How+ to+ cook+ in+ english

In this PDF I will show you how to cook a basic soup in English!Not only that, I will give you the recipe to the tasty soup I made in the accompanying video here: https://youtu.be/QL2tNK

HOW TO COOK

IN ENGLISH

Keith runs The Keith Speaking Academy He has been working in international education for over

20 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, and

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He has helped over 40,000 students prepare for their IELTS Speaking test with his online courses.

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In this PDF I will show you how to cook a basic soup in English!

Not only that, I will give you the recipe to the tasty soup I made in the accompanying video here:

https://youtu.be/QL2tNKHB6ew

In addition, I will give you 50 essential cooking words related to cooking and the kitchen

Finally, you can get some great idioms too, related to food vocabulary

Carrot, leek and bean soup

1 Onion - (chopped)

2 Small potatoes - (cut into small chunks)

3 Carrots - (diced)

1 Leek - (sliced)

1 Can of broad beans

1 Pint of water Knob of butter, olive oil Salt, pepper, and paprika to taste

1 Prepare the onion and leek, then fry in a frying pan or a pot, on a low heat for 2 minutes

2 Keep stirring and add salt, pepper and paprika

3 Put the onion, leek and carrots in a pan with a drop of water, put the top on and steam for 2 minutes

4 Shake the pan from time to time, so the ingredients don’t stick

5 Take the lid off and add a pint of water, the beans (drained with a sieve) and the potatoes

6 Add a knob of butter

7 Put the lid on and bring to the boil

8 When boiling, lower the heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes

9 Taste and add more salt, pepper or a dash of vinegar if needed

Cooking Vocabulary

An apron

An electric hob

A pot (pots and pans)

A frying pan

A chopping board

A sieve /sɪv/

Prep = Preparation

Utensils and Ingredients

The 4 Essentials of Cooking

A chopping knife

A cleaver

A paring knife

A peeler

A spatula / A turner

(Cooking) utensils = tools for cooking

In her amazing book, Salt Fat Acid Heat, Samin Nosrat explains how these 4 things are essential to any dish, and how they work

To chop = to cut into pieces with a knife

To dice = to make into small cubes

To slice = to cut into slices

Preparation Techniques

Cooking Styles (verbs)

To fry = to cook with oil in a frying pan

To shallow fry = to cook with a little oil in a frying pan

To deep fry = to cook with a lot of oil in a frying pan

To sauté = to shallow fry

To steam = to cook with steam

To boil = to heat to 100℃

To boil water / beans / soup

To simmer = to boil gently

To turn up / down the heat

To turn on / off the hob

To turn on / off the air vent

To add

To toss in

To throw in

To turn up / down the heat

To stir (around) = to move the ingredients around in a pot, pan or dish

To ladle out = to serve with a ladle

There are several ways to say ‘add’ ingredients

Cooking Actions

A pinch of salt

A teaspoon of salt

A dash of vinegar / water/ oil (a little)

A knob of butter

Quantities Quantities

Quantities Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

To come along nicely = to make good progress

To run out of something = to have none left

To be partial to = to like

My soup is coming along nicely!

I have run out of oil, I need to buy some more.

I am partial to carrots

To give it a bit of a kick = to give it a strong spicy taste

To play it by ear = to improvise, do something without a plan

To wing it = to improvise, do something without a plan

To take it with a pinch of salt = Don’t take it too seriously

To shape up = to progress, to develop

Bob’s your uncle = That’s it! There you have it!

To butter someone up = to praise someone so you can get their help

To give someone the chop (informal) = to fire someone

The best thing since sliced bread = the best thing ever

Let me show you how this dish is shaping up

I tried to butter up my teacher so he would give me a good grade, but

it didn’t work

Last week my uncle was given the chop, and now he is looking for a new job

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To roll the dice = to take a chance

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