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Cooking Methods Introduction

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Cooking Methods Introduction

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🍳 Part 1: Matching Cooking Methods

1. Match each cooking method to its correct description by writing the letter in the box:
Boiling
Grilling
Steaming
Roasting
Poaching
A) Cooking food in an oven using dry heat
B) Cooking food gently in simmering liquid
C) Cooking food over direct high heat
D) Cooking food using moist heat from boiling water
E) Cooking food in rapidly bubbling water at 100°C
2. Tick which cooking methods are WET cooking methods:

Braising

Baking

Boiling

Frying

Steaming

🔥 Part 2: Understanding Cooking Effects

3. Complete the sentences about how cooking methods affect food:

Sentence starters:

Grilling makes food _________________ because _________________

Steaming keeps food _________________ and helps to _________________

4. Choose the best cooking method for each food. Circle your answer:

Chicken breast: Grilling / Boiling / Steaming

Rice: Roasting / Boiling / Grilling

Vegetables for salad: Steaming / Frying / Roasting

Beef joint: Poaching / Roasting / Steaming

5. Explain why you chose roasting for the beef joint:

📝 Part 3: Applying Your Knowledge

6. Name three DRY cooking methods:

1. _________________

2. _________________

3. _________________

7. You want to cook vegetables to keep them crisp and retain vitamins. Which method would you choose and why?
8. Challenge: If you couldn't use your first choice method from question 7, what alternative would you suggest?

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