7 Cooking Mistakes New Couples Make

Photo by: Antonis Achilleos / The Nest

The cooking goof: You botch the final step of a delicious piece of chicken or beef by wielding the carving knife the wrong way. "The biggest mistake you can make is to cut it right away or to do it right on the plate so all the juice pools," Parkhurst says.

Solution: Let the meat "rest" -- 10 minutes for larger cuts, 5 for smaller cuts. "That allows all the juices and flavor to reabsorb into the meat," ... more 

Photo by: Antonis Achilleos / The Nest

The cooking goof: You botch the final step of a delicious piece of chicken or beef by wielding the carving knife the wrong way. "The biggest mistake you can make is to cut it right away or to do it right on the plate so all the juice pools," Parkhurst says.

Solution: Let the meat "rest" -- 10 minutes for larger cuts, 5 for smaller cuts. "That allows all the juices and flavor to reabsorb into the meat," Parkhurst explains. Put the meat directly on a cooling rack so that air can circulate around the meat, and cut against the grain to tenderize the muscle fibers.
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