{"id":3678,"date":"2024-11-13T17:20:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/expressions-you-should-know-about-cooking-in-english\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T07:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:59:32","slug":"expressions-you-should-know-about-cooking-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/en\/expressions-you-should-know-about-cooking-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions you should know about cooking in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s Funtalk post<strong>, we will explore a series of <strong>English cooking verbs<\/strong> and <strong>English cooking vocabulary<\/strong> that will be of great use to you in the culinary environment<\/strong>. Are you up for improving your English in the kitchen? Here we go!    <\/p>\n<h2>Essential English vocabulary for the kitchen<\/h2>\n<p>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 <strong>list of cooking vocabulary in English<\/strong> that will be useful for you to get by in the kitchen: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>oven gloves<\/strong> \u2192 oven gloves<\/li>\n<li><strong>pressure cooker<\/strong> \u2192 pressure cooker<\/li>\n<li><strong>wooden spoon<\/strong> \u2192 cuchara de madera<\/li>\n<li><strong>chopping board<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>chopping<\/strong> board<\/li>\n<li><strong>saucepan<\/strong> \u2192 saucepan<\/li>\n<li><strong>kitchen scissors<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>kitchen scissors<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li><strong>kettle<\/strong> \u2192 teapot<\/li>\n<li><strong>juicer<\/strong> \u2192 juicer<\/li>\n<li><strong>frying pan<\/strong> \u2192 frying pan<\/li>\n<li><strong>skimmer<\/strong> \u2192 skimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>tongs<\/strong> \u2192 kitchen tongs<\/li>\n<li><strong>strainer<\/strong> \u2192 strainer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you are teaching <strong>cooking vocabulary<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n<h2>Kitchen verbs in English<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to <strong>cooking vocabulary in English<\/strong>, it is important to know the <strong>verbs for cooking in English<\/strong> to be able to correctly express the actions or processes you perform while cooking. Here is a list of <strong>cooking verbs in English and Spanish<\/strong> that will be useful for you: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>bake<\/strong> \u2192 bake<\/li>\n<li><strong>slice<\/strong> \u2192 slice<\/li>\n<li><strong>roast<\/strong> \u2192 roast<\/li>\n<li><strong>grate<\/strong> \u2192 grate<\/li>\n<li><strong>grill<\/strong> \u2192 broil \u2192 grill<\/li>\n<li><strong>cook<\/strong> \u2192 cook<\/li>\n<li><strong>fry<\/strong> \u2192 fry<\/li>\n<li><strong>pour<\/strong> \u2192 pour, dump<\/li>\n<li><strong>knead<\/strong> \u2192 knead<\/li>\n<li><strong>strain<\/strong> \u2192 strain<\/li>\n<li><strong>stir<\/strong> \u2192 stir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These <strong>English cooking verbs<\/strong> will have you covered in a variety of culinary situations. From &#8220;bake&#8221; to &#8220;knead,&#8221; this list will help you follow recipes in English more fluently. <\/p>\n<h2>Phrasal verbs related to cooking<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s reach a higher level of culinary English with some <em>cooking phrasal verbs<\/em>. These are especially useful in specific situations: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>boil down<\/strong> \u2192 reduce (<strong>boil down<\/strong> )<\/li>\n<li><strong>boil over<\/strong> \u2192 overflow of the vessel when boiling<\/li>\n<li><strong>eat out<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>eat<\/strong> out<\/li>\n<li><strong>warm up<\/strong> \u2192 warm up<\/li>\n<li><strong>cut up<\/strong> \u2192 divide, cut up<\/li>\n<li><strong>bolt down<\/strong> \u2192 gobble<\/li>\n<li><strong>cut out<\/strong> \u2192 separate<\/li>\n<li><strong>chop up<\/strong> \u2192 chop up<\/li>\n<li><strong>pick (something) up<\/strong> \u2192 pick up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With these <strong>phrasal verbs related to cooking<\/strong>, 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/contacto-funtalk\/\">contact us<\/a>. We hope this post has been useful and entertaining, and we&#8217;ll see you in the next Funtalk post! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our daily lives, we encounter various situations that prompt us to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funtalk-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kitchen Expressions You Should Know in English - Funtalk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the kitchen there are many everyday situations and you should know how to handle them correctly.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/en\/expressions-you-should-know-about-cooking-in-english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kitchen Expressions You Should Know in English - 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