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HOW TO COOK
IN ENGLISH

KEITH O'HARE


About the Author

Keith runs The Keith Speaking Academy. He has
been working in international education for over
20 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, and
education manager.


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:
/>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.

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Recipe

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



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Method
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.

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Cooking Vocabulary
Prep = Preparation

An apron
An electric hob
A pot (pots and pans)

A frying pan
A chopping board
A sieve /sɪv/

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Utensils and Ingredients
(Cooking) utensils = tools for cooking
A chopping knife
A cleaver
A paring knife
A peeler
A spatula / A turner

The 4 Essentials of 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

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Preparation Techniques
To chop = to cut into pieces with a knife
To dice = to make into small cubes
To slice = to cut into slices

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

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Cooking Actions
To turn up / down the heat
To turn on / off the hob
To turn on / off the air vent
____
There are several ways to say ‘add’ ingredients
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
To serve out / up

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Quantities
Quantities
A pinch of salt
A teaspoon of salt
A dash of vinegar / water/ oil (a little)
A knob of butter

IdiomsQuantities
and Phrasal Verbs
To come along nicely = to make good progress
My soup is coming along nicely!
To run out of something = to have none left
I have run out of oil, I need to buy some more.
To be partial to = to like
I am partial to carrots

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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
Let me show you how this dish is shaping up
Bob’s your uncle = That’s it! There you have it!
To butter someone up = to praise someone so you can get their help
I tried to butter up my teacher so he would give me a good grade, but
it didn’t work.
To give someone the chop (informal) = to fire someone
Last week my uncle was given the chop, and now he is looking for a
new job
The best thing since sliced bread = the best thing ever
This new peeler is amazing. It’s the best thing since sliced bread!

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To roll the dice = to take a chance
Why don’t you try starting up your own business. Just roll the dice and
see what happens!

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