Food Preparation Before you start cooking, you need to prepare the food. This could be anything from:

  * washing vegetables like spinach, broccoli,cabbage
  * **slicing** thinly or thickly onions, carrots, celery
  * **peeling** carrots, potatoes
  * **chopping** finely or coarsely or into chunks onions, garlic, ginger, carrots
  * **shredding** cabbage, cucumber 切碎
  * **marinating** meat 腌制
  * **whisking** the eggs or cream
  * **grating** cheese 磨碎，压碎

Blog_Cooking Verbs After you have prepared the food for cooking you might need to:

  * **melt** some butter in a pan
  * boil the egg
  * bring to the boil
  * **simmer** gently 炖
  * **steam** some vegetables or fish 蒸
  * **fry** some mushrooms
  * **grill** the tomatoes
  * **roast** the vegetables or meat 烤; 焙
  * **broiled** chicken: 烤鸡
     * Broiling uses only top-down heat to completely cook delicate food or just crisp and brown the top of already-cooked dishes. 
     * Roasting uses the same all-over heat as baking but at higher temperatures
  * **saute ** 炒
  * **stir-fry** some chicken 用旺火煸，用旺火炒
  * **scramble** the eggs

You will need to  While you’re cooking:

  * stir gently, constantly or occasionally
  * whisk the hollandaise sauce
  * **turn** the meat **over**
  * **season with **salt and pepper
  * **sprinkle** some herbs or spices

  * **spread** butter on bread
  * **Knead** a **Dough** 揉生面团
  *** Roll out** the dough into one large circle: 将面团擀成大的圆形面皮
  * Turn the shanks and **baste** them once or twice as they cook. 将小腿肉翻一下，烹调时在上面**抹一两次油**
  * break the egg, whisk it
  * **squeeze** the lemon

将小腿肉翻一下，烹调时在上面抹一两次油。

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