SideChef 1.5.1

Cooking something new every day can be challenging, especially when you have no idea what to do next unless you actually crave for some specific dish. Having a trusty app on your phone can help save a lot of your time since you don’t have to waste a lot of time looking on a gazillion recipe sites.

Sidechef is a cool app that provides not only a long list of recipes you can follow, complete with instruction and photographs, but also extra help in getting things done.

The tool asks you if you’d like to sign in the app, which can be done with the help of Facebook’s social login feature, or with an email address. You can move on without taking this step, however, although some features will be locked away.

Find the right dish

The app divides the recipes into a lot of categories, including main dishes, sides, desserts and drinks. You can also check out your own feed, where you’ll see recipes from chefs you follow, or just go check out the chefs directly or look for recipes that are quick and easy to make.

Once you decide on a recipe you can just open it and slide left and right to go from one area to the next. First, you’ll find a short description, along with a list of ingredients, an estimated cooking time and how many people it would serve. Then, you’ll find the step-by-step overview, the user comments, and any photos they may have uploaded after taking a swing at the recipe.

When you want, you can just start cooking the recipe yourself by tapping the dedicated button in the bottom area. When you do this, the app starts going through the steps, displaying an accompanying image if any are available. When a timer is involved in that particular step you can tap to have it start and even check out a video of what needs to be done.

Vocal instructions

The voice overview that you can listen to telling you how to do things in that particular step can be turned on and off quite easily. What it helps with, however, is the fact that you can focus on the activity rather than stop to read the instructions.

The app’s settings area enables users to change the measurement units from US to metric, which means you’ll get the ones fit for your location so you don’t have to go scrambling to figure out how to convert them on your own. 

Add to watchlist:

GuidesFood & drinks

• Jamie's Recipes 3.1
• IMDb Movies & TV 5.0
• Cookpad Recipes 4.3
• Filibaba Smoothies 1.9

Portable version:

• SideChef for Android