Food and cooking: B1 Spanish vocabulary

15 Spanish words about food and cooking at B1 level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• recetanounrecipe
• picarverbto chop / to dice / to mince
• conservarverbto conserve / to preserve
• ingredientenouningredient
• hervirverbto boil
• grasanounbody fat
• ollanounpot / cooking pot
• freírverbto fry
• sarténnounfrying pan
• crujienteadjectivecrunchy / crispy
• batirverbto whisk / to beat
• congelarverbto freeze
• sazonarverbto season
• descongelarverbto defrost / to thaw
• saborearverbto savour