always want to perfect those cooking and knife cutting skills, so grab a paring knife and you can combine those potatoes with carrots, you can peel anything.

It's also good if you have a lot of small foods that you are cutting or need to place that knife in small areas, a good paring knife goes a long way, make sure you always keep it clean and for number 23 we have something called Xinhua which I often call chin. This is a very, very fine mesh strainer. It's really only great for stocks and sauces. It will make them beautiful because it will. Strain out any small unwanted particles that you don't want in your sauce, these can cost up to a hundred dollars which can again be a bit pricey.

I was always taught to never put your suit in the dishwasher, keep it clean by hand, let it dry. it will last you forever then i have the food mill this was the blender before the blender was the blender this is what you use to smoothen anything sauces soups whole peeled tomatoes you get from the can you want to smooth these are also crazy puree potatoes you like smooth mashed potatoes this is for you you will love it and then I have the stand mixer. Obviously I use this thing all the time, whether I'm making dough or doughs.

I mean, you can make anything in a stand mixer. Obviously, this KitchenAid has been around for a long time. You see, in a lot of my videos it can get expensive up to three hundred, even four or five, for some of the bigger ones, but it's a great investment if you love to bake, this will definitely be in your top 20 essentials or your shirt now for the next blenders I've been obsessed with blenders for the last five years probably because I drink a lot of smoothies but you can actually use a food blender a lot of the time as a replacement for a food processor it's great for pureeing sauces soups making smoothies obviously it's a Wonderful tool and you should definitely get a good one.

You have to spend some money on a good blender because it will last you a long time. I can't tell you how many cheap blenders I have. I've gotten over that thing that wasn't worth it and now I have one. I've had it for eight years now and it's been fantastic and for number 27 we have a pastry brush, this is great for spicing things up, it's great. to grease your food before you put it on the grill or vegetables, whether it's meat, it doesn't even matter, it's good for doing that, it's really great for plating anything and it's very delicate, the pastry brush is amazing and if you're a big rotisserie Obviously, this is a huge essential item, probably in your top 20.

I have three more, next up though is a thermometer. I used to be super super anti-thermometer, especially when I was in the restaurant industry because we did everything by touch and field. I knew this because we have a lot of practice, but if you are just starting out or even if you are not a good thermometer, it is essential to have it, it is great, especially if you cook a lot of meats or smoke a lot of meats outdoors. your smoker or barbecue tells you exactly what it is there is no way around it you want medium rare 125 or 130 is what I mean you have it ready you want to smoke that brisket you want to get to 204 boom hit it, it can even make bread, it's a great tool and, Honestly, this thermapen is by far the best I've ever seen.

Two more, here we go, the roller. I mean, I make a lot of pasta, you don't. You need a pasta roller. You've seen my video. You can do this by hand, but obviously this is great if you're making cookie buns. Whatever. A good roller should last a long time. Keep it clean, never in the dishwasher. get a good wooden one that will last forever and finally, for the last one, storage containers andpreparation, everyone has that cupboard where you open it and all the lids and all the containers fall out, none of them match, none of them fit, oh my goodness. frustrating, about 8, 7 or 8 years ago I thought: you know, I've had enough of this.

I'm going back to my roots and that's the restaurant industry. These are also known as deli or solo, they come in many different sizes. I have eight ounces, 16 ounces and 32 ounces, the good thing is that they are bpa free and they all have the same lid which is huge. When I make big meals, I make everything in these little containers or obviously put them away. You keep them in the refrigerator, they are gold, my friends and commissioners. I say it every week, even when it comes to kitchen utensils, you start putting these things in. If you practice and use them, you will be more efficient, not only is it better, cooking in general will make all your homemade food from scratch taste better , It is always.

I'm not setting anything up in slow motion, but you can take a look at all of these

tools

. I'll definitely put links to everything that I use in this video that you see all the time in my videos that you can kick around. I'll definitely put links below to everything that's here that I always use in my videos so you can watch it online right away. Better like this video, subscribe to my channel, watch the video. I use a lot of these tools there and I'll see you there.