B116 words · Intermediate

Cooking & Taste vocabulary — B1

Cooking vocabulary for kitchen techniques and taste, covering how to chop, whisk and roast an ingredient and describing flavour with words like bitter, sour and crispy.

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chop
/tʃɑp/
To cut food into small pieces with quick, hard strokes of a knife.
Example: Could you chop the carrots while I heat the oil?
stir
/stɜr/
To move a liquid or mixture around with a spoon so it mixes.
Example: Stir the sauce gently so it doesn't stick.
whisk
/wɪsk/
A kitchen tool of thin wire loops used to beat eggs or cream.
Example: Use a whisk to make the sauce smooth.
grate
/ɡreɪt/
To rub food against a rough metal tool so it falls in small shreds.
Example: Please grate some cheese over the pasta.
roast
/roʊst/
To cook meat or vegetables in the oven with a little oil.
Example: I'll roast the potatoes for about an hour.
steam
/stim/
To cook food over a pot of hot water using the wet heat that rises.
Example: We steam the vegetables to keep their colour.
ingredient
/ˌɪnˈɡridiənt/
One of the foods you need to put in when you make a dish.
Example: The secret ingredient in her sauce is orange peel.
defrost
/dɪˈfrɔst/
To let frozen food become soft enough to cook or eat.
Example: Remember to defrost the chicken before you cook it.
microwave
/ˈmaɪkrəˌweɪv/
A small kitchen machine with a door, used to heat or cook food very quickly.
Example: Heat the soup in the microwave for two minutes.
freezer
/ˈfrizər/
A machine, or part of a fridge, that keeps food so cold that it becomes hard.
Example: There's a bag of peas in the freezer if you want some.
homemade
/ˈhoʊmˈmeɪd/
Cooked by a person in their own kitchen, not bought from a shop or factory.
Example: Her homemade soup tastes much better than anything from a tin.
ready meal
A whole cooked dinner sold in a shop, which you only have to heat before serving.
Example: I was too tired to cook, so I had a ready meal.
bitter
/ˈbɪtər/
Having a sharp, unpleasant taste, like strong black coffee or lemon peel.
Example: The medicine left a bitter taste in my mouth.
sour
/ˈsaʊər/
Having a sharp taste like a lemon, or like milk that has gone bad.
Example: These grapes are really sour — I can't eat them.
crispy
/ˈkrɪspi/
Pleasantly hard and dry on the outside, and noisy to bite into.
Example: The chips were hot and crispy straight from the fryer.
flavour
The particular quality of a food or drink that you notice in your mouth.
Example: This ice cream has a strong coffee flavour.