Dry Heat Methods
This method involves cooking food in an oven with dry, hot air, often used for cakes and breads.
What is Baking?
This method cooks food in liquid at 212°F (100°C)
What is boiling?
This quick cooking method involves tossing ingredients in a pan over high heat with little oil
Stir Fry
This technique quickly browns food at the start of the cooking process.
What is searing?
This gentle cooking technique uses water vapor to cook food without submerging it
What is steaming?
This French term means "to jump" and involves cooking food quickly in a small amount of fat
Saute
This method cooks food over high heat, typically on a grill or griddle.
What is grilling?
This technique involves cooking food slowly in liquid at 185°F to 200°F (85°C to 93°C)
What is simmering?
This method cooks food by submerging it completely in hot oil
Deep Frying
This dry heat method uses infrared rays to cook food from above.
What is broiling?
when cooking large pieces of meat or poultry slowly over low heat in a small amount of hot liquid in a tightly covered pan and simmered on top of the stove or in the oven
Braise
When you roast slowly on a rack or spit over hoat coals or another direct heat source with a spicy or tangy sauce.
What is barbeque?
This method cooks food in liquid between 150°F and 185°F (65°C to 85°C)
What is poaching?