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brine. To soak a food item in salted water. broasting. A method of cooking chicken and other foods using a pressure fryer and condiments. browning. The process of partially cooking the surface of meat to help remove excessive fat and to give the meat a brown color crust and flavor through various browning reactions.
Kushigatagiri; wedge cut or comb cut. Kakugiri; cut into cubes. Sainome-kiri; cut into small cubes. Arare-kiri; cut into small cubes of 5 millimeters in size. Butsugiri; chunk cut, cut into chunks of 3-4 centimeters in size. Usugiri; cut into thin slices. Ran-giri; diagonal cut into pieces of 1/2 inch in size.
Roasting is a cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air covers the food, cooking it evenly on all sides with temperatures of at least 150 °C (300 °F) from an open flame, oven, or other heat source. Roasting can enhance the flavor through caramelization and Maillard browning on the surface of the food. Roasting uses indirect, diffused ...
Stir frying became a popular method for cooking food only later, during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The Chinese character 炒 is attested in inscriptions on bronze vessels from the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC), but not in the sense of stir frying. [9] Dry stirring was used in the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) to parch grain. [1]
Salmon being poached with onion and bay leaves. Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine.Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relatively lower temperature (about 70–80 °C or 158–176 °F). [1]
The first step in blanching green beans Broccoli being shocked in cold water to complete the blanching. Blanching is a cooking process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (known as shocking or refreshing) to halt the cooking process.
Sweating in cooking is the gentle heating of vegetables in a little oil or butter, with frequent stirring and turning to ensure that any emitted liquid will evaporate. [1] Sweating usually results in tender, sometimes translucent, pieces. [2] Sweating is often a preliminary step to further cooking in liquid; [1] onions, in particular, are often ...
Frying. Fried plantain. Frying is the cooking of food in oil or another fat. [a][1] Similar to sautéing, pan-fried foods are generally turned over once or twice during cooking to make sure that the food is well-made, using tongs or a spatula, whilst sautéed foods are cooked by "tossing in the pan". [2] A large variety of foods may be fried.