Weekly English Words with Alisha Cooking Terms
Hi there. Welcome back to Weekly Words. My
name is Alisha, and today we’re going to talk
about cooking terms. Hooray. Let’s begin.
The first word is ‘broil’.
‘Broil’ is a setting on your oven. It
means to cook something under very, very high
heat. It usually means that only the top heating
element in your oven is turned onto very high
heat. It’ll get the top of whatever you’re
cooking very crispy. In a sentence, “Broil
the chicken at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for
10 minutes.” You might see that in a recipe
somewhere.
Okay, the next word is ‘boil’.
So to ‘boil’ something means to cook it
in very, very hot water. The water gets so
hot, or whatever it is you’re cooking with,
broth, whatever, is so hot that it’s bubbling.
That’s called ‘boiling’ something. So
in a recipe you might see, “Bring the soup
to a boil and cook for 30 minutes.
The next word is ‘mince’.
‘Mince’ means to cut something into very,
very small pieces. So you might need to mince
garlic, for example, mince carrots, herbs
of some kind. In a sentence, “Include two
tablespoons of minced garlic in your recipe.”
Alright.
The next word is ‘sauté’.
When you ‘sauté’ something, you often
use a frying pan and maybe butter, or oil,
or some kind of fat. So it might be a piece
of fish, it might be chicken, whatever. You
can sauté just about anything you like. In
a sentence, “I like sautéing meat because
it’s easy and delicious.”
The next word is ‘simmer’.
This is often used when you’re making soup.
It’s quite hot but it’s not quite at boiling
point. So often you’ll need to let soups simmer
for a while to get all the flavors out of
everything. In a sentence, “Simmer your
soup for one hour or more to get the best
flavor.”
That’s the end, so those are some cooking
terms. Try and think about them, keep them
in mind the next time you make something.
Thanks very much for joining us this week
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