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
100
To stir or mix ingredients until they are thoroughly combined and smooth
What is to blend
100
To cook meat, fish, or poultry uncovered in an oven with dry, hot air
What is to roast
100
To cook food in a microwave oven using little or no liquid
What is a microwave
200
To reduce food into small pieces by pressing and rubbing it against the teeth of a grater
What is to Grate?
200
To lower a food’s temperature to freezing or below by placing it in a freezer
What is to freeze
200
To blend or mix two or more ingredients
What is to combine
200
To cook in an oven with dry, hot air
What is to bake
200
To cook food in hot liquid, 2120F, having bubbles that rise to and break on the surface of the liquid
What is to boil
300
To cut or break food into long, thin strips by using a knife, fork, or grater
What is to shred?
300
To expose to warmth in order to free from a frozen state
What is to defrost or thaw
300
To combine flour and solid fat by cutting the fat into tiny pieces using a pastry blender, two forks or knives, or the hands
What is to cut in
300
To broil over hot coals or on a griddle
What is to grill
300
To cook food in liquid that is just below the boiling point
What is to simmer
400
To cut food into small, equal size squares about half an inch in size
What is to cube?
400
To cause a solid food to turn into or become part of a liquid
What is to dissolve
400
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 to knead
400
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 to barbecue
400
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 to braise
500
To remove the stem and the very thin layer of peel of a fruit or vegetable with a paring knife or peeler
What is to pare?
500
To remove liquid from a solid food by pouring off the liquid, putting the food through a colander, or drying with paper towels
What is to drain
500
To combine two or more ingredients into one mass by stirring or beating them
What is to mix
500
To cook uncovered under a direct heat source
What is to broil
500
To cook food in a pan using vapor produced by a boiling liquid