The 20 Best Kitchen Hacks From Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy Teigen knows her sh*t. She came out with her first cookbook, Cravings, last April, but she's been sharing her recipes on her blog, So Delushious, and Instagram for a long time, and not only with laugh-out-loud sassy descriptions but also with expert-level tips. Keep reading to find 20 cooking tips from her Instagram that we can all apply in the kitchen, from perfecting crispy roasted potatoes to making carbonara pasta even better.

01

Boil your egg for 6 minutes for the perfect consistency.

02

Toss pasta in a parmesan cheese wheel — it's so good it makes Chrissy emotional.

03

When roasting potatoes, heat the olive oil in a pan before pouring onto the potatoes.

04

Combine pork and shrimp for the best-tasting dumpling soup.

05

Cut up zucchini and coat it in panko breadcrumbs for guilt-free "fries."

06

Add extra pepper to your carbonara sauce to make it more like cacio e pepe.

08

Get creamy, "cheesy" scrambled eggs without using cheese by adding a splash of heavy cream.

09

Hosting a dinner party? Make stuffed peppers.

10

Use all dark meat for the most flavorful chicken.

11

Don't cook salmon skin side down — cook it in a glaze and then crisp up the skin in the broiler.

12

Use hot dogs instead of ham in split pea soup — yep, really.

13

To get the perfect sear, leave scallops alone in a hot pan for 3-5 minutes before flipping them.

15

Add pancetta to chicken pot pie to give it an extra layer of flavor.

16

Make lightened-up mashed "potatoes" with cauliflower.

17

Need to use up random ingredients in your fridge? Make pasta.

18

Cook fish in rosemary-infused butter.

19

Make guacamole even better by mixing in cheddar cheese.

20

Add whole-grain mustard to roasted potatoes for more flavor.