In our daily lives, we encounter various situations that prompt us to use different types of expressions and specific vocabulary. One of these situations is cooking. In today’s Funtalk post, we will explore a series of English cooking verbs and English cooking vocabulary that will be of great use to you in the culinary environment. Are you up for improving your English in the kitchen? Here we go!
Essential English vocabulary for the kitchen
To be able to follow and elaborate cooking recipes in English, it is essential to have some vocabulary resources. Below, we share with you a list of cooking vocabulary in English that will be useful for you to get by in the kitchen:
- oven gloves → oven gloves
- pressure cooker → pressure cooker
- wooden spoon → cuchara de madera
- chopping board → chopping board
- saucepan → saucepan
- kitchen scissors → kitchen scissors
- kettle → teapot
- juicer → juicer
- frying pan → frying pan
- skimmer → skimmer
- tongs → kitchen tongs
- strainer → strainer
Tip: If you are teaching cooking vocabulary to children, a good idea is to play with physical objects. For example, place utensils on the table and play at identifying them in English.
Kitchen verbs in English
In addition to cooking vocabulary in English, it is important to know the verbs for cooking in English to be able to correctly express the actions or processes you perform while cooking. Here is a list of cooking verbs in English and Spanish that will be useful for you:
- bake → bake
- slice → slice
- roast → roast
- grate → grate
- grill → broil → grill
- cook → cook
- fry → fry
- pour → pour, dump
- knead → knead
- strain → strain
- stir → stir
These English cooking verbs will have you covered in a variety of culinary situations. From “bake” to “knead,” this list will help you follow recipes in English more fluently.
Phrasal verbs related to cooking
Let’s reach a higher level of culinary English with some cooking phrasal verbs. These are especially useful in specific situations:
- boil down → reduce (boil down )
- boil over → overflow of the vessel when boiling
- eat out → eat out
- warm up → warm up
- cut up → divide, cut up
- bolt down → gobble
- cut out → separate
- chop up → chop up
- pick (something) up → pick up
With these phrasal verbs related to cooking, you will be ready to face different actions in the kitchen in English. The variety of idiomatic resources in the culinary field is extensive, so we recommend that you continue learning to expand your skills. If you need help to improve your English, contact us. We hope this post has been useful and entertaining, and we’ll see you in the next Funtalk post!