Year 9 - Cooking and nutrition
Making bang bang veg, with an Asian slaw!
Global food challenges
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Unit Summary
This unit investigates the pressure on food systems, caused by climate change and a growing population. Pupils critique these challenges and explore principles of more sustainable diets, balancing the needs of the planet and human health. Practical work reinforces these principles in action.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use food skills to make bang bang veg, with an Asian slaw!
Key Notes
- Bang bang chicken originates in the street food of Sichuan. Other types of meat and vegetables can be used.
- Care should be taken when preparing fresh chillies as the membrane and seeds are hot and may burn. Always wash hands.
- Diets should have more, and a wider range of, fruit, vegetables, beans, lentils and legumes for more sustainable living.
- The food skills used to make bang bang veg include measuring, slicing, mixing, coating, threading and using the oven.
- There are a range of sensory tests; the results can be used to justify changes to a recipe.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Sichuan: a province in Southwestern China
- florets: flowering stems that make up a head of cauliflower or broccoli
- preference tests: tests that supply information about people's likes and dislikes of foods
- discrimination tests: tests aim to evaluate specific sensory attributes of foods, e.g. crunchiness
- membrane: a thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a lining or partition
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Following the Eatwell Guide is only about eating more healthily.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Bang bang chicken originates in the street food of Sichuan. Other types of meat and vegetables can be used. Care should be taken when preparing fresh chillies as the membrane and seeds are hot and may burn. Always wash hands.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Sichuan'
a province in Southwestern China.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Following the Eatwell Guide is only about eating more healthily. Correction: While following the Eatwell Guide will help people eat more healthily, it also has a 32% lower environmental footprint, compared to the current national diet, so can help us eat more sustainably too.
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