This document provides cooking verbs and adjectives to help when cooking or following a recipe, including methods such as grilling, boiling, simmering, sautéing, frying, baking, roasting, steaming, and making a stew as well as preparation terms like chopping, slicing, cubing, peeling, grating, stirring, mixing, whisking, washing, draining, adding, pouring, and serving.

1. Methods of Cooking
Cooking Verbs and Adjectives

2. Here are some helpful
phrases to know when
you are cooking or
following a recipe:

4. To Grill / “Grilled”

7. To Boil / “Boiled”

10. To Simmer

12. To Sauté / “Sautéed”

15. To Fry / “Fried”

18. To Bake/ “Baked”

21. To Roast / “Roasted”

24. To Steam / “Steamed”

27. A Stew

28. Cooking Verbs

30. To Chop / “Chopped”

32. To Slice / “Sliced”

34. To Cube / “Cubed”

36. To Peel / “Peeled”

38. To Grate / “Grated”

40. To Stir

42. To Mix / To Blend

44. To Whisk / To Beat

46. To Wash / To Rinse

48. To Drain / To Strain
(using a “strainer” or “colander”)

50. To Add
ex: “Add salt and sugar.”

52. To Pour

54. To Serve