Remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl of cold water ... Combine with the peeled shrimp. Add the red onion and celery and check the seasonings. Serve or cover and refrigerate for a few hours.

At Sydney's Red Lantern Vietnamese restaurants ... add the squid to the hot oil. Using a slotted spoon, remove and discard any bits of batter that rise to the surface. Cook for three minutes ...

Nigella Lawson won't 'apologise' for using one 'useful ingredient'. The television cook utilises jarred chargrilled peppers in her recipe for potato and pepper bake. Her method for the tray bake ...

Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a medium bowl. Increase heat to medium-high; add eggs to fat left in the skillet. Cook stirring frequently, until very little liquid eggs remain ...

Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a medium bowl. Increase heat to medium-high; add eggs to fat left in the skillet. Cook stirring frequently, until very little liquid eggs remain ...

or 10 minutes for firmer. Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon, place in a bowl and pop under running water. Once eggs are cool enough to handle, peel and cut into 4 wedges and pop to the side.

After two minutes, I retrieved the egg using a slotted spoon. The whites were solid, and the yolk was ideally runny. If you prefer a firmer yolk, I'd suggest cooking for an additional 30 seconds ...

Remove the lamb from the pot using a slotted spoon or skimmer and place it in a large bowl. Return the pot to the heat and simmer the remaining liquid until it reduces and forms a sauce.

Put the white fish, prawns, red curry paste, fish sauce and sugar ... Once cooked, use a metal slotted spoon to carefully remove the fishcakes and transfer onto kitchen paper to drain any excess ...