Preparing a home cooked meal for a family is a ton of work. Thankfully, a good kitchen appliance is a home chef’s best friend. Why should we do all that manual labor if an appliance can do it twice as well in half the time? Keep in mind we are not counting the dishwasher and coffeemaker in this list of the 10 basic kitchen appliances every family needs. By golly, both of those appliances should come automatically with every kitchen ever constructed because I do not know what I do without them. Literally. Instead, this is a list of the ten basic kitchen appliances every kitchen needs to get you up and running to cook a decent meal in lightning speed (er…well at least a little faster than if you were to do everything by hand).
SLOW COOKER
Sometimes referred to as a as a crock-pot, the slow cooker is a countertop kitchen appliance that is used to simmer foods at a low temperature for a preset amount of time. Slow cookers are a fantastic kitchen appliance because they can be set on a countertop and left alone to cook for several hours while you’re at work or running errands with the kids. Electric slow cookers take the place of the heavy enameled cast iron Dutch ovens that must be watched while cooking on the stovetop. Plus, they help keep the oven and stovetop off, so it keeps the kitchen cooler.
Check out our easy slow cooker chicken tortilla soup recipe and our slow cooker chicken teriyaki on Zulily’s The Find.
RICE COOKER
I can honestly say that cooking for my family came to a monumental new level the day I finally bought a rice cooker. I no longer had to guestimate the amount of water versus dry rice to cook…..
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