Top 60 Cooking Verbs List In English – Meaning & Examples

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Today, I’m going to teach you cooking verbs or kitchen verbs. It will be extremely useful to have a good knowledge of cooking verbs.

It will enhance your cooking vocabulary words. Here is a list of 60 common cooking verbs.

List of 60 Useful Cooking Verbs with their Meaning and Examples

Cooking Verbs with meanings and examples — Cooking verbs with meanings and examples

Let’s learn the most common and useful cooking words with the help of given examples.

1. Add

Please add salt to the soup.
Didn’t you add some pepper to the dish?

2. Break

Break the 5 eggs into a glass bowl.
Don’t break more than 10 eggs.

3. Boil

Don’t boil the potatoes more than 1 hour.
I’ll boil two eggs in the evening.

4. Blend

Use a blender to blend the ingredients into a smooth paste.
Can I use the sugar and the butter to blend together?

5. Bake

Bake the cake only for 30 minutes.
I’m going to bake these breads.

6. Barbecue

Let’s barbecue the chicken.
Actually, I don’t know how to barbecue the chicken.

7. Cut

She is cutting vegetables.
Did you cut the fruits?

8. Cover

Don’t forget to cover the wok.
Cover the soup and let it boil for 5 minutes.

9. Crush

She is crushing the garlic in the kitchen.
You don’t need to crush the garlic for this dish.

10. Cool

Let the soup cool down for at least 5 minutes.
You must let the gravy cool down for a while?

11. Chop

Chop the onions up into small pieces to add in the dish.
I said but you didn’t chop the onions up.

12. Dip

Dip the fish in the batter and then fry.
I would love to dip the toast into the tomato sauce.

13. Dice

Dice the potatoes into cubes.
I’m supposed to dice the carrots.

14. Decorate

I’m decorating the cake with whipped cream.
How can I decorate the cake for her birthday?

15. Drain

Drain the pasta.
you know how to drain the pasta?

16. Fry

She is frying an egg for breakfast.
I don’t want to fry the fish.

17. Flip

Be careful when you flip the food in the pan.
Flip the food after 5 minutes.

18. Grind

Grind these spices in the grinder.
She is grinding the rice.

19. Grate

Grate the carrots for salad.
I can’t find the grater to grate the onions into strips.

20. Grill

Is he grilling the chicken?
He can’t help you to grill the chicken.

21. Heat

Heat the oven for baking the pizza.
You’ve got to heat some oil in a wok.

22. Knead

Knead the soft dough for pizza.
She has kneaded the dough.

23. Layer

Layer the pancakes.
I really don’t know “how to layer the pancakes”

24. Light

Light the stove for cooking food.
I’ll do that but let me light the stove.

25. Measure

Measure the water with a measuring cup.
Did you measure the ingredients before cooking?

26. Mix

Mix the batter very well until it smooth.
I think you didn’t mix the batter very well.

27. Microwave

Microwave the food for 5 minutes.
Could you please microwave the food for me?

28. Mash

I’m mashing the potatoes with a masher.
She already mashed the potatoes.

29. Melt

Melt the chocolate over low heat.
I’m going to melt the butter in the pan.

30. Mince

Mince the onions and add to the dish.
You have to mince the garlic as well.

31. Marinate

Marinate the fish for at 30 minutes.
Use another bowl to marinate the chicken.

32. Peel

Would you peel an orange for me?
I peeled the orange for you.

33. Pour

Pour some tea into the cup for me.
Why don’t you pour some coffee for him?

34. Put

Put the frying pan on the stove.
I have put the wok to fry the fish.

35. Remove

Remove the frying pan from the heat.
Don’t remove the kettle from the heat now.

36. Roast

She is going to roast the chicken for 2 hours.
Roast the chicken after 10 minutes.

37. Refrigerate

Cover the bowl and refrigerate the dough to keep it fresh.
You should refrigerate it at least for 2 hours.

38. Roll

I’m rolling out the pastry /bread with the rolling pin.
She uses rolling pin to roll out the breads

39. Rinse

Rinse the vegetables with cold water.
She’s going to rinse the carrots and radishes.

40. Stir

Just stir the soup with a ladle.
You can use teaspoon to stir the tea.

41. Scramble

Scramble the eggs with the whisker.
I’ve just scrambled 10 eggs.

42. Sprinkle

Sprinkle some pepper over the dish.
Why do you sprinkle too much salt over every meal?

43. Squeeze

Are you squeezing a lemon?
Just squeeze only one orange.

44. Spread

I love to spread butter on my toast.
Do you like to spread jam on your bread?

45. Steam

Steam the Momos for 8 minutes.
We need to steam the carrots for 10 minutes.

46. Simmer

Simmer the soup for 15 minutes.
Let the gravy simmer for a while.

47. Slice

Slice the carrots and tomatoes.
Could you please slice these tomatoes?

48. Slice

Slice the carrots and tomatoes.
Could you please slice these tomatoes?

49. Saute

Saute the onions until brown.
Just saute these ingredients well for 15 minutes.

50. Sip

Sip the hot tea slowly.
She always sips the hot coffee.

51. Sharpen

Are you sharpening the knife?
Be careful while sharpening the knife.

52. Sift

Sift the flour through the sieve.
Please sift the flour now.

53. Toss

I don’t know how to toss the dough in the air.
She can’t toss the salad.

54. Turn off

Turn off the heat.
Let it boil and then turn off the heat.

55. Tenderize

Tenderize the meat with a meat tenderizer.
He can easily tenderize the meat.

56. Taste

Taste the pasta. How is it?
Would you like to taste the cake?

57. Toast

I’m going to toast some bread in the toaster.
Toaster is out of order so I can’t toast the breads.

58. Weigh

Weigh the sugar on the scale.
Don’t you know how to weigh the flour on the scale?

59. Whisk

Whisk all the eggs together with the milk.
In that bowl whisk those eggs.

60. Wash

Wash the tomatoes before cutting.
Before cooking wash the vegetables well.

Some people hesitate to talk in the kitchen while using kitchen words, so learn these words to enhance your vocabulary in English. If you already know these words, then all right!