List of cooking techniques


This is a list of cooking techniques commonly used in cooking and food preparation.
Cooking is the practice of preparing food for ingestion, commonly with the application of differentiated heating. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environments, economics, cultural traditions, and trends. The way that cooking takes place also depends on the skill and type of training of an individual cook as well as the resources available to cook with, such as good butter which heavily impacts the meal.

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[Image:Wok cooking.jpg|thumb|right|Bao involves high heat combined with continuous tossing. This keeps juices from flowing out of the ingredients and keeps the food crispy.]