Kitchen Utensils List

First thing first Cook­ing Preparation

  • When­ever you cook, there are cer­tain safety rules you must always keep in mind. Even expe­ri­enced cooks fol­low these rules when they are in the kitchen.
  • Always wash your hands before han­dling food. Thor­oughly wash all raw veg­eta­bles and fruits to remove dirt, chem­i­cals, and insec­ti­cides. Wash uncooked poul­try, fish, and meat under cold water.
  • Use a cut­ting board when cut­ting up veg­eta­bles and fruits. Don’t cut them up in your hand! And be sure to cut in a direc­tion away from you and your fingers.
  • Long hair or loose cloth­ing can eas­ily catch fire if brought near the burn­ers of a stove. If you have long hair, tie it back before you start cooking.
  • Turn all pot han­dles toward the back of the stove so that you will not catch your sleeves or jew­elry on them. This is espe­cially impor­tant when younger broth­ers and sis­ters are around. They could eas­ily knock off a pot and get burned.
  • Always use a pot holder to steady hot pots or to take pans out of the oven. Don’t use a wet cloth on a hot pan because the steam it pro­duces could burn you.
  • Lift the lid of a steam­ing pot with the open­ing away from you so that you will not get burned.
  • If you get burned, hold the burn under cold run­ning water. Do not put grease or but­ter on it. Cold water helps to take the heat out, but grease or but­ter will only keep it in.
  • If grease or cook­ing oil catches fire, throw bak­ing soda or salt at the bot­tom of the flame to put it out. (Water will not put out a grease fire.) Call for help, and try to turn all the stove burn­ers to “off.

Kitchen Tools

Electric Mixer

Elec­tric Mixer

Elec­tric mixer: An appli­ance, either free­stand­ing or hand­held, used for mix­ing and beating

Food Processor

Food Proces­sor

Food proces­sor: An elec­tric appli­ance with a blade that revolves inside a con­tainer to chop, mix, or blend food

Food Steamer

Food Steamer

Steamer: A cov­ered pot with an insert some­thing like a strainer, used for steam­ing vegetables

Boiler Cooking Utensils

Boiler

Boiler: A uten­sil made up of two pans that fit together. Heat from the water boil­ing in the lower pan cooks food in the upper pan with­out scorching.

Dou­ble boiler: Two saucepans that fit together so that the con­tents of the upper pan can be cooked or heated by boil­ing water in the bot­tom pan. If you don’t have a dou­ble boiler, you can impro­vise by plac­ing a heat­proof mix­ing bowl over a larger pot filled with water.

colander cooking tools

Colan­der

Colan­der: A bowl with holes in the bot­tom and sides. It is used for wash­ing food or drain­ing liq­uid from a solid food.

dutch_oven

Dutch Oven

Dutch oven: A heavy pot with a tight-fitting lid. Dutch ovens are often used for cook­ing soups or stews.

Mortar Pestle

Mor­tar Pestle

Mor­tar: A strong bowl used with a pes­tle to grind, crush, or mash spices and other foods

Pes­tle: A club-shaped uten­sil used with a mor­tar to grind, crush, or mash spices or other foods

Paella Pan

Paella Pan

Paella pan: A shal­low, two-handled skil­let used to make and serve paella, Spain’s national dish. (Any large skil­let can be used in place of this pan.)

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