Methods of Cooking

There are several methods for cooking your meal. Here are the most basic cooking techniques that you’ll need to cook your meal!

Baking

This involves applying a dry convection heat to your food in an enclosed environment.

Frying

This means cooking your food in fat and oil.

Roasting

Roasting is basically a high heat form of baking, where your food gets drier and browner on the outside by initial exposure to a temperature of over 500F.

Grilling

This is a fast, dry and very hot way of cooking, where the food is placed under an intense radiant heat.

Steaming

This means cooking your food in water vapour over boiling water.

Poaching

This involves a small amount of hot liquid, ideally at a temperature between 160 and 180F.

Simmering

This involves cooking liquid on top of a stove in a pot or pan.

Broiling

Similar to grilling, the heat source comes directly from the top.

Braising

First the food is sauted or seared, and then simmered in liquid for a long period of time until tender.

Stewing

The food is sauted or seared first, and then cooked in liquid, but normally uses smaller ingredients such as chopped meats or vegetables.