Moist/Dry Cooking
Moist Terms
Dry Terms
Cooking Terms
100

Simmering is consider this cooking method

Moist heat

100

Cooking technique in which you bring a liquid to 212° F

What is Boiling

100

Food that is cooked completely submerged in hot fat or oil

Deep frying

100

Method of cooking in hot liquid, steam, or both

Moist heat cooking

200

Grilling is considered this cooking method

Dry heat

200

A long slow cooking technique that can make tough meats more tender

Braising

200

Cooking food in a small amount of fat in a skillet over high heat

Sauteing

200

The type of heat transfer where something hot touches the food

What is Conduction?

300

Steaming is considered this cooking method

Moist heat

300

To cook a food in liquid just below boiling, about 185-210 degrees F.

Simmering

300

The cooking method where food is cooked quickly, preserving the food's nutritional value 

What is Grilling?

300

This moist cooking methods retains the most nutrients in food

Steaming

400

Roasting is considered this cooking method

Dry heat

400

Cooking food near boiling water but not in contact with it. This technique often preserves the foods nutrients. 

What is steaming?

400

Cooking foods surrounded by heat in an oven

Roasting/baking

400

Heat transfer method that involves the movement of molecules

Convection

500

Braising is considered this cooking method

Moist and Dry Heat--Combination

500

Cooking food in liquid at temperatures just below simmering

Poaching

500

Cooking food under direct heat, heat radiates down

Broiling

500

The process where heat and light waves penetrate your food

What is radiation?