The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

KNIFE SKILLS: Trimming Chuck Chuck is a versatile and inexpensive muscle, but it’s also got a lot of big swath ...

ROTATE THE ROAST until you find its major seam (depending on exactly what part of the chuck you ...

ONCE YOU’VE SEPARATED the chuck into single large-muscle groups, all of the fat and connecti ...

REAL TEXAS CHILI CON CARNE Serve with grated cheese, sour cream, chopped onions, chopped scallions, sli ...

excess fat and cut into 2-inch chunks Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 ...

can be cooked in a 200° to 250°F oven with the lid of the Dutch oven slightly ajar.) Season the li ...

CHILE VERDE We all know that chili is thick, rich, spicy, meaty, complex, and red, right? But what abo ...

your door, no matter where you live. The internet is rife with Hatch chile distributors, promising to ...

light a fire in an outdoor grill and roast your chiles over the glowing embers until completely blackene ...

of the same family as tomatoes (though completely different from unripe green tomatoes), it’s actually m ...

The Pork Red chili is all about beef, but with green chili, pork is king. I tried a few different cuts, ...

afterward. With shoulder, that’s a little more difficult—you basically have to dismantle the whole t ...

cook at the same rate from beginning to end. For these reasons, it’s better to use the ...

Now we all know that water boils at 212°F, right? But, interestingly enough, even in a 250°F oven, ...

With the lid closed, the liquid inside the pot hovers around boiling temperature, sometimes ...

graph has to go and sneak its way into the works. Graphs are always doing that to me. My apologies. (It is T ...

CHILE VERDE WITH PORK Serve with diced onions, sour cream, grated cheese, chopped cilantro, and lim ...

2 pounds tomatillos (about 15 medium), husks removed, rinsed, and patted dry 6 cloves garlic, not peeled 2 jala ...

10 minutes. Transfer to the food processor, along with any juices. Add half of the cilantro and pulse ...

EASY HAM, BEAN, AND KALE STEW Once I realized what a difference soaking beans in salted water over ...