Cooking methods

Cooking methods

1. Dry heat

   • cook food using direct or in-direct heat.
   • Several ways to add moisture are...
     • Bording
       • Wrapping an item with strips of fat
     • Larding
       • Inserting long strips of fat into a naturally lean piece of meat with a special needle
     • Marinating
       • Soaking an item in wet and dry ingredients
   • Methods to apply dry heat w/o fat are..
     • Broiling
     • Grilling
     • Baking
     • Roasting
   • Methods to apply dry heat with fat and oil
     • Sauteing
     • Pan-frying
     • Stir-frying
     • Deep-frying

2. Moist Heat

   • cooking methods are..
     • Boiling
       • generally used when cooking pasta
     • Simmering
       • reuqieres food to be completely submerge in a liquid
     • poaching
       • chicken,seafood, and eggs are commonly poached foods
     • Blanching
       • variation of boiling
     • steaming