a verb for putting solid food into the plate

[alpacinou]

What is a verb for when a person moves solid food from a pan into a plate?

I thought about using pour but that is just for liquid.

He...scrambled egg from the pan onto his plate.

 

[emsr2d2]

Transferred
Spooned
Scooped
Dished up

 

[probus]

We put solid food onto a plate, not into it. You should have known that, alpacinoutd, because onto was in the italic portion of your post. The two prepositions have different meanings that you should brush up on.

 

[emsr2d2]

I missed that error in the title and the opening sentence.

We put food in/into a bowl, tureen, saucepan, frying pan, casserole dish.
We put food on/onto a plate/platter/[flat] dish.

 

[Skrej]

He slid the eggs onto his plate.

 

[SoothingDave]

You can place something on a plate. You can set it there. You could even plop it.

 

[jutfrank]

I like watching the TV show Masterchef (Do you have that in the States?) and I often hear the professional chefs use the phrasal verb to plate up.

He plated up the scrambled eggs.

It seems to be a bit of an industry word, though, so it isn't appropriate much of the time.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Plate up" generally refers to getting every constituent part of the dish onto the plate, perfectly presented and ready to take to the eater, not just moving one ingredient/constituent from a pan onto a plate though.

 

[probus]

"Plate up" is standard jargon in the restaurant business. We hear it constantly on TV cooking shows. By the way, our British members may be surprised to learn that we have TV channels devoted entirely to food and cooking. I guess the BBC doesn't have a food channel.

 

[probus]

The TV show Masterchef has been internationally syndicated (if that is the correct TV industry term.) We have our own version, Masterchef Canada, and I imagine the same is true in other countries.

 

[Skrej]

Nothing says culinary pride like slapping the food on the plate.

 

[emsr2d2]

Depending on how badly burnt the underneath of your scrambled egg is, you might have to scrape it onto the plate.

 

[jutfrank]

Why create unnecessary washing-up by using a plate? I eat my eggs straight from the pan.