Cooking verbs

• To cut something into slices
• To top it all off one of the catering staff managed to slice their finger cutting cheese.

Peel

• remove the outer covering of something (a fruit, egg, or shrimp).
• Would you peel me an orange?

Whisk

• stir something (eggs, cream)  with a light, rapid movement.
• The spoon can be used to whisk eggs.

Boil

• heat something with high temperature
• Once water begins to boil, its temperature no longer rises.

Fry

• Cook something with oil
• We can fry up some of these pieces of cold meat for our lunch.

Grill

• heat the food with a grill.
• Grill the sausages for ten minutes.

Bake

• heat food without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven or on a hot surface.
• Bake the potatoes for 15 minutes, till they’re nice and crisp.

Pour

• Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.

Scramble

• to mix something rapidly
• Make the toast and scramble the eggs.

Simmer

• to cook food even if it boils
• Let the soup simmer a few minutes.

Spread

• He spread some strawberry jam on his toast.

Stir

• move a spoon or other implement around in (a liquid or other substance) to mix it thoroughly.
• I need a teaspoon to stir my tea.

Taste

• to perceive food
• Let you taste my poise, you leave me want to celebrate.

Add

• to join something into something
• Add a teaspoonful of mixed herbs.

Blend

•  Blend the ingredients into a smooth paste.

Roast

• to cook food by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.
• Are you going to roast the chicken?

Chop

• to cut something into pieces
•  Chop the carrots up into small pieces.

Dip

• I’ll allow the children to dip their bread into the soup.

Roll

•  Roll out the icing into a large square.

Steam