Cooking verbs

If you’re here, you probably like to cook, try new recipes, and search for dishes on the

internet to surprise your family or friends with. Or maybe eating is what motivates you

Anyway, today we want you to learn the main verbs related to cooking in English so that you

can have a “taste” of learning cooking verbs vocabulary!

Are you ready to enjoy a simple vocabulary recipe full of practical examples?

Here you have several cooking verbs definitions. You have to guess what

cooking verb is:

1. It is a general verb when talking about food. It is used for the action of

making food. It is also the person who does the cooking. →

2. It means to cut into small pieces. If you find it in a recipe, this word

suggests that you cut things into equal-sized bits, like the vegetables or

meat for a goulash. →

3. Pastries are one of the most delicious and tempting creations that human

beings have ever invented. Which is your favourite? It means cooking

something in the oven. →

4. If you are not an expert in the kitchen, salads are an excellent option since

they’re healthy and easy to prepare. To make them, you need to use the

verb… →

5. It is the most common way to prepare food. All you have to do is put some oil

in the pan, turn on the stove, and cook whatever you like: eggs, meat,

vegetables. →

6. Hamburgers, steaks, kebabs, sausages, the smell of smoke and live coals…

Does that sound familiar? It means cooking over a flame. →

7. Use this verb when you’re talking about cooking something with water vapour.

It’s often recommended to eat this kind of food when you want to lose

weight. →

8. It means to apply pressure to in order to extract juice. It is… →

Now complete the chart with some of these verbs: