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词汇 overcooking
释义 overcooking
present participle ofovercook
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
overdone
pan-fry
parboil
poach
poaching
undercook
underdone
warm (someone/something) up
wood-fired

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Too much and unnecessary

Examples of overcooking


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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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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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The only consequence of overcooking tends to be a thicker crust.
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In a hotpot, it is added at the last moment to the pot to avoid overcooking.
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It should be interpreted as cooking them just until they lose their raw taste, as a way to avoid overcooking them.
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This secondary browning is done briefly, and sometimes at higher heat than normally used, so as to affect only the surface of the food and to avoid overcooking the interior.
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Thermostatically controlled methods, such as sous-vide, can also prevent overcooking by bringing the meat to the exact degree of doneness desired, and holding it at that temperature indefinitely.
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He also suggests avoiding beef well done: the meat is more likely to be from less-than-best grade as the substandard flavor would be masked in overcooking.
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Overcooking will render the buds gray and soft, and they then develop a strong flavour and odour that some dislike.
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