Cutting Terms
To cut food into small uneven pieces
What is Chop?
To pour or spoon pan juices, melted fat, or sauces over the surface of a food during cooking, using a baster, cup, or spoon, to keep the food moist and add flavor.
What is Baste?
To combine two or more ingredients into one mass by stirring or beating them
What is Mix?
To cook in an oven with dry, hot air
What is Bake?
To cook food in hot liquid, 2120F, having bubbles that rise to and break on the surface of the liquid
What is Boil?
To cut food into very fine, uneven pieces.
What is to Mince?
To soak food in a cold, seasoned liquid, usually containing an acid, in order to add flavor to or tenderize the food.
What is Marinate?
To thoroughly mix ingredients and incorporate air using a spoon, wire whisk, mixer, or food processor with an up-and-down and circular motion
What is Beat?
To cook uncovered under a direct heat source
To cook food in a microwave oven using little or no liquid
What is Microwave?
To cut or break food into long, thin strips by using a knife, fork, or grater.
What is Shred?
To rub fat on the surface of a food or a cooking utensil
What is Grease?
To blend a delicate mixture into a heavier one, using a rubber spatula, spoon, or wire whisk in a gentle up, down, and over motion so that the mixture stays light
What is Fold In?
To broil over hot coals or on a griddle
What is Grill?
To cook food in liquid that is just below the boiling point
What is Simmer?
To remove the outer layer/skin, by stripping or pulling off with your finger or a knife
What is Peel?
To change food from a solid to a liquid by applying heat.
What is Melt?
To work a ball of dough with the heels of the hands repeating press, fold, and turn motions until the dough is smooth and elastic
What is Knead?
To cook meat, fish, or poultry uncovered in an oven with dry, hot air
What is Roast?
To cook large pieces of meat or poultry slowly over low heat in a small amount of hot liquid in a tightly covered pan
What is Braise?
To cut food into large, thick or thin flat pieces with a slicing knife. Use a sawing motion while gently pressing the knife down.
What is Slice?
To separate solid from liquid materials by pouring the mixture through a strainer or sieve.
What is Strain?
To reduce dry ingredients to finer particles, add air to dry ingredients, or combine dry ingredients by putting them through a sieve
What is Sift?
To roast slowly on a rack or spit over hot coals or some other direct heat source and baste with a spicy sauce
What is Barbeque?
To cook food in a pan using vapor produced by a boiling liquid
What is Steam?