Top Kitchen Essential Tools For Home Cooks

I can't tell you how many questions I get about people asking me what my top kitchen tools are and what they should get I'm gonna take you through my top 20 essential kitchen tools with a few bonus extras that every serious home cook should consider buying if they don't already have it sound good let's go the first one is of course the chef's knife whether it's 8 inches 10 inches or even a 12-inch chef's knife this is your workhorse use it for chopping cutting slicing heck I've even peeled with it before get yourself a great chef's knife it should cost you at least $100 and it won't go all the way up to 5 or 600 bucks make sure you've got a good one now to keep that thing sharp number two is going to be my steel this is what helps to bring your edge of your knife back if it starts to get dulled won't create the edge but it will help to bring it back if it's already sharp never slice the tomato or sliced 5 or 6 it goes really dull hit it on that steel a little bit go back to the tomatoes and you'll be in good shape now is the sharpener there are essentially two one is this hand sharpener that has a course and a fine that you simply pull back on with your knife to sort of make it nice and sharp the other one is an electric there's usually three different settings this is a great great tool to have if you have a ton of knives that get all off and your Steel can't help try to get an electric knife sharpener you will not regret it I promise you now for the cutting board there are a million different brands out there when it comes to cutting boards but I like wood and either maple or walnut is really all that I have and a good cutting board should last you a super long time and using wood has a lot of antibacterial materials in there which is awesome but of course it's up to you to keep it clean keep it oiled up it will last you forever and for number five it's a tool that I probably use in just about every single thing that I make and that's a sheet tray this is a half size sheet tray you may have heard it called a cookie sheet tray I put things on there for prep I put things on there when I'm done cooking I make cookies on them I put meat on them and put them in the oven you name it this is such a workhorse get a half size cookie sheet tray or half size sheet tray and it will last you a long time if it gets a little dark in color that's that beautiful patina doesn't make the pan any different it works the exact same now for that pan and for a lot of things parchment paper I don't ever really use foil that often unless I may be doing some barbecue parchment paper I use all the time and in any professional kitchen it is used all the time often when you cook directly on a sheet tray it can kind of have a metallic taste sometimes a tinny taste to help with that parchment paper goes underneath whatever it is you're cooking on the cheat tray and the best part about it is makes it easier to clean it helps brown up whatever you're using and here's a bonus you can also wrap it up and so it becomes a piping bag just like you see here and then coming in at number seven I've got a very large pot this beast is 10 quarts that's two and a half gallons that's quite a bit you can even go higher I've got some that are 10 gallons for things like stock but this should be good enough for your home usage you can bake bread in this you can make soups and this stocks in this you name it this thing is a beast make sure it does have a lid now along with a big pot comes a small pot this is a nice medium sized sauce pot it is eight inches in diameter it's fantastic if you want to make smaller soups obviously sauces work great or it's also a great pan if you want to reheat foods in there it's fantastic next is probably one of those important things and that is a great saute pan it doesn't matter if it's eight ten twelve or even 14 inches you have got to invest in a good saute pan I only use either cast iron and stainless steel and here's why when pans or pots get heated up they secrete whatever the materials are so iron gets hot it secretes iron it's good for you stainless actually doesn't really release that much but think about Teflon aluminum when those get hot that's what you're putting into your body and you don't need to spend thousands of dollars on any of these pots or pans I always say if you can learn how to cook you can cook on a hot rock but do take the time to do some research invest in some pants that they can last you forever now for number 10 a microplane this is yours Esther this is your very very fine grater you can do things like nutmeg on here it is used so frequently in a professional kitchen you won't believe it they're not very expensive and you can keep them nice and clean and cleaned out because stuff gets stuck in there it will last you a super long time and with a fine grater comes a more coarse 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 it is also be careful these are the things you can really cut your fingers on and it's not pretty so please be careful with this and now for number 12 the strainer I've got quite a few different sizes shapes of strainers some are more fine some aren't these are great to strain pastas steamed veggies rinsing off fruit or vegetables that are raw if it's fine enough you can run some sauces through there to strain any unwanted stuff in there have at least one good strainer now number 13 a peeler super essential obviously you can peel all sorts of vegetables or fruits or even cheese's if you want to get them nice and thin I like to shave vegetables too for like an ice shaved veggie salad it is essential to have a really nice sharp peeler now this one is a Swiss style peeler maybe used to just a regular sort of hand peeler that runs this way this you sort of run down in this sort of fashion regardless and get one that you love you'll be fine it'll last you forever here we go for the next one tongs you definitely need a good set of tongs I remember being in the restaurant industry where there we said the left hand becomes the towel you're holding and the right hand becomes your tongs because you're constantly using them moving things around nothing worse than things not being able to flip because you lose grip or perhaps you've got rubber ends on the end of those tongs and they burn up get a nice pair of metal tongs you won't regret it now for number 15 we've got a whisk I highly recommend getting a medal list because some of those batters are super thick or sauces are super thick and nothing worse than having a little rubber plasticky whisk that's just right also if you keep it clean it will last a very long time there was a whisk that I used to use back one of the restaurants that was 25 years old keep everything clean it will last you a super long time now to the next one a wooden spoon if you're Italian you've already got 50 B's whether you're mixing sauces or soups anything in a Potter pan it's great to have and most of them are obviously well this is wooden so keep it clean don't put 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 little ingredient out of that pot or pan save your restaurant some money but it's also a great tool to have to keep things really clean you can plate things up with it because you can smooth things out make them look really really pretty definitely invest in a really good rubber spatula and next we have a food processor I've learned to love these over the last 15 years such a great time-saver you can make vinaigrettes sauces you can even make pasta dough in a food processor I absolutely love them never put them in the dishwasher scrub them out by hand like I said with anything on here if you take good care of it it will literally last you forever now to the next one may seem a little crazy but it's spoons I have a huge jar over my shoulder here I use them to taste things to stir things to plate up you see me always plating up and slow mo and a lot of my videos the spoon is essential some nice metal spoons be sure to get a bunch of my got small medium large but a bunch of different sizes obviously keep them super clean you'll be good to go and last but not least in my top 20 essential list are mixing bowls I like the last bowls I feel like they're very neutral in flavor and by that I mean if you ever had a big metal bowl and use a wire whisk and you mix it in all sudden you're tasting sort of a metallic taste or almost like a tinny taste glass bowls are great for that to not have that happen to you metal bowls obviously are essential if you're using it as a double boiler but any sort of shatterproof Bowl that's nice and thick like we'll be awesome now obviously you can see from all the video clips in here that I use all these things all the dang time in my recipes but that's 20 I'm gonna give you 10 bonus items that I oftentimes use and you should consider purchasing starting with number 21 the serrated knife I obviously make and slice and eat a ton of bread and it's not only good for slicing bread but it's also great for peeling large melons or even watermelon or even slicing pies what happens is the serrated edge will allow you to kind of saw a thing so it doesn't smash down get a good serrated knife and another knife that I love number 22 here the paring knife you may not need a peeler maybe you always want to hone those cooking and knife cutting skills so grab a paring knife and you can pair away at those potatoes at carrots you can peel anything also it's good if you have a lot of little foods that you're cutting up or need to kind of get that knife in small areas a good paring knife goes a long way be sure to always keep it clean and for number 23 we have something called the Xinhua that I often call the chin oice this is a very very fine mesh strainer it's really only great for stocks and sauces it will make those beautiful because you will strain up any little unwanted particle that you do not want in your sauce these can be up to a hundred bucks that can be a little expensive again I was always taught to never run the suit a dishwasher keep it clean by hand let it dry it will last you forever next I've got the food mill this was the blender before the blender was the blender this is what you use to smooth out anything sauces soups whole peeled tomatoes that you get from the can you want to smooth out these also make insane mashed potatoes you like smooth mashed potatoes this is for you you will love it and next I've got the stand mixer I obviously use this thing all the time whether I'm making doze or batters I mean you can do anything in a stand mixer obviously this KitchenAid has been around for a long time you see then a lot of my videos it can get expensive to three hundred even four or five for some of the bigger ones but a great investment if you love baking this is definitely this will be in your top 20 essentials or shirt now for the next one blenders I have become obsessed with blenders in the last five years probably because I drink a lot of smoothies but you can actually use a food blender oftentimes in replacement of a food processor it's great to puree sauces soups make smoothies obviously it's such a wonderful tool and you definitely got to get a good one you have to spend some money on a good blender because it will last you a super long time I can't tell you how many cheap blenders I've blown through that weren't worth a dang thing and now I've got one I've already had it for eight years and it's been fantastic and for number 27 we have a pastry brush this is great to sauce things up this is great to oil up food before it goes on the grill or vegetables whether it's meat doesn't even matter it's good for doing that it's really great for plating up anything and being very delicate the pastry brush is awesome and if you're a big barbecue er this is obviously a huge essential probably in your top 20 I've got three more this next one 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 we just knew it cuz we have so much practice but if you're starting out or even if you're not a good thermometer is essential it is so so great to have especially if you cook a lot of meats or smoke a lot of meats outside on your smoker or barbeque it tells you exactly what it is there's no getting around it you want medium-rare 125 or 130 is what I mean you got it you're good to go you want to smoke that brisket you want to get to 204 boom stick it go it even can do bread it is a great tool to have and honestly this thermapen is by far the best one I've ever seen two more here we go the rolling pin I mean I make a ton of pasta you don't need a pasta roller you've seen my video you can do it by hand but obviously this is great if you're making biscuits scones you name it a good rolling pin should last you a super long time again keep it clean never in the dishwasher get a good wooden one last you forever and finally for the last one storage and prep containers everyone has that cupboard where you open it up and all the lids and all of the containers fall out none of them match none of them fit oh my gosh so frustrating so about 8 7 or 8 years ago I was like 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 delis or solos they come in a bunch of different sizes I have eight ounce 16 ounce and 32 ounces the great thing is they're bpa-free and they all have the same lid that is huge whenever I'm making big meals I prep everything out into these little containers or I obviously store them put them in the fridge these are just gold my friends and commis I say it every single week even when it comes to kitchen tools you start putting these things into practice and using them you come more efficient ain't just better overall cook will make all your homemade food from scratch tastes better it always does I'm not plating anything up in slow mo but you can have a look at all these tools I will absolutely put links to everything that I use in this video that you see all the time in my videos you can kick I will absolutely put links below to everything that's in here that I always use in my video so you can pick it up online immediately you better like this video subscribe to my channel check out the video I use a lot of these tools in there and I'll see you on there

Channel: Chef Billy Parisi

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Length: 14min 51sec (891 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 10 2020