Useful Cooking Phrases

So far we’ve been talking about cuisine and simple actions that we may need to do when we’re going to describe how to cook something.

Now we’re going to continue with a few common phrases that we can use as we’re describing the process of cooking before we actually get into an example recipe.

OK.

Batter it in breadcrumbs.

Now batter can be a verb or a noun but it means to completely cover something in what’s called batter batter batter is a mix of different different ingredients.

So batter it in bread crumbs.

So we’re going to basically roll it around in the bread crumbs cook on low heat for 20 minutes.

So we often need to describe how hot the if we’re using a burner for using a burner.

How hot that is.

We have low heat and I think you can probably guess we have then medium heat And we have high heat cook on high heat cook on low heat cook on medium heat And then we can say how long we should do that.

OK.

But sometimes we don’t know how long exactly that will take.

We don’t know if it’s 20 minutes.

Right.

So instead of saying how many minutes to cook it describe the condition.

Describe what it should look like before you do something else cook until golden brown golden brown that’s the color of it.

So once it becomes golden brown then do the next thing add the lettuce or whatever else you need to do cook it until it’s golden brown.

OK.

Stir fry the onions and slowly add the sauce now to stir fry as an action is to move the food around in a pan or a walk.

As we talked about a walk is generally what we used to cook Chinese food.

OK.

And then slowly as we’re doing this we’re adding another thing or adding sauce or adding sauce.

So we’re doing this and another action at the same time.

So when you need to describe two actions at the same time do it like this.

Do this action right.

Boil it and then slowly add or whatever you need to say that you need to do at the same time steam it for 15 minutes and let it cool let it cool.

That’s pretty straightforward.

It’s saying two actions in a row you’re not doing those two at the same time.

First you steam it with a steamer for example.

Then you turn off the heat and then you leave it.

You don’t touch it for 15 minutes then maybe you can eat it or maybe you do the next step.

OK then we have these three phrases which can allow us to basically describe a next action.

Next you need to for example.

Next you need to stir fry the onions and slowly add the sauce whatever the next action is.

It’s a way to sort of move on to the next thing.

Once that’s done make sure to.

So as a reminder when we’re describing a specific step we can say this one once that’s done steam it for 15 minutes and let it cool once that’s done.

Make sure to pour a little bit of soy sauce on top or whatever it is.

OK.

When it’s finished now maybe we could talk about a specific step here or the whole thing when it’s finished.

Serve it in a bowl or when it’s finished.

Add a little bit of sugar on top.

Or we could say sprinkle.

We have all kinds of little words like this that you can learn separately because there are so many of them sprinkling is basically adding a powder salt or sugar or something like that to the top of something grains of something or a powder of something to the top to sprinkle with your fingers.

We also use for example pinch a pinch is when you grab something with these two fingers a pinch of for example a pinch of salt a pinch of sugar when it’s finished sprinkle a few pinches of salt on top and serve it in a large serving bowl.

OK so that’s pretty simple.

These are some common phrases certainly not all the phrases that we could possibly talk about or use but some of the common phrases that we will come across when we need to describe the process of cooking a dish.