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cooking Browning is usually done on the
stovetop, but also may be achieved in a
broiler. Foods that are typically browned
sauté, pan fry, or stir fry include meats, casseroles, and anything
that needs quick melting and crisping
To cook food quickly (for just a few on top.
minutes), in a small amount of fat (oil,
butter, etc.), in a sauté pan or wok over bake
direct heat. Foods that are commonly
sautéed include meats, poultry, and To cook food in an oven, thereby
vegetables. surrounding it with dry heat. To ensure
an accurate cooking temperature, it can
boil be helpful to use an oven thermometer.
Many ovens bake either hotter or cooler
To heat a liquid until bubbles break the than their gauges read. Foods that
surface (212 °F at sea level, lower at are commonly baked include seafood,
altitude). Boiling is a common way to meats, casseroles, vegetables, and
cook foods such as pasta, sauces, and baked goods (breads, cakes, pies, etc.).
vegetables.
broil
simmer
To cook food directly under or above a
To cook food gently in liquid at a very hot heat source (~500 °F). Food
temperature that is just below the can be broiled in an oven, directly
boiling point so that tiny bubbles just under the gas or electric heat source,
begin to break the surface. Foods are or on a barbecue grill (known as
typically brought to boil over high heat, “char-broiling”) directly over charcoal
and then the heat is reduced to simmer or gas heat. Foods that are typically
with a lid on the pan/pot to finish the broiled include meats, poultry, and
cooking. Foods that are commonly seafood.
simmered are sauces, rice and some
other grains, and dried beans. grill
brown To cook directly over a heat source
on metal racks or rods or on a special
To cook for a short period of time over grill pan. Meats, poultry, seafood,
high heat at the beginning or end of vegetables, and even some fruits grill
cooking, often to enhance flavor and beautifully.
texture, and create a nice cooked look.

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