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词汇 overcook
释义 overcook
verb[ Toften passive ]
uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʊk/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈkʊk/
to cook food for longer than necessary, reducing its quality as a result: 把…煮过了头,把…煮得太熟(或太久)
Be careful not to overcook the pasta.
The chicken was overcooked and dry.这鸡烤过头了,都干了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to burn food
burnI burned the toast.
burn to a crispThe sausages were burned to a crisp.
charI'll have the pasta with charred Mediterranean vegetables.
searThe steak is seared to seal the flavour.
overcookI've overcooked the sprouts.
burntI was served burnt toast.
to do or use something too much:
Occasionally he overcooks the metaphors ("the wind howled like a gut-shot wolf").
People are fed up with overcooked TV tropes.
Overcooking scallops is not okay.
They get a meal of thick porridge and overcooked vegetables once a day.
The groundsman admitted that he may have overcooked it with his watering policy.
The failed attempts to draw laughs with overcooked accents and cartoonish satire are real stumbles.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Preparing food using heat
air fryer
bain-marie
baking
baking parchment
barbecue
blanch
cooking
deep fat fryer
deep-fried
deep-fry
done
pan-fry
parboil
poach
poaching
precook
sear
underdone
warm (someone/something) up
wood-fired

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Too much and unnecessary

Examples of overcook


overcook
We can, so to speak, "overcook the pudding".
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Because some game meat is leaner than store-bought beef, overcooking is a common mishap which can be avoided if properly prepared.
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The green ring does not affect the egg's taste; overcooking, however, harms the quality of the protein.
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He also says that, though the climax is still emotionally powerful, it comes over as overcooked.
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Cooking gyeran jjim requires extreme attention and patience to make sure it is not overcooked or burned.
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The downsides to his visit were the overly boisterous antics of another table of diners, and that his steak was overcooked.
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Beer bread without a leavening agent is very sturdy and tends not to lose moisture if it is overcooked.
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The salmon requires a binder to make it stick together and is easy to overcook which makes it too dry.
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Homeopathix agrees by sarcastically pointing out that it is overcooked and the meat is not up to the quality he expects at home.
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Thin pots can not maintain an even temperature of the oil, possibly allowing food to slightly under- or overcook.
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Akuri is cooked till just about runny and the eggs are never overcooked.
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The curd is stirred constantly during this step to avoid uneven cooking or overcooking, and the cooking will only take 2060 minutes.
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This allows rapid preparation, but care is required to avoid overcooking and the resulting texture may be inferior to a more traditional preparation method.
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Because of this, food cooked in a cast-iron wok must be promptly removed from the wok as soon as it is done to prevent overcooking.
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In a hotpot, it is added at the last moment to the pot to avoid overcooking.
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