How can i conduct cooking without ending up with a messed up kitchen ?

Answer 1

I was always taught that if you clean while your cooking then you wont have a mess when your done cooking. It works for me and I always clean while I'm cooking. Even if its just rinsing out dishes.

Answer 2

I do it by assigning everything a storage place. If you are doing a complicated recipe, try laying out all of the ingredients beforehand with small little dishes. Combine ingredients that can be combined in the same dish. Also try refining your cooking process for what to cook when. For example:

I have a Mexican dish I cook fairly regularly that has rice I have to boil, meat I have to brown, vegetables I have to cut up, vegetables I have to boil, and browned meat I have to mix with taco seasoning sauce. Let's just say it takes good timing. Timing is very important, so I layed it out so where the timing works out best. The rice takes about the longest so the first thing I do is start boiling the rice. While I'm boiling the rice, I start cutting up the vegetables. Once I'm through cutting up the vegetables or have X number of minutes left on the rice, I start browning the meat. By the time the meat and rice are done, I'm already finished with the vegetables. The finished rice goes to a large mixing pot, then the browned and drained off meat goes into the rice pot which gets water added and some taco meat seasoning added to it. Note that the rice pot was reused (less washing). Since the meat pan is now empty, I use it to sautee my cut up vegetables. The vegetables and meat finish up about the same time, then I add them to the mixing pot, add a little salsa and then I can use the mix for stuffed peppers or burritos, a taco salad or whatever. But by timing things right, I re-used two pots and pans and didnt' have it so that I'm racing all over the kitchen or reheating stuff.

One other thing I do is I put all of my spices up on a little rack over the top of the stove. It makes them easily accessible and also decorative.

When you write down recipes that take the right timing, write down the order of things on the back of the card.

Also when you write a recipe, sometimes it is good to adjust the recipe so things work out in even quantities. For instance, I adjusted my Chicken Bryan recipe to include two fresh squeezed lemons instead of a quarter cup of lemon juice. I get a tiny bit more lemon juice than a quarter cup, but I don't have extra I have to store or throw away and it still works the same. Same goes for onions. If it's not going to affect the taste too much try keeping it to a one small onion instead of x number of cups. Or with canned goods, try keeping it to a full can or package. That lets you throw away the can when it's done.

Answer 3

Be organized and do things simultaneously. If you are done using a spice or utensil the next free moment you get ( i.e. not ignoring what is on the burner) clean it up or place it in its proper place. This way you would be cleaning in bits and don't have a whole lot of cleaning when the cooking is all done.

Answer 4

I can't work in a messy kitchen.
Start w/ a clean and organized kitchen....then PUT stuff up after you USE IT!..... put all things dirty or used in the dishwasher or sink of hot soapy water to soak as you use it. You can wash these while waiting for things to cook.Put all seasonings or bottles up after you use them... put all boxes in the trash.
Then, as you are done with the cooking, your kitchen is clean!
Good luck!!

Answer 5

cleaning up as you go along helps a lot. wash the cutting board, knives, pans, etc... while you are cooking. then when you are done cooking, you won't have a mountain of pots, pans, etc. all at once.

Answer 6

Wash as you go, be orginized and if you can preplan your meals and have the ingredents ready to go when needed.

Answer 7

Simple: just don't spill anything, drop anything, or blow anything up, LOLZ. do one thing at a time, and be organized. Take things slower if you must.

Answer 8

fill your sink with hot soapy water and clean up as you are working.

Answer 9

CLEAN UP AS YOU GO ALONG