CHEF-1340 Meat Preparation and Cooking


David Waggoner

Credit Spring 2024


Section(s)

CHEF-1340-001 (74344)
LEC W 5:00pm - 5:50pm HLC HLC2 1304

LAB W 6:00pm - 9:20pm HLC HLC2 1304

Course Requirements

Evaluation System

 

Grade Scale

     
     

Lab Participation-13 @75 pts ea

975

 

2,025-1,823

A

Quizzes-3 @ 50pts ea

150

 

1,822-1,620

B

Offal Assignment

200

 

1,619-1,418

C

[Offal Presentation Extra Credit]

50

 

1,417-1,215

D (Course must be repeated)

Discussion Boards-5 @ 50pts ea

250

 

Below 1,215

F (Course must be repeated)

Final Written

100

 

Incomplete

I

Final Practical

350

 

Withdraw

W

         
         

Total Points

2,025

     

Readings

Textbook / Materials:

  • Professional Chef
  • By Culinary Institute of America
  • 9th Edition
  • Publisher : Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780470421352

Course Subjects

Date

Class

Lecture

Lab

Reading Homework

Recipes

Video Discussion Board

Module 1 

1/17

Welcome

Orientation

 

Orientation Quiz

 

Poultry I

 

Assign Project/Paper

ORIENTATION

SAFETY

SYLLABUS

UNIFORMS

RULES

 

4 Pillars of Flavor

 

Food Presentation

 

Chef’s Poultry Handout

WALK

THROUGH

Homework

Lab/Report


 

Poultry ID 

pp.95-98

 

Poultry Fabrication

pp. 393-399

 

Seasonings, Stuffing, Breading, pp.362-367

Knife Cuts Practice, pp. 618-634

  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Potatoes
  • Mushroom

Poultry Fabrication

½ saved for Mod 2

½ save for Mod 4

 

*Solo Student Production

Poultry Fabrication

Poultry Fabrication

 

Due 1/23 at 11:59pm

Module 2

1/24

 

Quiz #1

Poultry II

 

Quiz #1

NAMP Guide Handout – Poultry

 

PowerPoint – Poultry

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-8 piece Cut Chicken

 

Preparation

-Deep Frying

-Grilling/Broiling

Roast Chicken Method pp. 432-434

 

Pan Sautéing Chicken-Method

pp. 490-492

 

Quiz #1

Buttermilk Fried Chicken w/ Country Gravy

pp. 516. (1/5th recipe)

*Solo Student Production

 

Grilled or Broiled Chicken Breast w/ Fennel pp. 455 (1/5th recipe) *Solo Student Production

 

Module 

3

1/31

Poultry III

Airline Cut

Cuisson

Cartouche

PowerPoint Cont. – Poultry

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Supreme (Airline) Chicken

 

Preparation

-Sautéing

-Pan Frying

Carving Poultry pp. 435-436

Sautéed Chicken w/ Fines Herbs, pp. 500. (1/5th recipe) *Solo Student Production

 

Poached Chicken w/ Tarragon Sauce, 

pp. 563. (1/5th recipe) *Solo Student Production

 

Module

4

2/7

Poultry IV

Trussing

Poultry Overview

 

Quiz 1-Poultry

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Trussing Chicken

 

Preparation

-Roasting

-Braising

Stews pp. 579-580

 

Trimming Tenderloin pp. 377-378

Roast Chicken w./ Pan Gravy pp. 482. (1/5th recipe)* Solo Student Production

 

Chicken Fricassee pp.612 (1/5th recipe) *Solo Student Production

Steer Fabrication

Steer Fabrication

 

Due 2/13 at 11:59pm

Module

5

2/14

Beef/Veal I

NAMP Guide Handout-Beef/Veal

 

PowerPoint – Beef

 

Chef’s Beef & Veal Handout

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Peel Tenderloin

 

Preparation

-Braising

-Sautéing, Pan

Fabricating Boneless Meats

pp. 379-380

Beef Stew pp.589 (1/5th rec.)*Team of 3 Student Production

 

Grilled Tenderloin w/ Madeira Sauce pp.463 (1/4th rec.)*Solo Student Production

 

Module

6

2/21

Beef/Veal II

PowerPoint – Veal



 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Trimming Veal Shoulder

 

Preparation

-Braising

-Sautéing, Pan

Meat and Veal Basics, pp.70-84

Veal Scallopini Marsala pp. 503-504 (1/5th rec)

-recipe adaption to pan sauce *Solo Student Production

 

Osso Buco Milanese w/ Gremolata pp. 601 (1/5th rec) *Team of 3 Student Production

 

Risotto Milanese Recipe Quiz

 

Module 

7

2/28

 

Midterm

Beef/Veal III

Meat Poultry ID – Ch. 6

 

Mise en Place, Ch.15 Power Points

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Peeling Skirt Steak

 

Preparation

-Grilling

Sautéing & Pan Frying pp. 488-496

Beef Teriyaki pp. 445 (1/5th rec) *Solo Student Production

 

Grilled Fajitas w/ Peppers & Onion- recipe provided in Blackboard

*Class Prep/Solo Student Fired

Pork Fabrication

Pork Fabrication

 

Due 3/6  at 11:59pm

Module 

8

3/6

Pork

NAMP Guide Handout – Pork

 

PowerPoint – Pork

 

Chef’s Pork Handout

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Pork Loin

-Butcher Tying Pork

 

Preparation

-Grilling

-Sautéing

Smoking & BBQ

pp.430-431

 

Mise En Place for Meats pp.362-367

Grilled Smoked Iowa Pork Chops w/ Caramelized Apples pp.448-449 (1/5th rec)

*Solo Student Production

 

Pork Medallions w/ Warm Cabbage Salad pp.506-507 (1/5th rec)

*Solo Student Production

 

German Potato Salad-p749 (Class Production)

 

3/13

Spring Break

No Class

Campus Closed

     

Module

9

3/20

 

Quiz 2

Pork

Grilling and Broiling, Ch.17

 

Quiz #2- Pork

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Spareribs

 

Preparation

-Grilling

-Braising

Pork ID pp. 85-89

New Mexican Green Chile Stew- Recipe provided in Blackboard

*Team of 3 Student Production

 

St. Louis Style Ribs w/ BBQ Sauce, pp. 474-475 (1/5th rec)*Solo Student Production

!!! Bring in your Favorite BBQ Sauce

Tuna Fabrication

Tuna Fabrication

 

Due 4/2 at 11:59 pm

3/27

Data Summit

No Class

Campus Closed

     

Module 

10

4/3

Fish/Shellfish

Fish & Shellfish ID Powerpoints

 

Chef’s Seafood Handout

 

Sautéing, Pan Frying Ch.18

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Whole Salmon

-P&D Shrimp

 

Preparation

-Sautéing

-Deep Frying

Fish Fabrication pp.402-412

 

Deep Poaching & Simmering pp.544-547

 

Shellfish Fabrication pp.413-419

Ancho Crusted Salmon w/ Yellow Pepper Sauce pp.510-511 (1/5th rec)*Solo Student Production

 

Coconut & Macadamia Shrimp pp.966 (1/2 rec.)*Solo Student Production

 

Module

11

4/10

Fish/Shellfish

Fish Identification-Ch.7

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Live Lobster Fab

-Seared Scallops

Preparation

-Sautéing

-Poaching

Shallow Poaching pp.540-543

Lemon Broiled Lobster Tail with Tagliatelle Americaine -Recipe Provided in Blackboard *Solo Student Production 

 

Coquilles St. Jacques-

Pan Fried Scallops w/ Beurre Blanc in Puff Pastry, Recipe Demonstrated in class-Not Provided-*Solo Production

 

Module

12

4/17

 

Quiz 3

Fish/Shellfish

Fish/Shellfish Review

 

Quiz #3- Fish & Shellfish

 

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Fillet Round Fish

 

Preparation

-En Papillote

-Sautéing

Cooking En Papillote pp.536-539

Filet of Snapper en Papillote, pp.558-559 

(1 ea)*Solo Student Production

 

Trout a La Meuniere pp.513 (1ea)*Solo Student Production

Lamb Fabrication Video

Lamb Fabrication

 

Due 4/23 at 11:59 pm

Module

13

4/24

Lamb/Game/

Offal

NAMP Guide– Lamb

 

Lamb Powerpoints

 

Steaming, Submersion, Ch.19

Daily Recipes

Fabrication

-Frenched Lamb Rack

 

Preparation

-Grilling, broiling

-Sautéing

Variety Meats pp.390-391

 

Frenching Lamb Rack, pp.386-387

 

Fabricating Rabbit, pp. 400-401

Roast Rack of Lamb Persille, pp.477 

(1/4th rec)*Solo Student Production

 

Hasenpfeffer (Rabbit Stew), Handout, Recipe provided in Blackboard  *Team of 2 Student Production

Mustard Spaetzle-Chef Demo

 

Module 

14

5/1

Offal Assignment Due

Final Practical Exam 

Final Practical Cooking Exam

 

-Fabrication

-Preparation

-Presentation

 

Module 

15

5/8

Written Final Exam

Kitchen Deep Clean

       

 

 

 


Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Course Learning Objectives

Knowledge based

  • Identify types, species and market forms of meat, poultry and seafood.
  • Explain safe handling, preparation and storage of meat, poultry and seafood.
  • Identify and explain the types of cooking methods.
  • Discuss the expected outcome of a recipe after reading it.  Recipes are maps, when reading a recipe it tells us what the final product should look like, feel like, and give us the ability to describe what the product should taste like.
  • Describe the composition and structure of various meat, poultry, and seafood
  • Define terms related to meat specifications.
  • Explain the aging, smoking and curing of meats.

 

Skill Based

  • Prepare a variety of meat, poultry and seafood menu items.
  • Demonstrate proper processing and preparation of raw meat, poultry and seafood.
  • Truss, cut and carve various types of meat.
  • Identify and explain the reasoning for choosing the various cooking methods, in relation to the product.
  • Manufacture and package sub-primal cuts into retail cuts for restaurant use.

 

Course Outcomes 

Identify types, species, and market forms of beef, pork, lamb, poultry, seafood, and wild game; explain safe handling procedures; prepare a variety of menu items using all types of meats, poultry, and seafood in both moist heat and dry heat cooking techniques; demonstrate processing and preparation techniques as related to sanitation.

 

After completion of the course the student will explain:

  • Identify, explain and demonstrate effective sanitation techniques for ensuring consumer safety.
  • Discuss the different grades related to meat, poultry and seafood.
  • Discuss the various types of preservation.
  • Be able to identify trim losses, calculate yield, related to processing and handling.
  • Demonstrate the proper culinary techniques in preparing meat, poultry and seafood, related to both dry and moist heat cooking methods.
  • List the classifications of poultry.
  • List the grades of beef, pork, poultry, lamb, game, and seafood.
  • Demonstrate the safety procedures for handling poultry.
  • Various humane slaughtering methods for different types of meat
  • Demonstrate methods to utilize products left over from fabrication.
  • Identify and explain the differences in quality grades related to different types of meat.
  • Identify different cuts of meats related specifically to muscle types and bone structure in various cuts

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T 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Highland Campus, Office Room 2.1317.05

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Published: 01/26/2024 07:44:27