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- AU JUS: Served with the natural juices from roasting
- BAKE: Cook uncovered in an oven.
- BASTE: Moisten food while cooking to add flavor and prevent drying.
- BEAT: Make a mixture smooth, using a spoon or mixer.
- BLANCH: Cook in boiling water for a short time to loosen skin or for
- freezing.
- BLEND: Mix two or more ingredients, or to prepare food in blender.
- BOIL: Cook food over high heat in liquid in which bubbles rise to
- surface.
- BONE: Remove the bones from.
- BRAISE: Cook food over low heat in a small amount of liquid in covered
- pan.
- BREAD: Coat with bread crumbs, cracker crumbs, or other coating.
- BROIL: Cook food by direct heat on a rack.
- CHOP: Cut food into small pieces with knife, blender, or processor.
- CUBE: Top cut food into small cubes about 1/2 inch. To cut surface
- of meat in a checkered pattern for tenderness.
- CUT IN: Mix solid fat in dry mixture by using two knives or pastry
- blender.
- DEEP FRY: Cook in hot fat deep enough for food to float.
- DICE: Cut food into very small pieces. (1/4 inch)
- DOT: Scatter bits, over food.
- DRAW: Remove entrails from, and clean.
- DREDGE: Cover with flour or other coating.
- DRESS: Add a dressing or sauce to food.
- FOLD IN: Combine ingredients by cutting down into the mixture, sliding
- across the bottom of the container and up to the top.
- FRY: Cook over high heat in fat.
- GLAZE: Coat with mixture.
- GRATE: Rub food against a grater to get fine particles.
- GREASE: Rub surface of pan with fat to prevent sticking.
- GRILL: Cook on a rack with direct heat.
- KNEAD: Work a mixture with a pressing-folding motion.
- MARINATE: Soak in a seasoned liquid.
- MINCE: Cut into very small pieces.
- PAN: Cook uncovered in a small amount of liquid.
- PAN-BROIL:Cook uncovered over high heat while pouring off accumulated fat.
- PAN-FRY: Cook over high heat in small amount of fat.
- PARBOIL: Boil until partially cooked.
- PEEL: Remove outer covering of food.
- PIT: Remove the seed from a fruit.
- ROAST: Cook uncovered in oven.
- SCALD: Heat liquid just below the boiling point.
- SCORE: Cut shallow slits in surface of food for tenderness.
- SHRED: Cut food into thin pieces.
- SHUCK: Remove meat of clams or oysters from the shell.
- SIMMER: Cook over low heat in a liquid just below the boiling point.
- SKIM: Remove fat or top layer from surface of food.
- STEAM: Cook food on a rack in a covered pan over steam.
- STEW: Cook food over low heat in a liquid.
- STIR-FRY: Cook over sliced food quickly in skillet.
- TOSS: Mix lightly using forks or spoons.
- WHIP: Beat rapidly to mix air with the mixture.
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