Cooking a Savoury Dish, Step by Step

Design & Technology · Food & Cooking · ages 8-11

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Before you start cooking, what should you do first?
- Start chopping the vegetables
- Wash your hands
- Turn on the oven
Which of these is a cooking technique?
- Frying
- A frying pan
- A wooden spoon
You should use the same chopping board for raw meat and vegetables.
Circle one: True False
Here is a recipe: wash the vegetables, chop them, fry them, then serve. How many steps are there?
Answer: ______________
A recipe says to 'simmer the sauce.' What are you doing to the sauce?
- Freezing it in the fridge
- Cutting it into small pieces
- Cooking it gently on low heat
Why do cooks wear oven gloves when taking a tray out of the oven?
- So their hands do not burn
- To keep the tray extra clean
- To make the tray easier to see
You watch a chef put pasta into boiling water for ten minutes, then pour it into a colander. Which two techniques did the chef use?
- Peeling and baking
- Frying and mixing
- Boiling and draining
Ben chops raw chicken, then uses the same unwashed board to chop lettuce for a salad. What went wrong?
- He chopped the lettuce too finely
- He used a board that could spread germs from the chicken to the salad
- He should have fried the lettuce instead

Answer key

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Wash your hands · Washing your hands comes first, so you don't spread germs onto the food you're about to touch.
Frying · Frying is something you do to food. A frying pan and a wooden spoon are tools, not techniques.
False · Raw meat can carry germs. Use a separate board so those germs don't spread to food eaten raw, like salad.
4 · Each part of the recipe is one step: wash, chop, fry, serve. That's 4 steps in order.
Cooking it gently on low heat · Simmering means cooking gently, with small bubbles, not a hard boil.
So their hands do not burn · Ovens and trays get very hot. Gloves protect your hands from burns.
Boiling and draining · The pasta cooked in boiling water (boiling), then the water was poured off through a colander (draining).
He used a board that could spread germs from the chicken to the salad · Raw meat can carry germs. Using the same board without washing it can spread them to food that won't be cooked.