Dry Cooking Methods
To cook food on a flat pan in a heated, enclosed environment.
What is Baking?
Cooked in liquid rapidly bubbling water at 212°F.
What is boiling?
Method of cutting vegetables into thin match size sticks.
What is Julienne?
How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon
What is 3
This method of cooking is dry heat, and uses small pieces of food, and uses a wok.
What is Stir-Fry?
This type of cooking method uses the ovens high indirect heat to cook foods from above. You need a specific type of equipment to do this.
What is Broiling
Cooked in liquid just below boiling point (185°F-205°F).
What is simmering?
To cut foods into small 1/4" squares using a sharp kitchen knife.
What is dice? (Small dice)
How many cups are in a pint?
what is 2
When pan or deep frying, food is typically coated with one of these two substances.
What is breading or batter?
Cross hatch markings are the result of this dry cooking method, which happens over direct heat.
What is Grilling?
This type of moist method involves cooking delicate ingredients- like eggs or salmon (160°F - 180°F).
What is Poaching?
Translates to “small stick,” and is one of the most popular stick-type cuts used in food preparation like for french fries.
What is batonnet?
How many tablespoons are in 1/4 cup?
What is 4
This type of cooking alters protein and can make it very tough.
What is microwave cooking?
Translates "to jump"- good for small amounts of meat and cooked with a small amount of fat.
What is sauté?
This method involves boiling ingredients for a very short amount of time - they are not fully cooked.
What is blanching?
Preparation of shredded or finely cut leaf vegetables, used as a garnish for soup.
What is to Chiffonade?
How many quarts are in a gallon?
What is 4
When deep-frying and cooking with oil, the oil started on fire. What should NOT be placed on a grease fire?
What is Water?
When using this type of cooking method, food is submerged in hot oil and typically breaded or battered first.
What is Deep-Fry?
This cooking method uses vaporized water and is a very healthy way to cook vegetables.
What is steaming?
To cut up or grind into very small pieces, either with knife, in a machine with revolving blades or using a press.
What is mince?
What is 8
Plunging parboiled food into an ice bath to halt the cooking process when blanching.
What is Shocking?