baste
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Street vendors across East Asia scrunch small pieces of meat onto skewers and baste them over hot coals with a sweet and savory sauce.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Be sure to baste the fish with this liquid during cooking and just before serving.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
To add to the flavour, Taylor’s preferred liquid to baste the turkey with is coffee, butter and maple syrup.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
Add the butter, chorizo, chives, parsley and dill, and as the butter starts to foam, baste the scallops for about 30 seconds.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
But if I was, this is what made a baste av me.”
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
The signature dish, made with sharp, slow-melting Kolot cheese, comes in a crust that’s been liberally basted with butter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The programme title is a play on Lord Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera, basted on the novel by Gaston Leroux.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
It was the second year in a row that Langford hit a game-winning homer in the championship game, having basted a two-run shot in the top of the eighth inning last spring against the Highlanders.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
As a child, Yamamoto said he sometimes snacked on soy-sauce basted grasshoppers.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2023
A short time after she pursued—“I seed you go out with the master, but I didn’t know you were gone to church to be wed;” and she basted away.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
In August 2023, the state blamed another botched satellite launch on an error in the emergency basting system, but said it was "not a big issue".
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
Do note that basting can result in less crispy skin.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
But, despite basting it with melted butter and wine every half-hour, this bird was so dry.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
We layer on the flavors - first as a quick marinade for the chicken, then as a basting sauce, and finally as a finishing sauce.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
A quick basting stitch lets her know where to set her seams, her cuffs, her hem.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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